锐利度2016中秋节英文介绍(带翻译)

2021年1月12日发(作者：孙岳颁)
2016中秋节英文介绍(带翻译)

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.
There are two legends which claim to explain the tradition of eating mooncakes.
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.
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.
Mooncakes are usually stamped with Chinese characters indicating the name of
the bakery and the type of filling used. Some bakeries will even stamp them with
your family name so that you can give personalised ones to friends and family.
They are usually presented in boxes of four which indicate the four phases of
the moon. Traditional mooncakes are made with melted lard, but today vegetable
oil is more often used in the interests of health.
Mooncakes are not for the diet-conscious as they are loaded with calories. The
best way to wash down one of these sticky cakes is with a cup of Chinese tea,
especially Jasmine or Chrysanthemum tea, which aids the digestion.
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).
关于吃月饼这个传统 的来历有两个传说.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,