中秋节的习俗(中英双语)

　　民间拜月

　　相传古代齐国丑女无盐，幼年时曾虔诚拜月，长大后，以超群品德入宫，但未被宠幸。某年八月十五赏月，天子在月光下见到她，觉得她美丽出众，后立她为皇后，中秋拜月由此而来。月中嫦娥，以美貌著称，故少女拜月，愿“貌似嫦娥，面如皓月”。

　　On rumored ancient folk worship ugly no salt,pious worship during childhood on, grow up to superior moral palace, but do notdrive. A full moon on August 15, Son of Heaven to see her in the moonlight,feeling that her beauty is outstanding, after she was Queen, Mid-Autumn Festivalon the resulting worship. Mid-Chang, to beauty, known for young girls worshipit on, willing to "look like the goddess of the moon, face as brightmoon."

　　文人赏月

　　赏月的风俗来源于祭月，严肃的祭祀变成了轻松的欢娱，民间中秋赏月活动约始魏晋时期，但未成习。到了唐代，中秋赏月、玩月颇为盛行，许多诗人的名篇中都有咏月的诗句。待到宋时，形成了以赏月活动为中心的中秋民俗节日，正式定为中秋节。与唐人不同，宋人赏月更多的是感物伤怀，常以阴晴圆缺，喻人情事态，即使中秋之夜，明月的清光也掩饰不住宋人的伤感

　　The custom of scholars to celebrate the moonfestival from months, serious joyous ritual became easy. Mooncake activitiesaround the beginning of civil Wei and Jin Dynasties, but immature habits. TheTang Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival, Wan Yue prevailed, read by many poets inthe poem Ode to the Moon has. Until the time of Song, has formed a full moon inthe activity center for the Mid-Autumn Festival Folk Festival, officiallydesignated as Mid-Autumn Festival. And Chinese different from the Song moon ismore a sense of things sad, often Teenage moon and new moon, Yu human events,even if moon night, the moon's clear light also could not conceal the Song ofsadness

　　但对宋人来说，中秋还有另外一种形态，即中秋是世俗欢愉的节日：“中秋节前，诸店皆卖新酒，贵家结饰台榭，民家争占酒楼玩月，笙歌远闻千里，嬉戏连坐至晓”(《东京梦华录》)。宋代的中秋夜是不眠之夜，夜市通宵营业，玩月游人，达旦不绝

　　But Song, the Mid-Autumn there is anotherform, that is, the joy of the Mid-Autumn Festival is secular: "Mid-AutumnFestival before, all shops are selling new wine, your family knot Taixie, homeson war accounted for restaurants Wan Yue, carousing heard a thousand milesaway, play with sitting to dawn "(" Beautiful Dream to Tokyo ").Song of the Mid-Autumn Festival is a sleepless night, the night market open allnight, Wan Yue visitors, Titan is not absolutely

　　明清之后，因时代的关系，社会生活中的现实功利因素突出，岁时节日中世俗的情趣俞益浓厚，以“赏月”为中心的抒情性与神话性的文人传统减弱，功利性的祭拜、祈求与世俗的情感、愿望构成普通民众中秋节俗的主要形态。因此，“民间拜月”成为人们渴望团聚、康乐和幸福;以月寄情。

　　Ming and Qing Dynasties, the result of therelationship between age, social life, highlighting the reality ofutilitarianism, the festival, in the interests of a strong secular sentimentYu, to "moon" as the center of the lyric and the myth of the literatitradition weakened, utilitarian worship, pray and secular feelings, aspirationsof ordinary people form the main form of popular Mid-Autumn Festival.Therefore, the "civil Praying" become eager to join, recreation and well-being;to always focussed on.

　　复习中秋节的相关英文词汇哦!

　　Mid-autumnday 中秋节

　　lunar 农历

　　mooncake月饼

　　minimooncake迷你月饼

　　mooncakeswith meat / nuts 肉馅/果仁月饼

　　hammooncake 火腿月饼

　　grapefruit/ pomelo / shaddock柚子

　　gluepudding 汤圆

　　lantern/ scaldfish 灯笼

　　ChangE嫦娥

　　Hou Yi后羿

　　lightlantern点灯笼

　　carrythe lantern around 提灯笼

　　burnincense烧香

　　firedragon dances 火龙舞

　　familyreunion 家庭团聚