Moon Festival

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Moon Festival
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The origin of Moon Festival

• Moon Festival
• Legend Mid-of the Mid Autumn Festival
• (From YOUTUBE)

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The origin of Moon Festival

• Long ago, there were ten suns in the sky.
• They took turns to light up the world.

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The origin of Moon Festival

• One day, they wanted to play together.
• When they came out together, river dried
• up and plants died. People were dying of
• thirst and starvation.

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The origin of Moon Festival

• Hou Yi heard peoples cries. He took his bow and
  arrows to shoot the nine suns down. People took
  Hou Yi as a hero.

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The origin of Moon Festival

• God gave Hou Yi and his wife, Chang Er ,two pills
  of Immortality.

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The origin of Moon Festival

• But Hou Yi became an arrogant King.
• His wife was a kind person, so she stole the
  pills and swallowed them.

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The origin of Moon Festival

• Chang Er became lighter and lighter. Then she
  flew up to the moon.

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The origin of Moon Festival

• So every 15th day of the 8th lunar month, people
  would gather together to celebrate and thank
  Chang Er.

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Questions

• 1.How many sons were there in the sky?
• Ten suns.
• 2.Why did the suns come out together?
• They wanted to play together.
• 3.Who shut the suns?
• Hou Yi.

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Questions

• What did God give to Hou Yi and Chang Er?
• Two pills of immortality.
• What happened to Chang Er?
• She flew up to the moon.
• When is Moon Festival?
• Every 15th day of the 8th lunar month.

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Lets Have Fun!!

• Pomelos
• Moon Festival MV
• (From YOUTUBE)

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Vocabularies

• moon
• barbecue
• pomelo

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Vocabularies

• moon cake
• fireworks
• story

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Sentences

• What do you do on Moon Festival?
• I eat___________and _______ on Moon Festival.
• I listen stories about the Moon.
• I look at the moon and have a barbecue.

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• Happy Moon Festival!!