he Mid-Autumn Festival 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.
中秋节中秋节是中国一个很重要的节日，在八月十五号。在节日来临的前几天，家庭中的每一个人都帮着打扫房子，把房子装扮得漂漂亮亮的，灯笼挂在屋前。晚上有一顿美餐，离家在外工作的人也要回来团圆。晚饭后，人们点亮灯笼，一般是红色的圆灯笼。
孩子们会高高兴兴地玩他们的玩具灯笼。晚上月亮又圆又大，人们在赏月的同时吃着中秋节特别的食品——月饼。人们在一起回顾过去，展望未来。据说天上有一条龙，它要把月亮吞下去。为了保护月亮，孩子们要弄出很大的响动把龙吓跑。
中秋节起源
中秋节起源于上古时代，普及于汉代，定型于唐朝初年，盛行于宋朝以后。中秋节是秋季时令习俗的综合，其所包含的节俗因素，大都有古老的渊源。
中秋节以月之圆兆人之团圆，为寄托思念故乡，思念亲人之情，祈盼丰收、幸福，成为丰富多彩、弥足珍贵的文化遗产。
Long ago, there was a legend, the rabbit practice millennium became immortal. They have four lovely daughter was born to pure cute.
One day, the emperor summoned the rabbits, it jidai chaotian wives leave, stepping on the cloud temple. While it is worse, see come too the platinum star day will lead the moon from the side. The rabbit fairy know what had happened, he asked a guard's door god beside. After hearing her immortal, that moon rabbit, pity her innocent suffering. But his meager strength, what can I do for you? A man in chang of chang-e, how lonely sad, if someone with good, suddenly thought of their four daughters, it immediately ran home.
The moon fairy rabbit rabbit, and tell the female in a child to say with the moon company. Although females deeply sympathize with moon rabbit, but also to his baby daughter, the heart of flesh cut it!!!!! Daughters also reluctant to leave their parents, with tears in her eyes. The rabbit to longly say: "if I were alone is locked up, would you like to accompany me? Moon in order to save the people, we can not tie? Child sympathize with her, we can think only about yourself!"
The children understand the father's heart, all wants to go. Males and females rabbit rabbit, with tears in his eyes and smiled. They decided to let the youngest daughter.
有关中秋节的小故事——玉兔捣药
传说很久以前，有一对修行千年的兔子，得道成了仙。它们有四个可爱的女儿，个个生得纯白伶俐。
一天，玉皇大帝召见雄兔上天宫，它依依不舍地离开妻儿，踏着云彩上天宫去。正当它来到南天门时，看到太白金星带领天将押着嫦娥从身边走去。兔仙不知发生了什么事，就问旁边一位看守天门的天神。听完她的遭遇后，兔仙觉得嫦娥无辜受罪，很同情她。但是自己力量微薄，能帮什么忙呢？想到嫦娥一个人关在月宫里，多么寂寞悲伤，要是有人陪伴就好了，忽然想到自己的四个女儿， 它立即飞奔回家。
兔仙把嫦娥的遭遇告诉雌兔，并说想送一个孩子跟嫦娥作伴。雌兔虽然深深同情嫦娥，但是又舍不得自己的宝贝女儿，这等于是割下它心头的肉啊！几个女儿也舍不得离开父母，一个个泪流满面。雄兔语重心长地说道：“如果是我孤独地被关起来，你们愿意陪伴我吗？嫦娥为了解救百姓，受到牵累，我们能不同情她吗？孩子，我们不能只想到自己呀！”
孩子们明白了父亲的心，都表示愿意去。雄兔和雌兔眼里含着泪，笑了。它们决定让最小的女儿去。
Eat mooncakes legend:
In 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.
吃月饼的传说
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。本回答被提问者采纳
The Mid-Autumn festival to eat moon cakes began in the yuan dynasty. At that time, the central plains the masses of the people unbearable ruling class and the brutality of the yuan dynasty rule, have anti-intifada yuan. Zhu yuanzhang joint rostrum resistance forces to the uprising. But the court officers and soldiers search is very tight, very difficult to impart information. Strategist liu bowen has come up with an idea, with the slogan "August 15 night uprising" in the note inside the pancake, and then sent separately to around the rebel army, of inform them in response to August 15 night uprising. On the day of the uprising, each response to rebel.
Soon, managed under the yuan dynasty, the uprising was a success. News, zhu yuanzhang hurriedly happily make announcement.that, in the upcoming Mid-Autumn festival, let all the soldiers and the people, and then started a secret message "moon cakes", as a seasonal cakes reward ministers. Since then, the "moon cakes" made more sophisticated, more variety. Mooncakes are to Mid-Autumn festival after it became popular in the folk.
In 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.
