中秋节英语趣闻

The legend of the Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节的传说 Mooncakes are to Mid-Autumn Festival what mince pies are to Christmas. The seasonal round cakes traditionally have a sweet filling of lotus seed paste or red bean paste and often have one or more salted duck eggs in the center to represent the moon. And the moon is what this celebration is all about. Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th month, it is the time when the moon is said to be at its brightest and fullest. This year the festival falls on October 1. 中秋节吃月饼就像西方人圣诞节吃百果馅饼一样，是必不可少的。圆圆的月饼中通常包有香甜的莲子馅或是红豆馅，馅的中央还会加上一个金黄的咸鸭蛋黄来代表月亮。而月亮正是中秋节庆祝的主题。每年农历8月15日人们一起庆祝中秋，据说这一天的月亮是一年中最亮最圆的。今年的中秋节恰好是阳历的10月1日（中国的国庆日）。 There are two legends which claim to explain the tradition of eating mooncakes. 关于吃月饼这个传统的来历有两个传说。 One Tang Dynasty myth holds that the Earth once had 10 suns circling it. One day all 10 suns appeared at once, scorching the planet with their heat. It was thanks to a skillful archer named Hou Yi that the Earth was saved. He shot down all but one of the suns. As his reward, the Heavenly Queen Mother gave Hou Yi the Elixir of Immortality, but she warned him that he must use it wisely. Hou Yi ignored her advice and, corrupted by fame and fortune, became a tyrannical leader. Chang-Er, his beautiful wife, could no longer stand by and watch him abuse his power so she stole his Elixir and fled to the moon to escape his angry wrath. And thus began the legend of the beautiful woman in the moon, the Moon Fairy. 一个是唐朝的神话故事，说的是当时地球被10个太阳包围着。有一天10个太阳同时出现在天空中，巨大的热量几乎把地球烤焦了。多亏一位名叫后羿的神箭手射下了9个太阳，地球才被保住。为了奖励后羿，王母娘娘赐给后羿一种长生不老药，但是王母警告他必须正当使用。然而后羿没有理会王母娘娘的警告，他被名利冲昏了头脑，变成了一个暴君。后羿美丽的妻子嫦娥对他的暴行再也不能袖手旁观，于是她偷走了后羿的长生不老药，飞到月亮上逃避后羿的狂怒。从此就有了关于月宫仙子嫦娥，这个月亮上的美丽女人的传说。 The second legend has it that during the Yuan Dynasty, an underground group led by Zhu Yuan Zang was determined to rid the country of Mongolian dominance. The moon cake was created to carry a secret message. When the cake was opened and the message read, an uprising was unleashed which successfully routed the Mongolians. It happened at the time of the full moon, which, some say, explains why mooncakes are eaten at this time. 第二个传说讲的是在元朝，朱元璋领导的起义军计划起义来摆脱蒙古族的统治。他们用月饼来传递密信。掰开月饼就可以找到里面的密信，起义军通过这种方式成功的发动了起义，赶走了元朝的统治者。这场起义发生在八月十五之时，于是中秋节吃月饼的习俗便在民间传开来。

Wu Gang won the Gui."If you want to sing the moon, you will be a cold person."。According to legend, there is a man named Wu Gang, who was a Xihe native of the Han Dynasty. He followed the immortal monk and went to heaven, but he made a mistake. The immortal took him to the moon palace and cut down the laurel tree in front of the moon palace every day to show punishment. This laurel tree is flourishing and has more than 500 feet high. After each cut, the cut place will be closed immediately.

every year's mid-autumn fest is my most anticipated day, not because of the delicious mooncakes, nor is it because of the beautiful round moon, but it's because every year at this time, the family can be together, whether it's the relatives working or the good friends studying far away. this year was even more special than other years, because today it is my good friend's birthday, at night, my friends and I brought lots of presents to her house, she was out very early to welcome us. After we gave her the presents, we all went to the roof of her house, her parents had already prepared the cake, we talked about the interesting things that happened in university, it seemed that everyone's lives were full of joy. while we were eating cake, we started to have a cake fight, making our clothes covered in cake when we got home. This years mid-autumn fest was special and fun, hope everyone will remain happy forever, this is our wish to the moon, i believe it will come true

玉兔捣药 传说很久以前，有一对修行千年的兔子，得道成了仙。它们有四个可爱的女儿，个个生得纯白伶俐。 一天，玉皇大帝召见雄兔上天宫，它依依不舍地离开妻儿，踏着云彩上天宫去。正当它来到南天门时，看到太白金星带领天将押着嫦娥从身边走去。兔仙不知发生了什么事，就问旁边一位看守天门的天神。听完她的遭遇后，兔仙觉得嫦娥无辜受罪，很同情她。但是自己力量微薄，能帮什么忙呢？想到嫦娥一个人关在月宫里，多么寂寞悲伤，要是有人陪伴就好了，忽然想到自己的四个女儿， 它立即飞奔回家。 兔仙把嫦娥的遭遇告诉雌兔，并说想送一个孩子跟嫦娥作伴。雌兔虽然深深同情嫦娥，但是又舍不得自己的宝贝女儿，这等于是割下它心头的肉啊！几个女儿也舍不得离开父母，一个个泪流满面。雄兔语重心长地说道：“如果是我孤独地被关起来，你们愿意陪伴我吗？嫦娥为了解救百姓，受到牵累，我们能不同情她吗？孩子，我们不能只想到自己呀！” 孩子们明白了父亲的心，都表示愿意去。雄兔和雌兔眼里含着泪，笑了。它们决定让最小的女儿去。 Moon dao medicineLong ago, there was a legend, the rabbit practice millennium became immortal. They have four lovely daughter was born to pure cute.One day, the emperor summoned the rabbits, it jidai chaotian wives leave, stepping on the cloud temple. While it is worse, see come too the platinum star day will lead the moon from the side. The rabbit fairy know what had happened, he asked a guard's door god beside. After hearing her immortal, that moon rabbit, pity her innocent suffering. But his meager strength, what can I do for you? A man in chang of chang-e, how lonely sad, if someone with good, suddenly thought of their four daughters, it immediately ran home.The moon fairy rabbit rabbit, and tell the female in a child to say with the moon company. Although females deeply sympathize with moon rabbit, but also to his baby daughter, the heart of flesh cut it!!!!! Daughters also reluctant to leave their parents, with tears in her eyes. The rabbit to longly say: "if I were alone is locked up, would you like to accompany me? Moon in order to save the people, we can not tie? Child sympathize with her, we can think only about yourself!"The children understand the father's heart, all wants to go. Males and females rabbit rabbit, with tears in his eyes and smiled. They decided to let the youngest daughter