Taiwan Moon Festival — Article Cloze

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The moon festival in Taiwan is also known as the mid-autumn festival. This day is a national holiday, so everyone in Taiwan has the — choose —get-togethersall year roundday off .

The holiday usually — choose —rulegrill outfalls on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar, which is around September or October in the modern calendar. — choose —prosperouscruelLunar , by the way, means "of the the moon," so the lunar calendar can be called the moon calendar. This holiday will be the full moon of the month. People love to go moon- — choose —sufferrulegazing , that is, to find a good — choose —rooftopspotharvest such as a park or — choose —spotrooftopharvest to get a good view of the moon.

It is a day of family — choose —harvestday offget-togethers , as much as a time when farmers give thanks at local temples for the recent — choose —get-togethersharvestrequests . Many also go to temples to pray for specific — choose —harvestflavorsrequests , such as to marry one's desired partner, to give birth to a child, or to live a long, — choose —prosperouscruelLunar life.

There are many shared stories during this holiday. For example, there is a story of a goddess Chang'e who had come to earth to find a husband. She had an — choose —immortalitypillprevent pill to give to her husband so he could live forever with her. But unfortunately, she married a — choose —prosperousLunarcruel man who became — choose —pillCharcoalemperor and he wanted to — choose —rulesufferprevent the world forever. So Chang'e took the — choose —pastefillingpill and flew to the moon to get away from the cruel emperor and — choose —preventsufferrule him from living forever and causing the people to — choose —rulesufferprevent .

This holiday is also famous for its mooncakes. Mooncakes are rounded — choose —fillingpastepastries that have a sweet — choose —pastriesfillingpaste inside. This filling is a thick — choose —fillingpastriespaste filling. In modern times, it comes in many — choose —fillingflavorsrequests , even green tea and chocolate. But traditional flavors include red bean paste, lotus seed paste, with salty egg yolks in the center. Sometimes a bit of pork is mixed into the paste.

But the biggest event of the night is the barbecue (BBQ). They use smaller — choose —CharcoalTongsgrills compared with the USA, and usually only — choose —gazinggrill outfalls on on this particular holiday. In western countries, people grill out — choose —grill outday offall year round whenever the weather is nice. Grilling out, or barbecuing, is not related to any particular holiday, although it is popular on July 4th in the USA.

Things you need for a barbecue.

• Plenty of meat
• A barbecue grill
• — choose —TongsCharcoalgrills (for burning; a special processed-wood)
• Some form of fire starter to light the charcoal
• — choose —grillsCharcoalTongs , for grabbing the food