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.
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）。
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。
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）。
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。
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第1个回答 2009-02-07
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It is said that on the Moon before广寒宫lush tree growth, has more than 500 Zhangting high, the bottom of a person often has felled it, but to go after each cut, the cut immediately close up the place. For thousands of years, it is so combined with the cut with, nor can it be Forever laurel tree砍光. It is said that this man named Wu Gang to fell trees, is the Han River, and had to follow the immortal monasticism, to the heaven, but he made a mistake, and immortal relegate him to the palace of the moon, day day to do this a laborious task to do so in vain, to show punishment.
相传月亮上的广寒宫前的桂树生长繁茂，有五百多丈高，下边有一个人常在砍伐它，但是每次砍下去之后，被砍的地方又立即合拢了。几千年来，就这样随砍随合，这棵桂树永远也不能被砍光。据说这个砍树的人名叫吴刚，是汉朝西河人，曾跟随仙人修道，到了天界，但是他犯了错误，仙人就把他贬谪到月宫，日日做这种徒劳无功的苦差使，以示惩处。
The emperor and the moon uprising
Mid-Autumn Festival moon cakes began in the Yuan Dynasty legend. At that time, the Central Plains the majority of the people unbearable cruelty of the Yuan dynasty ruling class rule, one after another uprising against Yuan. Zhu Yuanzhang Joint various opposition forces prepare uprising. But officers searched朝庭very tight, very difficult to impart information. Liu Bowen division would come up with one trick, orders under the possession of "15 nights in August Uprising" pancake into possession of a piece of paper inside, and then sent separately sent to various parts of the military uprising, informing them in the evening of August 15 Uprising response. To the uprising of the day in response to various Yijun together, such as星火燎原rebelde.
Fast, Da元大都on the capture, the uprising succeeded. The news of the emperor happy Chuan quickly under the oral instructions, in the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, so that all the officers and men of the public with music, and then raised an army to the secret transmission of information when the "moon cakes", as a Seasonal cakes群臣reward. Since then, the "moon" the production of more sophisticated, more varieties, such as the larger disk, becoming Jiapin gifts. After the custom of Mid-Autumn Festival moon cakes will spread to the people.
中秋节吃月饼相传始于元代。当时，中原广大人民不堪忍受元朝统治阶级的残酷统治，纷纷起义抗元。朱元璋联合各路反抗力量准备起义。但朝庭官兵搜查的十分严密，传递消息十分困难。军师刘伯温便想出一计策，命令属下把藏有“八月十五夜起义”的纸条藏入饼子里面，再派人分头传送到各地起义军中，通知他们在八月十五日晚上起义响应。到了起义的那天，各路义军一齐响应，起义军如星火燎原。
很快，徐达就攻下元大都，起义成功了。消息传来，朱元璋高兴得连忙传下口谕，在即将来临的中秋节，让全体将士与民同乐，并将当年起兵时以秘密传递信息的“月饼”，作为节令糕点赏赐群臣。此后，“月饼”制作越发精细，品种更多，大者如圆盘，成为馈赠的佳品。以后中秋节吃月饼的习俗便在民间流传开来。
It is said that on the Moon before广寒宫lush tree growth, has more than 500 Zhangting high, the bottom of a person often has felled it, but to go after each cut, the cut immediately close up the place. For thousands of years, it is so combined with the cut with, nor can it be Forever laurel tree砍光. It is said that this man named Wu Gang to fell trees, is the Han River, and had to follow the immortal monasticism, to the heaven, but he made a mistake, and immortal relegate him to the palace of the moon, day day to do this a laborious task to do so in vain, to show punishment.
相传月亮上的广寒宫前的桂树生长繁茂，有五百多丈高，下边有一个人常在砍伐它，但是每次砍下去之后，被砍的地方又立即合拢了。几千年来，就这样随砍随合，这棵桂树永远也不能被砍光。据说这个砍树的人名叫吴刚，是汉朝西河人，曾跟随仙人修道，到了天界，但是他犯了错误，仙人就把他贬谪到月宫，日日做这种徒劳无功的苦差使，以示惩处。
The emperor and the moon uprising
Mid-Autumn Festival moon cakes began in the Yuan Dynasty legend. At that time, the Central Plains the majority of the people unbearable cruelty of the Yuan dynasty ruling class rule, one after another uprising against Yuan. Zhu Yuanzhang Joint various opposition forces prepare uprising. But officers searched朝庭very tight, very difficult to impart information. Liu Bowen division would come up with one trick, orders under the possession of "15 nights in August Uprising" pancake into possession of a piece of paper inside, and then sent separately sent to various parts of the military uprising, informing them in the evening of August 15 Uprising response. To the uprising of the day in response to various Yijun together, such as星火燎原rebelde.
Fast, Da元大都on the capture, the uprising succeeded. The news of the emperor happy Chuan quickly under the oral instructions, in the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, so that all the officers and men of the public with music, and then raised an army to the secret transmission of information when the "moon cakes", as a Seasonal cakes群臣reward. Since then, the "moon" the production of more sophisticated, more varieties, such as the larger disk, becoming Jiapin gifts. After the custom of Mid-Autumn Festival moon cakes will spread to the people.
中秋节吃月饼相传始于元代。当时，中原广大人民不堪忍受元朝统治阶级的残酷统治，纷纷起义抗元。朱元璋联合各路反抗力量准备起义。但朝庭官兵搜查的十分严密，传递消息十分困难。军师刘伯温便想出一计策，命令属下把藏有“八月十五夜起义”的纸条藏入饼子里面，再派人分头传送到各地起义军中，通知他们在八月十五日晚上起义响应。到了起义的那天，各路义军一齐响应，起义军如星火燎原。
很快，徐达就攻下元大都，起义成功了。消息传来，朱元璋高兴得连忙传下口谕，在即将来临的中秋节，让全体将士与民同乐，并将当年起兵时以秘密传递信息的“月饼”，作为节令糕点赏赐群臣。此后，“月饼”制作越发精细，品种更多，大者如圆盘，成为馈赠的佳品。以后中秋节吃月饼的习俗便在民间流传开来。
第2个回答 2009-02-09
during the Yuan Dynasty (A.D1280-1368) Chian was ruled by the Mongolian people.leaders fron the preceeding Song Dynasty (A.D.960-1280) 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 .Backed into each moon cake was a message with the outline of attack. On the night of the Moon Festival ,the rebels successfully attacked and overview the government.What followed was the establishment of the Ming dynasty(A.D.1368-1644). Today ,moon cakes are eaten to commemorate this legend. The Moon Fetival is a holiday in China.It's an occasion for family reunion.Chinese families like to get together to eat the moon cakes and watch the moon at the moon at the Moon Festival night.For the people who are out of town or for Chinese who are from China staying in the USA, they mis their family or the lover at home and share the same moon at the night of the Moom Festival before the Internet gets popular.
第3个回答 2009-02-06
Tradition has it that ancient times moment, has 1 year to have appeared heavens ten sun, roast the earth straightly smoking , seawater dry up , the common people has no way to live down again soon. This matter has shocked a hero who is called queen monarch Yi , he has reached the Kunlun Mountains summit , has been nine unnecessary under transporting enough extraordinary power , pulling open the magical bow , streaming into without a break sun. Queen monarch Yi stands on achievements in war down , accept honour of the common people and love and esteem, many person of ideals and integrity comes to seek instruction from a master leart skill , attracted by the reputation. Crafty fluffy artful , harboring evil designs receives having also drifted along coming in from. The before long , in the day afer tomorrow, monarch Yi has married the beautiful wife good and honest , has been called the goddess of the moon. Besides queen monarch Yi gets rid of the biography skill hunting, compose in reply all day long a wife together, people all admires this face to face a perfect match between a man and a girl an affectionate couple. A day , queen monarch Yi visit a friend to Kunlun Mountains seeking a road , Goddess the Queen Mother that the chance encounter passes from this, asks for one bales of no dead medicine just to the grandmother. It is said , take this medicine , can go up to the heaven immediately becoming a god. Queen monarch Yi grudges casting a wife aside but, is forced to give no dead medicine to the goddess of the moon temporarily treasure up. The goddess of the moon has been concealed medicine receiving hundred precious small box lining of dressing table , has been seen that unexpectedly by fluffy Mongol nationality. Three Heaven's Queen , queen monarch Yi lead numerous disciple go out huntings , fluffy fearful with a guilty conscience receives pretending to fall ill for , having stayed down from. After queen monarch Yi leads everybody to before long in the day afer tomorrow leak, fluffy Mongol nationality a double-edged sword in hand bursting into the inner chambers for womenfolk backyard , threatens the goddess of the moon to hand over no dead medicine by force. The goddess of the moon knows self is not a fluffy senseless opponent , she decides on the spot when critical , turns around and opening hundred precious small boxes , takes out no dead medicine continue to have swallowed flatly. The goddess of the moon swallows medicine , the body floats immediately to be away from the floor , rush out of window, go to swiftly to heavens. Since the goddess of the moon is concerned about a husband, just fly down to have become an immortal on the moon be away from the world is nearest. Monarch Yi get back home in the evening , in the day afer tomorrow , maids have complained of the thing happening in the daytime tearfully. Queen monarch Yi is both be frightened and angry, take a sword out going to kill a rascal, fluffy Mengzao has run away. Make queen monarch Yi so angry as to thumping self's chest and stamping self's feet yelling loudly. The queen monarch Yi who is extremely grieved , the first name calling loving a wife being looking up at the night sky. He finds that amazedly at this time, moon today is especially bright and clear bright , have the person's silhouette swaying to be exactly like the goddess of the moon and. Queen monarch Yi sends person to have swayed a long altar on which incense burners are placed in the backyard being fond of to the goddess of the moon in a hurry, having readjusted oneself to a certain extent the honey that she eats be apt most in the ordinary time eat fresh fruit , holds a memorial ceremony for the goddess of the moon being sentimentally attached to self li in the palace of the moon at a distance. Furnish and decorate a long altar on which incense burners are placed numerously and confusedly under the month , pray to kindhearted goddess of the moon after common people smell the information knowing the Goddess Chang's fly to the moon becoming a god, lucky safe and sound. Herefrom, Mid-autumn Festival has paid a visit to monthly custom be spreading over among the people.
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，海水干涸，老百姓眼看无法再生活下去。
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。
后羿立下汗马功劳，受到百姓的尊敬和爱戴，不少志士慕名前来投师学艺。奸诈刁钻、心术不正的蓬蒙也混了进来。
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。
一天，后羿到昆仑山访友求道，巧遇由此经过的王母娘娘，便向王母求得一包不死药。据说，服下此药，能即刻升天成仙。
然而，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。
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。
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。
嫦娥知道自己不是蓬蒙的对手，危急之时她当机立断，转身打开百宝匣，拿出不死药一口吞了下去。
嫦娥吞下药，身子立时飘离地面、冲出窗口，向天上飞去。由于嫦娥牵挂着丈夫，便飞落到离人间最近的月亮上成了仙。
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。气得后羿捶胸顿足哇哇大叫。悲痛欲绝的后羿，仰望着夜空呼唤爱妻的名字。这时他惊奇地发现，今天的月亮格外皎洁明亮，而且有个晃动的身影酷似嫦娥。
后羿急忙派人到嫦娥喜爱的后花园里，摆上香案，放上她平时最爱吃的蜜食鲜果，遥祭在月宫里眷恋着自己的嫦娥。
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。
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，海水干涸，老百姓眼看无法再生活下去。
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。
后羿立下汗马功劳，受到百姓的尊敬和爱戴，不少志士慕名前来投师学艺。奸诈刁钻、心术不正的蓬蒙也混了进来。
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。
一天，后羿到昆仑山访友求道，巧遇由此经过的王母娘娘，便向王母求得一包不死药。据说，服下此药，能即刻升天成仙。
然而，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。
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。
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。
嫦娥知道自己不是蓬蒙的对手，危急之时她当机立断，转身打开百宝匣，拿出不死药一口吞了下去。
嫦娥吞下药，身子立时飘离地面、冲出窗口，向天上飞去。由于嫦娥牵挂着丈夫，便飞落到离人间最近的月亮上成了仙。
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。气得后羿捶胸顿足哇哇大叫。悲痛欲绝的后羿，仰望着夜空呼唤爱妻的名字。这时他惊奇地发现，今天的月亮格外皎洁明亮，而且有个晃动的身影酷似嫦娥。
后羿急忙派人到嫦娥喜爱的后花园里，摆上香案，放上她平时最爱吃的蜜食鲜果，遥祭在月宫里眷恋着自己的嫦娥。
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。
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