本帖最后由 西安添妈 于 2011-9-12 19:33 编辑
The Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calenda , which is in September or early October in the Gregorian calendar. It is a date when the moon is at its fullest and roundest. The traditional food of this festival is the mooncake, of which there are many different varieties. The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the few most important holidays in the Chinese calendar, the others being Chinese New Year and Winter Solstice, and is a legal holiday in several countries. Farmers celebrate the end of the fall harvesting season on this date. Traditionally on this day, Chinese family members and friends will gather to admire the bright mid-autumn harvest moon, and eat moon cakes pomegranates，and chestnuts under the moon together. Accompanying the celebration, there are additional cultural or regional customs, such as: ·
Carrying brightly lit lanterns,lighting lanterns on towers, floating sky lanterns. ·
Burning incense in reverence to deities including Chang'e Shops selling mooncakes before the festival often display pictures of Chang'e floating to the moon.
on the15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar：农历8月（第）15（天）
in September or early October in the Gregorian calendar：大概是公历的9月或10月初
when the moon is at its fullest and roundest：在月亮最满最圆的时候
Farmers celebrate the end of the fall harvesting season on this date.：农人们庆祝秋收结束
The traditional food of this festival is the mooncake：节日的传统食物，是月饼
pomegranate，chestnut ：石榴，栗子
there are many different varieties：有各种样式，味道不同。
it is a legal holiday：法定节日。
Chinese family members and friends will gather to admire the bright mid-autumn harvest moon, and eat moon cakes, pomegranates, and chestnuts under the moon together.
additional cultural or regional customs: 还会有其他的传统文化习俗，各地不同的习俗。
Burning incense in reverence to deities including Chang'e and forefathers（ancestors）
：烧香，拜嫦娥，祖先等圣灵
pictures of Chang'e floating to the moon：嫦娥奔月图
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发表于 2011-9-12 18:49
