【原文】每年农历八月十五日,是传统的中秋佳节。
【译文】Annually lunar calendar August 15th, is a traditional Mid-Autumn joyful festival.
【原文】这时是一年秋季的中期,所以被称为中秋。
【译文】Is a year at this time, the middle of the autumn, so was be called Mid-Autumn.
【原文】在中国的农历里,一年分为四季,每季又分为孟、仲、季三个部分,因而中秋也称仲秋。
【译文】In the lunar calendar of China, a year is divided into the four seasons, is divided into three parts of 孟 , 仲 , quarter again every quarter, as a result the Mid-Autumn also calls the autumn of 仲 .
【原文】八月十五的月亮比其他几个月的满月更圆,更明亮,所以又叫做“月夕”,“八月节”。
【译文】August 15 of moon compare the full moon of other a few months more circle, brighter, so be called" the 夕 of month" again," August stanza".
【原文】此夜,人们仰望天空如玉如盘的朗朗明月,自然会期盼家人团聚。
【译文】This night, the people look up at the sky,such as jade,,such as the bright moon of 朗朗 of the dish,, the natural session hopes the family family reunion.
According to Chinese mythology, the earth once had 10 suns circling over it. One day, all 10 suns appeared together, scorching the earth with their heat. The earth was saved when a strong archer, Hou Yi, succeeded in shooting down 9 of the suns. Yi stole the elixir of life to save the people from his tyrannical rule, but his wife, Chang-E drank it. Thus started the legend of the lady in the moon to whom young Chinese girls would pray at the Mid-Autumn Festival.
传说古时候,天空曾有10个太阳。一天,这10个太阳同时出现,酷热难挡。弓箭手后翌射下了其中9个太阳,拯救了地球上的生灵。他偷了长生不死药,却被妻子嫦娥偷偷喝下。此后,每年中秋月圆之时,少女们都要向月宫仙女嫦娥祈福的传说便流传开来。