Latvian Academy of Culture Celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival

2017年10月4日，中国的传统节日“中秋节”来临之际，拉脱维亚大学下设的拉脱维亚文化学院教学点举行了“吟中秋，吃月饼”的活动。

此次的中秋节庆祝活动是在现代汉语课上展开的。首先，汉语教师志愿者朱玥身着自己设计的“中秋节”文化衫和学生们介绍了文化衫上汉字及图画的含义。接着播放了介绍中秋节的视频，讲解了中秋节的由来、习俗、“嫦娥奔月”的神话故事并带领学生一起品读唐代大诗人李白的《静夜思》。当讲到诗人望月思乡时，学生们都被诗人的思乡之情所感动，也被中国诗歌的意境美所震撼。最后是品月饼活动，学生们第一次品尝月饼，纷纷赞不绝口。此次活动在大家齐声道出的祝福“中秋节快乐”中落幕。

On October 4th 2017, as the traditional Chinese Mid-Autumn Day, Latvian Academy of Culture celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The Mid-Autumn Festival celebration started in the Modern Chinese Lecture. First of all, Volunteer Chinese teacher Zhu Yue dressing in a special T-shirt designed by herself introduced to the students the meaning of these Chinese characters and painting on the T-shirt about the Mid-Autumn Festival. Then she played a video about the introduction of the Mid-Autumn Festival, explained the origin, customs and legend of the Goddess Chang’s fly to the moon and read ‘Thoughts in the Silent Night’ written by the famous poet in Tang Dynasty Li Bai. When the teacher talked about the homesickness of the poet watching the glorious moon, the students were very moved by the feeling and beauty of this traditional Chinese poem. The last part is eating the mooncakes. It was the first time for students to eat the moon cake. All students said it was so delicious. This activity ended with the blessing “Zhong Qiu Jie Kuai Le”(Happy Mid-Autumn Festival) spoken by all students.