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Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival 花好月圆，话中秋 导读：一年一度秋风尽，又到团圆佳节时。中秋节(Mid-Autumn Festival)被喻为最富诗情画意的节日，其背后有着许许多多动人的传说。每逢此刻，五湖四海，相聚一堂；花好月圆，把酒言欢。时临中秋，让我们在这里品上一盏回味悠长的文化民俗清茶。 Autumn. The air is light and summer`s humid heat is fading. Pomegranates in the courtyards are bursting their vermillion skins to show off their jeweled kernels. In the parks and gardens, chrysanthemums are on stand-by for their seasonal display.秋天，空气使人神清气爽，夏季的湿热正渐渐退去。院子里，饱满的石榴撑破了朱红色的外衣，展示着宝石般的果粒。公园里、花圃中，迎来花期的菊花正含苞待放。 Stars are finally struggling through the cool dusk, and the moon will shine its brightest with Mid-Autumn around the corner. This is a time to celebrate both revolution and romance.在凉爽的傍晚，星星终于探出夜幕，时值中秋来临，月亮也散发出前所未有的光华。这是一个庆贺历史革新以及浪漫传说的时刻。 There are many legends linked to Zhongqiujie or Mid-Autumn Festival, but the most commonly quoted are about secret messages that galvanized a change of government, and a romantic, if convoluted, story of the archer Hou Yi and his wife Chang`e, the lady in the moon.关于中秋节的由来，存在着许多传说，其中流传最广的，一段是朱元璋通过“月饼”来秘密传递信息，最终得以起义成功，改朝换代的故事；另外一段浪漫一点的，也要复杂一点，就是射手后羿与他那生活在月亮上的妻子嫦娥的故事。 Let`s talk about revolution first. Although the festival is long established in Chinese folklore, the eating of the mandatory moon cakes did not start until late, relative to culinary chronology. In 1368, chaffing under the Mongolian yoke after 88 years, an adviser to rebel chief Zhu Yuanzhang came up with a plot to send out rallying messages hidden in sweet pastries - much like fortune cookies.让我们先来说说关于中秋节的革新吧。尽管这个节日在中国民间由来已久，但回顾饮食发展史，中秋吃月饼的习俗到很晚才形成。公元1368年，在蒙古人残暴执政88年后，义军首领朱元璋的军师想出了一个计策：将号召起义的信息藏入一种甜馅饼中——就像西餐里的占卜饼干一样。 Although there are no documented records to show how the rebels actually gathered, we can safely say the way to a revolutionary heart, must have been through the stomach since Zhu Yuanzhang successfully overthrew the Yuan emperors and founded the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).尽管召集起义的真实过程并无文献记录可查，但我们可以确定的是——想要抓住革命者的心，就要先抓住他们的胃（在革命起义中要想取得成功，就要审时度势，顺应民心），朱元璋由此成功地推翻了元朝统治，建