We Chinese celebrate our harvest festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, on the 15th of August (lunar month).
我们中国人在八月十五日庆祝我们的丰收节,中秋节。
The special food for this festival is mooncakes, so people also call this festival Moon Festival. Mooncakes are something like pies. There are different kinds of mooncakes, some have fruit in them, some have nuts in them, and even some have meat in them. All of them are delicious.
这个节日的特色食物是月饼,所以人们也把这个节日称为月饼节。月饼有点像馅饼。月饼有很多种,有的里面有水果,有的里面有坚果,甚至还有一些里面有肉。它们都很好吃。
Just like Christmas and Thanksgiving in the West, it’s one of the most important and traditional events for us Chinese. It is also a time for family members to get together. Children come back home to have dinner with their parents. This night, the moon is round and bright. People enjoy the full moon, which is considered as a symbol of the harmony and luck.
就像西方的圣诞节和感恩节一样,它也是我们中国人最重要和最传统的活动之一。这也是家人团聚的时候。孩子们回家和父母一起吃晚饭。今晚,月亮又圆又亮。人们喜欢满月,它被认为是和谐和幸运的象征。