Everyone Faraway Enjoy the Same Moment, to Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival by Reciting the Poetry
秋意浓，晚风凉，明月当空照。10月4日晚，来自拉脱维亚大学汉语初级班的学生与里加理工大学学生相聚一堂，共同庆祝中国传统节日中秋佳节的到来，感受这一传统节日传递的浓浓情谊。
“明月几时有，把酒问青天。不知天上宫阙，今夕是何年……”，一曲《但愿人长久》拉开了中秋联谊会的序幕。席间，拉脱维亚大学汉语教师志愿者林婕向学生们讲述了中秋传统习俗，展示了各种风味的中秋月饼，共话中秋佳节团圆情。里加理工大学汉语教师志愿者胡越带领学生们吟诵千古名篇《水调歌头》，共叙佳话，祈愿美好的明天。在柔美的诗词与轻和的音乐的陪伴下，学生们各自成组，围坐在一起，品尝月饼，吟诗译诗，其乐融融。
“中秋真是一个很美的节日。中国的月饼很好吃。祝你们中秋节快乐。”里加理工大学学生迪米特里用简单的汉语讲述着中拉心相连，情谊深的中秋之夜。活动结束后，学生们纷纷留下合影留念，不舍离去。
The feeling of autumn was thick, the temperature of evening was cool, the moon was shining brightly in the sky. At the evening of October 4th, the students who came from
Chinese beginners’ class of LUCI and RTU got together to celebrate the coming of Chinese traditional festival “Mid-Autumn Festival” and to feel the deep friendship among the festival.
“How long will the full moon appear? With a cup of wine in hand, I ask the sky. I don’t know what season it would be in the heavens on this night……”, the association began with the song of “Shui Diao Ge Tou” . During the activity, Lin Jie, the Chinese volunteer teacher of LUCI, introduced the traditional customs of Mid – Autumn Festival and several flavors of moon cakes , meanwhile showing the reunion emotion of Chinese among the festival to the students. Hu Yue, the Chinese volunteer teacher of RTU, led the students to recite the famous poetry “Shui Diao Ge Tou” and pray for a wonderful tomorrow. In the accompany of beautiful poetry and music, students divided into several groups sitting together to enjoy the moon cakes and poetry.
“Mid – Autumn Festival is a really wonderful day, I enjoy the moon cakes very much and wish you will have a good time on this day” Dmitry, the student from RTU showed his kindness between Chinese and Latvia. After the activity, students took photos to memorize this day and didn’t want to leave.
