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Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节，每年的农历八月十五，和春节、清明节、端午节并称中国四大传统节日。 “ 中秋节 ” 这天是法定节假日，放假一天。今年的中秋节是 9 月 24 号，星期一， 22 号到 23 号放假 3 天。 Mid-Autumn Festival, Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, and Dragon Boat Festival are known as the four main traditional festivals in China. Mid-Autumn Festival is a national holiday and people have the day off from work. This year, Mid-Autumn Festival is on Monday, September 24 th , which falls on August 15 th  in the Lunar calendar. It will be a 3-day holiday from the 22 nd  to 23 rd .   中秋节的来历和传说 (How did Mid-Autumn Festival come about?) 关于中秋节的传说很多，其中最有名、流传最广的就是 “ 嫦娥奔月 ” 的故事。很久以前，相传天上有十个太阳，地里的庄稼都被晒死了。一个名叫后裔的人，他力气很大，他用弓箭一口气射下了九个太阳。一天，后裔得到了一包不老仙药，只要吃下药，就能变成神仙。后裔把药交给妻子 —— 嫦娥保管。后裔的徒弟趁后裔不在家，就去偷仙药，嫦娥情急之下把药吃了。之后，身体就飘出了窗外，飞向了月亮。后裔思念妻子，就摆了些嫦娥爱吃的东西，对着月亮，其他百姓也摆出了食物向月亮祈求平安。那天正好是农历八月十五，于是，每年的农历八月十五就成 “ 中秋节 ” 了。 There are many legends about Mid-Autumn Festival, and the most famous and widespread one is called “Chang E Ben Yue ”. A long time ago, the legend...

Hello! Welcome to Hanbridge Mandarin new programme —— Cities of China Introduction Series. Today let's going to the city of Shenzhen(深圳）. Shenzhen is a major city in Guangdong Province, China, which forms part of the Pearl River Deltamegalopolis north of Hong Kong. It holds sub-provincial administrative status, with powers slightly less than a province. Major tourist attractions of Shenzhen include the China Folk Culture Village（中华民俗文化村）, Window of the World（世界之窗）, Happy Valley（欢乐谷）, Splendid China（锦绣中华）, the Safari Park（野生动物园） in Nanshan district, Chung Ying Street（中英街） (a street dividing Shenzhen and Sha Tau Kok, Hong Kong), amongst others. The city also offers free admission to over twenty public city parks including People's Park（人民公园）, Lianhuashan Park（莲花山公园）. Overseas Chinese Town (OCT) The OCT East development in Yantian District is also an events hotspot, featuring the Ecoventure Valley (大侠谷) and the Tea Stream Resort Valley (茶溪谷) theme parks, three scenic the...

Is your dress or suits tailored? Sometimes, we cannot choose even one piece of clothes after shopping, and then, we will ask for customizing clothes for ourselves. On this occasion, how should we communicate with the designer? Today, let’s learn some expressions about the topic of customizing clothes. Let's listen to the audio: qǐnɡ wèn kě yǐ dìnɡ zuò yī fu mɑ？ 1. 请问可以订做衣服吗？ (Excuse me, do you provide tailor-made clothes?) nǐ xiǎnɡ zuò shén me yànɡ de yī fu？ 2. 你想做什么样的衣服？ (What kind of clothes do you want?) wǒ zì jǐ dài le yì běn zá zhì， nǐ kě yǐ bānɡ wǒ zhào zá zhì shànɡ de zhè ɡe kuǎn shì zuò mɑ？ 3. 我自己带了一本杂志，你可以帮我照杂志上的这个款式做吗？ (I bring a magazine here, can you tailor clothes according to this style?) zhè ɡe kuǎn shì nǐ men kě yǐ zuò mɑ？ 4. 这个款式你们可以做吗？ (Can you make it as this style?) qǐnɡ xiān zài zhè biān tiāo xuǎn yí xià bù liào。 5. 请先在这边挑选一下布料。 (Please choose the fabric firstly.) zhè xiē dōu shì xīn liào zi mɑ？ 6. 这些都是新料子吗？ (Are these new fa...