中秋节的由来与传说
The origin of the Mid-Autumn festival and legend
中秋节有悠久的历史，和其它传统节日一样，也是慢慢发展形成的，古代帝王有春天祭日，秋天祭月的礼制，早在《周礼》一书中，已有“中秋”一词的记载。后来贵族和文人学士也仿效起来，在中秋时节，对着天上又亮又圆一轮皓月，观赏祭拜，寄托情怀，这种习俗就这样传到民间，形成一个传统的活动，一直到了唐代，这种祭月的风俗更为人们重视，中秋节才成为固定的节日，《唐书?太宗记》记载有“八月十五中秋节”，这个节日盛行于宋朝，至明清时，已与元旦齐名，成为我国的主要节日之一。
The Mid-Autumn festival has a long history, and other traditional festivals are same, also be the formation, development slowly emperors is spring, autumn offerings of death on etiquette, as early as in the rites "in one book," the Mid-Autumn festival "is a word for the record. Later a scholar's noble and imitated also up in the Mid-Autumn festival, at the sky season, and bright and round round bright and watch the hope to visit this custom feelings, so to folk, form a traditional activities, has been to the tang dynasty, this month more people to pay attention to the Mid-Autumn festival customs, to become a fixed festival, the tang dynasty, emperor "account book? Remember" August 15 Mid-Autumn festival ", this festival prevailed in the song dynasty, to Ming and qing dynasties, and New Year's day, has lifted the country, and has become one of the main festivals.
中秋节的传说是非常丰富的，嫦娥奔月，吴刚伐桂，玉兔捣药之类的神话故事流传甚广。
The legend of the Mid-Autumn festival is very rich, chang e, WuGang cut guangxi, pounding the myth of such yutu qingyi medicine story spread extensively.
中秋传说之一——嫦娥奔月
The Mid-Autumn festival legend-one of chang e
相传，远古时候天上有十日同时出现，晒得庄稼枯死，民不聊生，一个名叫后羿的英雄，力大无穷，他同情受苦的百姓，登上昆仑山顶，运足神力，拉开神弓，一气射下九个多太阳，并严令最后一个太阳按时起落，为民造福。
Legend, in ancient times the sky is the same time on the 10 th, sun-withered crops recession, a hero named houyi, is mighty, he sympathized with the suffering of the people on board the kunlun peak, the full power of operation, beginning god arch, a stretch shot down over 9 sun, and ordered the last time a solar conditions, the benefit of the people.
