The introduction of the Mid-Autumn Day:
"Zhong Qiu Jie", which is also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar. It is a time for family members and loved ones to congregate and enjoy the full moon - an auspicious symbol of abundance, harmony and luck. Adults will usually indulge in fragrant mooncakes of many varieties with a good cup of piping hot Chinese tea, while the little ones run around with their brightly-lit lanterns.
"Zhong Qiu Jie" probably began as a harvest festival. The festival was later given a mythological flavour with legends of Chang-E, the beautiful lady in the moon.
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 to save 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.
In the 14th century, the eating of mooncakes at "Zhong Qiu Jie" was given a new significance. The story goes that when Zhu Yuan Zhang was plotting to overthrow the Yuan Dynasty started by the Mongolians, the rebels hid their messages in the Mid-Autumn mooncakes. Zhong Qiu Jie is hence also a commemoration of the overthrow of the Mongolians by the Han people.
During the Yuan Dynasty (A.D.1206-1368) China was ruled by the Mongolian people. Leaders from the preceding Sung Dynasty(A.D.960-1279) were unhappy at submitting to foreign rule, and set how to coordinate the rebellion without it being discovered. The leaders of the rebellion, knowing that the Moon Festival was drawing near, ordered the making of special cakes. Packed into each mooncake was a message with the outline of the attack. On the night of the Moon Festival, the rebels successfully attacked and overthrew the government. What followed was the establishment of the Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1368-1644). Today, moon cakes are eaten to commemorate this event.
Mid-Autumn Day is a traditional festival in China. Almost everyone likes to eat mooncakes on that day. Most families have a dinner together to celebrate the festival. A saying goes, "The moon in your hometown is almost always the brightest and roundest". Many people who live far away from homes want to go back to have a family reunion. How happy it is to enjoy the moon cakes while watching the full moon with your family members.
中秋是一首长篇史诗，永远漫长永远动情;亲情是一团不灭火焰，永远燃烧永远温暖;爱情是一坛温过美酒，永远劳神永远醉心!
The Mid-Autumn Festival is a long epic will never be long estrogen; The family is an immortal flame burning forever forever warmth; Love is an altar wine too warm, never indulging fans forever!
声声祝福请微风替我传送，缕缕关怀托流水替我寄予，虽然忙忙碌碌无法常相聚，但却时时刻刻把你惦记。
Sound blessing for me to breeze transmission, whereas caring for the occasional water I placed, although not often rode together, but it always about you.
祝你的事业和生活像那中秋的圆月一样，亮亮堂堂，圆圆满满!
Just off the beautiful Chang E, ushered in the birthday of the motherland.
采一轮松间明月供你观赏，织一件秋日的凉爽为你披上，斟一杯月宫的琼浆醉你心上，做一份仲秋的祝福圆你梦乡。
An inter-mining Mingyue for your viewing, weave a cool autumn you covered, as appropriate pieces of glass Moon Palace drunken your heart, and do a blessing Zhong Yuan your dreams.
声声祝福请微风替我传送，缕缕关怀托流水替我寄予，虽然忙忙碌碌无法常相聚，但却时时刻刻把你惦记。
Sound blessing for me to breeze transmission, whereas caring for the occasional water I placed, although not often rode together, but it always about you.
就知道明天你会被铺天盖地的短信包围，英明的我一早就让祝福跨过高山越过高楼大厦穿过大街小巷，闪过卖茶叶蛋的老太太，钻进你的耳朵：中秋快乐!
You will know tomorrow will be omnipresent SMS surrounded the outset let me wise blessing over high-rise buildings across the mountains through the streets, and passed the old lady selling tea, into your ear: a happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
还记得儿时我们共度的那个中秋吗?祝你节日快乐。
Still remember the happy time on Mid-autumn Festival when we were children? Best wishes for you!
在月色廖人的夜里，我是如此的想念你，亲爱的你听到我的心跳了吗?
My dear, can you hear my heart beating in the soft moonlight? I miss you so.
在这团聚的日子里祝你全家节日快乐。
Wish you and yours a happy holiday on this gathering day.
传统的节日里，我们总会有那种很传统的愿望：花常开、月常圆、人常在……中秋节快乐。
The traditional festival, we will always be a very traditional kind of desire: a regular flower, Yuan, Chang, who often ... happy Mid-Autumn Festival.
我用心做两个月饼，一个送给你、祝愿你节日快乐、事事如意、青春美丽，一个送给自己，祝福我认识了你。
I carefully done two cakes, one gave you, wish you happy holidays and all the best, youthful beauty, gave himself a blessed I know you.
这个最美丽的节日，想送你最特别的祝福。
The most beautiful holiday, you want to send a special blessing.
试着寻找最华丽的祝词，我没能做到。
Try to find the most beautiful message, I did not do.
一句最朴实的话：中秋快乐!
One of the most simple: a happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
没有你在我身边，天上月圆圆，我心却空落落。
Without you, the moon is round though my heart is empty.
今晚和你在月光中散步是我最大的梦想。
To have a moonlight walk with you tonight is my best dream.
以真诚为半径，用尊重为圆心，送您一个中秋圆圆的祝福……愿：爱您的人更爱您，您爱的人更懂您!
The radius in good faith with respect to central, to send you a round of the Mid-Autumn blessing ... to: people love you more love you, you love the people
洁明皓月逢佳期，挚手共享两相依，爱深情浓甜似蜜，翱之清风何求兮。
Sijie Haoyue every night, Zhi shared two hands linked, love passionately concentrated sweet like honey, the Ao Qingfengdian things come.
1、I take this opportunity goes to you my heartfelt blessing: I wish you all the best and every success.
借此机会我呈上对你衷心的祝福：祝你一切顺利，万事如意。
2、I wish your career and life as it phases of the Mid-Autumn Festival,bright bright,festive!
祝你的事业和生活像那中秋的圆月一样，亮亮堂堂，圆圆满满！
3、Please accept our wishes for you and yours for a happy Mid-autumn day！
请接受我们对你以及你全家的祝福，祝你们中秋快乐！
4、Wish you and yours a happy holiday on this gathering day.
在这团聚的日子里祝你全家节日快乐。
5、An inter-mining Mingyue for your viewing,weave a cool autumn you covered,as appropriate pieces of glass Moon Palace drunken your heart,and do a blessing Zhong Yuan your dreams.
采一轮松间明月供你观赏，织一件秋日的凉爽为你披上，斟一杯月宫的琼浆醉你心上，做一份仲秋的祝福圆你梦乡。
6、Just off the beautiful Chang E,ushered in the birthday of the motherland.
刚刚送走了美丽的嫦娥，又迎来了祖国的华诞。
7、One of the most simple: a happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
一句最朴实的话：中秋快乐！
8、An inter-mining Mingyue for your viewing, weave a cool autumn you covered,as appropriate pieces of glass Moon Palace drunken your heart,and do a blessing Zhong Yuan your dreams.
采一轮松间明月供你观赏，织一件秋日的凉爽为你披上，斟一杯月宫的琼浆醉你心上，做一份仲秋的祝福圆你梦乡。
9、Autumn setting pegged the horizon,a rebel hearts miss Tim;Lonely Chang'e air time dance Antimasque anyone sit back;I Curative days I can form a thousand miles can also Chan.
金秋圆月挂天边，浪子心中思念添；寂寞嫦娥空际舞，八戒被贬为那般；我予汝心天可表，千里也能共婵娟。
10、The Mid-Autumn Moon,quietly hung in the window.
中秋的月亮，在窗外静静地悬着。
11、The traditional festival,we will always be a very traditional kind of desire: a regular flower,Yuan,Chang,who often happy Mid-Autumn Festival.
传统的节日里，我们总会有那种很传统的愿望：花常开、月常圆、人常在……中秋节快乐。
12、On this mid-autumn festive day,I hope spring breeze caresses you,family care for you,love bathes you,God of wealth favors you,friends follow you,I bless you and the star of fortune shines upon you all the way!
愿中秋佳节：春风洋溢您、家人关心您、爱情滋润您、财神宠幸您、朋友忠于您、我会祝福您、幸运之星永远照着您！
13、Would you like to go and admire the beauty of the moon with me tonight?
今晚能邀你一同赏月吗？
The legend of the Mid-Autumn Festival
中秋节的传说
Mooncakes are to Mid-Autumn Festival what mince pies are to Christmas. The seasonal round cakes traditionally have a sweet filling of lotus seed paste or red bean paste and often have one or more salted duck eggs in the center to represent the moon. And the moon is what this celebration is all about. Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th month, it is the time when the moon is said to be at its brightest and fullest. This year the festival falls on October
中秋节吃月饼就像西方人圣诞节吃百果馅饼一样，是必不可少的。圆圆的月饼中通常包有香甜的莲子馅或是红豆馅，馅的中央还会加上一个金黄的咸鸭蛋黄来代表月亮。而月亮正是中秋节庆祝的主题。每年农历8月15日人们一起庆祝中秋，据说这一天的月亮是一年中最亮最圆的。今年的中秋节恰好是阳历的10月1日（中国的国庆日）。
There are two legends which claim to explain the tradition of eating mooncakes.
关于吃月饼这个传统的来历有两个传说。
One Tang Dynasty myth holds that the Earth once had 10 suns circling it. One day all 10 suns appeared at once, scorching the planet with their heat. It was thanks to a skillful archer named Hou Yi that the Earth was saved. He shot down all but one of the suns. As his reward, the Heavenly Queen Mother gave Hou Yi the Elixir of Immortality, but she warned him that he must use it wisely. Hou Yi ignored her advice and, corrupted by fame and fortune, became a tyrannical leader. Chang-Er, his beautiful wife, could no longer stand by and watch him abuse his power so she stole his Elixir and fled to the moon to escape his angry wrath. And thus began the legend of the beautiful woman in the moon, the Moon Fairy.
一个是唐朝的神话故事，说的是当时地球被10个太阳包围着。有一天10个太阳同时出现在天空中，巨大的热量几乎把地球烤焦了。多亏一位名叫后羿的神箭手射下了9个太阳，地球才被保住。为了奖励后羿，王母娘娘赐给后羿一种长生不老药，但是王母警告他必须正当使用。然而后羿没有理会王母娘娘的警告，他被名利冲昏了头脑，变成了一个暴君。后羿美丽的妻子嫦娥对他的暴行再也不能袖手旁观，于是她偷走了后羿的长生不老药，飞到月亮上逃避后羿的狂怒。从此就有了关于月宫仙子嫦娥，这个月亮上的美丽女人的传说。
The second legend has it that during the Yuan Dynasty, an underground group led by Zhu Yuan Zang was determined to rid the country of Mongolian dominance. The moon cake was created to carry a secret message. When the cake was opened and the message read, an uprising was unleashed which successfully routed the Mongolians. It happened at the time of the full moon, which, some say, explains why mooncakes are eaten at this time.
第二个传说讲的是在元朝，朱元璋领导的起义军计划起义来摆脱蒙古族的统治。他们用月饼来传递密信。掰开月饼就可以找到里面的密信，起义军通过这种方式成功的发动了起义，赶走了元朝的统治者。这场起义发生在八月十五之时，于是中秋节吃月饼的习俗便在民间传开来。
Legend says that there were once ten suns in the sky, which made plants wither, water in rivers and lakes run dry. It’s too hot to live on the sun.
相传，远古时候有一年，天上出现了十个太阳，直烤得大地冒烟，海水枯干，老百姓眼看无法再生活去。
Houyi, a young man who was good at archery was sympathetic with people’s torture so he decided to save them. He took out his bow, ascended up to the peak of the Kunlun Mountain and shot down nine of the ten suns one by one, and he might have shot the last one if it was not called off by others. Thus the severe drought was gone.
这件事惊动了一个名叫后羿的英雄，他登上昆仑山顶，运足神力，拉开神弓，一气射下九个多余的太阳。
Houyi thus was respected and honored by people as a hero. Young men who were fond of archery flocked to him to learn shooting.
后羿立下盖世神功，受到百姓，的尊敬和爱戴，不少志士慕名前来投师学艺。
Houyi later married a pretty lady called Chang’er and lived a happy life with her.
不久，后羿娶了个美丽善良的 妻子，名叫嫦娥。后羿除传艺狩猎外，终日和妻子在一起，人们都羡慕这对郎才女貌的恩爱夫妻。
One day on his way to a friend’ home in the Kunlun Mountain, Houyi came across the Heavenly Empress. Houyi was enamored of the happy life with his wife and wanted to be with her forever so he asked the Heavely Empress to give him some elixir. The elixir was strictly controlled off normal people. The Heavely Empress, however, moved by Houyi’s contribution and affection to love and gave him one. The drug was said very powerful and people who took it can fly to the heaven and became a immortal immediately. However, the content was only enough for one person and Houyi was reluctant to leave his beloved wife alone on the earth so he gave the elixir to Chang’er to preserve and wanted to seek another one for his wife. Chang’er carefully stored it in a wooden box while her action was peeked by the evil Fengmeng-one of his husband’s adherents.
一天，后羿到昆仑山访友求道，巧遇由此经过的王母娘娘，后羿因与嫦娥恩爱，想与她永远在一起，便向王母求一包不死药。但因此要凡间控制得严，王母被后羿的贡献和精神打动，就给了他医保，但是神药只够一个人吃据说，服下此药，能即刻升天成仙。然而药只够一个人吃，后羿舍不得撇下妻子，只好暂时把不死药交给嫦娥珍藏。嫦娥将药藏进梳妆台的百宝匣里，不料被蓬蒙看到了。
Three days afterward, Houyi lead his disciples to go out for hunting but Fengmeng who wanted to steal the elixir while Houyi was way, stayed at home deliberately.
三天后，后羿率众徒外出狩猎，心怀鬼胎的蓬蒙假装生病，留了下来。
No sooner as Houyi left his house, Fengmeng knocked into the courtyard where Chang’er was working. He wielded his glitter sword and threatened Chang’er to give him the elixir.
待后羿率众人走后不久，蓬蒙手持宝剑闯入内宅后院，威逼嫦娥交出不死药。
Chang’e had no better idea than swallowed the elixir herself.
嫦娥知道自己不是蓬蒙的对手，只得拿出不死药一口吞了下去。
As soon as she took it, chang’er flew from her house toward the heave and finally landed on the moon.
嫦娥吞下药，身子立时飘离地面、冲出窗口，向天上飞去。
Houyi was told what was happening in the evening when he returned home from bumper hunting. He was astonished, anguished and then very anger so he decided to kill the evil man. But Fengmeng had fled away. Chang’er was transferred to the moon and has lived there since ever.
傍晚，后羿回到家，侍女们哭诉了白天发生的事。后羿既惊又怒，抽剑去杀恶徒，蓬蒙早逃走了。嫦娥从此就在月亮上住了下来。
Chang'e decides to live on the moon because it is nearest to the earth. There she lives a simple and contented life. Even though she is in Heaven, her heart remains in the world of mortals. Never does she forget the deep love she has for Hou Yi.
嫦娥决定在月亮上住下来，因为月亮离地球最近。她在月宫里过着简单的生活。尽管她上了天宫，她的心还是在凡间。嫦娥从未忘记与后羿之间的爱。
百姓们闻知嫦娥奔月成仙的消息后，纷纷在月下摆设香案，向善良的嫦娥祈求吉祥平安。从此，中秋节拜月的风俗在民间传开了。
