{"id":333,"date":"2008-09-14T22:55:13","date_gmt":"2008-09-15T02:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.handsful.com\/?p=333"},"modified":"2008-09-14T22:56:41","modified_gmt":"2008-09-15T02:56:41","slug":"autumn-moon-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/archives\/333","title":{"rendered":"Autumn Moon Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: top;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3214\/2857611025_0b8771673b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the light of the silvery moon&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>This weekend, we had the pleasure of getting together with our local FCC (Families with Children from China) group to celebrate the Autumn Moon Festival.\u00c2\u00a0 Here is a little info on this holiday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Autumn Moon Festival&#8230;sometimes called the Mid-Autumn Festival or Lantern Festival&#8230;dates back to over 3,000 years to moon worship in China&#8217;s Shang (or Tang, I saw references to both) dynasty.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s held on the 15th day of the\u00c2\u00a08th lunar month.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s one of the two most important Chinese holidays (the other being Chinese New Year).\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0It is a time for families to come together to admire the moon, eat mooncakes, light lanterns, and watch dragon dances.\u00c2\u00a0 Chinese people believe that on that day, the moon is the roundest and the brightest, signaling a time of completeness and abundance.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Our group decided to spend our evening at the St. Augustine splash park, right beside the beach and under the moon.\u00c2\u00a0 We were very excited to be there, as it was our first FCC event WITH our Lainey.\u00c2\u00a0 We had attended other things in the past (as a &#8220;waiting family&#8221;) and had admired all the beautiful little girls (and some boys) in our group, with a wee bit of jealousy ;)\u00c2\u00a0 This time, it felt great to actually be a family with a child from China.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here are some photos from the night&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3125\/2858442024_cb41203c1c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lainey, Mom, Abbey, Marley, and Ethan&#8230;splashing with a view of the ocean.\u00c2\u00a0 Can&#8217;t beat that.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3046\/2858441904_6e065574dd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pure joy<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3090\/2857612081_c32bc10e55.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Payton throws a little kung fu on the fountains<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3026\/2857611995_becbf5c4b5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Payton, there&#8217;s water EVERYWHERE!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3166\/2858441308_acc3552375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was a fun night!\u00c2\u00a0 On my sidebar, you&#8217;ll see a category called &#8220;local families&#8221;.\u00c2\u00a0 Check out some of their blogs&#8230;I&#8217;ll be adding more soon.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the light of the silvery moon&#8230; 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