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Among the festivals celebrated by the Chinese is the Moon Cake Festival, also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival. Large numbers of small round moon (1)……cakes…. are eaten on this day, and the children enjoy (2) …carrying…… colourful paper lanterns. These paper lanterns come in all (3) ……shapes… like fish, rabbits and butterflies. There are many stories as to the origin of this festival. One popular tale (4) ……tells….. of the Moon Princess (5) ……who…. risked her life to end the rule of her wicked husband. Another version tells of a (6) ……plot…….. to overthrow a cruel ruler in a southern province of China. In order to pass the word (7)…to,……….. ,messages were placed in small round cakes and distributed (8) ………around…. the people. The day of the uprising was the (9) ………fifteenth………. day of the eighth moon and so every year the people (10) ……celebrate…….. this occasion by eating moon cakes.