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:5f120d24-591f-4066-8414-9d6554a12901.178904@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20170227T185021Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170227T185021Z 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. 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></body></html> DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171004 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171005 SEQUENCE:0 URL: CATEGORIES:Public,Current Students,Faculty,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR