Source: Yiwu sourcing agent Author: Gary Date: 2011-09-05
In the US: telephone home but seldom eat moon cakes Johnny, a Yiwu boy who has just came back to Yiwu this June, has studied for the Master of Finance in a university of technology in Atlanta, Georgia. "I stayed in the United States for two years and I spent two quiet Mid-Autumn Festivals there."
Johnny said that there was no festive atmosphere on that day in the US and most Americans showed no interest in this Chinese festival.
But the China Town was hilarious, which was decorated with lanterns and colored ribbons and where Chinese students had dinner together in restaurants. "I didn't spend the Mid-Autumn Festival intentionally and would just make a call home. I seldom ate moon cakes, for even a small moon cake will be sold for 1-2 dollars in supermarket.
It's too expensive," he said.
In Germany:feel homesick and have gathering with friends Michael has been studying in Germany for 4 years; therefore he has spent 4 Mid-Autumn Festivals there.
"I was just a young boy when I went to Germany. I missed my family every Mid-Autumn Festival or Spring Festival. I could talk for half an hour on the line."
On the Mid-Autumn Festival, all the Chinese students in one university will get together to have dinner in Chinese restaurants.
Even the restaurant boss will offer us moon cakes and chat with us about life in China.
"Moon cakes can be found in Asia supermarkets at a high price. It will cost me 2 or 3 Euros for each. I will buy one on the Mid-Autumn Festival to relive my homesickness," he said. In Japan:experience strong festive atmosphere Jin Xin, a businessman from Northeast China, had studied in Japan for 8 years. "Japanese also celebrate the Mid-Autumn
Festival but with less profound feelings. The famous China Town in Yokohama became especially hilarious on the Mid-Autumn Festival. Many Chinese people got together, having dinner, admiring the bright full moon and enjoying moon cakes."
Two years after I came back, Jin Xin said that he feels that the atmosphere of the Mid-Autumn Festival in China is not so much strong as that in Japan. "Maybe when a Chinese is abroad, he cares more and cherishes more traditional Chinese things," he said.
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