"For me, the atmosphere of the Mid-Autumn Festival is not as strong as before. When I was young, I looked forward to eating mooncakes and watching the moon with my family," said Ma Lin, a woman in her fifties."But now, the festival just seems like a common Saturday or Sunday. "

Yang Lin,a professor from Nankai University, says the way people celebrate the festival has changed over the years."In the past, it was terrible if you could not see your family during the Mid-Autumn Festival.Nowadays,people may just make phone calls to their families,but they still know that the Mid-Autumn Festival is a day for families to get together.They can go home at any time if they want to,because transportation is more convenient."

We can find that businesses provide people with more ways of spending the festival. It means people have more choices(选择) on how to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival. Take the mooncake for example, There are many kinds of mooncakes on sale during the festival, and we can choose among them for our families according to their taste.

Every one of us should play a part in protecting our traditional festivals, Like the Mid-Autumn Festival. We must value(重视) the stories behind them, because they are important parts of the festivals. Also, the government must call on people to value the festivals of our own more than those of foreign countries.