Pudong | Happy Mid-Autumn Festival

The 15th of September, in the Lunar month, is the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival and one of The Four Traditional Festivals in China. The Mid-Autumn Festival signifies the reunion of family, it symbolizes the people’s hope for a bountiful harvest and lots of happiness. It has become an important cultural heritage for the country. During this festival, teachers and students of SUIS Pudong gathered together to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. Familiar stories, traditional customs and well-known poems are a way to honor history. Each generation will interpret these values and beliefs in their own way and pass them down to the next generation. Thus, keeping these stories, customs and poems alive and relevant. Let us show you how we celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival at SUIS Pudong.

The G1 students held a grand Mid-Autumn Festival celebration entitled – Love in the Mid-Autumn Festival. The children dressed up in traditional costumes, they listened to the story of Chang’e flying to the moon, they learned about the customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival, they danced the cheerful dance of “Mid-Autumn Moon is Full” and tasted Mid-Autumn Festival traditional food such as mooncakes, taro and edamame made by themselves. They also drew their own ‘perfect Mid-Autumn Festival’ from their hearts.

Mid-Autumn Festival elements were also integrated into the curriculum for Middle School: in reading class teachers led students through the Mid-Autumn Festival poems. Through reading and recitation, they were able to imagine the artistic conception of “the bright moon is born in the sea, and the world is also born at the same time”, and experience “I hope people, for a long time, will share the best wishes for thousands of miles”. In music class, the teacher organised the students to enjoy and sing the classic song “When Will the Moon Come”. Chinese and Art teachers organised handcraft activities. Students were divided into different groups: some made lanterns, some kneaded clay mooncakes, some made origami rabbits and some made traditional round fans. While learning about art and Chinese culture, the students certainly felt immersed in the Mid-Autumn Festival atmosphere. The variety of classroom activities not only improved everyone’s hands-on abilities, but also strengthened the spirit of teamwork.

Each class also organised a Secret Mooncake Day event. In addition to exchanging mooncakes, the students also exchanged happiness and joy.