The most common things, from paper to clay to bamboo,   objects of beauty.

 Chinese history, sky lanterns first by Zhuge Kongming.

    Chinese Farmers' Harvest (收获, 收割)Festival is the first festival in China for farmers. The festival starting from 2018, falls on the Autumnal Equinox (秋分)each year. The Autumnal Equinox is one of the 24 solar terms(节气)of the Chinese lunar calendar and usually falls between September 22nd and 24th, during the country's harvest season.

    As we all know, China has the largest population all over the world. It was difficult to feed the largest population in the past. After reform and opening (改革开放), with the development of modern agriculture (农业), people's life is getting better and better, and their living conditions have improved a lot. Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival shows that our government is paying more attention to agriculture and farmers' life. It will greatly encourage farmers to farm and develop further modern agriculture. China has a long history of agriculture. Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival, the cultural symbol, helps to show China's long farming culture to the world. It also connects the excellent traditional Chinese culture to modern civilization (文明)and improves the cultural self-confidence and national pride.

    Since the festival is especially created for farmers, they are encouraged to think of their own ways to celebrate harvest. Some activities are held across the country, but most of the celebrations will take place at a local level that comes from local customs. Also, local government usually hosts all kinds of activities for the festival, such as folk culture performances, food tasting and so on.

    Some people think the festival is the happiest time of a year, even better than the Spring Festival, because food gives people a sense of safety and hope. For other people, the harvest festival is a time to look back at the past and look forward to the future.

    Most of you will enter high school this autumn. By that time, you'll find yourself immersed in (沉浸于)traditional Chinese culture. ① The traditional Chinese culture can help students build cultural confidence. Nowadays, the education focuses more on the traditional Chinese culture.  

    At public schools, the students are called for to recite(背诵)72 ancient poems or articles. Besides Chinese language, other subjects such as fine arts, music and physical education will also focus more on traditional Chinese culture. For example, fine arts will include new lessons on Chinese calligraphy(书法)and painting.

    China has also seen a growing interest in traditional culture in the private(私立的)education area. It is reported that more than 3, 000 traditional private schools have been built since 2004. They mainly teach traditional Chinese classic(经典).

    According to Fu Yan, a Chinese language teacher at Hangzhou Xuejun High School, learning about traditional Chinese culture is a good thing for students. ②"At their age, the students may be too young to understand some classics." Fu told Qianjiang Evening News. " However, as their life experience builds up, they may develop their own thoughts about the wisdom(智慧)of the classics, which could be a driving force for their growth. "