向外国人介绍中秋节.doc

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival The joyous Mid-Autumn Festival was celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth moon, around the time of the autumn equinox. Many referred to it simply as the Fifteenth of the Eighth Moon. This day was also considered as a harvest festival since fruits vegetables and grains 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, melons, oranges and pomelos might be seen. Special foods for the festival included moon cakes, cooked taro and water caltrope, 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, lotus seeds, almonds, minced meats, bean paste, orange peels and lard. A golden yolk 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. The Mid-Autumn Festival is an old festival of China . It is said to commemorate a hero HouYi and his wife Changer .The day in the fifteenth day of the eighth month. The day ,people often reunion every family.Everyone will eat moon cakes in the guard and hold a memorial ceremony for the moon-detiy. 月饼 (yuèbǐng): n. moon cake团圆/团聚 (tuányuán/tuánjù): n. reunion yuèbǐng shì yuán xíng de , xiàngzhēng tuányuán, 月饼?是 圆?形? 的 ， 象 征???团 圆，fǎnyìngle rénmen duì jiārén tuánjù de měihǎo yuànwang.反 映 了? 人们?对?家 人?团聚?的? 美好? 愿望。每年农历八月十五日，是我国传统的中秋佳节。这时是一年秋季的中期，所以被称为中秋。这也是我国仅次于春节的第二大传统节日。 中秋节的由来 在中国的农历里，一年分为四季，每季又分为孟、仲、季三个部分，因而中秋也称仲秋。八月十五的月亮比其它几个月的满月更圆，更明亮，所以又叫做月夕、秋节、仲秋节、八月节、八月会、追月节、玩月节、拜月节、女儿节或团圆节，是流行于全国众多民族中的传统文化节日。中秋节食