Introduction
The Mid-Autumn Festival is an official harvest festival celebrated by Chinese peoples.The festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar.
The Chinese have celebrated the harvest during the autumn full moon since the shang Dynasty(c. 16th to 10th century BCE). This harvest celebration originally began with worshiping Mountain Gods after the harvest was completed.
The festival was a time to enjoy the successful reaping of rice and wheat with food offerings made in honor of the moon. Today, it is still an occasion for outdoor reunions among friends and relatives to eat mooncakes and watch the moon, a symbol of harmony and unity.
Task
You will be divided into four groups, and each group has 5 people. There are four parts about Mid-autumn Festival, background, activities, special food(Mooncake) and poem. Every group needs to choose one topic, and you need to make a poster after doing the research. Then you will present your poster on July 28th.
Process
Now each group chooses a topic about Mid-autumn Festival, background, activities, special food(Mooncake) or poem. When you do the research, you may focus on when, where, who, what and why.
Reference:
Background:
1. When did Mid-autumn Festival start?
2. Who celebrates Mid-autumn Festival?
3. Why people celebrate Mid-autumn Festival?
4. What do people do on that day?
5. Do people eat any special food on that day?
Activities:
1. What kind of activities people join during Mid-autumn Festival?
2. Why people organize those activities?
3. Which activity is your favorite? Why?
Special food(Mooncake):
1. Why people eat mooncake during Mid-autumn Festival?
2. Why "Chang'e", the lady, lives on the moon?
3. How to make mooncake?
Poem:
1. How many traditional Chinese poem you can find about Mid-autumn Festival?
2. Explain one of the poems.
3. Why poets like to use Mid-autumn Festival to compose poems?
A video about Mid-autumn Festival on youtube:
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndknxk4v4QY align:center]
Evaluation
You will receive your own rubic, and grades will based on your presentation. Your points will contain the following components:
Conclusion
Happy Mid-autumn Festival! We will discuss every part in class next week. Please remember to bring your poster. I will bring mooncakes to celebrate. See you on July 28th.