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A short film depicting Mid-Autumn Festival.

It is well known that the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month is the Mid-Autumn Festival. The streets are full of laughter and joy. It was a beautiful night, and red lanterns lit up the street. On the wide road, cars are constantly flowing, and a "red flow" flows to the southeast and northwest. People are walking in the street with lanterns, and those beautiful lanterns represent the joy in people's hearts. Soon, colorful flowers-fireworks-appeared in the sky. Night turned into day, and fireworks covered the night sky with colorful clothes, reflecting the lonely moonlight sister. Walking into the alley, every household is talking and laughing there, which makes people feel warm.

People are marching on those wide streets! Lovely fireflies also fly around in droves to "open the way" for people. In the bright house, people are eating moon cakes and enjoying the moon. Looking at the moon like a white jade plate, people laughed. The moon in the sky illuminates the earth, and the river reflects the moon in the sky, which is beautiful!

On the streets and roads, red streams flow east, west, south and north respectively. The lanterns in people's hands shine on this land, the ends of the earth and the whole country! Under the eaves, several red palace lanterns illuminate the country road, and several red palace lanterns represent the joy in people's hearts. Look! Not to be outdone, even Qiu Chan sang in the tree: "The autumn moon is beautiful, I know, I know." At this time, the children couldn't help singing the song "The Moon of the Fifteenth", which was very nice! What a beautiful night! What a wonderful Mid-Autumn Festival! Round moon, colorful fireworks. Red lanterns make this Mid-Autumn Festival particularly lively. I like Mid-Autumn Festival. This is a moonlit night, an unforgettable night.

Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Mid-Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, August Festival, Moon Chasing Festival, Moon Worship Festival, Daughter's Day or Reunion Festival, is a traditional cultural festival popular in many ethnic groups and countries with Chinese cultural circles in China, and falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. Because its value is only half that of Sanqiu, it is named, and some places set the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 16. [ 1-2]?

The Mid-Autumn Festival began in the early years of the Tang Dynasty and prevailed in the Song Dynasty. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it had become one of the traditional festivals in China, which was as famous as the Spring Festival. Influenced by China culture, Mid-Autumn Festival is also a traditional festival for overseas Chinese in some countries in East and Southeast Asia, especially local Chinese. Since 2008, Mid-Autumn Festival has been listed as a national statutory holiday. On May 20th, 2006, it was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage by the State Council.

Since the Mid-Autumn Festival, there have been customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the moon, eating Yue Bai, enjoying osmanthus flowers and drinking osmanthus wine, which have been passed down to this day and last forever. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a colorful and precious cultural heritage. The full moon is a symbol of people's reunion, a sustenance for missing their hometown and relatives, and hopes for a bumper harvest and happiness. Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day are also called the four traditional festivals in China.