Chinese Traditonal Festival-The Mid-Autumn Festival Every Augest the 15th of the lunar is a very important festival in China. We call it-the Mid-Autumn Festival. In this day, families get together to have communication, the family become complete, just like the round moon. So the Mid-Autumn Festival means reunion in China. If the weather is fine, families will go out to enjoy the glorious full moon, and eat the traditional food mooncake.There are many kinds of mooncakes in China. Some of them are very yummy, but some of them are too sweet, if you eat one, you don't want to eat the second in one day. What's the story about the Mid-Autumn Festival? Long long ago, there were ten suns in the sky, the ground was very hot, animals and plants couldn't live. Then, a hero appeared. His name was Hou Yi. He used bow and arrow shooted down nine of the suns. The ground got normal. Ho Yi got a medicine from the queen of the immortal. This medicine could help you become immotal and never grow old. Hou Yi was very happy. He hided the medicine. Hou Yi had a very beautiful wife called Chang-E, and he had a student Peng Meng. Peng Meng wanted the medicine very much. One day, Hou Yi went out to hunting. Peng Meng went to Hou Yi's home and wanted to rob the medicine. Of course, Chang-E wouldn't let him get the medicine. She swallowed all of the medicine, then flew to the moon. Hou Yi missed her very much. Then every year, he would hold a big meal to memorial Chang-E. Finally, the date Chang-E flew to the moon became a festival. This is one of the stories about the Mid-Autumn Festival. The other story is also interesting. Are you interested in them? Here's a poem of Mid-Autumn Festival. 水调歌头 （宋）苏轼 丙辰中秋，欢饮达旦，大醉，作此篇，兼怀子由。 明月几时有？把酒问青天。不知天上宫阙，今夕是何年？我欲乘风归去，又恐琼楼玉宇，高处不胜寒。起舞弄清影，何似在人间。 转朱阁，低绮户，照无眠。不应有恨，何事长向别时圆？人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺，此事古难全。但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。