Moon Festival Moon Festival By 張映芬老師
Story
A long time ago, there were ten suns in the sky. They each shone at different times.
One day, all ten suns shone at the same time.
The crops burned and the people had nothing to eat.
Hou Yi （后羿）, shot down nine of the ten suns to save the world.
The Jade Emperor was the father of the suns. He became very angry and forced Hou Yi （后羿） and his wife, Chang Ou （嫦娥） to live on the earth.
A goddess, Queen Mother of the West felt sorry for Hou Yi （后羿） and gave him an elixir of life to help him.
Hou Yi （后羿） started to be proud and treated people badly.
Chang Ou （嫦娥） saw that people were not happy under Hou Yi’s rule, so she stole the elixir of life from Hou Yi.
Chang Ou （嫦娥） swallowed all the pills.
She became lighter and lighter.
Finally Chang Ou （嫦娥） floated to the moon.
Culture ＆Custom
→ It is on August 15th of lunar month. When is Moon Festival? → It is on August 15th of lunar month.
What do we do on Moon Festival? → We watch the full moon.
What do we do on Moon Festival? → We eat moon cake.
What do we do on Moon Festival? → We have a barbecue.
What do we do on Moon Festival? → We wear pomelo hats.
THE END 參考資料： 圖片來源： 創用CC 圖片搜尋與方翔平（2013）個人創作授權使用的圖片 張玉玲 ， 黃燕靜（ 2001 ） 。創意節慶教學。東西圖書公司。 http://tw.knowledge.yahoo.com/question/question?qid=1205081221812 圖片來源： 創用CC 圖片搜尋與方翔平（2013）個人創作授權使用的圖片