中秋节的英语作文带翻译
【篇一：关于中秋节的英语作文】
关于中秋节的英语作文
初中中秋节的英语作文
mid-autumn festival is a popular and important lunar harvest festival celebrated by chinese people. the festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the chinese calendar. there are some traditions in this holiday. for example, people would have a big dinner with there families. after dinner, they often enjoy the full moon which is round and bright. the other tradition of mid-autumn festival is eating moon cake. moon cake is the essential of that day, which means reunion. as time goes by, there are various kinds of moon cakes, but they are much more expensive than before. i like mid-autumn festival because my families will get together and have a big dinner on that day.
中秋节的计划
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.
中秋节的习俗
the mid-autumn is a very important chinese festival. it falls on the 15th day of august. a few days before the festival, everyone in the family will help to make the house clean and beautiful. lanterns will be hung in front of the
house.
on the evening there will be a big family dinner. people who work far away from their homes will try to come back for the union. after dinner, people will light the lanterns which are usually red and round. children will play with their own toy lanterns happily.
at night the moon is usually round and bright. people can enjoy the moon while eating moon-cakes which are the special food for this festival. they can look back on the past and look forward to the future together. it is said that there was a dragon in the sky. the dragon wanted to swallow up the moon. to protect the frighten the dragon away.
i think mid-autumn day is an old traditional festival in chi-na. everybody likes it because its a family get-together. you see it is calledmid-autumn day, so it often comes in september or october. it is on the 15th of the 8th of the lunar month. now, lets say something about this interesting festival.
【篇二：2016中秋节英文介绍(带翻译)】
2016中秋节英文介绍(带翻译)
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 1.
there are two legends which claim to explain the tradition of eating mooncakes. 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
