2025 Mid-Autumn Festival

🎉 Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival at China Institute in America! 🌕🥮

Join us for an unforgettable afternoon of hands-on fun, vibrant performances, and cultural discovery as we celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival — one of China’s most cherished holidays centered around family, gratitude, and togetherness.

Perfect for kids and grown-ups alike, this festive event is packed with engaging activities and exciting experiences that bring Chinese traditions to life!

✨ Highlights Include:

• 💃 A lively Uyghur dance performance to kick off the celebration

• 🎭 A captivating shadow puppet show of The Legend of White Snake

• 🥮 Make your own snow skin mooncakes to take home and share for the festival

• 🐇 Craft adorable rice dough sculptures like bunnies and ducks

• 🎨 Enjoy drop-in arts & crafts, sugar painting, and more

• 🖼️ Explore our new exhibition Metamorphosis: Chinese Imagination and Transformation through a family-friendly guided tour with creative art activities

🕒 Event Schedule:

2:00 – 2:05 PM: Uyghur Dance Performance – Pomegranate Blossoms 新疆舞《石榴花开》

2:05 – 2:45 PM: Shadow Puppet Show – The Legend of White Snake 皮影戏《白蛇传》

3:00 – 5:00 PM: Hands-on Workshops

2:00 – 5:00 PM: Interactive Stations

🎨 Workshops (first-come, first-served; sign-up at check-in)

3:00 – 4:00 PM

• Chinese Dance

• Discover China Through Art (I): Gallery Tour + Creative Workshop

• Mooncake Making (I)

• Rice Dough Sculpture (I)

• Shadow Puppet

4:00 – 5:00 PM

• Discover China Through Art (II): Gallery Tour + Creative Workshop

• Mooncake Making (II)

• Rice Dough Sculpture (II)

💡 Interactive Stations (2:00 – 5:00 PM)

• Sugar painting

• Arts & crafts for kids

Host or Publisher China Institute