中秋节英语PPT.ppt

The joyous（快乐的） Mid-Autumn Festival was celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth moon, around the time of the autumn equinox（秋分）. Many referred to it simply as the Fifteenth of the Eighth Moon. Origin The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional festivity(庆典） for both the Han and minority nationalities（少数民族）. The custom of worshipping（崇拜） the moon can be traced back as far as the ancient Xia and Shang Dynasties (2000 B.C.-1066 B.C.). In the Zhou Dynasty (1066 B.C.-221 B.C.), people held ceremonies to greet winter and worship the moon whenever the Mid-Autumn Festival set in. It became very prevalent（流行的） in the Tang Dynasty(618-907 A.D.) that people enjoyed and worshiped the full moon. In the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279 A.D.), however, people sent round moon cakes to their relatives as gifts in expression of their best wishes of family reunion. When it became dark, they looked up at the full silver（银白色的） moon or went sightseeing on lakes to celebrate the festival. Since the Ming (1368-1644 A.D. ) and Qing Dynasties (1644-1911A.D.), the custom of Mid-Autumn Festival celebration became unprecedentedly（前所未有的） popular. Together with the celebration there appeared some special customs in different parts of the country, such as burning incense（熏香）, planting Mid-Autumn trees, lighting lanterns on towers and fire dragon dances. However, the custom of playing under the moon is not so popular as it used to be nowadays, but it is not less popular to enjoy the bright silver moon. Whenever the festival sets in, people will look up at the full silver moon, drinking wine to celebrate their happy life or thinking of their relatives and friends far from home, and extending（延伸） all of their best wishes to them. Moon Cakes There is this story about the moon cake. during the Yuan Dynasty (A.D. 1280-1368) China was ruled by the Mongolian（蒙古） people. Leaders from the preceding（先前的） Sung dynasty (A.D. 960-1280) were unhappy at submitting（屈从） to the foreign