Special - Mid-Autumn: Fly Me to the Moon
The History of China
Chris Stewart
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 10 September 2022
⏱️ 14 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to an AirWave Media Podcast. |
| 0:30.0 | Simply live an exclusive of TNT Sports. |
| 0:41.0 | Hello and welcome to the history of China. |
| 0:48.0 | All these special for mid-autumn fly me to the moon. |
| 0:53.0 | Happy September 10th, 2022, a special day this year, |
| 0:58.0 | because it marks one of the major Chinese and East Asian holidays. |
| 1:02.0 | Mid-autumn festival, known as Zheng Xiaojie in Chinese, |
| 1:05.0 | Tusok in Korea, Tsukimi in Japan, |
| 1:08.0 | Tet Chong Tu in Vietnam, |
| 1:10.0 | and by many other names all over the world. |
| 1:13.0 | It is a lunar holiday, celebrating the eighth full moon |
| 1:16.0 | of the Chinese Lunar Solar Calendar, |
| 1:18.0 | which means that it is variably held between mid-September, |
| 1:22.0 | as in this year, and as late as early October. |
| 1:25.0 | What is the purpose of this holiday? |
| 1:27.0 | Why the same is the point of just about any autonomous holiday, of course? |
| 1:30.0 | Harvest time. |
| 1:32.0 | From Halloween to Thanksgiving to other such holidays around the world, |
| 1:35.0 | autumn is the time to get those crops cut and out of the field, |
| 1:38.0 | and then prepared for the long cold winter to follow. |
| 1:41.0 | It also means a time of family gathering, |
| 1:44.0 | giving thanks for the good fortune of the previous year, |
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