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摘要:和其它传统节日一样,中秋节也是慢慢发展形成的,古代帝王有春天祭日,秋天祭月的礼制,早在《周礼》一书中,已有“中秋”一词的记载。后来贵族和文人学士也仿效起来,在中秋时节,对着天上又亮又圆一轮皓月,观赏祭拜,寄托情怀,这种习俗就这样传到民间,形成一个传统的活动,一直到了唐代,这种祭月的风俗更为人们重视,中秋节才成为固定的节日。
"Zhong Qiu Jie",which is also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival,is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar.It is a time for family members and loved ones to congregate and enjoy the full moon-an auspicious symbol of abundance,harmony and luck.Adults will usually indulge in fragrant mooncakes of many varieties with a good cup of piping hot Chinese tea,while the little ones run around with their brightly-lit lanterns.
"Zhong Qiu Jie"probably began as a harvest festival. The festival was later given a mythological flavour with legends of Chang-E, the beautiful lady in the moon.
According to Chinese mythology, the earth once had 10 suns circling over it.One day,all 10 suns appeared together,scorching the earth with their heat. The earth was saved when a strong archer,Hou Yi,succeeded in shooting down 9 of the suns.Yi stole the elixir of life to save the people from his tyrannical rule,but his wife,Chang-E drank it.Thus started the legend of the lady in the moon to whom young Chinese girls would pray at the Mid-Autumn Festival.
In the 14th century,the eating of mooncakes at "Zhong Qiu Jie" was given a new significance.The story goes that when Zhu Yuan Zhang was plotting to overthrow the Yuan Dynasty started by the Mongolians,the rebels hid their messages in the Mid-Autumn mooncakes.Zhong Qiu Jie is hence also a commemoration of the overthrow of the Mongolians by the Han people.
During the Yuan Dynasty(A.D.1206-1368)China was ruled by the Mongolian people.Leaders
from the preceding Sung Dynasty(A.D.960-1279)were unhappy at submitting to foreign rule,and set how to coordinate the rebellion without it being discovered. The leaders of the rebellion,knowing that the Moon Festival was drawing near,ordered the making of special cakes.Packed into each mooncake was a message with the outline of the attack.On the night of the Moon Festival,the rebels successfully attacked and overthrew the government.What followed was the establishment of the Ming Dynasty(A.D. 1368-1644). Today,moon cakes are eaten to commemorate this event.
Mid-Autumn Day is a traditional festival in China.Almost everyone likes to eat mooncakes on that day.Most families have a dinner together to celebrate the festival.A saying goes,"The moon in your hometown is almost always the brightest and roundest".Many people who live far away from homes want to go back to have a family reunion.How happy it is to enjoy the moon cakes while watching the full moon with your family members.
复习中秋节的相关英文词汇
Mid-autumn day 中秋节
lunar 农历
mooncake 月饼
minimooncake 迷你月饼
mooncakes with meat / nuts 肉馅/果仁月饼
ham mooncake 火腿月饼
grapruit / pomelo / shaddock 柚子
glue pudding 汤圆
lantern / scaldfish 灯笼
Chang E 嫦娥
Hou Yi 后羿
light lantern 点灯笼
carry the lantern around 提灯笼
burn incense 烧香
fire dragon dances 火龙舞
family reunion 家庭团聚
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