“海上生明月，天涯共此时”、“但愿人长久，千里共婵娟”、“今夜月明人尽望，不知秋思落谁家？”……一句句脍炙人口的古诗句道出了中秋佳节人们心底最真的牵挂！今天，在温暖美丽的协和校园，小、初、高三部庆祝中秋的大戏华丽来袭。
何为节日？何为传统？只有通过丰富多彩的体验，它才能变得立体。为此，全校师生身着传统服饰，共叙节日喜乐。
The Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated by us Chinese for centuries. The festival is held on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar with full moon at night, when mooncakes are traditionally eaten. This Mid-Autumn Festival is probably the most charming and picturesque day of this semester, for we, primary, middle school and high school celebrate it together today.
Being the equivalent of American Thanksgiving, the Mid-Autumn Festival means that families and communities traditionally get together to celebrate the harvesting season and pray for a good harvest next year. Imagine colorful, bright, and shiny traditional Chinese clothing everywhere we go. This is how the Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated here on Wanyuan Campus.
小学部 Primary
小学部开展了“墨香迎中秋”主题活动。孩子们分年级进行了丰富多彩的庆祝。了解中秋的由来、中秋的习俗是孩子们庆祝佳节的开胃之品。浅吟低唱，诗歌走起。孩子们用稚嫩的童音晕染了中秋的诗情画意。经典咏流传，佳节共传情！口中有韵，笔下生花。一支支妙笔，点横撇捺，工整美观的抄写中，中秋的浓情蜜意在纸上肆意流淌。温馨佳节，怎能少了月饼相伴？看，一个个已经尽兴品尝起来了！
Mooncakes are the most famous tradition of the Mid-Autumn Festival. In Shanghai, you can find hundreds of varieties and unusual fillings to satisfy any taste bud. The festival is celebrated with many cultural or regional customs. Today, it is an occasion for reunions among students and teachers, a symbol of harmony and unity. It also offers the students a great opportunity to know more about the origin and development of the festival.
Festivals are an expressive way to celebrate glorious heritage, culture and traditions. They are meant to rejoice special moments and emotions in our lives with our loved ones. They play an important role to add structure to our social lives, and connect us with our families and backgrounds. They give us a distraction from our day to day, exhausting routine of life, and give us some inspiration to remember the important things and moments in life.
初中部 Middle School
初中部开展了“诗词话中秋”主题活动。活动主要以诗词闯关的形式呈现。闯关内容共分为“花”、“好”、“月”、“圆”四个板块。秋高气爽的午后，宽敞明亮的大厅，人头攒动。一双双认真的眼神、一个个冥思的表情、一份份惊喜的顿悟，无不传递着闯关的刺激和满满的收获。花好月圆，不仅让孩子们在美丽的字眼中，感受到了中秋的温馨，更给他们打开了一个广阔的诗词世界！闯关，是一次跨越古今的、美丽的中秋对话！
Each traditional Chinese festival, which is inseparable from our ethnic identity, is a time when traditions and traditional practices become especially important both in families and in public generally. The fundamental spirit of the Mid-Autumn Festival is closely intertwined with the traditional culture and values of the Chinese. It invariably centers on maintaining and improving human relations.
In Chinese culture, poetry has provided a format and a forum for both public and private expressions of deep emotion, offering an audience of peers, readers, and scholars an insight into the inner life of Chinese writers across more than two millennia. The students have found in it an interesting and pleasurable field of study, in its exemplification of essential contrasts between the ancient times and the modern times, and on its own terms.
美式高中部 High School
美国高中部开展了“书画绘中秋、大赛竞风流”的主题活动。各年级孩子们在中国文化课堂中，或以小组合作方式制作中秋海报、中秋贺卡，表达对亲友的美好祝愿；或进行传统文化知识抢答竞赛，增进对中国文化的了解；或举办演讲比赛，表达对“传统与现代”的理解；或通过“品月饼，秀茶道”的形式，展现传统文化的魅力……
Our school has a long history of doing lots of thing in the name of tradition. A traditional festival, from which we derive ‘a sense of belonging’, is always regarded as being very important aspects of the general social glue which holds our community together.
The students in each grade took lessons featuring Chinese culture and engaged in the activities related to Mid-Autumn Festival, which presented a fantastic way to help the students to connect the dots on their own. In doing so, the students realize we preserve traditional festivals in the fast-changing times not only to record the past but to save it for the future as well.
The past gives us an identity and the future holds the promise of fulfillment. Festivals were started to pass the legends, knowledge and traditions onto the next generation. They serve the purpose of bringing happiness to our lives, and strengthen our sense of community.
