Students having fun working on activities for the moon festival
Yiheng Yuan, a guest teacher from China in her second year at the Pathfinder K-8 School in west Seattle put on a Moon Festival event with Chinese students to celebrate the second biggest Chinese holiday with the Pathfinder community On the evening of September 28, over 100 parents and kids joined this event. There were hands-on projects like a tea ceremony, panda painting, paper cutting, moon cake tasting, shuttlecock kicking, and more. They could also take their calligraphy work home.
The Moon Festival, also known as Mid-Autumn Festival, is celebrated on the night of the full moon in the eighth month of the lunar calendar and is an opportunity to gather together with loved ones and give thanks for the autumn harvest.” (end)