international host Wang Guoquan went to the European Prince’s Palace to introduce the Mid-Autumn Festival culture to local citizens
European Renaissance News Agency
On September 15, local time, it falls on the public opening day of the Belgian Bishop’s and Prince’s Palace twice a year, and it is also the anniversary of the Belgian province of Liege. During this period, various special celebrations were held, including inviting celebrities from all over the world to explain their own culture.
September 17 is China’s annual traditional Mid-Autumn Festival. One of the guests, Mr. Wang Guoquan, a famous international host from China, made a wonderful speech, which made all the audience at the scene quite interested. The following is the transcript of Mr. Wang Guoquan’s speech:
Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhongqiu Jie (中秋节) in Chinese, is also called the Mooncake Festival or the Moon Festival.
As the second most important festival in China after Chinese New Year, Mid-Autumn is an official public holiday, a reunion time for families, a little like Thanksgiving. Chinese people celebrate it by gathering for dinners, worshiping the moon, lighting paper lanterns, eating moon cakes, etc.Enjoy the happy time! Enjoy the moon festival！
After listening to Mr. Wang Guoquan about the origin of the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, there was a warm applause at the scene. The citizens said that Chinese culture is very charming and very special, which also made them feel the festive atmosphere of the full moon and family reunion. The citizen Erena said that the Chinese nation has given the moon many beautiful meanings and important values, highlighting the rich imagination and unique values of the Chinese nation. She said that she would go to the Chinese supermarket to buy mooncakes and must travel to China if she had a chance.
There were also many children at the scene. They listened with great interest. Not only that, they also asked their parents to go to the Chinese supermarket to buy mooncakes on the Mid-Autumn Festival on September 17, and to watch the moon at night. They were especially curious about the moon rabbit lamp. A child said that the moon rabbit in the moon might be a space probe. He said that he would study hard and study in China in the future.
Wang Guoquan said that as a descendant of Yan and Huang, he has the obligation to contribute to the promotion of Chinese culture. All over the world, whenever he has the opportunity, he will promote China’s excellent culture to the local people and strive to contribute to telling Chinese stories well. For example, festivals like the Mid-Autumn Festival are very vivid and interesting, and foreign friends are also very happy to hear such festival stories from other countries. For us Chinese, the reason why we attach so much importance to and love the Mid-Autumn Festival is that the Mid-Autumn Festival is a festival with the theme of family reunion. Since ancient times, the Chinese nation has lived together, attached great importance to family and family affection, and regarded family reunion as one of the ideals of life. The Mid-Autumn Festival with the theme of “reunion” is naturally given special attention.
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In addition, the Mid-Autumn Festival also contains the national spirit of self-improvement and an open-minded and strong attitude towards life. The periodic changes of the moon also inspire each of us to correctly treat success and failure – don’t be pessimistic in adversity, because there is always a full moon; don’t forget your worries when the moon is full, because the moon is full, and we should be humble. The moon is full of yin and sunshine”, just like “people have sorrows and joys”. People will always encounter all kinds of difficulties and bumps in their lives, but regardless of good times and adversity, we should be like the bright moon, even if the sky is full of dark clouds, we should bloom. The bright moonlight symbolizes noble character and ethics.
On the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival, I wish all friends a happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
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