高考英語寫作傳統(tǒng)文化-中秋節(jié)

1、高考英語寫作傳統(tǒng)文化-中秋節(jié) How much do you know about the Mid-Autumn Festival? It is a very grand traditional festival in China. And there are 8 Mid-Autumn Festival facts you should know.the Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋節(jié)festival: a day or period of the year when people stop working to celebra

2、te a special event, often a religious one 節(jié)日；節(jié)期；喜慶日New Year's Day元旦Chinese New Year ；Spring Festival春節(jié)China's Lantern Festival 元宵節(jié)Qingming Festival清明節(jié)Dragon Boat Festival 端午節(jié)Double Seventh Day七夕節(jié)Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival  中秋節(jié)a very grand traditional festival 一

3、個非常盛大的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日traditional：being part of the beliefs, customs or way of life of a particular group of people, that have not changed for a long time 傳統(tǒng)的；習(xí)俗的；慣例的traditional cultures 傳統(tǒng)文化traditional costumes 傳統(tǒng)服飾traditional diets傳統(tǒng)飲食01The date of Mid-Autumn Festival changes every year.中秋節(jié)的日期每

4、年都在變化Mid-Autumn Festival is on the 15th day of the 8th Chinese lunar month. The date of the festival in Gregorian calendar changes every year, but it is usually in September or October.Gregorian calendar公歷02It has about 3,000 years history.中秋節(jié)大約有三千年多年的歷史了。Mid-Autumn Festival is originated

5、from the moon worship ceremony about 3,000 years ago in Zhou Dynasty (1046 - 256 BC). The earliest record of Chinese character “Mid-Autumn” is in a book of the Han Dynasty (202 BC - 220 AD). In the successive dynasties, there had been customs such as singing and dancing under the moonlight

6、, and worshipping the moon on the 15th day of 8th lunar month.be originated from 源自.the moon worship ceremony 拜月儀式in Zhou Dynasty 在周朝in the successive dynasties 在歷朝歷代customs 風(fēng)俗worship the moon 祭拜月亮on the 15th day of 8th lunar month 在陰歷八月十五The customs of apprec

7、iating the moon became more and more popular in the early Tang Dynasty (618 - 907 AD). It was not until the Song Dynasty (960 - 1279 AD) that the Mid-Autumn Festival became a fixed holiday. By the time of the Ming (1368 - 1644 AD) and Qing (1644 - 1911 AD) Dynasties, it had enjoyed equal popularity

8、with Chinese New Year and became one of the main festivals in China.a fixed holiday 一個固定假日enjoy equal popularity with sth 和.一樣受歡迎 03Goddess Chang E flew to the moon.嫦娥奔月This is an interesting Mid-Autumn Festival fact, or to be exact, a legend about its origin. According

9、 to the legend, there was a hero named Hou Yi, who got a pack of immortal medicine that anyone took it could immediately become a god or goddess and fly to the heaven. He handed over it to his wife Chang E to keep.Goddess Chang E 嫦娥仙子to be exact 確切的說legend 傳說a hero named Hou Yi&#

10、160;一位名叫后裔的英雄a pack of immortal medicine 一包長生不老藥the heaven天庭A few days later, when Hou Yi was not at home, Pang Meng, a bad guy, took a sword and broke into the house, and forced Chang E to surrender the immortal medicine. Chang E swallowed it to prevent it falling into the hands of the bad guy

11、. Then her body immediately floated off the ground and flew to the sky. Hou Yi 后裔Pang Meng 逢蒙sword 劍force Chang E to surrender the immortal medicine 威脅嫦娥交出長生不老藥swallow 吞下float off the ground 飄離了地面fly to the sky 飛向天空As she was worried about her husban

12、d, she flew to the moon that was closest to the earth on the heaven. Hou Yi was so sorrowed that he sacrificed food Cheng E liked on the full moon night to miss her. And this custom was gradually spread into the folklore.sacrifice 供奉the full moon 滿月folklore 民俗04It is all about the moo

13、n.中秋節(jié)的一切都跟月亮有關(guān)。The Mid-Autumn Festival is on the full moon day of fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, so the festival is also called Moon Festival and all the celebration activities are related to the moon, such as appreciating the moon, worshipping the moon, praying to the moon for good l

14、uck and good marriage, etc.celebration activities 慶典活動 pray to the moon for good luck 向月亮祈福 05The full moon does not always appear on the Mid-Autumn night.中秋節(jié)當(dāng)晚并不總能看到滿月。 This is a scientifically proven Mid-Autumn Festival fact. The full moon can also appear on 14th

15、, 16th and 17th day of the lunar month.scientifically 科學(xué)地According to the law of astronomy, the new moon is always on the first day of a lunar month, but it may appear in the early morning or in the evening of the first day. And the time from the new moon to the full moon is shorter than 15 day

16、s. If the new moon is in the early time of the first day, then the full moon will appear on 15th day or even 14th day. If the new moon appears late, you will see the full moon in the sixteenth day, sometimes even in the seventeenth day.the law of astronomy 天文學(xué)定律 the new moon 新月 0

17、6The mooncake is essential for Mid-Autumn Festival!中秋節(jié)千萬記得吃月餅??！ This is a Mid-Autumn Festival fact everyone can see or experience. During the festival, people eat mooncakes while appreciating the moon, worship the moon with mooncakes, and send mooncakes to relatives, friends, colleagues, teache

18、rs, etc. as gifts. When the festival is approaching, people can see various mooncakes being made and sold everywhere in desserts stores, snack stores, supermarkets and shopping malls.relatives親戚們                 

19、60;         colleagues 同事們approach 臨近desserts stores 甜品店snack stores 零食店shopping malls 大型購物中心 07Mid-Autumn Festival is the second most important festival in China, only after the Chinese New Year. 在中國，中秋節(jié)是僅次于新年的最重要的節(jié)日。Wh

20、at is the significance of Mid-Autumn Festival? For Chinese people living far from their hometowns, they may go back and reunite with their families only twice a year, one on Chinese New Year in the first half of a year and the other on Mid-Autumn Festival in the latter half. On the festival day

21、, all family members will appreciate the moon and eat mooncakes together. There are lantern shows and other celebrations as well, especially in southern China, where the lantern activities are grander.significance 意義reunite with their families與家人團(tuán)聚in the first half of a year上半年appreciate the moon賞月eat mooncakes 吃月餅08Mid-Autumn Festival is a time for family reunion.中秋節(jié)是闔家團(tuán)圓的時刻。Why is Mid-Autumn Festival import