On Saturday September 23, the CIE was invited to participate in the Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival organized by the Chinese Benevolent Association. Hundreds of people attended the event and enjoyed performances, mooncakes, shadow puppet show, parade, brightly lit lanterns and wish boats and other cultural games and activities.
During the festival, the CIE teachers shared and displayed the Chinese traditional handcrafts and games like dough art, Chinese knots, Chinese chess, Chinese checker and Chinese Yoyo. A lot of people showed great interest in the CIE booth and tried to learn the Chinese traditional games.