Comments on: Culture Class #13 - Amber and Victor’s Chinese Buffet: Mid-Autumn Festival http://www.chineseclass101.com/2009/10/03/culture-class-13-amber-victors-chinese-buffet-mid-autumn-festival/ Learn Chinese with Free Podcasts Whether you are student or a seasoned speaker, our lessons offer something for everyone. We incorporate culture and current issues into each episode to give the most informative, both linguistically and culturally, podcasts possible. For those of you with just the plane ride to prepare, check our survival phrase series at ChineseClass101.com. One of these phrases just might turn your trip into the best one ever! Thu, 17 May 2012 20:26:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Amber http://www.chineseclass101.com/2009/10/03/culture-class-13-amber-victors-chinese-buffet-mid-autumn-festival/#comment-3044 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:28:06 +0000 http://www.chineseclass101.com/2009/10/03/culture-class-13-amber-victors-chinese-buffet-mid-autumn-festival/#comment-3044 hey 蓝大卫 , here are some suggestions/opinions for where to find good mooncakes in nyc: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/441914 hey 蓝大卫 ,

here are some suggestions/opinions for where to find good mooncakes in nyc:

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/441914

]]> by: 蓝大卫 http://www.chineseclass101.com/2009/10/03/culture-class-13-amber-victors-chinese-buffet-mid-autumn-festival/#comment-3033 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:05:34 +0000 http://www.chineseclass101.com/2009/10/03/culture-class-13-amber-victors-chinese-buffet-mid-autumn-festival/#comment-3033 What brand of moon cakes are popular in the U.S? In the Bay Area, Sheng Kee seem to be popular. How about on the East Coast? What brand of moon cakes are popular in the U.S?
In the Bay Area, Sheng Kee seem to be popular.
How about on the East Coast?

]]> by: Amber http://www.chineseclass101.com/2009/10/03/culture-class-13-amber-victors-chinese-buffet-mid-autumn-festival/#comment-3032 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:54:20 +0000 http://www.chineseclass101.com/2009/10/03/culture-class-13-amber-victors-chinese-buffet-mid-autumn-festival/#comment-3032 Hi Taliana, You can say '中秋节快乐' (zhōngqiūjié kuàilè)! Hi Taliana,

You can say ‘中秋节快乐’ (zhōngqiūjié kuàilè)!

]]> by: Victor http://www.chineseclass101.com/2009/10/03/culture-class-13-amber-victors-chinese-buffet-mid-autumn-festival/#comment-3027 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:35:01 +0000 http://www.chineseclass101.com/2009/10/03/culture-class-13-amber-victors-chinese-buffet-mid-autumn-festival/#comment-3027 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiTnu7hjM4E Here's a performance by one of my favorite singers (and my Northeastern 老乡）during CCTV's Gala for the Mid Autumn Festival. Great stage design, with awesome fireworks! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiTnu7hjM4E

Here’s a performance by one of my favorite singers (and my Northeastern 老乡）during CCTV’s Gala for the Mid Autumn Festival. Great stage design, with awesome fireworks!

]]> by: lmcjipo http://www.chineseclass101.com/2009/10/03/culture-class-13-amber-victors-chinese-buffet-mid-autumn-festival/#comment-3017 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:57:19 +0000 http://www.chineseclass101.com/2009/10/03/culture-class-13-amber-victors-chinese-buffet-mid-autumn-festival/#comment-3017 I actually had a piece of mooncake today as I downloaded the audio onto my MP3 player :wink: I didn't eat the complete mooncake since I find it too much for 1 sitting. I actually had a piece of mooncake today as I downloaded the audio onto my MP3 player :wink:

I didn’t eat the complete mooncake since I find it too much for 1 sitting.

]]> by: Victor http://www.chineseclass101.com/2009/10/03/culture-class-13-amber-victors-chinese-buffet-mid-autumn-festival/#comment-3016 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:54:36 +0000 http://www.chineseclass101.com/2009/10/03/culture-class-13-amber-victors-chinese-buffet-mid-autumn-festival/#comment-3016 @ 蓝大卫: Moon phases are called 月相 in Chinese. 赏月 has a very romantic connotation as in people appreciating the beauty of the moon in a social setting. In your son's case, although he's also looking at the moon, I'd use 观月， or 观察月亮，which means to observe the moon and is more appropriate for what he's doing. @ 蓝大卫:

Moon phases are called 月相 in Chinese.

赏月 has a very romantic connotation as in people appreciating the beauty of the moon in a social setting.

In your son’s case, although he’s also looking at the moon, I’d use 观月， or 观察月亮，which means to observe the moon and is more appropriate for what he’s doing.

]]> by: 蓝大卫 http://www.chineseclass101.com/2009/10/03/culture-class-13-amber-victors-chinese-buffet-mid-autumn-festival/#comment-3014 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:35:46 +0000 http://www.chineseclass101.com/2009/10/03/culture-class-13-amber-victors-chinese-buffet-mid-autumn-festival/#comment-3014 中秋节快乐！ moon phases 用汉语怎么说？ 每天我儿子看月 因为他现在有天文作业。他学习moon phases. 我可以不可以说他赏月？ :grin: 中秋节快乐！

moon phases 用汉语怎么说？
每天我儿子看月 因为他现在有天文作业。他学习moon phases.
我可以不可以说他赏月？ :grin:

]]> by: Taliana http://www.chineseclass101.com/2009/10/03/culture-class-13-amber-victors-chinese-buffet-mid-autumn-festival/#comment-3008 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:55:14 +0000 http://www.chineseclass101.com/2009/10/03/culture-class-13-amber-victors-chinese-buffet-mid-autumn-festival/#comment-3008 I wish I had mooncake ;; Too bad the pdf doesn't have any things you say to people on 中秋节! I wish I had mooncake ;;

Too bad the pdf doesn’t have any things you say to people on 中秋节!

]]> by: ChineseClass101.com http://www.chineseclass101.com/2009/10/03/culture-class-13-amber-victors-chinese-buffet-mid-autumn-festival/#comment-2742 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:30:00 +0000 http://www.chineseclass101.com/2009/10/03/culture-class-13-amber-victors-chinese-buffet-mid-autumn-festival/#comment-2742 Anybody eating mooncakes as they listen? Anybody eating mooncakes as they listen?

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