Mid-autumn Day is more or less like Spring Festival. It falls on the 15th day of the 8thlunar month. It's an important day for our Chinese, because it's a familyreunion day.

中秋节或多或少有点像春节。它是在农历八月的第十五天。是我国一个重要的日子，因为它是家庭团聚的时刻。

Onthat day, there will be a big family dinner. Everyone who works¹ outside will goback home for the union. And they also eat moon cakes, which are the specialfood for this festival. There are various kinds of moon cakes. They are sodelicious that everyone enjoys them very much.

在那一天，会有一个丰富的家庭晚餐。在外面工作的每个人都会回家团聚。他们还吃月饼，月饼是这个节日特殊的食品。有各种各样的月饼。它们是如此美味，所以每个人都非常喜欢吃。

Inthe evening, the moon is so bright and round, so people always prepare somefruits and moon cakes and put them under the moon so as to pray for the healthand security² all the year round. It seems that everyone is so happy.

晚上，月亮又亮又圆，所以人们总是准备一些水果和月饼放在月光下来祈求终年健康和平安。似乎每个人都非常高兴。