We enjoy the bright moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival – it is the best time on earth!
Everyone has a bright moon in their hearts, and everyone has the most memorable teacher in their hearts. On September 9, 2022, the Mid-Autumn Festival and Teachers’ Day arrived together. We were very fortunate to celebrate these two beautiful festivals. On this day, the moon shone in the sky, symbolizing gratitude and family reunion. On this romantic double-festival day, we paid tribute to every teacher on behalf of our moon!
中秋佳节是中华民族的传统节日，更是青浦协和双语学校师生最期盼的节日，因为这一天，师生们会穿着精美的汉服齐聚一堂，积极参与并学习体验青浦协和双语学校富有特色的中秋文化主题活动。
Learning, Singing and Having Fun in the Mid-Autumn Festival! Deep blessings are conveyed through celebrations!
Teachers led students to a deeper understanding of the customs and legends of the Mid-Autumn Festival. It was an engaging festive atmosphere as they experienced the significance of family reunions on this special day. During the children’s recitations in their Mid-Autumn Festival activity, students quietly listened to the songs and sang along in a most endearing manner. Through this activity, traditional culture and music are linked, and the children get to enjoy the beauty and feel the charm of traditional Chinese culture. In addition to this, they are immersed in the literacy of “Ancient Gu to understand present time”, drawing their favorite “Gu” characters. They welcomed the arrival of the Mid-Autumn Festival in the process of guessing the riddles on the lanterns, and experienced the mysterious charm of ancient characters. Finally, the children collected the idioms about the “moon” and realized that the Mid-Autumn Festival is not just a festival of family reunions, but also a day of joy.
The moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival is especially bright. The children brought home “Jade Rabbit” lanterns with festive blessings. Their writing, stroke by stroke, was child-like but powerful. Some were neatly copied from the ancient poems about the festival, and some were simply the phrase, “Mid-Autumn Festival”. They interpreted the Mid-Autumn Festival in their own way. Listening closely, the students shared the ancient Chinese folk tale of “Chang’s Chasing of the Moon”, which is also the origin of this beautiful festival. At this special time of the year the moon shining over this nation illuminates the present times from ancient times, and it also illuminates the hearts of our children. Chinese stories have been passed down through generations and generations to this day, and the moonlight has also melted into the memory of children.
The joy of passing on culture with lines – Poetic decorations fill the campus
There were beautiful singing voices in the classrooms! “When is there a bright moon? Uphold the wine and ask the sky. I don’t know which year it is in the heavenly palace. In which year is this evening?” The teachers in Han costumes led the children to sing “Shui Diao Ge Tou” together. Their voices were young and particularly beautiful, and the teachers and students of the Grade 3 were immersed in the joy of the festival.
With their dexterous hands, they made beautiful lanterns. The ancient poetic bookmarks hanging on the lanterns swayed in the wind. The wonderful and interesting ancient poems written on bookmarks attracted the students, who read the poems with great interest – they pondered and thought hard about the beautiful ancient poems. While enjoying the recitations, they experienced the beauty of traditional culture with full hearts.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is a poem that is in our blood. It flows up and down in our bloodstream, through a thousand years of history. The Mid-Autumn Festival is the root of excellent traditional culture and has nourished the Chinese civilization from ancient times to present. The ancient poets wrote many classic poems about the Mid-Autumn Festival that have been passed down to the present day. Grade 4 students collected Mid-Autumn Festival stories, and recited poems and songs about this heartfelt festival. The students not only inherited and carried forward excellent traditional Chinese culture, but also shared the beauty and fun of poetry. Fourth graders also wrote riddles on cardboard lanterns and hung them high in the hallways. Teachers and students created the riddles together and experienced the fun and sense of achievement from working together.
Creating and guessing riddles was undoubtedly one of our students’ favourite games. The teachers showed the children all the mystery of the Moon and the Mid-Autumn Festival. The students enjoyed the various puzzles while also experiencing the atmosphere of the Mid-Autumn Festival. They flocked to see who solved the most riddles and who was the well-deserved “Moon Picking King” of the day. We believe that the students definitely gained unforgettable Mid-Autumn Festival celebration memories!
Colorful lanterns conveyed affection and lit up the Mid-Autumn Festival
In visual art classes, students celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival by creating lanterns inspired by the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. Students were engaged in creating dot patterns using shape, line, colour and symmetry. We hope you enjoyed their fantastic work and appreciated their displays. The Primary School’s Art Department offers you all its best wishes!
Students are flourishing like peaches and plums as the Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated by Chinese all over the world. May the Mid-Autumn Festival continue to be a romantic time, so that gratitude to teachers will be forever experienced!
