-中秋节 英文版.ppt

Mid-Autumn Festival 1.The origin of the Mid-Autumn festival 2.How to celebrate the Mid-Autumn festival 3.Moon cakes 4.Poems about the Mid-Autumn festival It is always celebrated at night with moon cakes as the full moon rises in the clear sky .Since ancient times there have been various customs for enjoying the moon ,praying to the moon and offering sacrifices to the moon. Moon cakesHistorical records show that moon cakes were first made in the shops of Chang ’an (present –day Xi’an) in the Tang Dynasty. By the time of the Ming Dynasty ,it became a custom for people to greet each other by way of exchanging moon cakes .In the Qing Dynasty, moon cakes were stuffed with walnut(核桃) paste, coconut 椰蓉paste ,lotus seed paste莲蓉, assorted fruit seeds and nuts, egg yolk蛋黄, chicken, ham or cassia 肉桂and date paste. The moon cakes of that time were more or less the same as the ones we have now. The ways of making moon cakes vary from place and their flavors and also not the same ,each with something special. In the Still of the Night? I descry （发现）bright moonlight in front of my bed.?I suspect it to be hoary(灰白) frost on the floor.?I watch the bright moon, as I tilt back my head.?I yearn, while stooping, for my homeland more.?  * According to ancient Chinese calendar, the lunar August was in the middle of autumn and in the middle of this month was on the fifteenth day. Thus the lunar August 15th was named as the Mid-Autumn Day. Legend The origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival is full of romantic and mysterious color. The legend goes that Chang E, a beautiful lady ,swallowed an elixir stolen from her husband, Houyi (后羿a hero who killed nine suns) and flew to the cold moon, where she lived lonely with a white rabbit. Even though there was Wugang, a Taoist who had to cut down a laurel tree, which grows fast each time he cut, as a punishment for his breaking rules of Jade Emperor, the two perso