This year is my 5th Mid-Autumn Festival without my family. I am already used to it. Luckily, my dearest host family gave me some French-Hongkongese moon-cakes which are delicious.
Today, it's Mid-Autumn Festival in China. It's one of my favorite traditional festivals when I was in Hong Kong. We used to go out at night to see the moon which is the roundest and brightest on this day of the year. We would also take some lanterns (electrical ones or traditional ones with candles inside) and then sit down and light up some candles on the ground. I have a lot of sweet memories of this festival with my cousins and my family. However, since I came to France, every year on this very special day, I feel quite lonely. It feels really strange when it's such a special day for me but nobody knows in France. Everything just keep going like a normal day. There's no holiday, no candles, no mooncakes, no one go out and see the bright and beautiful moon......... This year is my 5th Mid-Autumn Festival without my family. I am already used to it. Luckily, my dearest host family gave me some French-Hongkongese moon-cakes which are delicious. Yesterday, we had performance at the Opera and I went back home late after the show. Before I went up to my apartment, I looked up to the sky downstairs and saw a beautiful rounded moon in the sky as if it was saying hi to me and made me think of my family and my hometown. Now they must be celebrating lunar festival together happily with mooncakes, star fruits and candles! I wish I were with them! While I had some free time yesterday afternoon in the Opera, I thought about Mid-Autumn Festival and made a piano cover of a song about Hong Kong that I like very much. It's called "Down the Lion Rock". The Lion Rock is a hill in Hong Kong that naturally looks like a lion. Its lyrics are really meaningful. It's about solidarity between hongkongers and other inspiring messages about our lives. I hope you like it! And Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to all of you!
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Invisible Wings
27/9/2015 02:54:05 pm
I am glad you had delicious moon cakes!
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