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。

To The Teachers Tomorrow is September the 10th, the Teachers' Day! But my teachers will have classes for us. They won't have any free time to have a rest. And they said they didn't care, they want us to learn more and get good grades. That's good for our future. How can I describe my feeling? There's a letter for all the teachers in the world. Dear teachers, You are teachers, but you are also our friends! As teachers, you let us know how big the world is. As friends, you let us know what the real friendship is. We know your pay, we know you are hard. So, thank you, thank you, thank you! You are the greatest people in the world! You are just like the sun in winter, warm and comfortable. You are just like the wind in summer, cool and helpful. You are just like the rainbow after rain, colorful and pretty. You are just like the most beautiful roses in the grand, balmy and friendly. Thank you again, our teachers, our friends. Happy Teachers' Day! Best wishes to you. All the students

My Family There are five people in my family. My parents, my grandma, my sister and I. My grandpa has dead for eight years. My father is a officer in the government. And he was a Chinese teacher long time ago. He's 48 years old. He's very out-going and healthy. He has a childlike innocence. He likes to travel, he goes to many famous places in China every years. This year, he will go to Australia on September. And he also likes to take photos. He has a blog. He puts his photos on to his blog. His articles are very good, too. My mother is a businesswoman. She sell tea. She's 44 now. She was my father's student when she was a high school student. She's a very kind woman, and she's a little fat. She's good at many things. She can cook very well. When I was a little girl, she started to teach me English. Because of her, it's not very difficult for me to study English. I learned much from her. She has a strong soul. Sometimes she said she was older and older, but I think, she's always my young and beautiful mother. My grandma is 80 years old. She has 8 children, My father is her fourth child. Althought she's 80, but she still very healthy. She go to walk every day and play mahjong. She likes to read. My father often buys some magazines and books for her. My sister is the same age as me, 15. She is a strange girl, she likes strange things. She likes shopping, she often buys some strange clothes to make her look more mature. My mother said she could be more beautiful if she change clothes. I almost argue with her every day. But I can't deny that she's very clever, even much more clever then me. And she's very lazy, too. So I got the No.one in our grade, not her. She said she didn't care, because she could beyond me next time. Let me show you a photo of us. We were in Qinzhou. The girl in red is me, and the other girl is my sister, well, she's normal in this photo. My grandma didn't join the travel because she can't stand the petrol fumes.

My Poor Friends Today is August the 25th. It was a terrible day for my friends in Yulin. They had to go to school today. Their school started earlier than before. Because we are going to be students in grade nine. There are too much to learn in this term. But the Ministry of Education don't allow them to have extra classes. So, they must started the new term now. If they don't do this, they won't have enough time to learn so much thing. The students must get up at six o'clock in the morning, then get to school by seven. Their morning classes finished at half past eleven. They have two hours to have a rest at home. In the afternoon, they have classes from half past two to five o'clock-Luckily, they don' t have to go to school at night now. School gives them time to adapt the busiest school life. But they will go to school at night from half past seven to half past nine in three days. I pray for them. Although I also need to go to school on September the 1st. But they have much more pressure than me.

What Should I Do? Today, I went to McDonald. My friend wanted me to have a meal with him. Of course I would pay for the bill. We arranged to meet at nine o'clock in the morning. I got up at half past seven. Then I got there at ten to nine. Then, I phoned him. To my surprised. He said, he wouldn't come. But he didn't tell me that! I dislike late for meet. And he decided this plan. He changed arrangement, but didn't tell me. And, he didn't say "sorry". I think I was tricked. I was very angry. I wanted to argue with him, even fight with him. I hate this kind of friend. What should I do?

A Match Yesterday, my friends invited me to watch their hip-hop match.The match was very wonderful and exciting. I was late when I got the square. I couldn't find my friends. But they found me and told me where they were. Because I'm very short, they found a good place for me. I could see them clearly. Their dance company called Dixian. There are 15 people in the team.The smallest child is only 6 years old. There are 3 of my friends in the team. They are all boys. They got on to the stage and started to dance. I was very excited. I hoped they could dance as well as usual. When they finished dancing, people and the host cheered for them. They looked tired but happy. Finally, they got the third prize. But I think, they are the best dancers. And their team is a very strong team.They get together, help each other, so they could win the prize. I feel happy for them.

A Happy Day The day before yesterday, I came back to my hometown, Yulin. I went to Wuzhou when I became a middle school student, left my friends.I phoned my friends yesterday, and we went out to a cake shop. Guess what we did? We made a cake by ourselves! That was very funny. We wiped cream on the cake,then used the gam to draw pictures on the cake. Finally, we put chocolate and fruit on the top of the cake, wrote the abbreviations of our names. Although the cake was not beautiful, but we were still very happy. The ugly cake witness our friendship. In the afternoon, I visited my best friend, Xiao Heng. I went to her home, and brought the cake to her. She was happy. But she had lots and lots of homework to do, from school and extra classes. She didn't have any time to play with me. So I watched a video in her home and played with her little sister. I was very happy, too. What a happy day I had!

Travel Today I went to Beihai, with my family. Beihai is a small city in the south of China, near the sea. I spent 4 hours to get to Beihai from Yulin. It was very boring during that time. I had nothing to do in the car, I wanted to sleep, I went to the lake called Xing Dao. It's a big lake. But my father had a meeting, so we didn't have time to travel around lake. I felt very pity. There's a very beautiful beach called Yintan. I will go there tomorrow, I'm looking forward to it. Tonight, my sister went shopping. She said she would go into the sea tomorrow. Well, I think I'm fat, so I won't go to swim. Let me show you some pictures of the Xin Dao lake.

The Second Day In Italki Today is my second day in Italki. I'm very happy.I have six foreign friends now.They are all very kind and helpful.I learnt a lot from them. I learned something about English food,and something about America.I also improved my English.My type speed was very slow,but my friends didn't get angry.They have a lot of patience to teach me. Thank you my friends.