Chineses

Xiao Ming and Li Li prepare for the Double Ninth Festival by buying chrysanthemum tea for their grandfather and Chongyang cake for their grandmother. They also perform an ancient poem recitation, and the whole family spends a warm afternoon together tasting the treats, drinking tea, and chatting happily.

During the National Day holiday, Xiaoming and Lili took their grandfather to a park to see a chrysanthemum exhibition and took many photos with their phones. They admired chrysanthemums of many colors and shapes, and Grandpa was very happy. On the way home, they discussed making a family album with selected photos and captions to preserve the wonderful memories.

Lili and Xiaoming discover their grandfather’s old notebook filled with poems and landscape paintings while tidying the bookshelf. They decide to give it to their Chinese teacher for Teachers’ Day along with a handwritten thank-you card, and their family discusses how much the teacher has helped them.

As Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, Xiao Ming helps his father make mooncakes while Lili makes a beautiful rabbit lantern. That evening, the family sits outside eating mooncakes and admiring the full moon as Grandma tells the story of Chang’e. The children learn that the festival is about family reunion and spend a very happy holiday together.

On the first day of school, Xiaoming cannot find his blue pencil case with a little dog on it while packing with Lili. They search together and finally find it under the sofa. Then they happily go to school.

With Teacher’s Day approaching, siblings Xiaoming and Lili decide to prepare special gifts for their teacher, including a drawing of the classroom, a thank-you card, and fresh flowers from their garden. The teacher is deeply touched and tells them that their care and thoughtfulness is the best gift of all. Motivated by the teacher’s happiness, the siblings study even harder from that day on.

Lili tells Xiaoming the romantic legend of Qixi Festival, about the cowherd Niulang and the weaver girl Zhinü who are separated by the Heavenly River but reunited once a year by a bridge of magpies. That evening, they watch the Cowherd and Weaver Girl stars in the sky with their mother, enjoying traditional qiaoguo pastries and celebrating the warmth of family.

On the evening of Qixi Festival, Lili tells Xiaoming the story of the Cowherd and Weaver Girl, and together they make colorful paper magpies to hang in the courtyard and make wishes. They enjoy the starry night with fruit, and Xiaoming later keeps a paper magpie by his pillow, treasuring the happy memory.

On the eve of the Start of Autumn, siblings Lili and Xiaoming pick ripe peaches and make sweet jam with their mother. The family then honors their ancestors by offering the jam and largest peaches, praying for safety and a good harvest. They later enjoy the peaches and tea together, savoring the warmth of reunion and gratitude as autumn arrives.

Xiaoming helps Lili organize her messy attic, where they discover an old photo album filled with summer memories. They repurpose the photos into a new scrapbook titled ‘Summer Memory Book,’ adding Chinese character labels while chatting and laughing together. The project brings them joy and strengthens their friendship.