Mid-Autumn Festival at CISS. CISS的中秋节

By Dr. Francisco de la Serna Sabate. Vice-Principal.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is the second most important holyday for Chinese culture after the Chinese New Year in January/February. It has more than 3,000 years of history, dating back to the Zhou dynasty, when the emperors worshipped the moon for bountiful harvests.

在中国文化中，中秋节是仅次于春节的重要节日。这一具有3000多年历史的节日可以追溯到周朝，那时皇帝祭祀月亮，祈求丰收。

The festival has three main meanings, gathering, thanksgiving and praying. Chinese people will gather with their families to eat moon cakes during this time, made with the ingredients gathered from the harvest and pray for the family’s fortune and good health in the future.

这个节日有三层主要含义:团聚、感恩和祈福。节日里，中国人会和家人团聚在一起吃月饼，月饼是由丰收时采集的食材制作而成，人们会为家人未来的好运和健康祈祷。

It is a very personal and meaningful time in Chinese culture that bring together relatives that live far from each other and gives them the opportunity to catch up and strengthen family bonds.

在中国文化中，这是一个非常具有人情味和意义非凡的节日，平日里距离很远的亲属也会聚在一起，大家谈天说地共话亲情。

Madame Duan, Executive Director, Dr. Sabate Vice-Principal and the teachers of CISS greeting the children.

Here in CISS we work hard to transmit to our student the message that we have to be open minded, caring and we need to respect other cultures. In this spirit we teach our children to respect each other by showing gratitude, listening to classmates ideas and celebrating other cultures important holidays, like this one.

在CISS，我们努力向学生传递这样一个信息，那就是必须要思想开明，要有爱心，要尊重不同文化。本着这种精神，我们教育孩子们通过懂得感恩、倾听其他同学的想法和庆祝不同文化的重要节日来尊重彼此，就像这个节日一样。

Today, our teachers stayed at the front gate of our school to greet parents and students and prepared some activities for our students so they can celebrate and share great experiences revolving around this important day.

一大早，我们的老师在学校大门前迎接家长和学生，并为学生们准备了丰富多彩的活动，这样他们就可以围绕这个重要的日子进行庆祝并分享彼此的美好经历。

Our grade 1s gathered flowers from our gardens and prepared “I love you mommy” letters and bouquets, our grade 5s prepared paper lanterns (a very important symbol of this celebration), and some teachers played games in the classroom as a break from the normal daily routine.

1年级学生从花园中采摘鲜花，摆好“我爱你，妈妈”字样和花束，5年级学生制作了纸灯笼(庆祝活动的一个非常重要的象征)，老师们在教室里做起游戏，作为常规课程的调剂。

At the end of the day, our teachers came out to bid farewell to parents and students and wish them a great Mid-Autumn Festival celebration. From my part, to the students, enjoy this holyday, I know that you have been working very hard, so rest, recharge and return for learning even more! To our parents, enjoy your time with your kids, they are great individuals full of surprises and continuously striving to be the best version of their selves. To my colleagues, good work, enjoy a well-deserved break and come back ready to continue offering the same degree of professionalism and care for our students. 中秋快乐！

放学时分，老师们纷纷与家长和学生们告别，并祝大家中秋节快乐。就我而言，我希望同学们能享受这个假期，我知道你们一直都很辛苦，所以好好休息，给自己充充电，再回到学校后能更好地学习知识!对于我们的家长，请享受和孩子们在一起的美好时光，他们是了不起的个体，充满惊喜，不断努力成为最好的自己。我的同事们，希望你们好好工作，好好休息，假期回来后一如既往地以专业精神和关怀服务好我们的莘莘学子。中秋快乐！