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Puxi Campus Grades 1-3: Experience Mid-Autumn Festival Traditions

September 22, 2021

There is a Chinese poem that says, “a cloudless mirror of Jiuzhou, the most reunion night is the Mid-Autumn Festival.” To celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, Puxi Campus grades 1-3 have launched their own unique Mid-Autumn Festival activities.

For the first Mid-Autumn Festival at SHSID, grade one students made colorful paintings. During the Chinese class, students used colored pens to draw the “Flower and Moon.” Some children created colorful flowers with the moon, while others decided to make Chinese ink paintings. No matter which way, they carefully and ingeniously sketched the Mid-Autumn Festival. In addition, students watched animation legends about Chang'e and Moon Rabbit. In each short story, the students met friends on the moon, traveled back to ancient times, and enjoyed the bright moon together.

The Moon rabbit is one of the most representative figures of the Mid-Autumn Festival. The second-grade art teachers taught students to make rabbit ear hats in the art class. The students gave full play to their imagination and made all kinds of wonderful rabbit ears. Mooncakes are a must try when it comes to Mid-Autumn Festival. In the Chinese class last Saturday, the grade two students watched the festival videos discussing the heritage of traditional Chinese culture. Afterwards, they used clay to make mooncakes. Although they could not eat them, the children experienced the fun of making mooncakes by themselves!

The Mid-Autumn Festival is also one of the three major lantern festivals in China. The lanterns have become a beautiful scenery line in the third-grade classrooms. Under the patient guidance of the teachers, students made their lanterns by folding, pasting, and interspersing. The delicate lanterns quietly brought a festive atmosphere to the classroom, and the classroom instantly became prosperous. The warm yellow lights reflected the dancing Chang'e on the lantern, the lively rabbits, the reunion of the family, and the blessings brought by the festival. The children took photos of them holding their lanterns, with the memories quietly mapping into the hearts of every third-grade kid.

These hands-on Mid-Autumn Festival activities allowed the students to understand and experience the traditions of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the roots of Chinese culture went deep in each child’s heart.

(Written by Thea, Chelsea, Amelia Pictures by Grades 1-3 Teachers Edited by Huang Shiyuan, Brie Polette)