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Mid-Autumn Festival Introduction What do Chinese people usually do on the festival? What do the Chinese families do on the festival? What do they eat on the festival? What can we watch in the night sky? What special stories does the festival have? For generations, moon cakes have been made with sweet fillings of nuts, mashed red beans or Chinese dates（枣子）, wrapped in a pastry. Sometimes a cooked egg yolk can be found in the middle of the rich tasting dessert. The Harvest Moon FestivalSelected Words Phrases the harvest (full) moon 月圆 bright 明亮的 get together 团圆 bar-be-cue (v)(n) 烤肉 make tea 泡茶 watch the moon 賞月 moon cakes 月饼 an immortal 仙人 a fairy 仙女 Jade rabbit 玉兔 Wu Kang 吴刚 Chang-Er 嫦娥 astronaut 太空人 cassia tree 月桂树 superstition 迷信 point at 指着 Stories about Mid-Autumn Day! Wu Kang and the Cassia Tree There was once a smart young man. His name is Wu Kang. Wu Kang was a farmer, but he found that farming was so easy to him. So he started to learn different things. First, he wanted to become a furniture maker. After he knew that making good furniture would take three to five years, Wu Kang stopped to learn to do business. He went to work in a shop, but he very quickly knew that it would also take him many years to be a rich businessman. Without any patience, Wu Kang left again and he decided to become an immortal this time. Wu Kang went up to a mountain to find the immortals. Soon he found an immortal to teach him to make wonder drugs. After several days, Wu Kang felt bored of learning it, too. He asked the immortal to teach him something else. The immortal agreed and next began teaching him to play Chinese Chess. Once again, Wu Kang ran out of his patience. Next, the immortal gave Wu Kang many books to study. He studied these books for a few days but gave up studying them again. At last, the immortal wanted Wu Kang to take a trip to the moon with him. When he got to the moon, the immortal taught him to chop down a large Cassia tree before them. But the Cassia tr