中秋节的传说和起源介绍(中英文)

1、文档供参考，可复制、编制，期待您的好评与关注!1 / 7传统节日介绍：中秋节的传说和起源The August Moon Festival or Mid-Autu mn Festival (Chi nese charactersabove) is one of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is held on the 15th dayof the 8th lunar mon th. Chin ese lege nds say that the moon is at itsbrightest and roundest on this day. Base

2、d on the Gregorian calendar, thisyears August Moon Festival will be held on September 12.中秋节是中国人的传统节日之一，每年农历 8 月 15 日庆祝。传说月亮 在这一天最大最圆。根据推算，今年公历 9 月 12 日为中秋节。The August Moon Festival is often called the Womens Festival. The moon(Chinese character on right) symbolizes eleganee and beauty. WhileWester

3、ners worship the sun (ya ng or male) for its power, people in the FarEast admire the moon. The moon is the yin or female principle and it is atrusted friend. Chinese parents often name their daughters after the moon,in hope that they will be as lovely as the moon.中秋节也被称为女人的节日，月(汉字部首)象征着优雅与美丽。而西方人则崇尚

4、太阳邙日刚或男性）的力量，东亚地区的人们则崇 尚月亮。文档供参考，可复制、编制，期待您的好评与关注!2 / 7月亮代表 阴”或女性， 并且被看做是可靠的朋友。 中国的 父母总喜欢以 月”为女儿取名，为的是希望她们像月亮一样可爱。The Moon FairyLady - Cha ng Er月亮仙子 嫦娥In fact, many ancient August Moon folktales are about a moon maiden. Onthe 15th night of the 8th lunar moon, little children on earth can see a ladyo

5、n the moon.实际上，古代很多关于八月月圆的故事都跟一位月亮仙子有关。在 阴历 8月 15 的晚上，小孩子都能看到月亮上有一位女子。The story about the lady took place around 2170 B.C. At that time, the earthhad ten suns circling it, each taking its turn to illuminate to the earth. Butone day all ten suns appearedtogether, scorch ing the earth with their heat.

6、The earth was saved by a strong and tyra nni cal archer n amed Hou Yi. Hesucceeded in shooti ng dow n nine of the suns. One day, Hou Yi stole theelixir of life from a goddess. However, his beautiful wife Chang E drank theelixir of life in order to save the people from her husbands tyrannical rule.Af

7、ter drinking it, she found herself floating and flew all the way to the moon.Hou Yi loved his divin ely beautiful wife so much, he refused to shoot dow n文档供参考，可复制、编制，期待您的好评与关注!3 / 7the moon.这个故事发生在公元前 2170 年左右，那个时候，天上有十个太阳， 它们轮流照亮地上。但有一天，十个太阳一同出现，他们发出的热 量烧焦了地上的作物。一位身强体壮、性格暴虐名叫后羿的弓箭手 拯救了人间。他成功接连射落九个太

8、阳。有一天，后羿偷了一位神 仙的长生不老药。而他美丽的妻子嫦娥为了帮助人们脱离他暴虐的 统治偷偷喝下了长生不老药。喝下药之后他发现自己飘浮起来并飞 向了月亮。后裔十分爱他美若天仙的妻子，他不忍心将她从月亮上 射落。People believed that the lady was a god who lived in the moon that madethe moon shi ne. Girls who wan ted to be a beauty and have a handsomehusband should worship the moon. And on this magical

9、occasion, childrenwho make wishes to the Lady on the Moon will find their dreams come true.人们认为嫦娥是住在月亮上的仙子，所以月亮才会发光。女孩子如 果想要变得漂亮并且有一位如意郎君都要供奉月亮。而中秋之时， 孩子们都会向月亮仙子许愿祈求他们能够梦想成真。The wood cutter - Wu Kang伐木人一一吴刚Wu Kang was a shiftless fellow who changed apprenticeships all the time.One day he decided tha

10、t he wan ted to be an immortal, so he went to live inthe mountains where he importuned an immortal to teach him. First theimmortal taught him about the herbs used to cure sickness, but after three文档供参考，可复制、编制，期待您的好评与关注!4 / 7days his characteristic restless nessretur ned and Wu Kang asked theimmortal

11、 to teach him someth ing else. So the immortal taught him chess,but after a short while Wu Kan gs en thusiasm aga in wan ed. The n WuKang was give n the books of immortality to study. Of course, Wu Kangbecame bored within a few days, and asked if they could travel to somenew and exciting place. Ange

12、red with Wu Kangs impatienee, the masterbanished Wu Kang to the Moon Palace telling him that he must cut dow n ahuge cassiatree before he could return to earth. Though Wu Kang choppedday and night, the magical tree restored itself with each blow, and thus he isup there chopping still.吴刚是个懒惰而又不学无数的学徒

13、。有一天他想学道成仙，于是他 住到深山里强求以为仙人教他法术。起初，仙人教他治病的草药， 但三天之后吴刚不安定的本性就暴露出来了。他又求仙人教他其他 的东西，于是仙人教他下棋，但不久之后吴刚又失去了兴趣。于是 仙人给了他研习仙术的书籍。当然没几天吴刚又觉得无聊了，并问 仙人能否远行到一些新鲜有趣的地方。气恼于吴刚毫无耐心的本性, 仙人罚他去月宫，并告诉他除非他能砍倒一棵巨大的桂树，否则他 就不能回到人间。虽然吴刚日夜砍伐，但这棵神奇的树每次被砍倒 创伤又会自己愈合，于是吴刚只有夜以继日地砍伐。The Hare - Jade Rabbit野兔-玉兔In this lege nd, three f

14、airy sages tra nsformed themselves nto pitiful old menand begged for somethi ng to eat from a fox, a monkey and a rabb文档供参考，可复制、编制，期待您的好评与关注!5 / 7The fox and the monkey both had food to give the old men, but theempty-ha nded, offered his own flesh in stead by jump ing into a blaz ing fireto cook him

15、self. The sages were so touched by the rabbits sacrifice thatthey let him live in the Moon Palace where he became the Jade Rabbit.传说中，三味仙人将自己变成可怜的老人向一只狐狸、 猴子和兔子乞 讨吃的，狐狸和猴子都将自己的食物分给了仙人， 只有兔子自己跳入 了火坑而将自己的肉献出来，先人们被兔子的牺牲所感动，于是将兔 子留在了月宫，这只兔子后来变成了玉兔。Families get together to eat moon cakes and celebrate th

16、e end of theharvest seas on on this day. Scholars write poems about the moon. Thisnight is also made for romantic rendezvous. Friendships are made anc renewed. No won der the August Moon Festival has a special meaning t allwho believe in the mystical powers of the moon.每到这一天，亲人都会欢聚一堂吃月饼并庆祝丰收。文人们也写了很

17、多跟月亮有关的诗。这个夜晚也是浪漫约会的好时刻。新朋旧友也因 此相聚，难怪中秋节对于那些相信月亮神秘力量的人来说有着特殊意 义。When did this festival first begin? No exact date can be found in historicaldocuments, but scholars assume that it is related to 2 customs in Chi na.中秋节最早是于什么时候庆祝的？目前古籍资料上还没有找到确切 时间，但学者们认为他跟中国的两个习俗有关。The first custom concerns farmers. C

18、hina is an agricultural coun try, andfarmi ng is closely related to the seas on s. In an cie nt times, farmersworshipped the Earth God to pray for a good harvest, whe n they sowed the文档供参考，可复制、编制，期待您的好评与关注!6 / 7seeds in spring. This was known as spring worship. During autumn,farmers also worshipped

19、the Earth God to thank him for giving them a goodharvest. This was known as autu mn reward. Since the 15 mon th of the8th mon th is the time whe n rice paddies are harvested, some peoplebelieve that the Mid Autumn Festival came from the autumn reward ritual.第一个习俗是关于农民的，中国是一个农业大国，而农业跟季节息息 相关。在古代，农民们春天撒种播