中秋节传统习俗英语作文

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篇一：中秋节传统习俗英语作文

Mooncakes are to Mid-Autumn Festival what mince

pies

are

to

Christmas.

The

seasonal

round

cakes

traditionally

have

a

sweet

filling

of

lotus

seed

paste

or red bean paste and often have one or more salted

duck

eggs

in

the

center

to represent

the

moon.

And

the

moon

is

what

this

celebration

is

all

about. Mid-Autumn

Festival

falls

on

the

15th

day

of

the

8th

month

，

it

is

the

time when the

moon is

said

to

be

at its

brightest

and fullest.

There are two legends which claim to explain the

tradition of eating mooncakes.

One

Tang Dynasty

myth

holds

that

the

Earth

once

had

10

suns

circling it.

One

day

all

10

suns

appeared

at

once

，

scorching

the

planet

with their heat. It was thanks to a skillful archer

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named Hou Yi that the Earth was saved. He shot down

all but one of the suns. As his reward

，

the Heavenly

Queen Mother gave Hou Yi the Elixir of Immortality

，

but

she

warned

him

that he

must

use

it

wisely. Hou

Yi

ignored

her

advice

and

，

corrupted

by

fame

and

fortune

，

became a tyrannical leader. Chang- Er

，

his beautiful

wife

，

could no longer stand by and watch him abuse

his power so she stole his Elixir and fled to the moon

to escape his angry wrath. And thus began the legend

of the beautiful woman in the moon

，

the Moon Fairy.

The

second

legend

has

it

that

during

the

Yuan

Dynasty

，

an

underground

group led

by

Zhu

Yuan

Zang

was

determined to rid the country of Mongolian dominance.

The moon cake was created to carry a secret message.

When the cake was opened and the message read

，

an

uprising was unleashed which successfully routed the

Mongolians. It happened at the time of the full moon

，

which

，

some

say

，

explains

why mooncakes

are

eaten

at

this time. Mooncakes are usually stamped with Chinese

characters indicating the name of the bakery and the

type of filling used. Some bakeries will even stamp

them

with

your

family

name

so

that

you

can

give

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