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Chester Queen’s School girls celebrate Chinese Moon Festival

Oct 20 2011 by Jo Henwood, Chester Chronicle

GIRLS at Chester’s Queen’s School celebrated autumn with a Chinese moon festival.

The festival (also known as the mid-autumn festival) is a popular lunar harvest festival among Chinese and Vietnamese cultures and was first noted 3,000 years ago in a written collection of rituals.

Girls from Years 7-11 celebrated during their Mandarin lessons by making paper moons and Chinese lanterns.

They also tried traditional moon cake and learnt about the cultural celebrations.

Sophie Bradshaw, 15, said: “The moon cake looked great and tasted good too.”

Alex McNee, 16, added: “I really enjoyed learning the story of the moon lady and the culture surrounding the festival.”

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