Transcript MING DYNASTY

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Falls on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Lunar calendar
– when the moon is at its maximum brightness for the entire year, the Chinese
celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.
– exact middle of Autumn
Western Calendar:
– sometime between mid September and mid October.
Myth of the Mid-Autumn Festival
•Hou Yi rescued the earth and managed in shooting down nine out of the
ten suns
•Hou Yi was given a Pill of Immortality that his wife Chang-O ate
instead and floated to the moon
•She met a friendly hare on the moon, known as the Jade Rabbit and
they built a palace and stayed there forever
Mooncake Festival
• Chang-O and the Jade Hare’s legendary importance is
stamped on every mooncake, box and poster
• Mongolian people ruled China in the Yuan Dynasty
• Plans of attack from the Sung Dynasty, to plot against the
Mongolians were hidden inside mooncakes
• Each year families gather to celebrate and commemorate
the Mid-Autumn culture by sharing mooncake