中秋习俗英文

【原文】 每年农历八月十五日，是传统的中秋佳节。 【译文】 Annually lunar calendar August 15th, is a traditional Mid-Autumn joyful festival. 【原文】 这时是一年秋季的中期，所以被称为中秋。 【译文】 Is a year at this time, the middle of the autumn, so was be called Mid-Autumn. 【原文】 在中国的农历里，一年分为四季，每季又分为孟、仲、季三个部分，因而中秋也称仲秋。 【译文】 In the lunar calendar of China, a year is divided into the four seasons, is divided into three parts of 孟 , 仲 , quarter again every quarter, as a result the Mid-Autumn also calls the autumn of 仲 . 【原文】 八月十五的月亮比其他几个月的满月更圆，更明亮，所以又叫做“月夕”，“八月节”。 【译文】 August 15 of moon compare the full moon of other a few months more circle, brighter, so be called" the 夕 of month" again," August stanza". 【原文】 此夜，人们仰望天空如玉如盘的朗朗明月，自然会期盼家人团聚。 【译文】 This night, the people look up at the sky,such as jade,,such as the bright moon of 朗朗 of the dish,, the natural session hopes the family family reunion. 【原文】 远在他乡的游子，也借此寄托自己对故乡和亲人的思念之情。 【译文】 Far traveller in other place, also borrow this feeling that consigns the oneself to remember fondly to the home town and close relatives. 【原文】 所以，中秋又称“团圆节”。 【译文】 So, the Mid-Autumn call" reunited stanza" again. 【原文】 我国人民在古代就有“秋暮夕月”的习俗。 【译文】 The people of the our country have the custom of" autumn 暮夕 month" in ancient times. 【原文】 夕月，即祭拜月神。 【译文】 Month of 夕 , namely the fiesta does obeisance the absolute being of the month. 【原文】 到了周代，每逢中秋夜都要举行迎寒和祭月。 【译文】 Arrived a generation, every time round the Mid-Autumn nights all want to hold to face cold and fiesta month. 【原文】 设大香案，摆上月饼、西瓜、苹果、红枣、李子、葡萄等祭品，其中月饼和西瓜是绝对不能少的。 【译文】 Establish the big incense burner table, put a round flat cake, watermelon, apple, red date, plum, grape of last month etc. sacrificial offering, among them, the moon cake and watermelons absolutely can't be little. 【原文】 西瓜还要切成莲花状。 【译文】 The watermelon still needs to cut into the lotus form. 【原文】 在月下，将月亮神像放在月亮的那个方向，红烛高燃，全家人依次拜祭月亮，然后由当家主妇切开团圆月饼。 【译文】 Under the month, do obeisance that direction that the moon idol put in the moon, high 燃 of red candle, whole family person one by one in order the fiesta moon, then from take charge of the housewife to cut open the reunited moon cake. 【原文】 切月饼的人预先算好全家共有多少人，在家的，在外地的，都要算在一起，不能切多也不能切少，大小要一样。 【译文】 The person who slices the moon cake calculates the good whole family in advance to have totally how much person, at home of, in the other parts of country of, all want to calculate together, can't slice to have another also can't slice little, the size want to be similar. 【原文】 相传古代齐国丑女无盐，幼年时曾虔诚拜月，长大后，以超群品德入宫，但未被宠幸。 【译文】 It is rumored ancient times together the ugly woman of country has no salt, childhood hour once the godliness does obeisance the month, after grow up, with the preeminence moral qualities go into temple, but don't drive love. 【原文】 某年八月十五赏月，天子在月光下见到她，觉得她美丽出众，后立她为皇后，中秋拜月由此而来。 【译文】 Some year August 15 appreciate the month, the Emperor sees her under the moonlight, feeling that her beauty is outstanding, after sign her as empress, the Mid-Autumn does obeisance the month from here and since then. 【原文】 月中嫦娥，以美貌著称，故少女拜月，愿“貌似嫦娥，面如皓月”。 【译文】 Charng-er in month, call with the beautiful looks 著 , the past young girl does obeisance the month, wish" look like the Charng-er, face such as the bright moon". 【原文】 在唐代，中秋赏月、玩月颇为盛行。 【译文】 At the Tang Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn appreciates the month and plays the month very widely accepted. 【原文】 在北宋京师。 【译文】 In the north city teacher of Sung. 【原文】 八月十五夜，满城人家，不论贫富老小，都要穿上成人的衣服，焚香拜月说出心愿，祈求月亮神的保佑。 【译文】 15 nights of August, full city somebody else, in spite of the rich and poor the old and the young, all want to put on the person's clothes, the joss-stick of 焚 does obeisance the month to speak the wish, protect of the imprecation moon absolute being. 【原文】 南宋，民间以月饼相赠，取团圆之义。 【译文】 South Sung, folks with moon cake mutually 赠 , take the reunited righteousness. 【原文】 有些地方还有舞草龙，砌宝塔等活动。 【译文】 There is still the dance grass dragon in some places, the 砌 pagoda etc. activity. 【原文】 明清以来，中秋节的风俗更加盛行； 【译文】 Clear and pure, the customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival is more widely accepted; 【原文】 许多地方形成了烧斗香、树中秋、点塔灯、放天灯、走月亮、舞火龙等特殊风俗。 【译文】 Many places became to burn the 斗 joss-stick, tree Mid-Autumn, order the tower light, put the sky lantern and walk moon, dance the special customs of etc. of the fire dragon. 【原文】 今天，月下游玩的习俗，已远没有旧时盛行。 【译文】 Today, the custom that the downstream of month play, already far have no old hour widely accepted. 【原文】 但设宴赏月仍很盛行，人们把酒问月，庆贺美好的生活，或祝远方的亲人健康快乐，和家人“千里共婵娟”。 【译文】 But still hold the party to appreciate the month very widely accepted, the people ask the month to the wine, celebrate the fine life, or wish the healthy happiness of the close relatives of the far-away place, and the family's" a long distance total lovely". 【原文】 中秋节的习俗很多，形式也各不相同，但都寄托着人们对生活无限的热爱和对美好生活的向往。 【译文】 The custom of the Mid-Autumn Festival is a lot of, the form is also each not same, but all consign the people to the living infinite passion and to fine life of look forward to.

农历八月十五日是中国的传统节日——中秋节。在这天，每个家庭都团聚在一起，一家人共同观赏象征丰裕、和谐和幸运的圆月。此时，大人们吃着美味的月饼，品着热腾腾的香茗，而孩子们则在一旁拉着兔子灯尽情玩耍。

"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.

中秋节

中秋节，又称月夕、秋节、仲秋节、八月节、八月会、追月节、玩月节、拜月节、女儿节或团圆节，是流行于中国众多民族与汉字文化圈诸国的传统文化节日，时在农历八月十五；因其恰值三秋之半，故名，也有些地方将中秋节定在八月十六。 中秋节始于唐朝初年，盛行于宋朝，至明清时，已成为与春节齐名的中国主要节日之一。受中华文化的影响，中秋节也是东亚和东南亚一些国家尤其是当地的华人华侨的传统节日。自2008年起中秋节被列为国家法定节假日。

Mid-autumn Festival is a popular and important lunar harvest festival celebrated by Chinese people. The festival is held on the 15thday of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar. There are some traditions in this holiday. For example, people would have a big dinner with their families. After dinner, they often enjoy the full moon which is round and bright. The other tradition of mid-autumn festival is eating moon cake. Moon cake is the essential of that day, which means reunion. As time goes by, there are various kinds of moon cakes, but they are much more expensive than before. I like mid-autumn festival because my families will get together and have a big dinner on that day.

中秋节是中国人庆祝丰收的重要的农历节日，很受欢迎。这个节日在中国日历8月15号这天举行。这一天有一些传统。比如说，人们会与家人共进丰盛的晚餐。晚饭过后，他们通常欣赏又亮又圆的满月。中秋节的另一个传统是吃月饼。月饼是中秋节的必备品，象征着团圆。随着时间的流逝，月饼的种类繁多，但是也比以前更贵了。我喜欢中秋节是因为在那一天我的家人会聚在一起吃丰盛的晚餐。

"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.农历八月十五日是中国的传统节日——中秋节。在这天，每个家庭都团聚在一起，一家人共同观赏象征丰裕、和谐和幸运的圆月。此时，大人们吃着美味的月饼，品着热腾腾的香茗，而孩子们则在一旁拉着兔子灯尽情玩耍。"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.中秋节最早可能是一个庆祝丰收的节日。后来，月宫里美丽的仙女嫦娥的神话故事赋予了它神话色彩。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.传说古时候，天空曾有10个太阳。一天，这10个太阳同时出现，酷热难挡。弓箭手后翌射下了其中9个太阳，拯救了地球上的生灵。他偷了长生不死药，却被妻子嫦娥偷偷喝下。此后，每年中秋月圆之时，少女们都要向月宫仙女嫦娥祈福的传说便流传开来。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.在14世纪，中秋节吃月饼又被赋予了一层特殊的含义。传说在朱元璋带兵起义推翻元朝时，将士们曾把联络信藏在月饼里。因此，中秋节后来也成为汉人推翻蒙古人统治的纪念日。 字串7During 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.在元朝，蒙古人统治中国。前朝统治者们不甘心政权落入外族之手，于是密谋策划联合起义。正值中秋将近，起义首领就命令部下制作一种特别的月饼，把起义计划藏在每个月饼里。到中秋那天，起义军获取胜利，推翻了元朝，建立明朝。今天，人们吃月饼纪念此事。Mid-Autumn Day 中秋节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.