🏮 Chinese festivals

Unit 11 · Feelings, interests & culture (HSK 3) · 9 min

春节 Spring Festival is China's most important holiday, at the lunar new year. People go home to family and give children 红包 red envelopes. At 中秋节 Mid-Autumn Festival they eat 月饼 mooncakes and admire the moon. 祝你春节快乐！

Words in this lesson

• 节日 (jié rì) — festival
• 春节 (Chūn jié) — Spring Festival
• 中秋节 (Zhōng qiū jié) — Mid-Autumn Festival
• 月饼 (yuè bing) — mooncake
• 红包 (hóng bāo) — red envelope
• 祝 (zhù) — to wish

Greeting Chinese colleagues in Egypt in Chinese at Spring Festival is much appreciated.

Project: Write a festival greeting to a Chinese friend and introduce an Egyptian festival.