中秋——月餅

1、AutumnFestivalThefestivalisintricatelylinkedtothelegendsofChangEthemythicalMoonGoddessofImmtality.Accdingto“LiJi“anancientChinesebookrecdingcustomsceremoniestheChineseEmpershouldoffersacrificestothesuninspringthemooninau

2、tumn.The15thdayofthe8thlunarmonthisthedaycalled“Autumn“.Thenightonthe15thofthe8thlunarmonthisalsocalled“NightoftheMoon“.UndertheSongDynasty(420)thedaywasofficiallydeclaredtheAutumnFestival.BecauseofitscentralroleintheAut

3、umnfestivalmooncakesremainedpopulareveninrecentyears.FmanytheyfmacentralpartoftheAutumnfestivalexperiencesuchthatitisnowcommonlyknownasMooncakeFestival.中秋節(jié)一脈相連的傳說中的不朽神話中的月亮女神嫦娥，這個節(jié)日。根據(jù)“吉”，中國古代的書記錄的習(xí)俗和儀式，中國皇帝獻(xiàn)祭太陽在春天和月亮在秋天

4、。陰歷8月的第15天是一天稱為“中秋”。陰歷8月15日晚上也被稱為“夜的月亮”。在宋代（420），這一天被正式宣布中秋節(jié)。由于其核心作用，中秋節(jié)，月餅一直很受歡迎，即使是在最近幾年。對于許多人來說，他們形成的一個重要部分，它是現(xiàn)在俗稱的“月餅節(jié)”的中秋節(jié)經(jīng)驗。[edit]MingrevolutionThereisafolktaleabouttheoverthrowofMongolrulefacilitatedbymessagessmug

5、gledinmooncakes.MooncakeswereusedasamediumbytheMingrevolutionariesintheirespionageeffttosecretlydistributeletterstooverthrowtheMongolianrulersofChinaintheYuandynasty.TheideaissaidtohavebeenconceivedbyZhuYuanzhang(朱元璋)his

6、advisLiuBowen(劉伯溫)whocirculatedarumthatadeadlyplaguewasspreadingtheonlywaytopreventitwastoeatspecialmooncakes.ThispromptedthequickdistributionofmooncakeswhichwereusedtohideasecretmessagecodinatingtheHanChineserevoltonthe

7、15thdayoftheeighthlunarmonth.[3]Anothermethodofhidingthemessagewasprintedinthesurfaceofmooncakesasasimplepuzzlemosaic.Toreadtheencryptedmessageeachofthefourmooncakespackagedtogethermustbecutintofourpartseach.The16pieceso

8、fmooncakemustthenbepiecedtogetherinsuchafashionthatthesecretmessagescanberead.Thepiecesofmooncakearetheneatentodestroythemessage.[4]TheAugustMoonFestivalAutumnFestival(Chineseactersabove)isoneofthetraditionalChineseholid

9、ays.Itisheldonthe15thdayofthe8thlunarmonth.Chineselegendssaythatthemoonisatitsbrightestroundestonthisday.BasedontheGregiancalendarthisyearsAugustMoonFestivalwillbeheldonSeptember12.中秋節(jié)是中國人的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日之一，每年農(nóng)歷8月15日慶祝。傳說月亮在這一天最大最圓

10、。根據(jù)推算，今年公歷9月12日為中秋節(jié)。TheAugustMoonFestivalisoftencalledtheWomensFestival.Themoon(Chineseacteronright)symbolizeselegancebeauty.WhileWesternerswshipthesun(yangmale)fitspowerpeopleintheFarEastadmirethemoon.Themoonistheyinfem

11、aleprincipleitisatrustedfriend.Chineseparentsoftennametheirdaughtersafterthemooninhopethattheywillbeaslovelyasthemoon.中秋節(jié)也被稱為女人的節(jié)日，月（漢字部首）象征著優(yōu)雅與美麗。而西方人則崇尚太陽（陽剛或男性）的力量，東亞地區(qū)的人們則崇尚月亮。月亮代表“陰”或女性，并且被看做是可靠的朋友。中國的父母總喜歡以“月”為女兒取名

12、，為的是希望她們像月亮一樣可愛。TheMoonFairyLadyChangEr月亮仙子——嫦娥InfactmanyancientAugustMoonfolktalesareaboutamoonmaiden.Onthe15thnightofthe8thlunarmoonlittlechildrenonearthcanseealadyonthemoon.實際上，古代很多關(guān)于八月月圓的故事都跟一位月亮仙子有關(guān)。在陰歷8月15的晚上，小孩子都能

13、看到月亮上有一位女子。Thestyabouttheladytakesplacearound2170B.C.Atthattimetheearthhadtensunscirclingiteachtakingitsturntoilluminatetotheearth.Butonedayalltensunsappearedtogetherscchingtheearthwiththeirheat.Theearthwassavedbyastrong

14、tyrannicalarchernamedHouYi.Hesucceededinshootingdownnineofthesuns.OnedayHouYistoletheelixiroflifefromagoddess.HoweverhisbeautifulwifeChangEdranktheelixiroflifeindertosavethepeoplefromherhusbstyrannicalrule.Afterdrinkingi

15、tshefoundherselffloatingflewalltheywaytothemoon.HouYilovedhisdivinelybeautifulwifesomuchherefusedtoshootdownthemoon.這個故事發(fā)生在公元前2170年左右，那個時候，天上有十個太陽，它們輪流照亮地上。但有一天，十個太陽一同出現(xiàn)，他們發(fā)出的熱量燒焦了地上的作物。一位身強(qiáng)體壯、性格暴虐名叫后羿的弓箭手拯救了人間。他成功接連射落九個