好习惯伴我行中秋节的传说和起源介绍(中英文)

2021年1月20日发(作者：巅峰时刻)


传统节日介绍：中秋节的传说和起源


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
year's
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
Women's
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 took 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 husband's tyrannical rule. After drinking it, she found
herself
floating
and
flew
all
the
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飞
向了月亮。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


Wu
Kang
was
a
shiftless

fellow
who
changed
apprenticeships
all
the
time. One day he decided that he wanted to be an immortal, so he went
to live in the mountains where he importuned an immortal to teach him.
First the immortal taught him about the herbs used to cure sickness, but
after
three
days
his
characteristic
restlessness
returned
and
Wu
Kang
asked the immortal to teach him something else. So the immortal taught
him chess, but after a short while Wu Kang's enthusiasm again waned.