怎样用英文介绍中秋节【3】.docxVIP

PAGE PAGE # 怎样用英文介绍中秋节【3】 In Fujia n Provi nee In Pu City, females must cross the Nanpu Bridge to pray for a long life .In Jia nning, people light lanterns to pray to the moon for their babies. In Shan gha ng coun ty, childre n have to get dow n on their kn ees whe n they worship the moon. In Long Yan, while eati ng moon cakes, pare nts will dig a small hole in the cen ter of the cakes, which means that some secrets should be kept from childre n. In Guangdong Province In Chaosha n, wome n and childre n will worship the Moon. Whe n the ni ght comes, they will bur n joss sticks in front of a table of fresh fruits as a sacrifice. At that ni ght they will also eat taros. There are two reasons why people there eat this vegetable. One is that August is the best time to eat ripe taros, and the other comes from a story. In 1279 the Mongols defeated the Southern Song Dynasty and formed the Yuan Dyn asty, and they carried out their cruel domin ati on over the Han Chin ese. At that time, a well-k nown gen eral called Ma Fa held out in Chaozhou to fight with Mon gols. Whe n he failed, most citize ns were killed. Because the Chin ese word for taros and Mongols were similar, from then on people eat taros to prove that they will always remember the pain. To eat the taro means to eat the heads of the Mon gols. In the south of Yan gtze River valley In Nanjing people will not just eat moon cakes, they will also eat another famous dish called Guihua Dark. This dish could only be cooked duri ng the Mid-Autu mn Day, because it is cooked with osma nthus flowers, which blossoms in August. In Wuxi of Jiangsu province, people like to burn josssticks to celebrate this special festival. The bur ned joss sticks are wrapped in tulle with beautiful pain ti ngs of Moon Palace or Chan ge. In Jia n County of Jia ngxi provin ce, peasa nts bur n pottery jars with straws and vin egar so that the smell of the vin egar can spread all over the villages. In Xincheng County, celebrate this festival b