The Moon festival (Mooncake or Mid-Autumn festival) falls on September 14th in the year 2008. Every year on the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, when the moon is at its maximum brightness for the entire year, the Chinese celebrate "zhong qiu jie(中秋节)."
Legend says that during King Yao's rule, ten suns appeared in the sky. Because the heat from these suns endangered crops, wildlife and the very existence of people, King Yao asked a famous archer to shoot down nine of the ten suns.
cher Houyi asked for the hand of the Emperor's beautiful daughter, Chang E, as a reward. Houyi took good care of Chang E but she remained indifferent to him, always considering herself the most beautiful woman in the world.
Meanwhile, the king was worried the extra suns would appear again and cause a new disaster so he gave Houyi a pill that was said to ensure immortality. But Chang E learned of this pill and decided she could make better use of it herself.
So she swallowed the pill and immediately started floating into the air. She soon reached the moon, where she remains, transformed into a toad as punishment.
Leaving poor Houyi to see only the shadow of his vain wife and only when the moon is full.
Traditional Food ----- Mooncake......
I have celebrate the mooncake festival in UMP with my friend today and this is the first time that I do not celebrate with my family and my friends.
But I still can eat our Chinese traditional food --- mooncake...
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