染雾Introduction to the Mid-Autumn Festival
Essay One
The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, is one of the most important traditional festivals in China. It is celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, when the moon is believed to be the biggest and brightest. This festival is a time for family reunions, expressing gratitude, and enjoying the beauty of the moon.
The origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival dates back over 3,000 years to the Zhou Dynasty. Legend has it that a hero named Hou Yi shot down nine of the ten suns that were scorching the earth. As a reward, he was given an elixir of immortality. However, fearing that the elixir would fall into the wrong hands, Hou Yi's wife, Chang'e, consumed the potion and flew to the moon, where she became the Moon Goddess. Since then, people offer sacrifices to Chang'e and celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival to express their admiration and longing for loved ones.
On this special day, families gather together to appreciate the full moon and enjoy a feast. Mooncakes, a traditional pastry, are a must-have during the Mid-Autumn Festival. These round pastries symbolize unity and completeness as they are shared among family members. Inside the mooncakes, there are various fillings such as lotus seed paste, red bean paste, and salted egg yolks. The delicate craftsmanship and rich flavors make mooncakes a popular treat during this festival.
Apart from eating mooncakes, another popular activity during the Mid-Autumn Festival is lantern making and lantern riddle guessing. People make beautiful lanterns in all shapes and sizes, illuminating parks and streets. Lantern riddles are written on the lanterns, and those who solve them correctly can win small prizes. This tradition not only brings joy and excitement to the festival but also promotes intellectual and cultural exchanges.
Furthermore, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also a time for appreciating the arts. Traditional performances such as lion dances, dragon dances, and folk music can be seen in many places. These performances showcase the rich cultural heritage of China and add to the festive atmosphere.
In recent years, the Mid-Autumn Festival has gained popularity beyond China's borders and has become an international celebration. People from different cultural backgrounds come together to enjoy mooncakes, admire the moon, and share the joy of this festival. It serves as a bridge connecting people and promoting cultural exchange.
In conclusion, the Mid-Autumn Festival is a significant festival in Chinese culture. It is a time for family reunions, expressing gratitude, and appreciating the beauty of the moon. Through various activities and traditions, this festival brings people closer together and promotes cultural understanding. Let us cherish and celebrate this meaningful festival.
介绍中秋节的英语作文 篇三
In China, Mid-autumn Day is considered to be a symbol of family reunion. On this day, all the family members gather together at home to celebrate this special occasion. Last year, I could not celebrate the festival with my family because I was in university. However, this special day left a deep impression on me.
I still remember the atmosphere of that evening. All the students who could not go back home assembled in our classroom, having a party to celebrate this traditional festival. We tried our best to show our own enthusiasm. As an ethnic minority, I performed a peacock dance, which received warm applause. After the two-hour party, we went out to the playground and sat together to appreciate the moon because it is a tradition on Mid-autumn Day. We ate moon cakes, played cards, and listened to romantic poems recited by one of our classmates. In that harmonious atmosphere, nobody felt lonely or homesick even though we were far away from our homes
Thanks to our classmates, I experienced such a colorful and interesting Mid-autumn Day at my university. Thus, I learned to value all the festivals I spent during my university life.
介绍中秋节的英语作文 篇四
Mid-Autumn Day,all the country is celebrating. The streets are full of people, the loves are holding each other tightily.Everyone has his day.However,I am lonely.No one to hold,no one to kiss,no ont to talk! I was walking around the street without purpose,seeing the lovers kissing,watching the fireworkes alone,walking backe room whist.
Suddenly,i think i must be good to myself.So i decied to bue a present to myself.I know I will be good soon,and will find my Mr.Right.So tonight, a little teddy bear will sleep with me.And i know:i will have another teddy bear as a present that not bought from myself!!!
Chusok ("fall evening") is a Korean "Harvest Moon" (Han-gawi) festival set on the 15th day of the eighth lunar moon. Chusok (韩国中秋节), also known as the Korean Thanksgiving or Mid-Autumn Festival, is one of the most celebrated Korean holidays. It occurs during the harvest season. Thus, Korean families take this time to thank their ancestors for providing them with rice and fruits.
The celebration starts on the night before Chusok and ends on the day after the holiday. Thus, many Korean families take three days off from work to get together with family and friends.
The celebration starts with a family get-together at which rice cakes called "Songphyun" (蒸糕) are served. These special rice cakes are made of rice, beans, sesame seeds, and chestnuts. Then the family pays respect to ancestors by visiting their tombs and offering them rice and fruits. The Koreans visit the graves of their ancestors to bow and clean the area for the coming winter. In the evening, children wear their favorite hanbok (traditional Korean clothing) and dance under the bright moon in a large circle. They play games and sing songs. Like the American Thanksgiving, Chusok is the time to celebrate the family and give thanks for their blessings.
Community activities include masked dance, Kanggangsuwollae, an ancient circle dance, tug-of-wars and the tortoise game, kobuk-nori (乌龟游戏), in which two men dress as a tortoise and tour the village dancing and performing for food and drink. Most of all, Ch'usok is a time to give thanks for the autumn harvest and reaffirm familial and community ties.
介绍中秋节的英语作文 篇五
The custom of the Mid-Autumn festival in Shanghai is made up of the moon and the incense. The month, when the moon rises, and to open a case, and for moon cakes, melons and fruits, edamame, taro, lotus root and other food, also stand for apersistent dao medicine pestle yutu moon palace painting. The old one is the Yin of the moon, the month of the month is the women worship first, the man hind, also has the saying "the man is not worship the month", the month is finished, the family eat the reunion wine, the moon meal and so on. When the women return to their families, they must return to their master's house on the autumn night, for it is thereason of the festival. In the Mid-Autumn festival, the shanghainese are called "walking the moon". Women travel together in a group called "the moon." The lu jiastone bridge on the small east gate of Shanghai is a beautiful contrast to the moon in the sky. So there is a rush of visitors in the autumn night. This "stone night moon" is famous in Shanghai. It is called "the eight views of Shanghai city".
There is also the custom of burning incense in Shanghai. The so-called xiangdou, also known as dou xiang, is made of paper shops, which are square and small, with a wide width of about two feet wide. Sweet paste around the yarn spun silk, with moon palace LouTaiTingGe such as pictures, also some sweet bucket with joss stick around and become, have the longmen kuixing paper in the bucket and colored flags adornment such as continuous. The scene of the burning of incense in theMid-Autumn festival in Shanghai is the most in the south garden. In addition, many Bridges outside the city are lit with special giant incense sticks.
介绍中秋节的.英语作文 篇4
The lunar August 15 is the annual Mid-Autumn festival. That night, even the moon princess, who was usually shy and often hid in the cloud
And they came out early and danced. You see, the princess of the moon looks very beautiful in the white dress she normally wears. Not only that, she brought a group of bodyguards -- many of them. Perhaps today is the birthday of the moon girl, as long as the light wind of the password, "the guards" and the moon girl dance to dance, how beautiful! Looked at the charming scenery, I can't help but remember childhood Mid-Autumn festival: childhood I often move out of the house of two small stools, a sit down, give me one for my mother. Sit in the yard and listen to mother talk about the moon. Eating moon cakes and playing games in themoonlight...
"Sister, what are you doing? Eating moon cakes!" "Asked the curious man, looking at me. "No," I replied hurriedly. "I'm not." At this time, grandmother to carry a boxof moon cake, I gather the past look, wow, is 11 piece! There are green bean filling, egg yolk filling, and red bean paste, many varieties. I grabbed two different mooncakes. One of the first, left mouthful, right mouthful, sweet moon cake makemy mouth water direct, eat seven eight in a row, only at grandma's stop the stop. After eating mooncakes, grandma brought fruit, peach, apples, pomegranates, and longan. I ate too much, and my stomach went up.
After eating moon cakes and fruit, I played games with my younger brothers and sisters. We played chicken, chess and other games. But the most interesting thing is chess. My sister and I put up the pieces and started playing chess. At first, my sister had the advantage, she made a few pisions in a row, and I was worse than one, but my sister lost...
The Mid-Autumn festival is fun! I hope the next Mid-Autumn festival will comesoon!
介绍中秋节的英语作文 篇六
I think Mid-Autumn Day is an old traditional festival in China. Everybody likes it because it's a family get-together. You see it is called "Mid-Autumn Day",so it often comes in September or October. It is on the 15th of the 8th of the lunar month. Now, let's say something about this interesting festival.
Firstly, I'd like to say something about the moon. I like it very much because I want to be an astronaut in the future. That day the moon is round, big, just like a beautiful plate hanging on the blue cloth. When I see the moon, I will remember the ancient myths--the godess Chang Er and her little rabbit are playing under the tree which Wu Gang grows. I will also think about Armstrong's first moonwalk. I will also miss the friends in Tai-wan island, in Macao and Chinese people who are abroad. I know they are missing us very much, too.
Secondly, I'11 say something about the tradition on Mid-Autumn Day. Look!There's a big tree in a garden of a Chinese family. All the family members are sitting around a big table under the tree in the open air. They are eating the mooncakes and admiring the full moon in the sky. That is a family reunion dinner. The mooncakes and the moon represent the love from a family. I think this is one of the most valuable things in the world.
Thirdly,it is a very good opportunity to make three wishes on Mid-Autumn Day. My wishes are: the first, I, an astronaut in the future, would like to go to the moon one day, and stay with the sky and stars; the second, I hope every person in the world will stay with family, share love from the family forever; the third, I hope everybody's dream will come true. That is the Mid-Autumn Day in my mind. I will always re-member: East or West, home is best.
