Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong

Mid-Autumn Festival
Introduction:
Introduce that Mid-Autumn Festival is an important festival in Hong
Kong.
1st Paragragh:
Background, name and history of Mid-Autumn Festival
15th of August in Lunar Calendar, the mid of autumn, with a
full moon
Also named as reunion festival and harvest festival
big worship ceremony to thanks for gods grace)
The end of Sui Dynasty, on the day of 15th August, a man Fei
Ji in Tang army who became the chancellor of Tang Dynasty
used the full moon as the concept to create moon cakes and
distributed to the army. After the Tang Dynasty was
established, the day 15th August became the day which the
emperor rewards his officials.
Yuan Dynasty: Politician Liu Bowen used mooncakes to
transfer message Kill the Mongolians on 15th August
between different armies to do uprising on that day. In Ming
and Qing Dynasties, it developed into a traditional festival in
China.
The story of Chang-E
2nd Paragraph:
Custom of Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong
Reunion family dinner

 Food: mooncake, fried eggs, star fruit, grapefruit,

trapa(explain about their meanings behind)
Play lanterns and guess lantern riddles
3rd Paragraph:
Controversial issues of Mid-Autumn festival in Hong Kong:
Fire dragon dancing, wax burning, the change of mooncakes
Conclusion:
Explain the significance of Mid-Autumn Festival to Hong Kong
people.
Citations:
1. Mid-Autumn Festival (2015). Wikipedia. Retrieved April 16,
2015 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Autumn_Festival
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3. [Hong Kong Government Advertisement on mid autumn
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