中秋节是我国重大传统节日之一,据历史记载最早起源于唐朝初期,具有非常悠久的历史。中秋节这天,有一系列的传统习俗和活动,吃月饼、品茶赏月、赏桂花、猜谜、玩花灯等等。但是,你知道那些和中秋相关的单词、传说么?歩知网整理了关于中秋的英语知识,供大家阅读。
【那些和中秋有关的单词】
中秋节:Mid-autumn Day ; Mid-autumn Festival ; Moon Festival ; Mooncake Festival
农历:lunar calendar
农历八月十五:the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month
月饼:mooncake
迷你月饼:minimooncake
蛋黄月饼:egg yolk mooncake
五仁月饼:Olive nut moon-cake
莲蓉月饼:lotus-seed-paste mooncake
水果月饼:Fruit-flavor mooncake
品茶:sample tea
柚子:grapefruit ; pomelo ; shaddock
汤圆:glue pudding
灯笼:lantern ; scaldfish
嫦娥:Chang E
后羿:Hou Yi
月亮:moon
赏月:enjoy full moon gazing
点灯笼:light lantern
提灯笼:carry the lantern around
灯会:lantern show
烧香:burn incense
火龙舞fire dragon dances
合家团圆:family reunion
【那些送出的中秋祝福】
这个最美丽的节日,想送你最特别的祝福。
The most beautiful holiday, you want to send a special blessing.
试着寻找最华丽的祝词,我没能做到。
Try to find the most beautiful message, I did not do.
一句最朴实的话:中秋快乐!
One of the most simple: a happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
我用心做两个月饼,一个送给你、祝愿你节日快乐、事事如意、青春美丽,一个送给自己,祝福我认识了你。
I carefully done two cakes, one gave you, wish you happy holidays and all the best, youthful beauty, gave himself a blessed I know you.
Sweet cakes will be served with my blessings. Wish you a successful life and a bright future.
送上香甜的月饼,连同一颗祝福的心...愿你过的每一天都象十五的月亮一样成功 !
Tonight we start the season of white dew. The moon is just as bright as in my homeland. The round moon in the sky makes me feel homesick.
露从今夜白,月是故乡明。今夜月正圆,正是思乡时
The roundest moon can be seen in the autumn. It is time for a reunion . Wish you a happy Mid-Autumn Day and a wonderful life.
月到是秋分外明,又是一年团圆日,祝你节日愉快,身体安康。
【那些听过的中秋传说】
Wu Gang Chopping the Cherry Bay
There is also another story about the Mid-Autumn Festival. Many years ago, Wu Gang, an immortal in Heaven, was punished to chop down the cherry bay in the moon for his serious mistakes. The cherry bay in the moon was extremely luxuriant and sturdy with a height of 5167 meters. It would also heal up as soon as it was chopped, which made Wu Gang's work last for thousands of years.
The mid-autumn festival has many traditions and activities in which people express how much their families mean to them, and how much they miss absent members.
Chang'e Flying to the Moon
It is said that long ago there used to be 10 suns in the sky. Each day, one of the suns would travel around the sky on a carriage driven by Xihe, the mother of the suns. One day, unexpectedly, all 10 suns simultaneously appeared in the sky, which instantly dried the crops and caused disaster to the people on earth.
Hou Yi, a local archer, had great sympathy for people's sufferings from the blistering weather and decided to help them out. Houyi climbed up to the summit of Kunlun Mountains and shot down the suns leaving only one to benefit people. After he shot down the sun, Hou Yi became a hero who was revered by local people.
Later, Hou Yi married a beautiful girl—Chang'e. The young couple lived a happy and sweet life.
Hou Yi was so famous for his perfect archery skills that he had a lot of apprentices, including the unrighteous Peng Meng. One day when Hou Yi was on the way to visit his friend, the Queen Mother of the West gave him an elixir of immortality as a reward for his heroic undertaking. Meanwhile, he warned Hou Yi "Do not swallow this pill before preparing yourself with prayer and fasting for a year". Hou Yi gave the elixir to Chang'e for safekeeping and she took it as a treasure and hid it in her jewelry box. Unfortunately, Peng Meng found this secret and made a plan to steal it. Several days later, when Hou Yi and other apprentices went out for hunting, Peng pretended to fall ill and stayed at home. After they left, Peng forced Chang'e to give him the elixir. Chang'e, knowing that she could not defeat Peng, swallowed the elixir herself, and mmediately she felt herself floating up and flied to the sky. With deep love to her husband, Chang'e chose to be an immortal on the moon, closest to the earth; then she could see her husband every day.
In late afternoon, Hou Yi came back and was told what had happened. Heart-stricken, Hou Yi went to the back garden and called his wife's name ceaselessly. Surprisingly, he found that the moon was extremely clean and bright that night; and that there was a moving figure like Chang'e in the moon. Hou Yi desperately tried to catch up with the moon, but he could not do it. Hou Yi then asked servants to set a table in his back garden and with his wife's favorite snacks and fruits on it. In a short time, more and more people heard about the news that Chang'e had become an immortal, and they also put tables under the moon to pray to Chang'e for good fortune and safety. From then on, the custom of worshipping the moon on the Mid-Autumn Festival began to spread in China.