Office of the City Clerk - Record #: R2016-707

• Record #: R2016-707
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• Intro date: 9/14/2016
• Final action: 9/14/2016
• Title: Celebration of Mid-Autumn Festival in Chicago
• Sponsors: Solis, Daniel, Thompson, Patrick D.

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
9/14/2016		City Council	Introduced (Agreed Calendar)
9/14/2016	32370	City Council	Adopted	Pass

Resolution Commemorating the Mid-Autumn Festival

WHEREAS, The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival or Harvest Moon Festival, is a Chinese harvest festival held on the 15^th day of the eighth month in the Chinese Han calendar on the night of the full moon; and

WHEREAS, This esteemed Body has been notified of this important event by the Honorable Daniel Solis, Alderman of the 25^th Ward; and

WHEREAS, This year's Mid-Autumn Festival takes place September 15^th -17'^h; and

WHEREAS, The Festival celebrates three fundamental concepts, gathering, thanksgiving and praying; and

WHEREAS, The Chinese began celebrating the harvest during the autumn full moon in the Shang Dynasty, thousands of years ago, and have continued this tradition ever since; and

WHEREAS, The Mid-Autumn Festival is an occasion to reunite friends and relatives, eat mooncakes and watch the moon, a symbol of harmony and unity; and

WHEREAS, A notable part of celebrating the holiday is the carrying and display of beautiful, brightly lit lanterns in a variety of settings; now, therefore,

BE IT BE RESOLVED, That we, the Mavor and members of the City Council of the Citv of Chicago, gathered here this fourteenth day of September, 2016, do hereby recognize the cultural and

historical significance of the Mid-Autumn Festival and join the community in celebrating this

occasion; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be prepared and presented to Chicago's Chinese and Chinese-American community as a symbol of our esteem and

respect.

Daniel Solis

Alderman, 25^lh Ward

Patrick Thompson

Alderman, 11* Ward