[00:00.00]Unit 3 Celebration
[00:05.98]lesson 1
[00:07.75]Chinese Seasonal Festivals
[00:10.47]Autumn
[00:11.74]Every year in September or October,
[00:14.46]the mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated
[00:16.81]by Chinese people all over the world.
[00:19.81]On this day,
[00:20.92]the moon is said tobe its biggest and brightest
[00:24.54]People like to meet in the evening
[00:26.21]and watch the moon.
[00:27.95]The Mid-Autumn Festival is important,
[00:30.32]because it is a special occasion for family.
[00:33.24]It is also a day for special foods
[00:35.40]like moon cakes.
[00:37.07]There are all kinds of moon cakes.
[00:39.77]Traditional moon cakes
[00:40.93]are usually made with bean paste
[00:43.05]but nowadays,
[00:43.95]there are many different kinds of moon cakes
[00:46.45]including fruit,coffee,chocolate and even
[00:49.55]ice-cream moon cakes.
[00:51.76]Winter
[00:52.78]The Lantern Festival falls on the fifteenth
[00:55.40]day of the first lunar month.
[00:57.67]It marks the end
[00:58.49]of the Chinese New Year celebrations.
[01:01.52]There are many stories about
[01:02.87]how the Lantern Festival started.
[01:05.81]In one story.
[01:06.83]Lanterns were lit to celebrate the power
[01:08.82]of light over darkness.
[01:10.89]In another story,
[01:12.13]atown was almost destroyed but the light
[01:14.42]from many lanterns saved it.
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