Latest Mid Autumn Festival sample essay 2025

Mid-Autumn Festival is a topic that often appears in the IELTS Speaking test. This is a difficult topic for many students because the vocabulary and related knowledge are quite limited. To be able to review and grasp the issues surrounding this topic, let's ETEST English for Study Abroad Refer to the following article with a summary of vocabulary and sample articles or topics. Mid-Autumn Festival in IELTS Speaking.

1. Some useful English vocabulary about the Mid-Autumn Festival

To IELTS Speaking test about the topic Mid-Autumn Festival get high score. You need to grasp and memorize the IELTS vocabulary related to this topic. Below is some vocabulary on the topic. Mid-Autumn Festival

2. Some useful vocabulary to describe activities in the Mid-Autumn Festival topic

In addition, you can refer to some vocabulary describing activities in this topic. Using good and correct vocabulary will make your test impress the examiner and get high scores. Some vocabulary describing activities in the Mid-Autumn Festival include:

3. Instructions on how to answer IELTS Speaking Part 2 questions to get high scores

To get a high score in IELTS Speaking Part 2, you need to remember that a standard paragraph must have 3 parts: topic, main idea and conclusion.

3.1 Topic section

Sentence IELTS speaking topics will usually be placed at the beginning of the paragraph. To emphasize and let the examiner know what you want to say quickly and easily. At the same time, it is the way to help you express the topic of the Speaking test best.

3.2 Main idea

Once you have a topic sentence, your job is to find ideas around that topic to develop your speech. The trick to help you overcome this is to ask yourself questions related to the topic sentence and then answer them yourself. The questions start with question words such as: What, When, Where, Why, How.

Once you have the answers to the questions, you need to rearrange the answers into a logical order:

• Arrange the details from most important to least important or vice versa.
• Arrange in chronological order (issues that happened first, issues that happened later)

This arrangement helps your speech become clear and complete, avoiding rambling. At the same time, it helps the examiner understand clearly what you want to say about the topic.

3.3 Conclusion

End your speech with a concluding sentence. Usually, the concluding sentence restates the topic but in a different form.

4. Refer to some good sample essays on the topic Mid-Autumn Festival in the IELTS Speaking test 

4.1 IELTS Speaking Part 1

• What is the Mid-autumn festival?

Well, in my opinion, simply said, it is a festival to celebrate the moon in some Asian countries, which is held mid-September to early October.

Translation: In my opinion, simply put, it is to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in some Asian countries around mid-September or early October every year.

• What is the meaning of the Mid-autumn festival?

To the best of my knowledge, the fundamental concepts that this festival lives up are gathering, thanksgiving, and praying. But modern-day adaptation to it may be slightly different depending on the country.

Translation: As far as I know, the Mid-Autumn Festival celebrates the important things of reunion, thanksgiving, and wishes. But in modern society, the way it is celebrated may have slight adaptations and adjustments depending on each country.

• How do people in your country celebrate the Mid-autumn festival?

From my observation, people will gather with their friends or family, have meals with specific dishes, and share the moment. There are other traditional activities in the public during that time such as lion dancing, and hanging out in places with lanterns to name a few.

Translation: From my own observation, people often gather with friends and family, eat special foods, and spend time together. There are also traditional activities in public places such as lion dances and lantern parades.

• What are some traditional dishes for the Mid-autumn festival?

The first that will come to people's minds is moon cake. Other dishes that I know are from lotus root which traditionally means auspicious due to its name and texture.

Translation:The first thing that comes to mind is mooncakes. I also know about lotus root dishes, people believe that lotus root means prosperity because of its name and taste, texture.

• Who tends to enjoy the festival more young people or older people?

In my view, older people appreciate the Mid-autumn festival more since people wouldn't party a lot during this festival. Youngsters barely celebrate the time if at all.

Translation: I think adults will appreciate the Mid-Autumn Festival more, because people usually don't party much on this occasion. Young people rarely celebrate, if at all.

• What is the meaning of the lion dance?

Well, that is an interesting question. I think the lions traditionally symbolize power and nobility, so ancient people performed the dance as a way to bring good luck and drive away evil spirits.

Translation: This is an interesting question. I think that the lion (unicorn) is a symbol of strength and nobility, so ancient people performed the lion dance to bring good luck and ward off bad luck.

• What is the meaning of traditional lanterns?

Throughout the ages, East Asian countries have used lanterns not only as sources of light or paper decoration, but they symbolize vitality, social status and good luck.

Translation:East Asians have long used lanterns not only for lighting or decoration, but also to symbolize vitality, social status, and good fortune.

Good vocabulary:

• live up: organize, celebrate
• auspicious: prosperous
• symbolize: symbolize
• vitality: vitality

4.2 IELTS Speaking Part 1

Sample 1

Mid-autumn festival is among my country's most celebrated occasions, especially for children. During this festival, the moon is full and often seems enormous.

During this occasion, you'll come across crowds on the streets as commuters often stop by to watch a public lion dance or a dragon dance. They use many kinds of drums to create the melody for the dancers to dance along loudly. Besides the lions and the dragons, there will also be many other characters in myths and folk tales who accompany the animals.

Besides the traditional dances, you can also join the lantern parade during this festival. They light up lanterns of different shapes and sizes, different colors and themes. These lanterns are indeed a work of art as they take much time, effort, and creativity to make. Children usually enjoy making their own lanterns and there are even classes to teach them how. One more thing I want to mention about this festival is that children will get a lot of sweets and snacks – but I am not certain as to why we, as kids, get our candies and stuff.

You may wonder about food on this occasion. Well, we have the mooncake which has become so delicate and sophisticated. The recipes have evolved, now all flavors ranging from chocolate to matcha to even lichie are available.

Translation

Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most celebrated festivals in my country, especially for children. At this time, the moon will be round and look very big.

During this festival, you will often see crowds along the way as passersby stop to watch the lion or dragon dance. Different types of drums are used to create rhythm for the dance. Besides the lion and dragon, you will also see many other characters from fairy tales and legends accompanying the mascot.

Besides the traditional dances, you can also join the lantern parade. They usually light up lanterns with different colors, designs, themes and shapes. These lanterns can be considered as works of art because they take a lot of effort, time and brainpower to make. Children often like to make their own lanterns and there are even classes to teach them how to make lanterns. Another thing I want to mention is that children often receive a lot of sweets during this holiday. I am not sure why children receive sweets.

You may be wondering about the food for this festival. We have mooncakes and their sophistication is getting higher and higher. Many recipes have been released, and there are many different flavors from chocolate to green tea to lychee.

4.2 Sample essay 2

The Mid-autumn festival was my favorite festival of the year when I was a kid. I had so much fun with my childhood friends on this occasion. We often gather in the community center to make lanterns together and share mooncakes. Since our families make mooncakes of different flavors, we often share them with each other.

Our lanterns back then were very simple and cheap to make, unlike the lanterns you see now. They now come in very sophisticated designs and there are very expensive ones which I think are unnecessary. We used to make them from bamboo and local plants, feathers and lit them up. There was usually a lantern march all across the village where I lived back in the 2000s. We stayed up quite late during this festival to watch the dragon and lion dances. I love how the drums matched perfectly with the dances and the dancers were all wearing very colorful costumes. I used to ask my mother for permission to join the lion dance team in the village but since I was too short, she did not allow me to go.

During mid-autumn festival, my family used to drink tea while gazing at the moon because the moon on that day was always so bright and beautiful.

Translation

Mid-Autumn Festival was my favorite festival when I was a child. I used to have a great time with my childhood friends during this festival. We often gathered at the community center to make lanterns and share moon cakes. Since each family made different flavors of moon cakes, we often shared them to enjoy together.

Our lanterns back then were very simple and cheap, not like the lanterns now. Now lanterns are very elaborate and some are so expensive that I don’t think they are necessary. We used to make lanterns from bamboo and other materials that we had around us like plants and feathers. And we would light them up. There would be lantern parades around the neighborhood where I lived in the 2000s. I liked the way the drums beat rhythmically along with the dancing and the lion dancers wore very colorful costumes. I asked my mother to let me join the lion dance team but she wouldn’t let me because I was quite small.

Vào thời điểm này, gia đình tôi thường uống trà thưởng trăng bởi vì trăng vào những ngày này thì vô cùng sáng và đẹp đẽ.

4.3 Bài mẫu 3

Mid-autumn festival is no stranger to Vietnamese people. It is said to originate from China but is now one of the major festivals in our own country. People from all parts of the country seriously celebrate mid-autumn festival, especially young children.

But these days, mid-autiumn festival is not only for kids as more and more adults are joining the celebration. For young kids, they enjoy carrying beautiful lanterns around the neighborhood in a group, singing or playing drums while marching through the streets at night. Meanwhile, people often invite lion dancers and dragon dancers to perform at their home because they believe the dances can keep the bad luck away for the rest of their year. The children especially love to watch this traditional dance as the drums are very catchy and the dances are spectacular.

As for adults, I have come to observe that adults in big cities often find a rooftop bar or restaurant on this occasion to gaze at the moon. The moon is especially beautiful on this day, which is worth looking at for hours.

Translation

Tết trung thu thì không còn gì xa lạ với người Việt. Nó được cho là xuất phát từ Trung Quốc nhưng hiện giờ nó là một trong những lễ hội chính của chúng tôi. Mọi người ở khắp vùng miền đều đón tết trung thu nghiêm túc, đặc biệt là trẻ con.

Tuy nhiên, những năm gần đây cho thấy tết trung thu không phải chỉ dành cho trẻ em mà cả người lớn bây giờ cũng thích ăn trung thu. Đối với trẻ con, chúng thường thích rước đèn đi khắp xóm trong một đoàn, hò hát hoặc đánh trống khi diễu hành quanh các con đường trước nhà vào buổi tối. Trong khi đó, người ta thường hay mời các đội múa sư tử hay múa rồng vào nhà để biểu diễn như là một cách để xua đuổi điềm xui xẻo cho năm. Trẻ con đặc biệt thích xem những điệu múa truyền thống này vì tiếng trống đánh rất bắt tai và những điệu nhảy thì cực kì điệu nghệ.

Còn đối với người lớn, tôi đã quan sát thấy người lớn ở những khu đô thị thường đặt một bàn ở nhà hàng hay bar trên mái để có thể ngắm trăng vào dịp này. Mặt trăng vào thời gian này thực sự rất đẹp và rất đáng để ngắm trong vài giờ

4.3 IELTS Speaking Part 3

Câu hỏi 1: How has the celebration of Mid-autumn festival changed in the last decade?

Câu trả lời: Well I believe people are spending more money on this festival and it has become less pure in essence. More adults are celebrating the occasion in their own way and mooncake is not only a kind of food. It has now evolved into an astronomical and luxurious kind of gift.

Dịch nghĩa: Theo tôi thì người ta đang dần chi nhiều tiền hơn cho tết trung thu và nó đã trở nên ít thuần khiết hơn về mặt bản chất. Càng ngày nhiều người lớn cũng ăn tết trung thu theo những cách riêng và bánh trung thu không còn là một món ăn. Nó đã trở thành một món quà đắt tiền và sang trọng.

Từ vựng hay trong câu:

• luxurious (sang trọng)
• astronomical (đắt đỏ)
• essence (bản chất)

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