{"id":1904,"date":"2021-09-16T23:03:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T22:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/?p=1904"},"modified":"2021-09-29T14:11:44","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T13:11:44","slug":"mooncake-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/2021\/09\/16\/mooncake-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Mooncake Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Mooncake Festival (\u6708\u997c\u8282), officially known as Mid-Autumn Festival (\u4e2d\u79cb\u8282) in China, has been widely used by people in some Asian countries.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following last year&#8217;s celebration, we would like to welcome you again to join our online Mid-Autumn Festival culture programme which involves<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A culture talk with quiz<\/li><li>Cultural performances<\/li><li>Making mooncakes (demo)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/09\/Mid-Autumn-Festival-2021-poster-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/09\/Mid-Autumn-Festival-2021-poster-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/09\/Mid-Autumn-Festival-2021-poster-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/09\/Mid-Autumn-Festival-2021-poster-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/09\/Mid-Autumn-Festival-2021-poster-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/09\/Mid-Autumn-Festival-2021-poster.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Festive greetings from the Language Centre with invitation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The event is jointly contributed by Queen\u2019s Chinese staff, students and alumni. The event is scheduled between 1:00 and 2:00 pm on Tuesday 21st September &#8211; the Mid-Autumn Festival day. You are all very welcome to attend the session with the information and registration link below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\">Registration Closed<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>How to greet people on the day?<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Normally people would greet each other by saying &#8216;Happy Mid-Autumn Festival&#8217; \u4e2d\u79cb\u8282\u5feb\u4e50 (Zh\u014dngqi\u016b ji\u00e9 ku\u00e0il\u00e8). However, in this special time of facing pandemic threat, we often wish people peaceful and healthy by adding \u5b89\u5eb7 (\u0101nk\u0101ng) in addition to \u5feb\u4e50 (ku\u00e0il\u00e8), which becomes \u201c\u4e2d\u79cb\u8282\u5feb\u4e50\u5b89\u5eb7 (Zh\u014dngqi\u016b ji\u00e9 ku\u00e0il\u00e8 \u0101nk\u0101ng)\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u4e2d (zh\u014dng) \u2013 middle, centre<\/li><li>\u79cb (qi\u016b) \u2013 autumn<\/li><li>\u4e2d\u79cb (Zh\u014dngqi\u016b) \u2013 mid-Autumn<\/li><li>\u8282 (ji\u00e9) \u2013 festival, day<\/li><li>\u5feb\u4e50 (ku\u00e0il\u00e8) \u2013 happy<\/li><li>\u5b89\u5eb7 (\u0101nk\u0101ng) \u2013 peaceful and healthy<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more Chinese vocabulary and expressions in a structured way, you are welcome to attend one of our Chinese courses for non-specialist purposes. Click the link below to check for Mandarin Chinese course information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/LanguageCoursesOctober2021\/MandarinChineseCourses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mandarin Chinese Courses<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mooncake Festival (\u6708\u997c\u8282), officially known as Mid-Autumn Festival (\u4e2d\u79cb\u8282) in China, has been widely used by people in some Asian countries. 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