2012中考作文中秋节的英文来历

中秋节的英文来历


【篇一：中秋的由来 英语】

the august moon festival or mid-autumn festival (chinese
characters above) is one of the traditional chinese holidays. it
is held on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. chinese legends
say that the moon is at its brightest and roundest on this day.
based on the gregorian calendar, this years august moon
festival will be held on september 12.

中秋节是中国人的传统节日之一，每年农历8月15日庆祝。传说月
亮在这一天最大最圆。根 据推算，今年公历9月12日为中秋节。

the august moon festival is often called the womens festival.
the moon (chinese character on right) symbolizes elegance
and beauty. while westerners worship the sun (yang or male)
for its power, people in the far east admire the moon. the moon
is the yin or female principle and it is a trusted friend. chinese
parents often name their daughters after the moon, in hope
that they will be as lovely as the moon.

中秋节也被称为女人的节日，月（汉字部首）象征着优雅与美丽。
而西方人则崇尚太阳（阳 刚或男性）的力量，东亚地区的人们则崇
尚月亮。月亮代表“阴”或女性，并且被看做是可靠的朋友。中 国的
父母总喜欢以“月”为女儿取名，为的是希望她们像月亮一样可爱。

the moon fairylady - chang er

月亮仙子——嫦娥

in fact, many ancient august moon folktales are about a moon
maiden. on the 15th night of the 8th lunar moon, little children
on earth can see a lady on the moon.

实际上，古代很多关于八月 月圆的故事都跟一位月亮仙子有关。在
阴历8月15的晚上，小孩子都能看到月亮上有一位女子。

the story about the lady takes place around 2170 b.c. at that
time, the earth had ten suns circling it, each taking its turn to
illuminate to the earth. but one day all ten suns appeared
together, scorching the earth with their heat. the earth was
saved by a strong and tyrannical archer named hou yi. he
succeeded in shooting down nine of the suns. one day, hou yi
stole the elixir of life from a goddess. however, his beautiful
wife chang e drank the elixir of life in order to save the people
from her husbands tyrannical rule. after drinking it, she found

herself floating and flew all they way to the moon. hou yi loved
his divinely beautiful wife so much, he refused to shoot down
the moon.

这个故事发 生在公元前2170年左右，那个时候，天上有十个太阳，
它们轮流照亮地上。但有一天，十个太阳一同 出现，他们发出的热
量烧焦了地上的作物。一位身强体壮、性格暴虐名叫后羿的弓箭手
拯救了人 间。他成功接连射落九个太阳。有一天，后羿偷了一位神
仙的长生不老药。而他美丽的妻子嫦娥为了帮助 人们脱离他暴虐的
统治偷偷喝下了长生不老药。喝下药之后他发现自己飘浮起来并非
像了月亮。 后裔十分爱他美若天仙的妻子，他不忍心将她从月亮上
射落。

people believed that the lady was a god who lived in the moon
that made the moon shine. girls who wanted to be a

beauty and have a handsome husband should worship the
moon. and on this magical occasion, children who make
wishes to the lady on the moon will find their dreams come
true.

人们认为嫦娥是住在月亮上的仙子，所以月亮才会发光。女孩子如< br>果想要变得漂亮并且有一位如意郎君都要供奉月亮。而中秋之时，
孩子们都会向月亮仙子许愿祈求 他们能够梦想成真。

the wood cutter - wu kang

伐木人——吴刚

吴刚是个懒惰而又不学无数的学徒。有一天他想学道成仙， 于是他
住到深山里强求以为仙人教他法术。起初，仙人教他治病的草药，
但三天之后吴刚不安定 的本性就暴露出来了。他又

求仙人教他其他的东西，于是仙人教他下棋，但不久之后吴刚又 失
去了兴趣。于是仙人给了他研习仙术的书籍。当然没几天吴刚又觉
得无聊了，并问仙人能否远 行到一些新鲜有趣的地

方。气恼于吴刚毫无耐心的本性，仙人罚他去月宫，并告诉他除非< br>他能砍倒一棵巨大的桂树，否则他就不能回到人间。虽然吴刚日夜
砍伐，但这棵神奇的树每次被砍 倒创伤又会自己愈

合，于是吴刚只有夜以继日地砍伐。

【篇二：中秋节的来历、中秋节的简介(英语)】


中秋节的来历、中秋节的简介（英语）

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.

中秋节相关的一些英文词汇：

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

grapefruit 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家庭团聚家庭团圆

【篇三：中秋节的来历来及月饼的英语文章】


中秋节的来历来及月饼的英语文章

the joyous mid- autumn festival was celebrated on the fifteenth
day of the eighth moon, around the time of the autumn
equinox(秋分). many referred to it simply as the fifteenth of the
eighth moon.

农历8月15日是中国的中秋节，接近秋分时节。很多人将中秋节简
单的理解为与“8月15的月亮”相 关。

this day was also considered as a harvest festival since fruits,
vegetables and grain had been harvested by this time and food
was abundant. food offerings were placed on an altar set up in
the courtyard. apples, pears, peaches, grapes,
pomegranates(石榴), melons, oranges and pomelos(柚子)
might be seen. special foods for the festival included moon
cakes, cooked taro(芋头)and water caltrope(菱角), a type of
water chestnut resembling black buffalo horns. some people

insisted that cooked taro be included because at the time of
creation, taro was the first food discovered at night in the
moonlight. of all these foods, it could not be omitted from the
mid-autumn festival.

the round moon cakes, measuring about three inches in
diameter and one and a half inches in thickness, resembled
western fruitcakes in taste and consistency. these cakes were
made with melon seeds(西瓜子), lotus seeds(莲籽), almonds(杏
仁), minced meats, bean paste, orange peels and lard(猪油). a
golden yolk(蛋黄) from a salted duck egg was placed at the
center of each cake, and the golden brown crust was
decorated with symbols of the festival. traditionally, thirteen
moon cakes were piled in a pyramid to symbolize the thirteen
moons of a complete year, that is, twelve moons plus one
intercalary(闰月的) moon. uulsda e

the mid-autumn festival is a traditional festivity for both the
han and minority

nationalities. the custom of worshipping the moon can be
traced back as far as the ancient xia and shang dynasties
(2000 b.c.-1066 b.c.). in the zhou dynasty(1066 b.c.-221 b.c.),
people hold ceremonies to greet winter and worship the moon
whenever the mid-autumn festival sets in. it becomes very
prevalent in the tang dynasty(618-907 a.d.) that people enjoy
and worship the full moon. in the southern song dynasty
(1127-1279 a.d.),

however, people send round moon cakes to their relatives as
gifts in expression of their best wishes of family reunion. when
it becomes dark, they look up at the full silver moon or go
sightseeing on lakes to celebrate the festival. since the ming
(1368-1644 a.d. ) and qing dynasties (1644-1911a.d.), the
custom of mid-autumn festival celebration becomes
unprecedented popular. together with the celebration there
appear some special customs in different parts of the country,
such as burning incense(熏香), planting mid-autumn trees,
lighting lanterns on towers and fire dragon dances. however,
the custom of playing under the moon is not so popular as it
used to be nowadays, but it is not less popular to enjoy the

bright silver moon. whenever the festival sets in, people will
look up at the full silver moon, drinking wine to celebrate their

happy life or thinking of their relatives and friends far from
home, and extending all of their best wishes to them.

moon cakes月饼

there is this story about the moon-cake. during the yuan
dynasty (a.d. 1280-1368) china was ruled by the mongolian
people. leaders from the preceding sung dynasty (a.d. 960-
1280) were unhappy at submitting to the foreign rule, and set
how to coordinate the rebellion without being discovered. the
leaders of the rebellion, knowing that the moon festival was
drawing near, ordered the making of special cakes. backed
into each moon cake was a message with the outline of the
attack. on the night of the moon festival, the rebels
successfully attached and overthrew the government. today,
moon cakes are eaten to commemorate this legend and was
called the moon cake.

for generations, moon cakes have been made with sweet
fillings of nuts, mashed red beans, lotus-seed paste or chinese
dates(枣子), wrapped in a pastry. sometimes a cooked egg yolk
can be found in the middle of the rich tasting dessert. people
compare moon cakes to the plum pudding and fruit cakes
which are served in the english holiday seasons.