As the annual Chinese Mid Autumn Festival (Mooncake Festival) approaches, we are organising a school wide lantern making exhibition to celebrate. The Mid Autumn Festival is one of the most important traditions in the Chinese cultural calendar and the festival gives thanks for the harvest and is a time for harmonious family reunions. To share this spirit and to promote an appreciation of the local culture, we are requesting for all learners to participate in our lantern making event as their contribution towards the festivities.

We have included some links to videos below to provide some general information on how to make a lantern. However, we do not want to hold back the learners from their own imaginative ideas and creativity! We would particularly like to encourage children to create lanterns using recycled materials. Learners will be asked to make their lanterns at home before bringing them to C2 pod by Thursday, 28 September. On this date we will begin to display them around the foyer and pond area. Learners must not bring candles or matches to school. If you have a small electric light to light up the lantern then is great but it will be daylight and we are looking at the decoration of the lanterns rather than illuminating them.

Different ways of making lanterns can be found via the weblinks below:

Paper lanterns

Origami lanterns

Indian Akash Kandil lanterns

Lanterns from drinks cans

Decorative lanterns

We will celebrate learners’ creations in school and use them as a basis on which to build their understanding of this key festival.

Bruce Luo

Subject Leader - Chinese Additional Language

亲爱的家长和监护人

中秋节是中国文化中最重要的传统节日，是感谢收获及家庭团聚的时刻。随着中秋节的到来，为了分享这种文化传承，促进学生对文化的感受和理解，我们将会组织一个灯笼制作展览。每个学生会以在家中做灯笼的形式，参与这次中秋节的庆祝活动。

以下提供了关于如何制作灯笼的相关视频链接。当然我们更鼓励学生发挥自己的创意和想象力，制作独特的灯笼。此外，我们也倡导孩子们用可回收材料制作灯笼。 学生可以用电池小灯泡装饰灯笼，但不可以使用蜡烛或火柴，更不得将蜡烛火柴带到学校。学生需要在9月27日星期三之前，把在家中制作好的灯笼带到C2。我们将在学校的门厅和池塘区域展示所有的灯笼。此次展示活动意在展示学生的创意，展示多姿多彩的手工灯笼，展示中国丰富深厚的中华文化。

通过以下网址可以找到不同的制作灯笼的方式：

Paper lanterns

Origami lanterns

Indian Akash Kandil lanterns

Decorative lanterns

Lanterns from drinks cans

祝好！

罗星

中文外语部负责人

龚航

中文母语部负责人