Saturday, September 13, 2008

Mid-Autumn Festival Weekend

September 14 is the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival. The moon is supposed to be at its fullest. It is a time for family members to gather together to celebrate. The completion of the family is to echo the fullest (roundness) of the moon.

Unfortunately, instead of being with my family or loved ones, this weekend I am at South Jersey painting and doing repairs on my house. After doing chores from 9 AM to 7 PM, I have finished about 90% of the things. So, I went out for a quick dinner. I had an order of chicken with mashed potato, but it was too salty. After dinner, I bought some groceries and decided to take the boardwalk to walk back home. Summer has gone, but the boardwalk was still crowded with people tonight. I looked up and saw the moon shinning brightly over the neon-lights on the boardwalk.




A blogger has posted this old Chinese poem on her blog yesterday and I think it is very apt. So, I am copying and posting it here:

明月幾時有?把酒問青天。不知天上宮闕,今夕是何年。我欲乘風歸去,又恐瓊樓玉宇,高處不勝寒。起舞弄清影,何似在人間?轉朱閣,低綺戶,照無眠。不應有恨,何事長向別時圓?人有悲歡離合,月有陰晴圓缺,此事古難全。但願人長久,千里共嬋娟。

Since I am copying materials from her blog, credit must be given to her. Here is the link to her blog: http://iriscyp.blogspot.com/

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