China News Agency, Beijing, September 10th, title: Overseas Chinese and Chinese celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival: Acacia does not look forward to reunion with the full moon
China News Agency reporter Xu Wenxin
"Long Tian Yu Kuang, all the hometown." It's the Mid-Autumn Festival again, and it's time for reunion again.
For thousands of years, this day has always been the emotional refuge of Chinese sons and daughters, and can always evoke a touch of nostalgia in the hearts of wandering children.
For overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese, the Mid-Autumn Festival is the reunion and lovesickness, and also the link of Chinese cultural genes.
Acacia, the full moon looks forward to reunion
When the moon arrives at the Mid-Autumn Festival, the equinox is obvious, and the people are more deeply in love when they arrive at the Mid-Autumn Festival.
For overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese, the yearning of the bright moon and the longing for the reunion of the full moon are like a brand engraved in the blood, lingering.
"The older my parents are, the more important they feel about the Mid-Autumn Festival. For me, the greatest happiness of the Mid-Autumn Festival is to eat moon cakes with my parents. But this year, I will stay in Paris for the festival. Fortunately, my parents are strong and optimistic, and they can make video calls. Create a lot of happiness." Wang Yunru, who has lived in France for more than 20 years, said that the Mid-Autumn Festival atmosphere in the 13th arrondissement of Paris is very strong. Almost all Asian supermarkets sell moon cakes. He specially bought moon cakes and prepared to feast on Mid-Autumn Festival night. Share this joy with your parents.
Wang Lizhi, president of the East American Shandong Association, celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival in New York. He said: "The overseas Chinese in New York attach great importance to the Mid-Autumn Festival. Before the epidemic, hundreds of overseas Chinese and Chinese gathered every year to hold large-scale arts such as the International Confucius Cultural Festival. The party is celebrated. This year, I bought moon cakes from China, presented them to local folks, and sent blessings to domestic relatives and friends through video.”
Reunion, not thousands of miles away
"China's moon is the brightest, and it is polished by the deepest and deepest affection. Just like China in Tang poetry, there is a landscape and a pavilion. The more you think about it, the more unforgettable it is, and the longer it goes, the more fragrant it is." Director of the British Chinese Art Center Mao Hancheng has lived overseas for more than 20 years. In the past, he and his family would go to London's Chinatown for dinner during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
This year, he returned to China to reunite with his parents for the long-awaited reunion festival.
On the day of Bai Lu, Mao Hengcheng and his two children recorded the MV of "Lu Cong Tonight Is White, The Moon Is Hometown Ming".
"I want to let children learn Chinese culture in this way, and I hope that children can learn and apply Eastern and Western cultures and integrate them." In Mao's view, the Mid-Autumn Festival is an important opportunity for children to experience Chinese culture.
"No matter where you are, the descendants of Yan and Huang will definitely look up to the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival. This bright moon is no longer a planet in the physical sense, but a meeting point of our common cultural blood."
Hu Lanbo, president of the bilingual magazine "World China" in Italy, returned to his hometown Beijing to visit relatives a few months ago, and postponed his return trip in order to stay in his hometown for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
She said that this is the first time she has returned to her hometown since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia. She misses her relatives very much, and she is very happy to spend the festival with her elderly mother and share the "Chinese romance" of the reunion of the full moon.
Persevere for greater happiness and reunion
On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Ma Bin, secretary-general of the Overseas Chinese Association of Pakistan, set off for the flood-affected areas at five in the morning.
"There are about 150 affected families in the disaster area we are going to, and 50 of them have been washed away, so we bought 150 food parcels and prepared 50 daily necessities. These two days have been busy purchasing and loading trucks. , did not pay attention to the Mid-Autumn Festival." Ma Bin said.
"My family has basically returned to China. They know that I am fighting the disaster, but they don't know that I am going to the disaster area on the Mid-Autumn Festival. When I go home tonight, I will make a video for them, telling them that I received moon cakes made by local friends, and I am very safe here, and every public welfare activity is protected by Pakistani caring people, I hope they can live happily in China." Ma Bin said.
There are 6 overseas Chinese who set off with Ma Bin to the disaster area. In previous years, they would hold Mid-Autumn Festival cultural activities and eat moon cakes together, but this year, they chose to celebrate the festival in this special way.
In fact, no matter how far you go, no matter how many years you go abroad, as long as your hearts and thoughts remain the same, it will be the best Mid-Autumn Festival.
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