BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000.194390@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20190107T182122Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T182122Z LOCATION:To Be Determined SUMMARY:Mid-Autumn Moon Festival (Chung-ch'iu) DESCRIPTION:The Moon Festival dates back over 3\,000 years\, to moon worsh iping in the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC). Ancient Chinese emperors worsh ipped the moon in the autumn\, as they believed that the practice would b ring them a plentiful harvest the next year. Like many Chinese festivals\ , the Mid-Autumn Festival originated from a legend. This particular festi val celebrates the beautiful yet sad story of Chang E\, the Moon Lady.\n\ n\nChinese people celebrate on this day when the moon is usually at its f ullest and brightest. A full and bright moon symbolizes completion\, so t he Mid-Autumn Festival is a day for family or dear ones to be together. T raditionally on this day\, families gather together to admire the bright moon and eat moon cakes with oolong or jasmine tea.\n\n\nThis calendar li sting is intended to provide information about the named cultural/religio us observation and is not intended as an actual campus event. If a campus event is associated with this observance\, it will be listed separately on the master calendar. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p>Th e Moon Festival dates back over 3\,000 years\, to moon worshiping in the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC). Ancient Chinese emperors worshipped the moo n in the autumn\, as they believed that the practice would bring them a p lentiful harvest the next year. Like many Chinese festivals\, the Mid-Aut umn Festival originated from a legend. This particular festival celebrate s the beautiful yet sad story of Chang E\, the Moon Lady.</p>\n<p>Chinese people celebrate on this day when the moon is usually at its fullest and brightest. A full and bright moon symbolizes completion\, so the Mid-Aut umn Festival is a day for family or dear ones to be together. Traditional ly on this day\, families gather together to admire the bright moon and e at moon cakes with oolong or jasmine tea.</p>\n<p><span>This calendar lis ting is intended to provide information about the named cultural/religiou s observation and is not intended as an actual campus event. If a campus event is associated with this observance\, it will be listed separately o n the master calendar.</span></p></body></html> DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190913 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190914 SEQUENCE:0 URL: CATEGORIES:Public,Current Students,Faculty,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR