On September 21, Concord Carlisle Chinese Club celebrated its Mid-Autumn Festival with the neighboring communities of Acton, Sudbury, Weston, and beyond. The Flat World Performing Arts Center (FWPAC) led kids in the audience through an improv of the festival legend:
Once upon a time, there were ten suns shining in the sky. It was way too hot! Hero Hou Yi shot nine down and ordered the last one to rise and set on time. Queen Mother of the West gave Hou Yi an immortality pill to reward him for saving the world. His apprentice, Pang Meng, tried to steal it when Hou Yi was not home. Hou Yi’s wife, Chang’e, tried to hide the pill in her mouth but carelessly swallowed it. The pill made her fly up to the moon to become immortal. The loving couple was sadly separated.
Beautiful music and dances brought the romantic moon poems and songs to the hall. Agnes Mei from Guanlan Admission Consulting sang a song with a classical poem by the Song Dynasty litterateur Su Shi (1037-1101). “I only pray our life be long, and our souls together heavenward fly.” (Translated by litterateur Yutang Lin, 1895-1976).
Instructor Johan Hartman from FWPAC sang “Vaga Luna” while playing piano.
The crowd ate mooncakes together. At the end of the celebration, WeDance Boston invited members to the stage to dance. Shine-A-Light volunteers cleaned up. The crowd bade farewell in the moonlight, full of joy.
Concord Carlisle Chinese Club (“C4”) is a non-profit social and cultural organization with members of Concord and Carlisle Chinese families and friends. For over 20 years, C4 has been organizing cultural events to promote Chinese arts and culture in our community. To join us or discuss collaboration, contact us at ConcordCarlisleChineseClub@gmail.com or c4ma.org.
Yvette Fang
Laws Brook Road
