The theme of this activity is based on traditional Mid-Autumn Festival culture, focusing around four major section which include “Mid-Autumn Festival Classics”, “Food Delicacies of Mid-Autumn”,“Mid-Autumn Ode to Music”, “Mid-Autumn Poetry and Chorale”, promoting culture and tourism through virtual exhibitions, online concerts, food workshops, short videos, mini training classes and other forms of rich and colorful activities. The Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the UAE invites you to join Mid-Autumn Festival cultural event series “Mid-Autumn Festival: A Moon-moment to Remember” hosted by the Bureau of International Exchange and Cooperation of China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism, jointly organized by the Network of International Culturalink Entities, overseas China Cultural Centers and China Tourism Offices. With ancient legends and touching stories, it embodies mankind's vision for a harmonious and happy life. The Mid-Autumn Festival is an important traditional festival of the Chinese nation. Since then, the custom of sacrificing to the moon has been spread among the folklore."A Moon-moment to Remember"Series of Activities for 2021 Mid-Autumn Festival After hearing that Chang E became a goddess, folk people also offered sacrifices to Chang E to pray for peace and good luck. He took the food liked by Chang E to an altar and offered it as a sacrifice for her. He was amazed to see a figure which looked just like his wife appeared in the Moon. On realizing what happened to his wife, Hou Yi was so grieved that he shouted Chang E’s name to the sky. Chang E’s great love for her husband drew her towards the Moon, which is the nearest place to the earth on the heaven. The moment she drank it, she flew out of the window and up into the sky. Knowing that she could not win, she took out the elixir and swallowed it immediately. Unfortunately, Peng Meng secretly saw Hou Yi give the potion to his wife and three days later, while Hou Yi was out hunting, Peng Meng rushed into the backyard and demanded that Chang E hand over the elixir. Instead of drinking the potion himself, Hou Yi took it home and presented it to Chang E to keep. Wangmu presented him an elixir which, if took, would cause him to ascend immediately to heaven and become a god/goddess. One day, Hou Yi came upon Wangmu (the queen of heaven) on the way to meet his old friend. Later, Hou Yi married a beautiful and kind-hearted woman named Chang E and lived a happy life. On hearing of this amazing feat and the hero who performed it, people came from far and wide to learn from him. It was the hero Hou Yi, who, owing to his great strength, shot down nine of the ten suns. It is said that in ancient times, ten suns existed and the extreme heat made people’s lives very difficult. The story of Chang E is the most widely accepted tale regarding the moon and the origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Here below one of the most popular legend that usually related to the moon and widely told during the festival days. During the festival, people sacrifice these cookies to the moon as offerings, eat them for celebration and present them to relatives and friends for good wishes. Generally, it is round, as the Mid- Autumn Festival is a time for family reunion, and “round” has a similar pronunciation with “reunion” in Chinese. It is a kind of cookie with various fillings and different artistic patterns on the surface depicting the legends of the festival. As with every Chinese festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival has its own special food – moon cake.
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