中秋節來歷的英文介紹

以下是?憂考為?家搜索整理的中秋節來歷的英?介紹，供?家參考。

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".

農歷8?15?是中國的中秋節，接近秋分時節。很多?將中秋節簡單的理解為與“8?15的?亮”相關。

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 t up in the courtyard. Apples, pears, peaches, grapes,

pomegranates(?榴), melons, oranges and pomelos(柚?) might be en. Special foods for the festival included moon cakes,

cooked taro(芋頭)and water caltrope(菱?), a type of water chestnut rembling black buffalo horns. Some people insisted

that cooked taro be included becau at the time of creation, taro was the first food discovered at night in the moonlight. Of all

the 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, rembled

Western fruitcakes in taste and consistency. The cakes were made with melon eds(西??), lotus eds(蓮籽),

almonds(杏仁), minced meats, bean paste, orange peels and lard(豬油). A golden yolk(蛋黃) 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(閏?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 ts 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 nd 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 sighteing

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 incen(熏?), 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 ud to be nowadays,

but it is not less popular to enjoy the bright silver moon. Whenever the festival ts 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?餅

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 t

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-ed paste or

Chine dates(棗?), wrapped in a pastry. Sometimes a cooked egg yolk can be found in the middle of the rich tasting

desrt. People compare moon cakes to the plum pudding and fruit cakes which are rved in the English holiday asons.

中秋節的來歷

農歷???五，是我國傳統的中秋節，也是我國僅次于春節的第??傳統節?。???五恰在秋季的中間，故謂之中秋

節。我國古歷法把處在秋季中間的??，稱為“仲秋”，所以中秋節?叫“仲秋節”。

中秋節是個古?的節?，祭?賞?是節?的重要習俗。古代帝王有春天祭?，秋天祭?的社制，民家也有中秋祭?之風，

到了后來賞?重于祭?，嚴肅的祭祀變成了輕松的歡娛。中秋賞?的風俗在唐代極盛，許多詩?的名篇中都有詠?的詩句，宋

代、明代、清代宮廷和民間的拜?賞?活動更具規模。我國各地?今遺存著許多“拜?壇”、“拜?亭”、“望?樓”的古跡。北京

的“?壇”就是明嘉靖年間為皇家祭?修造的。每當中秋?亮升起，于露天設案，將?餅、?榴、棗?等?果供于桌案上，拜?

后，全家?圍桌?坐，邊吃邊談，共賞明?。

根據史籍的記載，“中秋”?詞最早出現在《周禮》?書中。到魏晉時，有“諭尚書鎮?淆，中秋?與左右微服泛江”的記

載。直到唐朝初年，中秋節才成為固定的節?。《唐書·太宗記》記載有“???五中秋節”。中秋節的盛?始于宋朝，?明清

時，已與元旦齊名，成為我國的主要節?之?。這也是我國僅次于春節的第??傳統節?。

中秋節起源的另?個說法是：農歷???五這?天恰好是稻?成熟的時刻，各家都拜?地神。中秋可能就是秋報的遺俗。

中秋節的傳說

中秋節的傳說是?常豐富的，嫦娥奔?、吳剛伐桂、?兔搗藥之類的神話故事流傳甚?。

嫦娥奔?

相傳，遠古?個名叫后羿的英雄，射下九個太陽，并嚴令最后?個太陽按時起落，為民造福。后羿因此受到百姓的尊敬和

愛戴，娶了個美麗善良的妻?，名叫嫦娥。后羿除傳藝狩獵外，終?和妻?在?起，?們都羨慕這對郎才?貌的恩愛夫妻。不

少志?也慕名前來投師學藝，?術不正的蓬蒙也混了進來。

?天，后羿到昆侖?訪友求道，巧遇由此經過的王母娘娘，便向王母娘娘求得?包不死藥。據說，服下此藥，能即刻升天

成仙。然?，后羿舍不得撇下妻?，只好暫時把不死藥交給嫦娥珍藏。嫦娥將藥藏進梳妝臺的百寶匣?，不料被??蓬蒙看見

了，他想偷吃不死藥??成仙。

三天后，后羿率眾徒外出狩獵，?懷?胎的蓬蒙假裝?病，留了下來。待后羿率眾??后不久，蓬蒙?持寶劍闖?內宅后

院，威逼嫦娥交出不死藥。嫦娥知道??不是蓬蒙的對?，危急之時她當機?斷，轉?打開百寶匣，拿出不死藥??吞了下

去。嫦娥吞下藥，???時向天上飛去。由于嫦娥牽掛著丈夫，便飛落到離?間最近的?亮上成了仙。

傍晚，后羿回到家，侍?們哭訴了?天發?的事。后羿既驚?怒，抽劍去殺惡徒，蓬蒙早逃?了，后羿?得捶胸頓?，悲

痛欲絕，仰望著夜空呼喚愛妻的名字，這時他驚奇地發現，今天的?亮格外皎潔明亮，?且有個晃動的?影酷似嫦娥。他拼命

朝?亮追去，可是他追三步，?亮退三步，他退三步，?亮進三步，?論怎樣也追不到跟前。

后羿?可奈何，?思念妻?，只好派?到嫦娥喜愛的后花園?，擺上?案，放上她平時最愛吃的蜜?鮮果，遙祭在?宮?

眷戀著??的嫦娥。百姓們聞知嫦娥奔?成仙的消息后，紛紛在?下擺設?案，向善良的嫦娥祈求吉祥平安。從此，中秋節拜

?的風俗在民間傳開了。

吳剛折桂

相傳?亮上的?寒宮前的桂樹?長繁茂，有五百多丈?，下邊有?個?常在砍伐它，但是每次砍下去之后，被砍的地??

?即合攏了。?千年來，就這樣隨砍隨合，這棵桂樹永遠也不能被砍光。據說這個砍樹的?名叫吳剛，是漢朝西河?，曾跟隨

仙?修道，到了天界，但是他犯了錯誤，仙?就把他貶謫到?宮，??做這種徒勞?功的苦差事，以?懲處。李?詩中有“欲

斫?中桂，持為寒者薪”的記載。

?兔搗藥

相傳?亮之中有?只兔?，渾?潔?如?，故稱作“?兔”。?兔拿著?杵，跪地搗藥，成蛤蟆丸，服?此等藥丸可以長?

成仙。久?久之，?兔便成為?亮的代名詞。

中秋“賞?”種種

追? ?港?過了???五中秋，興猶未盡，還要在???六的夜晚再過?次，俗稱“追?”。?六的晚上，?們扶?攜幼，

嘗?間的?果。鄂倫春族也有類似習俗，祈求?神保佑，萬事如意。

乞? 中秋夜半之后，?東東莞未婚的男青年三五成群地在?光下燃燒?燭，向?下??祭拜。傳說，此刻是??為凡間

男?牽線做媒之時，??可為虔誠的?伙?覓上?個美貌多情的伴侶。

照? 浙東民間有“照?”得?風俗。傳說，久婚不孕的婦?，在中秋?圓當空時，獨?坐于皎潔的?光之下，可以祈求?神

賜福，受孕得?。

各地中秋節的習俗

中秋佳節，?們最主要的活動是賞?和吃?餅了。但中國地緣??，??眾多，風俗各異，中秋節的過法也是多種多樣，

并帶有濃厚的地?特?。

在福建浦城，??過中秋要穿?南浦橋，以求長壽。龍巖?吃?餅時，家長會在中央挖出直徑?三?的圓餅供長輩??，

意思是秘密事不能讓晚輩知道。

?東潮汕各地有中秋拜?的習俗，主要是婦?和?孩，有“男不圓?，?不祭灶”的俗諺。晚上，皓?初升，婦?們便在院

??、陽臺上設案當空禱拜。紅燭?燃，?煙繚繞，桌上還擺滿佳果和餅?作為祭禮。

江蘇省?錫縣中秋夜要燒??。??四周糊有紗絹，繪有?宮中的景?。也有??以線?編成，上?插有紙扎的魁星及彩

?旌旗。

江西省吉安縣在中秋節的傍晚，每個村都?稻草燒?罐。待?罐燒紅后，再放醋進去。這時就會有?味飄滿全村。新城縣

過中秋時，?????夜起就懸掛通草燈，直????七?。

安徽省婺源中秋節，?童以磚?堆?中空寶塔。塔上掛以帳幔匾額等裝飾品，?置?桌于塔前，陳設各種敬“塔神”的器

具。夜間則內外都點上燈燭。績溪中秋?童打中秋炮。中秋炮是以稻草扎成發辮狀，浸濕后再拿起來向?上打擊，使之發出巨

響并有游?龍的風俗。?龍是以稻草扎成的龍，?上插有?柱。游?龍時有鑼?隊同?，游遍各村后再送?河中。

四川省?過中秋除了吃?餅外，還要打粑、殺鴨?、吃?餅、蜜餅等。

在北?，?東省慶云縣農家在???五祭??神，稱為“青苗社”。

河北省萬全縣稱中秋為“?元旦”，?光紙上繪有太陰星君及關帝夜閱春秋像。河間縣?認為中秋?為苦?，若中秋節下

?，當地?則認為青菜必定味道不佳。

我國有??多個少數民族也過中秋節，但節俗各異。

壯族習慣于在河中的?排房上??餅拜?，少?在??放花燈，以測??的幸福，并演唱優美的《請?姑》民歌。仡佬族

在節前的“虎?”，全寨合宰?頭公?，將??留到中秋夜祭祖靈，迎新?，他們稱為“??節”。

黎族稱中秋節為“??會”或“調聲節”。屆時各集鎮舉?歌舞聚會，每村由?“調聲頭”（即領隊）率領男?青年參加。?員到

齊后，?家互贈?餅、?糕、甜粑、花?、彩扇和背?，成群結隊，川流不息。?夜便聚集在?旁，烤?野味，痛飲?酒，開

展盛?的調聲對歌演唱，未婚青年趁機挑尋未來的伴侶。

中秋節吃?芋

五華縣轉?鎮有?個奇特的傳統。每年中秋節晚上，鄉親們每家每戶都要蒸?鍋帶?的芋頭，在賞?時，全家?先吃芋頭

后吃?餅，并在剝芋?時說“剝??”。據說這樣?能“避邪”，?是為了紀念?民起義。

傳說元朝末期，統治者對漢?進?殘酷的統治和壓迫，因害怕??勞動?民起來造反，在每?戶勞動?民中就駐?個朝廷

的??。這些兇惡的家伙專門監視民眾的?活起居，肆意搜刮民脂民膏殘害百姓。他們還規定每?戶?家共??把菜?，誰要

??都要從????借出。

為了反抗這些壞事做絕的??，*統治階級，有個聰明的?想了?個聯絡?眾的辦法，他扮成賣芋頭的商?，在熟芋頭?

下藏著字條送到每家每戶，要求?民在中秋之夜賞?時統??動，把這些??全部殺掉。最后，全國各地的?民起義*了元朝

的統治。

后來?們為了紀念這次起義?動，每逢中秋節晚上就擺著熟芋頭和細茶、?酒、?餅等，?邊賞??邊談論著家事國事，

并講述那久遠?傳奇的故事。

中秋佳聯擷萃

中秋賞?，古往今來，??雅?給我們留下了許多情景交融的佳聯奇對。

四川巫峽瑤臺有?聯：

???明，???明明分外；

???秀，巫??秀秀?常。

此聯以疊詞的?式寫出了“?到中秋分外明”的特?，使中秋??與巫?秀?相對，?整?然，珠聯璧合。

古代有?才?，仰望中秋?，吟上聯?：天上?圓，?間?半，???圓逢?半。但他苦思冥想，對不出相媲美的下聯，

直到那年的除?之夜，才觸動靈感，吟出下聯：今夜年尾，明?年頭，年年年尾接年頭。此聯結構嚴謹，淺顯明快。