中秋节的传说

1、中秋节的传说（The lege nd of theMid-Autum n Festival )中秋节的传说(The lege nd of the Mid-Autu mn Festival )中 秋节的传说(The lege nd of the Mid-Autu mn Festival )此文由 收 集整理中秋节的传说(the lege nd of the mid-autu mn festival ) moon cakes are to mid-autu mn festival what mi nee pies are to ehristmas. the seas onal round cake

2、s traditi on ally have a sweet filli ng of lotus seed paste or red bea n paste and ofte n have one or more salted duck eggs in the een ter to represe nt the moon, and the moon is what this celebratio n is all about. mid-autu mn festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th mon th, it is the time whe n t

3、he moon is said to be at its brightest and fullest. this year the festival falls on october 1.there are two lege ndswhich claim to expla in thetraditi on of eati ng moon cakes. one tang dyn asty myth holds that the earth once had 10 suns circli ng it. one day all 10 suns appeared at on ce, scorch in

4、g the pla net with their heat. it was thanks to a skillful archer named hou yi that the earth was saved. he shot dow n all but one of the suns. as his reward, the heave nly quee n mother gave hou yi the elixir of immortality, but she war ned him that he must use it wisely. hou yi ignored her advice

5、and, corrupted by fame and fortune, became a tyranni cal leader. cha ng-er, his beautiful wife, could no Ion ger sta nd by and watch him abuse his power so she stole his elixir and fled to the moon to escape his angry wrath. and thus bega n the lege nd of the beautiful woma n in the moon, the moon f

6、airy.the sec ond lege nd has it that duri ng the yua n dyn asty, anun dergro und group led by zhu yua n zang was determ ined to rid the country of mon golia n dominan ce. the moon cake was created to carry a secret message. whe n the cake was ope ned and the message read, an upris ing was uni eashed

7、 which successfully routed the mon golia ns. it happe ned at the time of the full moon, which, some say, expla ins why moon cakes are eate n at this time.moon cakes are usually stamped with chi nese charactersin dicati ng the n ame of the bakery and the type of filli ng used. some bakeries will eve

8、n stamp them with your family n ame so that you can give pers on alised ones to friends and family. they are usually prese nted in boxes of four which in dicate the four phases of the moon. traditi onalmoon cakes are made with melted lard, but today vegetable oil is more ofte n used in the in terest

9、s of health.moon cakes are not for the diet-c on scious as they are loaded with calories. the best way to wash dow n one of these sticky cakes is with a cup of chin ese tea, especially jasm ine or chrysa nthemum tea, which aids the digesti on.中秋节吃月饼就像西方人圣诞节吃百果馅饼一样，是必不可少 的。圆圆的月饼中通常包有香甜的莲子馅或是红豆馅，馅的中央还

10、会加上一个金黄的咸鸭蛋黄来代表月亮。而月亮正是中秋节庆祝的主 题。每年农历8月15日人们一起庆祝中秋，据说这一天的月亮是一 年中最亮最圆的。今年的中秋节恰好是阳历的10月1日（中国的国庆日）。关于吃月饼这个传统的来历有两个传说。一个是唐朝的神话故 事，说的是当时地球被10个太阳包围着。有一天10个太阳同时出 现在天空中，巨大的热量几乎把地球烤焦了。多亏一位名叫后羿的神 箭手射下了 9个太阳，地球才被保住。为了奖励后羿，王母娘娘赐给 后羿一种长生不老药，但是王母警告他必须正当使用。然而后羿没有 理会王母娘娘的警告，他被名利冲昏了头脑，变成了一个暴君。后羿 美丽的妻子嫦娥对他的暴行再也不能袖手旁观，于是她偷走了后羿的长生不老药，飞到月亮上逃避后羿的狂怒。从此就