Mid autumn Festival 中秋节ppt.ppt

Mid-autumn Festival;;;;;Different Kinds of Mooncake;;mooncakes;The round shape of moon cakes just symbolizes not only the moon but also the unity of the family.;The Legend of Mid-autumn Day; Soon, Hou Yi married a beautiful and kindhearted wife named Chang’e. People are envious of this happy couple.  One day, Hou Yi went to the Kunlun Mountain to visit friends, he encountered the Queen in heaven by chance, the Queen gave him a parcel of elixir as a present. It is said that taking this medicine by half, people can live forever, taking this medicine, people can instantly become immortal.  However, Hou Yi could not bear leaving his wife, so he temporarily gave the elixir to Chang E. Chang E put the elixir in a box at her dressing table. Unexpectedly; it was seen by Peng Meng. Three days later, after HouYi went out for hunting, Peng Meng pretended illness and stayed at home. ; After everyone was gone, Peng Meng burst into the inner room which located at the backyard with a sword in his hand, threatened Chang E to hand over elixir. Change knew she was not strong enough to defeat Peng Meng, so she turned round to open the box, took up the elixir.  As soon as she swallowed the elixir, her body floated off the ground, flew out of the window to the heavens. As Chang’e worried about her husband, she just flew to the moon which is the nearest planet from the earth and became the Goddess of moon. ; In the evening, Hou Yi returned home, the maid cried and told what had happened. Houyi felt shocked and angry, he wanted to kill the rascal, but Peng Meng escaped in earlier time. Hou Yi looked up into the sky distressedly and called the name of his beloved wife. Then he was surprised to find that the moon was especially bright and clear, and there was a swaying figure exactly like his wife. As if Chang’e waited to see her husband every day before the moon.  People have heard about the news of the Moon immortality, they furnished incense table in the next