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The Mid-Autumn Festival is a harvest festival celebrated notably by the Chinese and Vietnamese people. The festival is held on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar with full moon at night, corresponding to late September to early October of the Gregorian calendar with a full moon at night.

Mooncakes, a rich pastry typically filled with sweet bean paste or lotus seed paste, are traditionally eaten during the festival.

相关词汇：

Mid-autumn day / -autumn Festival 中秋节 
Moon Festival / Mooncake Festival / Moon Festival 中秋节 
lunar农历 
mooncake月饼 
minimooncake 迷你月饼 
mooncakes with meat / nuts / 肉馅/果仁/蛋黄月饼 
ham mooncake火腿月饼 
grapefruit / pomelo / shaddock 柚子 
glue pudding　汤圆 
lantern / scaldfish灯笼 
Chang E 嫦娥 
Hou Yi 后羿 

相关活动: 

gather to admire the bright mid-autumn harvest moon 聚在一起赏月 
light lantern 点灯笼 
carry the lantern around 提灯笼 
burn incense 烧香 
fire dragon dances　火龙舞 
The custom of worshipping the moon 拜月的习俗 
worshippe the full moon　拜满月的习俗 
family reunion　家庭团聚 / 圆 
came out to watch the full moon to celebrate the festival　到户外赏月 
the custom of Mid-Autumn Festival celebration　庆祝中秋节的习俗

中秋节诗歌推荐

中秋节似乎一直是一个充满诗意的传统节日，因为月亮的美好，每个时代的文人墨客都愿意将这样的美好记录下来。一同来欣赏几首古代名诗和它们的英文译本。

关山月

李白

明月出天山，苍茫云海间。

长风几万里，吹度玉门关。

汉下白登道，胡窥青海湾。

由来征战地，不见有人还。

戍客望边色，思归多苦颜。

高楼当此夜，叹息未应闲。

THE MOON AT THE FORTIFIED PASS

Li Bai

许渊冲 译

From Heaven's Peak the moon rises bright,

Over a boundless sea of cloud.

Winds blow for miles with main and might

Past the Jade Gate which stands so proud,

Our warriors march down the frontier

While Tartars peer across Blue Bays.

From the battlefield outstretched here,

None have come back since olden days.

Guards watch the scene of borderland,

Thinking of home, with wistful eyes.

Tonight upstairs their wives would stand,

Looking afar with longing sighs.

望月怀远 

张九龄

海上生明月，天涯共此时。

情人怨遥夜，竟夕起相思。

灭烛怜光满，披衣觉露滋。

不堪盈手赠，还寝梦佳期。

VIEWING THE MOON, THINKING OF YOU

Zhang Jiuling

Ying Sun译

As the bright moon shines over the sea,

From far away you share this moment with me.

For parted lovers lonely nights are the worst to be.

All night long I think of no one but thee.

To enjoy the moon I blow out the candle stick.

Please put on your nightgown for the dew is thick.

I try to offer you the moonlight so hard to pick,

Hoping a reunion in my dream will come quick.

苏轼《水调歌头》

明月几时有？把酒问青天。不知天上宫阙，今夕是何年？我欲乘风归去，又恐琼楼玉宇，高处不胜寒。起舞弄清影，何似在人间。

转朱阁，低绮户，照无眠。不应有恨，何事长向别时圆？人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺，此事古难全。但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。

许渊冲先生译作

How long will the full moon appear?

Wine cup in hand, I ask the sky.

I do not know what time of the year

’Twould be tonight in the palace on high.

Riding the wind, there I would fly,

Yet I’m afraid the crystalline palace would be

Too high and cold for me.

I rise and dance, with my shadow I play.

On high as on earth, would it be as gay?

The moon goes round the mansions red

Through gauze-draped window soft to shed

Her light upon the sleepless bed.

Why then when people part, is the oft full and bright?

Men have sorrow and joy; they part or meet again;

The moon is bright or dim and she may wax or wane.

There has been nothing perfect since the olden days.

So let us wish that man

Will live long as he can!

Though miles apart, we’ll share the beauty she displays.

林语堂先生译作

How rare the moon, so round and clear!

With cup in hand, I ask of the blue sky,

"I do not know in the celestial sphere

What name this festive night goes by?"

I want to fly home, riding the air,

But fear the ethereal cold up there,

The jade and crystal mansions are so high!

Dancing to my shadow,

I feel no longer the mortal tie.

She rounds the vermilion tower,

Stoops to silk-pad doors,

Shines on those who sleepless lie.

Why does she, bearing us no grudge,

Shine upon our parting, reunion deny?

But rare is perfect happiness--

The moon does wax, the moon does wane,

And so men meet and say goodbye.

I only pray our life be long,

And our souls together heavenward fly!