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　　After 3,000 years of evolvement, Chinese gardens have become a unique landscape. This includes both large gardens built as entertainment venues for royal family, and private gardens built as secluded retreats for scholars, merchants and retired government officials. These gardens have constituted a miniature that is designed in praise of the harmony between man and nature. A typical Chinese garden is surrounded by walls and consists of various buildings linked by winding trails and corridors, with ponds, rockeries, trees, and flowers scattered in it. Wandering in such a well-designed garden, people may feel that they are walking in a landscape painting.

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　　中國人自古以來就在中秋節慶祝豐收，這與北美地區慶祝感恩節的風俗十分相似。過中秋節的習俗于唐代早期在中國各地開始流行。中秋節在農歷八月十五，是人們拜月的節日，這天夜晚皓月當空，人們合家團聚，共賞明月。2006年，中秋節被列為中國的文化遺產，2008年又被定為公共假日。月餅被視為中秋節不可或缺的美食，人們將月餅作為禮物饋贈親友或家庭聚會上享用。傳統的月餅帶有“壽(longevity)、“福”或“和”等字樣。

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　　Since ancient times, the Chinese people usually celebrate harvest in the Mid-Autumn, which is similar to the custom of celebrating Thanksgiving in the North America. The Mid-Autumn has become popular all over China in the Early Tang Dynasty. The Mid-Autumn Festival, celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar, is a day for worshiping the moon. At that day, family members get together and enjoy the bright moon in the sky at night. In 2006, the Mid-Autumn was listed as a China cultural heritage, and in 2008 designated as a public holiday. The moon cake, an indispensable food of the Festival, is often used as a gift for relatives and friends or enjoyed in the family party. Traditional moon cakes are imprinted with Chinese characters with such meanings as “longevity”, “happiness” or “harmony”.