Mid-Autumn Festival

Should be World Youth Day Post for the coming month but a little interrupt by Mid-Autumn Festival~

Mid-Autumn Festival is an East-Asia traditional festival, it started in China at 15 August

(Lunar Calendar, also known as traditional Chinese Calendar)

According to the China Lunar Calendar, August is the second month of Autumn, so that's why the festival has named Mid-Autumn Festival. but it's also known as Qiu Xi, Ba Yuejie, August half month evening, May Day.

and because at the Mid-Autumn Festival the moon is full, it is a symbol of reunion, it also called the festival of reunion (Tuan Yuanjie)

Funny Fact: By the impact of Chinese Culture, 

Mid-Autumn Festival is also a traditional festival of Japan, Vietnam,  North and South Korea...

When it start?

Mid-Autumn Festival are first recored at about Chow Dynasty to Warring State Period in China which is about at the year B.C.1100-771 but it did not said which day in August it is.

Although people celebrate and get together for a very long time 

and it became a fixed festival at Dong Dynasty (A.D. 618-907)

There are many variants and adaptations of the legend of Chang'e that frequently contradict each other. However, most versions of the legend involve some variation of the following elements: Houyi, the Archer, an emperor, either benevolent or malevolent, and an elixir of life

Back to Modern, The next day of Mid-Autumn Festival is a public Holiday of Hong Kong and Macau. In Taiwan Mid-Autumn Festival is a Holiday but if it overlap with Saturday or Sunday, it's not another holiday. 

but if the weekly rest day holidays were only separated by one, the day is a holiday tune, and choose another Saturday to make up classes.

Start from 2008, Mid-Autumn Festival is a Statutory holidays in Mainland China.

and there're three day of holiday in Korea.

If you want to know more about the story, you may go to this website

:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Autumn_Festival
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Introduction of WYD/JMJ

so What is WYD and How does it start?

World Youth Day is a youth-oriented Catholic Church event. While the event itself celebrates the Catholic faith, the invitation to attend extends to all youth, regardless of religious convictions.World Youth Day is not associated with International Youth Day or any of the international observance days.

World Youth Day (or in short 'WYD') was initiated by Blessed Pope John Paul II in 1985. It is celebrated diocesan level annually, and at a week-long international level every two to three years at different locations. The international level events attract hundreds of thousands of youth from almost every country on the planet. It is a major part of the upsurge in Catholic Youth Work in some countries over recent years; for example, the Director of Catholic Youth Services for England and Wales has said of the event that it would have far-reaching effects, not restricted to those who attended.^[2]

The Patron Saint of World Youth Days is Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Since his beatification, Pope John Paul II, who started the event, has become its co-patron.

What do World Youth Day Want to do?

1) Spread hope to the young:
World Youth Day brings together youth of the world's festival, today is a young man's self-confidence and strength to bring back a good way to church.

2) Assembly

World Youth Day World Youth is not just a simple assembly, but also a youth to the worldthe opportunity to spread the truth. It is a call to youth of the world to come together, unitedas one people.

3) The name of humanity as a whole
Change and unite all people in the 21st century is still a miracle. International events butalso can bring more hope to bring more fear (such as fundamentalism, nationalism andother new escalation of the conflict). Churches and Christians that they can avoid a certain extent, terrorist attacks, but also to guide each individual to find their own direction and hope.

What are the Diocesan of previous years?

Diocesan level celebrations (celebrated on Palm Sunday each year)

Date	Theme
March 23, 1986	Always be prepared to make a defense to anyone who calls you to account for the hope that is in you. (1 Pt 3:15)
March 27, 1988	Do whatever he tells you. (Jn 2:5)
April 8, 1990	I am the vine, you are the branches. (Jn 15:5)
April 12, 1992	Go into all the world and preach the Gospel. (Mk 16:15)
March 27, 1994	As the Father sent me, so am I sending you. (Jn 20: 21)
March 31, 1996	Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. (Jn 6:68)
April 5, 1998	The Holy Spirit will teach you all things. (cf. Jn 14:26 )
March 28, 1999	The Father loves you. (cf. Jn 16:27)
April 8, 2001	If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. (Lk 9:23)
April 13, 2003	Behold, your mother! (Jn 19:27)
April 4, 2004	We wish to see Jesus. (Jn 12:21)
April 9, 2006	Your word is a lamp to my feet and light to my path. (Ps 119:105)
April 1, 2007	Just as I have loved you; you also should love one another. (Jn 13:34)
April 5, 2009	We have set our hope on the Living God. (1 Tim 4:10)[24]
March 28, 2010	Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life? (Mk 10:17)[24]
April 01, 2012	Rejoice in the Lord Always (Philip 4:4)

Logo of World Youth Day 2011 Madrid.

JMJ is the short form of World Youth Day in Spanish!

Reference: Wikipedia

Official Site of World Youth Day

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What's on World Youth Day??

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to let you know how's World Youth Day looks like... and some introduction....

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WYD! Get set, Ready, GO!!!!

I'm leaving on 6th August! That's mean tomorrow!!

I'm taking the flight from Hong Kong to Zurich than all the way to Barcelona!!

The Flights are operated by Swiss international airline.

Where we are going?

Our flight is at night and we'll arrive Barcelona in the morning about 7

Then we leave our luggage at the places we live and all the way to the great attraction!!!

First we'll go to the

As Saint Paul said

PLANTED AND BUILT UP IN JESUS CHRIST, FIRM IN THE FAITH.

Let's us go! Try and do our best!

WE ARE MORE!!!

so Where I'm going?

For me since there're no direct flight from Hong Kong to Madrid, It's really hard for us to choose a best route and best airline.

I'm going to take Swiss International Airlines and have a transit at Zurich

For most of my trip, It's all start from a Flight.

World Youth Day Trip Plan and Information, 6-23 August