As for the government, it ordered that all entertainment cease for three days beginning on the 19th, that all flags be flown at half mast, and that local military forces organize themselves and march through the streets .... "A slap in the face" A Mid-Autumn Festival Amidst Disaster "is how newspaper headlines described China's tribulations.
在政府方面，也下令從十九日起，停止娛樂三天，家家戶戶都下半旗舉哀，就地軍隊也都排隊示威遊行… …」。巴掌，打到臉上來了！「災裡難裡過中秋」，當時報紙標題如此點出中國苦況。