The Moon Festival is the fourth episode of the second season of Ni Hao, Kai-Lan, and the show's twenty-third overall episode. It is the the third episode that aired during "Kai-Lan's Super Celebrations Week", a week of brand new episodes.
About This Episode[]
Hoho gets disappointed that it's too cloudy to see the moon at the Chinese Moon Festival
Plot[]
It is morning time, where Mr. Sun rises up. Today, Kai-Lan and Hoho are planning to go to a Moon Festival, where Mr. Sun goes down and everyone gets together to do a lantern parade. They meet up with Rintoo and Tolee, who are decorating their lanterns for the lantern parade. Hoho gets a pig lantern, Kai-Lan gets a dinosaur lantern, Rintoo gets a chicken lantern, and Tolee gets a panda lantern. Wanting mooncakes for the lantern festival, the four meet Mr. Fluffy at his bakery, as everyone else wants mooncakes too.
Going inside the bakery, they meet Mr. Dragon who serves as the cook for the mooncakes. Rintoo grabs the three mooncakes, and Tolee places them on the table. They head back outside to see Mr. Sun sleepy, continuing to set. They meet Ye-Ye at the tables, where he then has dumplings for everyone. After they eat, nighttime has already fallen, and they then call for fireflies to light their lanterns. They march with their lanterns, only to find out that the moon is being blocked by clouds. This causes Hoho to cry.
Hoho was crying that the moon was being covered by the clouds, and that he was disappointed about not being able to see the moon in the Moon Festival. They then watch the ants march with a dragon lantern, only for them to fall and the lantern split into pieces, where they make into star lanterns. Kai-Lan finds a solution; "when things goes bad and you feel sad, find a way to make things better, better, better."
Kai-Lan, Tolee, and Rintoo come up with an idea; making their own moon by combining their lanterns like how the ants did. After combining the lanterns, the fireflies come and light it up. Hoho then feels better and everyone heads back to the table with Ye-Ye, where Mr. Fluffy gives out the mooncakes for everyone. They then make a wish to the moon, where a breeze of wind causes the moon to light up again.
Words in Mandarin Chinese[]
- 月饼yuè bǐng - moon cake
Song[]
- The Moon (song)
Quotes[]
- Kai-Lan: "Hoho's excited that tonight is the moon festival."
Trivia[]
- This episode is similar to Hoho's Big Flight, as they both involve the cast making lanterns at nighttime.
- This is the first episode where Mr. Fluffy's bakery is seen from the inside.
- After Rain or Shine, this is the first episode where the main problem isn't caused by anyone, but rather nature or gravity, before Kai Lan's Big Surprise.
- This is the second episode where a solution from previous episodes is repeated. In this episode, the solution “when things go bad, and you feel sad; find a way to make things better" was sung first in Ni Hao, Halloween. Except it has sung by Hoho in C sharp major.
- The Moon Festival, also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, is celebrated in China every September of the year.
Remarks[]
- Mr. Fluffy's bakery is bigger on the inside, though it's seen to be very small on the outside.
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