中秋节 autumn festival

The Spring Festival, Mid-Autumn festival and the qingming festival, the Dragon Boat Festival and called the four Chinese nationality traditional festival. Since 2008 the Mid-Autumn festival is listed as national legal holidays. Country attaches great importance to the protection of non-material cultural heritage遗产, May 20, 2006, the festival with the approval of the state council listed in the first national nonmaterial cultural heritage list.
…Z hongqiujie‟which is also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar. It is a time for family members and loved ones to congregate and enjoy the full moon - an auspicious吉利的symbol of abundance, harmony and luck. Adults will usually indulge in fragrant mooncakes of many varieties with a good cup of piping hot Chinese tea, while the little ones run around with their brightly-lit lanterns.
What was the origin of the Mid-Autumn festival？
There are two legends which claim to explain the tradition of eating mooncakes.
One Tang Dynasty myth holds that the Earth once had 10 suns circling it. One day all 10 suns appeared at once, scorching the planet with their heat. It was thanks to a skillful archer named Hou Yi that the Earth was saved. He shot down all but one of the suns. As his reward, the Heavenly Queen Mother gave Hou Yi the Elixir of Immortality, but she warned him that he must use it wisely. Hou Yi ignored her advice and, corrupted by fame and fortune, became a tyrannical leader. Chang-Er, his beautiful wife, could no longer stand by and watch him abuse his power so she stole his Elixir and fled to the moon to escape his angry wrath. And thus began the legend of the beautiful woman in the moon, the Moon Fairy.
The second legend has it that during the Yuan Dynasty, an underground group led by Zhu Yuan Zang was determined to rid the country of Mongolian dominance. The moon cake was created to carry a secret message. When the cake was opened and the message read, an uprising was unleashed which successfully routed the Mongolians. It happened at the time of the full moon, which, some say, explains why mooncakes are eaten at this time.
Custom：reunion,appreciate the moon,wordship the moon,eat the mooncake,lantern,
Let me tell you some interesting about mooncakes. Mooncakes are usually stamped with Chinese characters indicating the name of the bakery and the type of filling used. Some bakeries will even stamp them with your family name so that you can give personalised ones to friends and family. They are usually presented in boxes of four which indicate the four phases of the moon. Traditional mooncakes are made with melted lard, but today vegetable oil is more often used in the interests of health.
Mooncakes are not for the diet-conscious as they are loaded with calories. The best way to wash down one of these sticky cakes is with a cup of Chinese tea, especially Jasmine or Chrysanthemum tea, which aids the digestion.
There are also some famous poems describing Mid autumn festival. Have you ever heard “但愿人长久,千里共长娟”it means : may the people live forever, and share the moon shine across vast distances together.
“海上升明月，天涯共此时” As the moon rises above the sea, we share the same time thougu we are far apart.。