Since the commissioning of the plant in 2012, the couple has only spent one Mid-Autumn Festival in China. Lu Zeying and Pang Tusheng are husband and wife who work together at the Norochcholai Coal Power Plant located in Puttalam, built by a Chinese company. "My family used to ask me if I could come back and be with them during traditional Chinese festivals, but now they understand me," Cui said. Cui will this year celebrate his eighth Mid-Autumn Festival in Sri Lanka.
I will do my best," Wu said.Ĭui Ming is the Chinese manager in charge of the Katana water supply project, a livelihood support project in Negombo undertaken by the AVIC International Engineering Corporation. "I often think that not everyone gets the opportunity to participate in the construction of the Belt and Road initiative. I'm sure my family will feel sorry for me not being able to go home for the holidays, but they all support my work and are proud that I am able to participate in Chinese construction projects overseas," he said. "What I miss most now is the company of my son. The movement restrictions imposed in Sri Lanka over the COVID-19 pandemic that started in 2020 have made it impossible for him to travel to China for vacations. His son was just a few months old when he was last time back at home in late 2019. Wu came to Sri Lanka in 2018 to join the hospital construction project. Wu has also sent a toy car to his 2-year-old son. Lumomo is a kind of mooncake, bread stuffing baked in a fire.
To make up for the loss of the chance to be together with his family, he decided to send them Lumomo, a Mid-Autumn Festival gift, through an online store. Wu, a manager of the hospital construction project, cannot return to his home located in China's Shaanxi Province. The annual Mid-Autumn Festival is a very important festival for the Chinese people as it symbolizes family ties. Unable to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival back home with his family, Wu Jinghui and his Sri Lankan colleagues will celebrate their moon festival together at the construction site of the China-funded outpatient building of Sri Lanka's National Hospital in Colombo where they work. 20 is the monthly Poya Day in Sri Lanka and the following day is the annual Mid-Autumn Festival in China.
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19 (Xinhua) - These days in Sri Lanka, both locals and the Chinese living here are busy preparing for festivals related to the full moon. (China Railway 25th Bureau Group Co., Ltd./Handout via Xinhua)ĬOLOMBO, Sept. Wu Jinghui (C), a manager of construction project of the China-funded outpatient building of Sri Lanka's National Hospital in Colombo, and his Sri Lankan colleagues celebrate the moon festival together at the dining hall of the construction site of the hospital project in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Sept. Although the moonrise occurs after the full moon, the brightness of the moon will not diminish after the moonrise and moon-watching will not be affected."įor the weather during the Mid-Autumn Festival period, please refer to the "7-day Weather Forecast" issued by the Hong Kong Observatory at. Scientific Officer of the Hong Kong Observatory, Mr Woo Wang-chun, said, "If the weather permits, a bright and clear moon can be observed from open space in all districts during the period. 29 September (Saturday)ģ0 September (Sunday) (Mid-Autumn Festival)ġ October (Monday) (The day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival) During transit, the moon passes the local meridian in the south and the elevation is the highest of the night. To facilitate moon-watching by the public, the times of moonrise, transit and moonset during the Mid-Autumn Festival period are given below. The Mid-Autumn Festival this year falls on 30 September (Sunday).
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