Teachable Moment: Moon Festival Last Day

Mid-Autumn Festivalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Autumn_Festival

Moon Festival/Mid-Autumn Festival
Don't forget to check out the recipe for mooncakes!
http://www.afk.com/resources/moonfestival.tpl 

Here is a folk story:The Legend of the Moon Festival 
http://www.moonfestival.org/legends/chango.htm

Here is a link to Lin Yi's lanterns.
http://www.papertigers.org/reviews/USA/papertigers/LinYisLantern.html

Mooncake

The Moon Festival - Mid-Autumn Festival

The moon festival is a different way to celebrate the Mid-Autumn harvest moon.

http://chinesefood.about.com/od/mooncake/a/moonfestival.htm 

 

Activity: Vietnamese Moon Festival: Paper Lantern & Moon Cakes

http://www.mypeacegarden.com/activity_MoonFest.asp

 

  I like that the above activity is sponsored by the Muhannad Ali Peace Center.

 

 Vietnamese Moon Festival in Garden Grove draws thousands

http://www.ocregister.com/news/festival-373196-grove-garden.html 

Dragons make me bite my nails.