Confucius Classroom at Daugavpils University celebrating 2018 Mid-autumn Festival
当地时间10月4日上午11点30分，拉脱维亚道加瓦皮尔斯大学孔子课堂举行了一次中秋节活动。此次参加活动的有孔子课堂学分班的汉语老师和同学们。首先，老师通过PPT演示、视频播放等方式开展了此次中秋节的活动，引起了同学们对中秋节浓厚的兴趣。尤其是视频播放结束后，同学们便一一举手向老师询问了有关中秋节习俗的问题，顿时教室里洋溢着欢乐的气氛。接着，老师根据视频的细节，讲述了一段嫦娥玉兔的故事，也表达了中秋节是与家人团圆的日子，同学们听得入神，纷纷表示故事很有趣，既打开了眼界，又增长了见识。同时，同学们也分享了在拉脱维亚关于月亮的故事，老师也表示听了故事之后，受益匪浅。最后，老师与同学们一起分享了从中国带来的月饼，同学们都说这是第一次吃到月饼，非常好吃。还有同学表示，想吃一个星期这样的月饼。就这样，在欢乐活跃的氛围中，老师和学生们一边吃月饼，一边分享彼此的故事，一片欢声笑语，其乐融融。海上生明月，天涯共此时，希望每个在海外的中国人在表达对亲人的思念之情时，也能珍惜时光，把握当下。
Local time at 11:30am, October 4th, 2018, the 2018 Mid-Autumn Festival celebration was held at Confucius Classroom at Daugavpils University. Teachers and students from Confucius Classroom took part in the event.
Firstly, through well prepared PPT and vivid videos which related with Mid-Autumn Festival, students showed interests on this Chinese traditional festival and asked many questions about it. Secondly, teacher told students the legend about Chinese Moon Goddess Chang E and her pet Jade Rabbit. The story explained why Chinese families are getting reunion on this festival. Meanwhile, students also shared a Latvian story about the moon. Lastly, they shared the traditional desert of Mid-Autumn Festival-moon cakes together. While enjoying this Chinese flavour cake, students and teachers continued the topic about moon and moon festivals. One of the students even said that it’s the first time he tasted moon cake. It was so delicious that he wanted to have it for breakfast for the whole week.
Wish all the teachers and students at Daugavpils University happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
