中秋节由来的英文

第1篇：中秋节由来的英文

中秋节的由来英文介绍

欢悦中间秋天节日，第三个和最后节日为生活，在第八月亮的第十五天庆祝了，在秋天昼夜平分点附近的时期。 许多简单地提到了它作为“十五个第八月亮”。 在西部日历，节日的天某时通常发生了在第二个星期9月和第二个星期10月之间。

第2篇：圣诞节的由来英文版-圣诞节的由来英文版 关于圣诞节由来 英文版

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圣诞节的来历

Christmas is a Christian holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ. No one knows the exact date of Christ’s birth, but most Christians observe Christmas on December 25. On this day, many go to church, where they take part in special religious services. During the Christmas season, they also exchange gifts and decorate their homes with holly, mistletoe, and Christmas trees. The word Christmas comes from Cristes maesse, an early English phrase that means Mass of Christ.

The story of Christmas comes chiefly from the Gospels of Saint Luke and Saint Matthew in the New Testament.

The history of Christmas dates back over 4000 years. Many of our Christmas traditions were celebrated centuries before the Christ child was born. The 12 days of Christmas, the bright fires, the yule log, the giving of gifts, carnivals(parades) with floats, carolers who sing while going from house to house, the holiday feasts, and the church processions can all be traced back to the early Mesopotamians.

Many of these traditions began with the Mesopotamian celebration of New Years. The Mesopotamians believed in many gods, and as their chief god-Marduk. Each year as winter arrived it was believed that Marduk would do battle with the monsters of chaos. To assist Marduk in his struggle the Mesopotamians held a festival for the New Year. This was Zagmuk, the

New Year’s festival that lasted for 12 days.

The Persians and the Babylonians celebrated a similar festival called the Sacaea. Part of that celebration included the exchanging of places, the slaves would become the masters and the masters were to obey. The ancient Greeks held a festival similar to that of the Zagmuk/Sacaea festivals to assist their god Kronos who would battle the god Zeus and his Titans.

The Roman’s celebrated their god Saturn. Their festival was called Saturnalia which began the middle of December and ended January 1st. With cries of “Jo Saturnalia!” the celebration would include masquerades in the streets, big festive meals, visiting friends, and the exchange of good-luck gifts called Strenae (lucky fruits). The Romans decked their halls with garlands of laurel and green trees lit with candles. Again the masters and slaves would exchange places.

”Jo Saturnalia!” was a fun and festive time for the Romans, but the Christians thought it an abomination to honor the pagan god. The early Christians wanted to keep the birthday of their Christ child a solemn and religious holiday, not one of cheer and merriment as was the pagan Saturnalia.

Some legends claim that the Christian “Christmas” celebration was invented to compete against the pagan celebrations of December. The 25th was not only sacred to the Romans but also the Persians whose religion Mithraism was one of Christianity’s main rivals at that time. The Church eventually was successful in taking the merriment, lights, and gifts from the Saturanilia festival and bringing them to the celebration of Christmas.

The exact day of the Christ child’s birth has never been pinpointed. Traditions

say that it has been celebrated since the year 98 AD. In 137 AD the Bishop of Rome ordered the birthday of the Christ Child celebrated as a solemn feast. In 350 AD another Bishop of Rome, Julius I, choose December 25th as the observance of Christmas.

The birth of Jesus had a story: In Nazareth, a city of Galilee. The virgin’s name was Mary was betrothed to Joseph. Before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. Joseph her husband was minded to put her away secretly. While he thought about these things, Gabriel, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and told him did not be afraid to take Mary as wife. And Mary will bring forth a Son, and he shall call his name, Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.

Before Jesus births, Joseph and Mary came to Quirnius was governing

Syria. So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city. Joseph also went up out of Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and of the lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child. So it was that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

And that, Christmas is the feast of the nativity of Jesus, is on 25th, December every year. But nobody knows the actual birthday of Jesus. And the Christmas has become popular when Christmas cards appeared in 1846 and the concept of a jolly Santa Claus was first made popular in nineteenth Century.

The custom of giving gifts to relatives and friends on a special day in winter probably began in ancient Rome and northern Europe. In these regions, people gave each other small presents as part of their year-end celebrations.

第3篇：春节的由来(英文)

The Origin of Chinese New Year

The Chinese New Year is now popularly known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the Begining of Spring (the first of the twenty-four terms in coodination with the changes of Nature). Its origin is too old to be traced. Several explanations are hanging around. All agree, however, that the word Nian, which in modern Chinese solely means year, was originally the name of a monster beast that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of a new year.

One legend goes that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would swallow a great many people with one bite. people were very scared. One day, an old man came to their rescue, offering to subdue Nian. To Nian he said, I hear say that you are very capable, but can you swallow the other beasts of prey on earth instead of people who are by no means of your worthy opponents? So, it did swallow many of the beasts of prey on earth that also harrassed people and their domestic animals from time to time.

After that, the old man disappeared riding the beast Nian. He turned out to be an immortal god. Now that Nian is gone and other beasts of prey are also scared into forests, people begin to enjoy their peaceful life. Before the old man left, he had told people to put up red paper decorations on their windows and doors at each years end to scare away Nian in case it sneaked back again, because red is the color the beast feared the most.

From then on, the tradition of observing the conquest of Nian is carried on from generation to generation. The term Guo Nian, which may mean Survive the Nian becomes today Celebrate the (New) Year as the word guo in Chinese having both the meaning of pass-over and observe. The custom of putting up red paper and firing fire-crackers to scare away Nian should it have a chance to run loose is still around. However, people today have long forgotten why they are doing all this, except that they feel the color and the sound add to the excitement of the celebration.

第4篇：中秋节的由来

中国传统节日介绍——中秋节

“一年月色最明夜，千里人心共赏时”“海上生明月，天涯共此时”„„天上明月，人间情怀，中秋明月这一特殊天象形成了中国人特有的月亮节、团圆节。

每年农历八月十五日，是我国传统的中秋佳节。这时是一年秋季的中期，所以被称为中秋。早在唐时中秋就正式成为节日，是中国仅次于春节的第二大传统节日，至今已有千余年历史。2008年，中秋节与清明节、端午节成为国家法定节假日。

中秋节最早起源于古代先民们对自然的崇拜，中国是一个古老的农业国，季节与农业有很大关系，所以，古时候春天播种前要进行“春祈”活动。到了秋季八月，正是收获季节，五谷丰登，要拜谢土地神的保佑，这就是“秋祀”或“秋社”。

民间“秋祀”的重要活动主要是拜月、祭月，一方面表达对月神的感恩，另一方面祈望月神在未来给更多的庇佑和福祉。所以，每逢中秋节不同的地方都会举行不同的祭月、拜月、赏月、闹月、跳月等各类形式的既欢快又有丰富文化内涵的活动，以感谢大自然，感谢天地，感谢月神。同时，也表达了对劳动的尊崇。

这种“秋祀”活动历代相沿。但是在六朝以前，农历八月十五还没有作为固定节日，唐代才将八月十五正式定为“中秋节”。中秋节的盛行始于宋朝，至明清时，已与元旦齐名，成为我国的主要节日之一。这一天，民间有各种各样的活动，身在异地的游子们都纷纷回家与家人团圆，共庆中秋佳节。 中秋节的命名来源于中国的农历，农历中一年分为四季，每季又分为孟、仲、季三个部分，因而中秋也称“仲秋”。

中秋节有许多别称：因为它的节期在八月十五，所以称为“八月节”、“八月半”;又因八月十五的月亮要比其他几个月的满月更圆、更亮，中秋节的主要活动都是以“月”为内容的，所以又叫做“月夕”、“秋节”、“仲秋节”、“八月会”、“追月节”、“玩月节”、“拜月节”等等。中秋节这一天的月亮格外晶亮、圆润，被人们看成是合家团圆的象征，因此，又被人们叫做“团圆节”。

此外，中秋节的传说也非常丰富，嫦娥奔月、吴刚伐桂、玉兔捣药之类的神话故事流传甚广，这也使中秋节的传统文化内涵更加丰厚。

第5篇：中秋节的由来

农历八月十五日，是我国传统的中秋节，也是我国仅次 于春节的第二大传统节日 。八月十五恰在秋季的中间，故谓 之中秋节。我国古历法把处在秋季中间的八月， 称谓“仲秋”， 所以中秋节又叫“仲秋节”。

中秋节起源的另一个说法是：农历八月十五这一天恰好是稻子成熟的时刻，各家都拜土地神。中秋可能就是秋报的遗俗。

“中秋”一词始见于《周礼》，周时已有秋分祀月之说，秦汉前后有中秋敬老的活动，还赐以糍粑饼。赏月、祭月、敬老习俗汇合起来，经过长期发展过程中不断增益，就成了后世的中秋习俗。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。

中秋节的传说有很多，嫦娥奔月、吴刚伐桂、玉兔捣药之类的神话故事一直流传在民间。唐代将嫦娥奔月与中秋赏月联系起来，极富浪漫色彩。中秋节正当秋分，太阳直射月亮朝地球的一面，秋高气爽，明月当空，固有赏月与祭月之习俗。

采访中，市民高先生告诉记者，每年中秋节当日，他们全家都会到奶奶家过节，在这天下午，家人就会在院内摆放好桌子，上面摆放各样的水果和月饼，以此来祭月。“我从小就听爷爷说，在八月十五那天晚上，把月饼放在月亮下，若第二天发现月饼少了一块，那就证明月亮上的神仙来到你家，会保佑你家平安的。现在长大了，我才明白，那都是爷爷给我编的故事，其实祭月只是一种习俗。”高先生说。

除了赏月、祭月习俗外，在中秋节这天还有燃灯、猜灯谜、吃月饼、饮酒等习俗，根据各地的风俗习惯，他们中秋夜这天的习俗也会不同。无论是哪个地方的风俗，中秋节这天他们都会吃月饼的。在节日当天晚上，一家人会围在一起切月饼吃，以此来象征着中秋节的团圆。

中秋之夜，月色皎洁，古人把圆月视为团圆的象征，因 此，又称八月十五为“团圆 节”。古往今来，人们常用“月 圆”、“月缺”来形容“悲欢离合”，客居他乡的 游子，更 是以月来寄托深情。唐代诗人李白的“举头望明月，低头思 故乡”，杜 甫的“露从今夜白，月是故乡明”，宋代王安石 的“春风又绿江南岸，明月何时照 我还”等诗句，都是千古 绝唱。

中秋节是个古老的节日，祭月赏月是节日 的重要习俗。古代帝王有春天祭日，秋天祭 月的社制，民家也有中秋祭月之风，到了后 来赏月重于祭月，严肃的祭祀变成了轻松的 欢娱。中秋赏月的风俗在唐代极盛，许多诗 人的名篇中都有咏月的诗句，宋代、明代、 清代宫廷和民间的拜月赏月活动更具规模。 我国各地至今遗存着许多“拜月坛”、“拜 月亭”、“望月楼”的古迹。北京的“月坛”就是明嘉靖年 间为皇家祭月修造的。 每当中秋月亮升起，于露天设案，将 月饼、石榴、枣子等瓜果供于桌案上，拜月 后，全家人围桌 而坐，边吃边谈，共赏明月。现在，祭月拜月活动已被规模 盛 大、多彩多姿的群众赏月游乐活动所替代。

月饼的由来

月饼是中秋当日必备的一种美食，它象征着团圆，是中秋佳节必食之品。月饼有多种叫法，小饼、团圆饼、胡饼等，是中秋节祭拜月神的供品，从古到今，这种做法一直沿传下来，便形成了中秋节吃月饼的习俗。

据王教授介绍，月饼在我国有着悠久的历史，早在殷、周时期，有一种纪念太师闻仲的边薄心厚的“太师饼”，它是我国月饼的“始祖”。在汉代张骞出使西域时，引进芝麻、胡核，为月饼的制作增添了辅料，这时便出现了以胡桃仁为馅的圆形饼，就叫“胡饼”。从唐代起，民间已有从事生产的饼师，京城长安也开始出现糕饼铺。据说，有一年中秋之夜，唐太宗和杨贵妃赏月时，心潮澎湃，随口说出了“月饼”，从此“月饼”的名称便在民间逐渐传开。

月饼有促圆满、促团圆的寓意，然而经后期发展，月饼便成了文化的消费品，经商家大力度的包装后，市民购买月饼时更多注重的是包装，反而忽略了月饼文化的味道。

第6篇：中秋节的由来

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中秋节的由来、传说及习俗

农历八月十五，是一年秋季的中期，所以称为“中秋”。中国的农历，一年分为四季，每季又分为孟、仲、季三部分，因而中秋也称“仲秋”。由于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”。

瓷库中国讯 农历八月十五，是一年秋季的中期，所以称为“中秋”。中国的农历，一年分为四季，每季又分为孟、仲、季三部分，因而中秋也称“仲秋”。由于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”。

关于中秋节的传说，众说纷纭，异常丰富，诸如嫦娥奔月，吴刚伐桂，玉兔捣药之类的神话故事在民间广为流传。

嫦娥奔月

嫦娥奔月

相传，在远古的时候，天上有10个太阳同时出现，烈日炎炎，庄稼枯焦，民不聊生，百姓处在水深火热之中。当时有一个叫后羿的英雄，力大无穷，他看在眼里，痛在心中，非常同情老百姓的苦难遭遇，于是他立志用弓箭射下多余的太阳。他日夜修炼，终于得道。一日，他登上昆仑山之巅，运足神力，拉开弓箭，一气射下9个太阳，并且喝令最后一个太阳，必须温热适宜，按时起落，为民造福。

后羿的壮举受到百姓们的尊敬和爱戴，他也被人们视为神明。不久，后羿娶了如花似玉、美丽善良的嫦娥为妻。后羿结婚后，除了向徒弟传授弓箭技艺外，仍以狩猎为生，嫦娥在家里操持家务，小日子过得红红火火，幸福美满。这对恩爱夫妻，人见人爱，并且成为年轻人学习的楷模。

有一天，后羿到昆仑山访友求道，巧遇王母娘娘由西天归来。王母娘娘看见后羿，感其为民造福，便送给他一包药，并且说：“这是一包不死药，吃下后就能立刻升天成仙。”后羿喜出望外，拿着这包药回到家中，对妻子说了这包药的来历，但他不愿意撇下妻子一个人升天成仙，就把不死药交给嫦娥珍藏。嫦娥遵照后羿的嘱咐，把不死药藏进梳妆台的百宝匣里。谁知这件事被后羿的徒弟蓬蒙知道了，他便挖空心思想偷吃不死药，自己能够成仙飞天。

有一天，后羿率领众徒弟外出打猎，蓬蒙假装生病，便留了下来。待后羿率众徒弟走后，他手持利剑，急速闯入后羿内宅后院，威逼嫦娥交出不死药。嫦娥知道自己敌不过蓬蒙，在这危急关头，她转身打开百宝匣，拿出不死药，一口吞了下去。嫦娥吞下不死药，身轻如燕，立刻飘飘然离开地面，冲出窗口，飞向蓝天。由于嫦娥牵挂着丈夫后羿，不愿飞得太远，便飞到离人间最近的月亮上成了神仙。

傍晚，后羿回到家中，不见嫦娥，便问侍女。侍女把白天发生的事情哭诉了一遍。后羿听后，勃然大怒，立即抽出宝剑，去追杀恶徒。谁知蓬蒙早已逃得无影无踪，直气得后羿捶胸顿足，悲痛欲绝。他仰望夜空，呼唤着爱妻嫦娥的名字。这时，后羿惊奇地发现，今日的月亮格外皎洁明亮，而且月亮中好像有个人在晃动，她的身影酷似嫦娥。他拼命地朝着月亮追去，可是他追月亮，月亮就走，他往后退，月亮就跟来，无论如何，他也追不到月亮。后羿无可奈何，不再追赶月亮，但思念妻子之心煎熬着他，他只好派侍女在嫦娥喜爱的后花园里，摆上香案，放上她平时最爱吃的蜜食、鲜果，遥祭在月宫里仍然眷恋着自己的爱妻嫦娥。

百姓们闻知嫦娥奔月成仙之后，也纷纷在月下摆设香案，向美丽善良的嫦娥祈求吉祥平安。

从此，中秋节拜月的风俗在民间就传开了。

吴刚折桂

相传，月亮上广寒宫前有棵桂花树，枝叶繁茂，高达500多丈，下边有一个人长年累月地砍伐它，但是每次砍下去之后，被砍的地方又立即合拢。几千年来，这棵桂树从来也不能被砍倒。据说这个砍桂树的人叫吴刚，是汉朝西河人，曾跟随仙人修道，后来成了神仙到了天界，他不慎触犯了天条，被玉皇大帝贬谪到月宫，让他天天做这种劳而无功的苦差使，以示惩处。

李白有诗云：“欲斫月中桂，持为寒者薪。”照诗仙李白的说法，吴刚砍树是为嫦娥取暖伐薪，所以，人们在拜月的同时，也祝愿吴刚早日功德圆满，解除苦难，真正过上神仙的生活。

玉兔捣药

月亮中有一只兔子，浑身洁白如玉，所以人们称为“玉兔”。据说玉兔跪地捣药，制成蛤蟆丸，常人若服用蛤蟆丸，便可长生不老。

关于玉兔的来历，还有一个美丽的传说。古时候有3位神仙，化身为3个可怜的老人，向狐狸、猴子及兔子乞食。狐狸及猴子都不愿意拿出自己的食物接济他们，但兔子没有食物，它却告诉老人说：“你们饿了，就来吃我吧。”说完，纵身跳入烈火之中。3位神仙深为感动，于是把兔子的魂灵送到了广寒宫，便成了玉兔。后来，玉兔就在广寒宫里和嫦娥相伴，并为百姓捣制长生不老药。

还有一说，在很久以前，有一对修行千年得道成仙的兔子，它们有4个可爱的女儿，个个生得纯白伶俐。

有一天，玉皇大帝召见雄兔，它踏着祥云飞到天宫。当它进入南天门时，突然看到太白金星带领天兵天将押着嫦娥从身边走去。嫦娥无辜受罪，雄兔深表同情。他想，嫦娥一个人关在月宫里，一定非常寂寞悲伤，要是有人陪伴她就好了，于是想到自己的4个女儿，它立即飞奔回家。

雄兔回到家中，把嫦娥的不幸遭遇告诉雌兔，并说想送一个女儿陪伴嫦娥。雌兔舍不得宝贝女儿，女儿也舍不得离开父母，一个个泪流满面。雄兔语重心长地说：“如果我被孤独地关起来，你们愿意陪伴我吗?嫦娥为了解救百姓，受到牵累，我们能忍心她常年寂寞孤独吗?孩子们，我们可不能只想到自己呀!”

女儿们明白了父亲的心，都表示愿意去。雄兔和雌兔商量，就让最小的女儿送去到月宫陪伴嫦娥去了!

中秋节的习俗

赏月

在中秋节，我国自古就有赏月的习俗，《礼记》中就有“秋暮夕月”的记载，即祭拜月神。到了周代，每逢中秋之夜，就要举行迎寒和祭月。在庭院里设下香案，摆上月饼、西瓜、苹果、李子、葡萄等时令水果，其中月饼和西瓜绝对不能少，而且西瓜还要切成莲花状。

在唐代，中秋赏月、玩月颇为盛行。在宋代，中秋赏月之风更盛，据《东京梦华录》记载：“中秋夜，贵家结饰台榭，民间争占酒楼玩月”。每逢这一天，京城所有的店家、酒楼都要重新装饰门面，张灯结彩，出售时令佳果和精制食品，夜市亦热闹非凡，百姓们多登上高台观月，一些富贵人家，则在自己的楼台亭阁上赏月，并摆上月饼、水果，或安排家宴，全家人围坐在一起，共同赏月叙谈。

明清以后，中秋节赏月风俗依旧，许多地方还逐渐形成了烧斗香、树中秋、点塔灯、放天灯、走月亮、舞火龙等特殊习俗。

每当中秋月亮升起，农家于露天设案，将月饼、石榴、枣子等瓜果供于桌案上，拜月后，全家人围桌而坐，边吃边谈，共赏明月。

吃月饼

我国城乡百姓都有中秋节吃月饼的习俗，俗话说：“八月十五月正圆，中秋月饼香又甜”。 “月饼”一词，最早见于南宋吴自牧的《梦梁录》中，那时，它也只是像菱花饼一样的饼形食品。后来人们逐渐把中秋赏月与品尝月饼联系在一起，象征家人团圆。

月饼最初是家庭制作的，到了近代，有专门制作月饼的作坊，月饼的制作也越越来越精细，馅料考究，外型美观，还印有各种精美的图案，如“嫦娥奔月”、“银河夜月”、“三潭印月”等。同时，人们用月饼寄托思念故乡，思念亲人，祈盼丰收、幸福，月饼成为人们馈赠亲友的最佳礼品，用以联络感情。

其它中秋节的习俗

我国地域辽阔，人口众多，风俗各异，中秋节的习俗则多种多样，并且带有浓厚的地方特色。

在福建浦城，女子过中秋节时要穿行南浦桥，以求长寿。在建宁，中秋之夜以挂灯为向月宫求子的吉兆。上杭县人过中秋，儿女多在拜月时请月宫嫦娥。金门人中秋拜月之前要先拜天公。

广东潮汕各地有中秋拜月，主要是妇女和小孩，且有“男不拜月，女不祭灶”的习俗。晚上，皓月初升，妇女们便在院子里设案，桌上摆满佳果和饼食，银烛高燃，香烟缭绕，然后拜月。

中秋之夜烧塔，在一些地方也很盛行。塔高约1至3公尺，多用碎瓦片砌成，顶端留一个塔口，供投放燃料之用。中秋晚上便点火燃烧，燃料有木、竹、谷壳等，火焰熊熊，极为壮观。

还有一些地方形成了很多特殊的中秋习俗。除了赏月、祭月、吃月饼外，还有香港的舞火龙、安徽的堆宝塔、广州的树中秋、晋江的烧塔仔、苏州石湖看串月、傣族的拜月、苗族的跳月、侗族的偷月亮菜、高山族的托球舞等。

如今中秋习俗，远不如旧时盛行，祭月拜月活动已经淡化，取而代之的是多彩多姿的群众赏月游乐活动，唯独吃月饼，仍很盛行，把酒问明月，庆贺美好生活，为远方的亲人祝福，“但愿人长久，千里共婵娟”。