中秋节Mid-Autumn Festival 英文简介

2021年1月22日发(作者：美妇人)





中秋节
Mid-Autumn Festival
中英文简介



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.

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

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