Celebrating Together – Mid-Autumn Festival and Teacher’s Day
In 2022, the Mid-Autumn Festival falls on September 10th (Saturday) and the Teacher’s Day is also on this day. It means more than centered family reunion and happiness but also a day to thank teachers.
What celebration is Mid-Autumn Festival?
The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival, is a traditional festival celebrated in Chinese culture. It is said the moon on this day is the brightest and roundest, which has come to mean family reunion.
Celebrations
Enjoying a dinner with family. During the festival, people will go back home and get together with their family , share a fantastic meal together to enjoy this family reunion time.
The full moon is the symbol of family reunions in Chinese culture.Some people choose to go outdoors to admire the full moon on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, like parks, squares or hills.
Hanging up lanterns also is one of the customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Every year, lantern carnivals and exhibitions are held in parks and other public places. Possibly because lanterns traditionally symbolization of luck, light, and familial togetherness.
Food
The most popular Mid-Autumn Festival foods are moon cakes
Other foods will also appear on the family table on this day, such as hairy crabs, duck, pumpkin, river snails, taro and wine fermented with osmanthus flowers.
In fact, the Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the largest festivals in Mainland China and East Asia. Besides China, many Asian countries celebrate this festival, like Vietnam,South Korea, Malaysia, and Chinese Ethnics worldwide.
Jixiang Connector has prepared moon cakes and fruits as gifts for all employees with great care. And there will have a holiday from September 10th to 11th for all employees to spend with their families and celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Here Jixiang Connector send our best wishes for all customers and employees:
Wish you and your family health, happiness and a wonderful Mid-Autumn Festival !
Traditional practices for celebrating The Dragon Boat Festival include:
Eat Zongzi - Zongzi is made of sticky rice with various fillings such as bean paste, jujube, and pork belly, wrapped in bamboo leaves in a pyramid shape and steamed. Eating zongzi has become a way for Chinese people to express their homage to Qu Yuan’s spirit and it’s time for family reunion.
Attending Dragon Boat Races - It is an essential part of the celebration. It is meant to drive away evil energy and invite clean energy into your body. The core is the spirit of hard work and solidarity.
Hanging mugwort leaves - a Chinese herbal medicine, on the front door to to protect the household from illness and evil spirits. Indeed, it’s been found that insects are repelled by mugwort and calamus plants.
Wearing Perfume Pouches - Those cute embroidered silk scent bags are not just charming and sweet-smelling, but they also serve a medicinal purpose.It seem to be everywhere at this time of year during the Dragon Boat Festival season, or Duanwu.
Drinking Realgar Wine - There is an old saying: 'Drinking realgar wine drives diseases and evils away!' People believed that realgar was an antidote for all poisons, and effective for killing insects and driving away evil spirits.
Jixiang Connector attaches great importance to the Dragon Boat Festival.
We will have a 3-day holiday from Jun 3rd to Jun 5th, 2022 for the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival like most cable gland manufacturers in China. However, as long as you need, there will be fast respond, our service is never stop.
Jixiang Connector also have prepared blessings and gifts for all the staff, wish them peace and health on Dragon Boat Festival!
Last with all the best wishes to you and your family.
