1、The Date of The Mid-Autumn festival;According to the Chinese lunar calendar in August,for the autumn,autumn is called the second half past autumn,and half past autumn in August 15 again,so called Mid-Autumn festival.Because there are many nicknames:Mid-Autumn festival in August 15,so called BaYueJie
2、,half August,Because of the Mid-Autumn festival activities are conducted on around,so called month,YueXi;Mid-Autumn moon symbol,reunion,and TuanYuanJie called.The vacabulary of the festival:Mid-autumn day 中秋节lunar农历mooncake月饼minimooncake 迷你月饼mooncakes with meat/nuts/肉馅/果仁月饼ham mooncake火腿月饼grapefruit
3、/pomelo/shaddock 柚子glue pudding汤圆lantern/scaldfish灯笼Chang E 嫦娥Hou Yi 后羿light lantern 点灯笼carry the lantern around 提灯笼burn incense 烧香fire dragon dances 火龙舞family reunion家庭团聚/家庭团圆According to Chinese mythology,the earth once had 10 suns circling over it.One day,all 10 suns appeared together,scorching t
4、he earth with their heat.The earth was saved when a strong archer,Hou Yi succeeded in shooting down 9 of the suns.Yi stole the elixi of life tosave the people from his tyrannical rule,but his wife,Chang-E drank it.Thus started the legend of the lady in the moon to whom young Chinese girls would pray
5、 at the Mid-Autumn Festival.According to Chinese mythology,the earth once had 10 suns circling over it.One day,all 10 suns appeared together,scorching the earth with their heat.The earth was saved when a strong archer,Hou Yi succeeded in shooting down 9 of the suns.Yi stole the elixir of life tosave
6、 the people from his tyrannical rule,but his wife,Chang-E drank it.Thus started the legend of the lady in the moon to whom young Chinese girls would pray at the Mid-Autumn Festival.传说古时候，天空曾有10个太阳。一天，这10个太阳同时出现，酷热难挡。弓箭手后翌射下了其中9个太阳，拯救了地球上的生灵。他偷了长生不死药，却被妻子嫦娥偷偷喝下。此后，每年中秋月圆之时，少女们都要向月宫仙女嫦娥祈福的传说便流传开来。Lege
7、nd has it that the moon has a rabbit,was as white as jade,so called jade rabbit.The rabbit with jade pestle,genuflect rammed into toad 相传月亮之中有一只兔子，浑身洁白如玉，故称作“玉兔”。白兔拿着玉杵，跪地捣药，成蛤蟆丸，服用此等药丸可以长生成仙。久而久之，玉兔便成为月亮的代名词The rabbit pound medicineTell us the story about Chang eOnce upon a HouYi time,a man named H
8、ou Yi,he has a beautiful wife named Change.One day,he became hunting,met the Queen Mother,the first to seek immortality,the dose of immortality,we will be able to immediately immortal.When Ho was reluctant wife put in the possession of immortality underneath his pillow.Three days later,he became hunting again.She was not taking advantage of Hou Yi,immortality Tundao the stomach and immediately flew to the Moon became cents.77从前,有一个人叫后羿,他有一个美丽的妻子叫嫦娥.一天,后羿外出打猎,遇到了王母,求得了一颗仙丹,服下仙丹,就能立即成仙.后羿舍不得妻子,就把仙丹藏在了枕头底下.三天后,后羿再次外出打猎.嫦娥趁后羿不在,把仙丹吞到了肚子里,立即飞到了月亮上成了仙.Do you want to have a vacation?
