Harvest Moon Festival or Mid-Autumn Festival
September 23, 2006 at 4:59 pm | In Autumn, Chinese, German, HOLIDAYS, LEGENDS | 4 Comments4 Comments »
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[...] There are many holidays, such as the Harvest Moon Festival, St. Martin’s Day and Chinese New Year, in which Lanterns play a role. We’re going to publish some ideas on how to make your own lanterns to celebrate these Fall and Winter holidays. [...]
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[...] Here’s an easy way to make a lantern that you can light with a tea candle (careful!) or glow stick for festivals such as the Harvest Moon Festival or St. Martin’s Day. This is good to make with older children but will need supervision since it does involve some cutting. [...]
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[...] Mooncakes are traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn or Harvest Moon festival. These small round cakes symbolize family unity. They are traditionally made by bakers using beautiful hand-carved wooden molds. Some mooncakes are made with a golden yellow egg yolk in the center that looks like the moon. [...]
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[...] Chuseok, also celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eight lunar month (see Harvest Moon Festival) is one of the three biggest national holidays in Korea, together with “Seollal” (the Lunar New Year) and “Dano” (the fifth of May by the lunar calendar). Chuseok is also called “Hangawi.” “Han” means great or large, and “Gawi” means “middle.” [...]
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[...] Here’s another easy way to make a lantern that you can light with a tea candle (careful!) or glow stick for festivals such as the Harvest Moon Festival or St. Martin’s Day. This will give you a cylindrical lantern that is easy to decorate in many different ways. [...]
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