Culture

The Mid-Autumn Festival in three acts: how an old moon rite became a city festival, how the mooncake took shape, and where the moon legends came from

16 planned pages · 16:9All use cases

Page plan · 16 pages

Written for: General readers curious about East Asian festivals and their history

  1. 1

    Mid-Autumn under the full moon, in three acts

  2. 2

    Why the fifteenth night of the eighth lunar month

  3. 3

    Act one: from moon rites to a city festival

  4. 4

    Moon rites and Tang poems

  5. 5

    A night market in Kaifeng

  6. 6

    Staying up all night in Lin'an

  7. 7

    Act two: how the mooncake took shape

  8. 8

    From a snack on the menu to a festival gift

  9. 9

    Five regional styles of crust

  10. 10

    Act three: where the moon legends came from

  11. 11

    Chang'e, the lady in the moon

  12. 12

    Wu Gang the woodcutter and the jade rabbit

  13. 13

    Lanterns, moon-gazing and family reunions

  14. 14

    On China's national intangible heritage list since 2006

  15. 15

    A public holiday in China since 2008

  16. 16

    Sharing one moon across a thousand miles

Paper-cut Night presentation style

Paper-cut Night is a slide style in the Culture category, with KaiTi for titles and Microsoft YaHei for body text. This example plans a 16-page deck about The Mid-Autumn Festival in three acts: how an old moon rite became a city festival, how the mooncake took shape, and where the moon legends came from, written for General readers curious about East Asian festivals and their history. Read the page plan above and check the colours on the style card, then press Use this style to generate your own presentation in the same look.

Why start from this style?

Read the whole page plan

Every page of the example deck is listed with its title, so you see the structure before you commit to the look.

See what the style is made of

The style card lists the five colours, the title and body fonts and the page size.

Make your own deck in this style

Use this style opens the slide generator with Paper-cut Night already chosen. Describe your topic and press Generate slides.

How do I make a deck in this style?

  1. 1

    Read the outline

    Look through the 16 planned pages and check the colours and fonts on the style card.

  2. 2

    Press Use this style

    The slide generator opens with Paper-cut Night chosen. If you are signed out, you sign in first.

  3. 3

    Describe it and generate

    Type your topic, press Generate slides, then edit the deck and download it.

What do I get when I start from a style?

You see the page plan and the palette before you start, and your own deck keeps the same colours, fonts and page layouts.

  • The full outline is shown before you start
  • Chart pages name and link their sources
  • Your deck keeps the style on your own content
  • Reading the style and the outline needs no account

How do I get a good deck in this style?

List the sections you want

Write one section per line in the prompt, in the order you want them.

Keep one main point per slide

The accent colour is meant for the one point that matters. On a slide with three main points, none of them stands out.

Name the audience

Say who the deck is for. This example is written for General readers curious about East Asian festivals and their history, and the wording and the amount of detail follow from that.

Say how many slides you want

This example plans 16 pages. Ask for the number you need, within your plan.

Paste your own notes

With your notes or a draft, the slides use your facts and the model has less to guess.

Bring images you may use

Use pictures you have the right to use, and credit them on the slide.

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Who can use Paper-cut Night?

  • Teachers

    Turn a lesson plan into slides in this style, then adjust them one by one.

  • Teams and founders

    Pitch an idea or report results in a style the whole team can reuse.

  • Researchers and students

    Present a paper or a project with charts that cite their sources.

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Paper-cut Night style FAQs

Can I download this example?

Not yet. This page shows the style and the outline of an example deck; no finished .pptx exists. Press Use this style to generate your own deck.

What does Use this style do?

It opens the slide generator with Paper-cut Night chosen. Add your topic and press Generate slides. You sign in first.

Which fonts does this style use?

KaiTi for titles and Microsoft YaHei for body text.

Can I change the colours or fonts after generating?

Yes. Open the deck in the slide editor and change any colour, font or layout.

Where do the chart numbers come from?

Each chart page in the outline names its source, links to it and records the date it was checked.

How many pages will my deck have?

As many as you ask for, within your plan. This example plans 16 pages.