初三英语作文中秋节(20篇)

The Way to Keep Healthy

Its important for us to be healthy all our life.We cant study or work well without healthy body.

Therere many ways to keep healthy. First of all, we should keep taking exercises every day. We can walk to school instead of taking a bus. After school, we can spend an hour playing ball games.

If we live in a high-rise,we can walk upstairs or downstairs. Second, we should have a balanced diet. Finally, we must remember: "Early to bed, early to rise is the way to keep healthy, wealthy and wise."

My Low-carbon Life

The environmental pollution is worse and worse today. Many trees are cut

down, and water and air are polluted. As a student I try to have a low-carbon

life to save energy and reduce pollution.

Firstly, I often walk to school. It can reduce air pollution. Secondly, I

always turn off the lights and fans when leaving the classroom. Thirdly, I

always make full use of paper and other school things and never waste water.

I wish more students to join me and make the earth more and more

beautiful.

Study is the necessary process that everyone need to experience. And then exam will follow. To obtain a good score, review is inevitable. Almost everyone wants to find the best review method. But there is no best review method, but there is the most suitable way. Different people will find different methods for them to do review. For example, some students should study in group, while some should study alone. When recite things, some need to write it down, some need to speak loudly, and some just need to read it. Different methods just depend on different people. Don’t compare with others; just find the most suitable one for yourself.

学习是每个人都必须要经历的过程。然后考试就随之而来了。为了获得好成绩，复习是必须的。几乎每个人都想找到最好的复习方法。但是，没有最好的只有最适合的复习方法。不同的人会找到不同的复习方法。例如，一些学生适合集体学习，而一些则应该独自学习。在背诵东西的时候，有些需要写下来，有些需要大声说出来，而有些则只需要看看。不同的人依赖于不同的方法。不要与他人相比较;找到最适合自己的。

In China， Mid-autumn Day is considered to be a symbol of family reunion。 On this day， all the family members gather together at home to celebrate this special occasion。 Last year， I could not celebrate the festival with my family because I was in university。 However， this special day left a deep impression on me。

I still remember the atmosphere of that evening。 All the students who could not go back home assembled in our classroom， having a party to celebrate this traditional festival。 We tried our best to show our own enthusiasm。 As an ethnic minority， I performed a peacock dance， which received warm applause。 After the two-hour party， we went out to the playground and sat together to appreciate the moon because it is a tradition on Mid-autumn Day。 We ate moon cakes， played cards， and listened to romantic poems recited by one of our classmates。 In that harmonious atmosphere， nobody felt lonely or homesick even though we were far away from our homes.

Thanks to our classmates， I experienced such a colorful and interesting Mid-autumn Day at my university。 Thus， I learned to value all the festivals I spent during my university life。

The 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar is China’s Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节) - it is so named because it falls in the middle of autumn. This year, that’s today.

The moon is roundest and brightest at this time, and one look at the round, full moon on Mid Autumn Festival and people across all of China immediately want to sit down and eat with their closest family and friends, miss their hometowns, and get deluged by memories. Because of the tendency to sit around a round table with family and friends, Mid Autumn Festival is also called 团圆节 (Roughly ‘Gathering Holiday’). And there is no denying that Mid Autumn festival is one of the most important traditional Chinese holidays.

第八个月的第15天的农历是中国的中秋节(中秋节)——它是如此命名是因为它落在秋天。今年,这是今天。

月亮是最圆、最聪明的,和一个圆,满月在中秋节和中国所有立即想坐下来和他们最亲密的家人和朋友一起吃饭的时候,怀念家乡,被回忆淹没。由于倾向于与家人和朋友围坐在一个圆桌,中秋节也叫团圆节(约收集节日)。无可否认,中秋节是中国最重要的传统节日之一。

假如你叫李华，你校初三年级同学正在开展一场讨论，主题是“初三学生要不要参加体育锻炼”。请根据下面所提供的信息，用英语总结出讨论情况。

提示：

70%的学生

30%的学生

应该每天进行体育锻炼，但不要时间过长

锻炼浪费时间、使人疲劳

锻炼能增强体质，保持健康

锻炼以后很兴奋，较长时间不能投入学习

锻炼能使大脑休息，使学习效果更好

锻炼中可能会受伤

要求：语句通顺，句意连贯；词数为80词左右；发言稿的开头已写好，但不计入总词数。

Dear classmates:

I’m Li Hua After the discussion we found that 70% of the students think they should take all kinds of exercise every day but not spend too much time. They think exercise builds body and can keep them healthy. Sports also let them have a good rest so that their study will be more effective.

On the other hand 30% students believe taking exercise is tiring and it’s a waste of time. They say that after having sports they are too excited for a long time to focus on their lessons. And it’s possible to be hurt while doing sports.

[初三学生要不要参加体育锻炼英语作文

That was a morning in the early of June. I took a bus to my school in the suburb which was surrounded by rice paddies and ponds. The sky was gray with the gloomy clouds congregating gradually along the far eastern horizon. "There must be a heavy rain soon." I spoke to myself.

When I hurried into the classroom, the sky, gray before, was shrouded now by black clouds, darken to twilight, I felt quite stuffy, while it was quite calm, without wind. I saw the leaves of trees and grass static, which seem to await something tohappen. Several minutes later, I saw the lightening split the clouds and heard the thunders following. Suddenly, the curtain of rain fell and the wind blew. soon the grass flattened under the wind and the rain. With the rain forming like a fog, the sky became bright. I took several deep breathes. I felt comfortable.

The heavy rain lasted three hours and stopped when the class was over. The air was so fresh and the sky was so clear. I felt like a new man myself.

Nowadays, any Chinese can enjoy the luxury of owning a private car - if he or she can afford it. Having a car of your own means no more traveling to work on crowded buses or subway trains, and you can drop off the children at school on the way. Moreover, it also means that you can enjoy the weekends and holidays better, because with a car you can go to places where the regular buses and trains do not go, and so you can find a quiet scenic spot with no crowds.

However, there are drawbacks to owning a car. For one thing, with the increase in car ownership in recent years, the roads are becoming more and more crowded, often making the journey to work more of a nightmare than a dream. For another, it is not cheap to run a car, as the prices of gasoline and repairs are constantly rising, not to mention the prices you have to pay for a licence and insurance coverage.

Having considered both sides of the argument, I have come to the conclusion that the advantages of owning a car outweigh the disadvantages. Therefore, it seems to me that China should increase its output of automobiles and enlarge the private car market. The result would be that cars would become cheaper, while at the same time the extra demand would encourage the auto industry to produce more efficient and family-oriented vehicles.

How time flies!I have studied in my school for three years. And I will graduate from middle school in a month. I am eager to share my happiness and sadness with you.

I had so many memories in three years’life. On of them impressed me very much. I still remember，when I began to learn English，I found it too difficult. No matter how hard I tried，I still couldn’t do well in it and almost gave it up. As soon as my English teacher found my problem，she had a talk with me about how to learn English well. Since then，she has kept helping me.

Little by little，I’ve become interested in English and I’m good at it. I think I am so lucky to become one of her students. I’ve learned a lot from her. I will try to help others when they are in trouble. I think it is a happy thing to help others.

This year,I had an exciting Spring festival.Do you want to know about it?Let me tell you! First, I went to ocean park with my family in Hongkong.It was very relaxing there.I ate the sea food.I played with the dolphins! I was really happy there!

Then,we went to the Disneyland. It was very romantic.We enjoyed our selves there.It reminded our mind to our childhood! If we will have another chance to visit Hongkong.We will come there again!

This is my spring festival!What about you?

[盘点初三英语作文：The exciting Spring Festival

I live in a flat in a building. The building is very modern. There are about ten floors and I live on the top floor. I think my flat is very wonderful. The dining room is next to the kitchen. We always have dinner there, and my mother often cooks some delicious food for us. I can t cook, but I often help Mum wash the dishes. Sometimes my friends come to my flat and they teach me how to cook. So now, I can cook something for my family. I like the sofa in my sitting room. It is very comfortable and it is purple. What a nice colour! The bathroom with a bath and a shower has a mirror. It is in the shape of star. There are four members in my family. They are my father, my mother, my brother and I. My parents work hard. They are very tired and I think they should have a good sleep. So the bedroom is the best place. My younger brother is only six years old. I love him even though he troubles me some times. In my bedroom, there are lots of posters of Angela on the wall. Angela is my favourite super star. She is beautiful. There is a garden in the district.

You can go walking there. I also want to tell you about my dream home. It is near a sea. It s made of wood. Maybe that will come true.

[最新初三英语作文:My Family And My Flat

Integrity of the most precious Every day after school, I pass by the door of the little treasure of a store and see what is inside today fresh stuff. One day, I suddenly found that a small store shelves in the yo-yo Ive always dreamed of, it shine, shell is golden yellow, the green, beautiful shell and four small "photonic elves". Thats it! I take it stroked fondle admiringly.

At this time, the shop owner came up and said to me: "the yo-yo like? The original price to $26, the lowest $23 to sell you." I touch pocket, found that only 20 yuan, the boss see me the yo-yo very eager to get this, said to me: "well, then, you pay 20 yuan to take it away, remember next time also me three yuan!" I was overjoyed to promise a way: "good!" I pay the money, laugh, while playing, and went home happily.

But then I will left the matter in the brain, until a few days later remembered, I think, for such a long time, may be the boss also forget yourself. With the fluky psychology, from now on every time passing through the door of the little treasure, I go out, more cant go to with the bosss three yuan. However my behaviour has attracted the attention of the mother, mother seemed to see through my mind, asked me: "whats wrong with you? You not all will be ok before to see if there are any in the shop like gadgets? Now look at how?" I immediately looked down to mother said: "oh, oh, the last time I bought a long ball, no bad boss three dollars..." I didnt tell the reason, the along while mother hurriedly give me money let me go now.

Also money after, I feel very comfortable, I feel that we will be doing a honest person, in times of others, also believe in yourself!

诚信最珍贵 每天放学，我都要路过宝小门口的小卖部，看看今天里边有什么新鲜玩意儿。有一天 ，我忽然发现小店的货架上出现了个我一直梦寐以求的悠悠球，它发出耀眼的光芒，外壳是金黄色的，里面的绿色的，绚丽的外壳上还写着“光子精灵”四个小字。就是它!我拿着它爱不释手地抚摸着。

这时，小店老板走过来对我说：“喜欢吗?这个悠悠球原价要二十六元，最低二十三元卖给你。”我摸摸口袋，发现只有二十元钱，老板见我十分渴望得到这个悠悠球，就对我说：“那好吧，你先付二十元把它拿走，下次记得还我三元哟!”我喜出望外地答应道：“好的!”我交了钱，一边笑，一边玩，一边高高兴兴地回家了。

然而后来我就将此事忘在了脑后，直到过了几天想起时，我便想，这么长时间了，可能老板自己也忘记了吧。带着这种侥幸的心理，从此每次路过宝小门口，我都避开走，更不敢去跟老板还三元钱。然而我的举动引起了妈妈的注意，妈妈好象看透了我的心思，问我：“你怎么了呀?以前你不是都要没事去店里面看看有没有喜欢的小玩意吗?现在怎么看都不看了?”我立即低下头对妈妈说：“啊、噢，我上次买了一个悠悠球，差了老板三元钱没有不还。。。”我半天才说出了原因，妈妈赶紧给我钱让我现在就去还。

还钱后，我觉得心里舒服极了，我感觉做人一定要做一个诚实守信的人，相倍别人，也相信自己!

Mid-Autumn Day comes. It is a traditional Chinese festival. People will join together to celebrate this festival. It means union. In the daytime I went to market with my mother to buy some vegetable, fruit and meat. We also bought many mooncakes. Because in the evening the whole family will have supper together. When we came back home, I helped my mother to prepare for the supper. I washed the vegatable and fruit. In the evening my family member and relatives came back and we had a rich supper together. We talked and drank wine with each other. After the supper, We enjoyed the moon and ate mooncakes. The moon is very big and round. I spent a very happy day.

中秋节到了。它是中国的传统节日。人们会聚在一起庆祝这个节日。它象征着团圆。白天我和我妈去市场买了蔬菜，水果和肉。我们还买了许多月饼。因为到了晚上全家人会在一起吃晚饭。回到家后，我帮我妈准备晚餐。我把蔬菜和水果洗好了。到了晚上，我的家庭成员和亲戚们都回来了，我们在一起吃了一顿丰盛的晚餐。我们谈话，喝酒。晚餐后，我们欣赏月色，吃月饼。月亮又大又圆。我度过了愉快的一天。

If you have many friends, your life might be more colorful.But it won’t be easier.Because you’ll have lots of things to do or think about.Things will make you feel happy,but they’ll also make you feel sad,and sometimes they’ll even make you get in crazy.

As you know,friends can be divided into bad one and good one.As an ideal friend,first,he must be your best friend,and he must be one of the most important persons in your whole life.Second,a real ideal friend will shave his happiness and sadness with you,and you should learn to share with him,of course,you’re allowed to have your own secrets.Third,if you’re in trouble,he will give you a hand in time,sometimes you are supposed to face the difficulties together and defeat them together.

Some people will meet their ideal friends and some people will not.If you meet yourideal friend,you’llfind that your life is changing quickly.

[A ideal friend初三英语作文

导语：中秋节是流行于中国众多民族与汉字文化圈诸国的传统文化节日，下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

I think Mid-Autumn Day is an old traditional festival in China. Everybody likes it because its a family get-together. You see it is called"Mid-Autumn Day", so it often comes in September or October. It is on the 15th of the 8th of the lunar month. Now, lets say something about this interesting festival.

Firstly, Id like to say something about the moon. I like it very much because I want to be an astronaut in the future. That day the moon is round, big, just like a beautiful plate hanging on the blue cloth. When I see the moon, I will remember the ancient myths——the godess Chang Er and her little rabbit are playing under the tree which Wu Gang grows. I will also think about Armstrongs first moonwalk. I will also miss the friends in Tai-wan island, in Macao and Chinese people who are abroad. I know they are missing us very much, too.

Secondly, I11 say something about the tradition on Mid-Autumn Day. Look!Theres a big tree in a garden of a Chinese fami-ly. All the family members are sitting around a big table under the tree in the open air. They are eating the mooncakes and admiring the full moon in the sky. That is a family reunion dinner. The mooncakes and the moon represent the love from a family. I think this is one of the most valuable things in the world.

Thirdly，it is a very good opportunity to make three wishes on Mid-Autumn Day. My wishes are: the first, I, an astronaut in the future, would like to go to the moon one day, and stay with the sky and stars; the second, I hope every person in the world will stay with family, share love from the family forever; the third, I hope everybodys dream will come true.

That is the Mid-Autumn Day in my mind. I will always re-member: East or West, home is best.

【参考翻译】

我认为中秋节是中国一个古老的传统节日。每个人都喜欢它，因为它是一个家庭聚会。你看它被称为“中秋节”，所以它往往在九月或十月。它是在第八的农历月第十五。现在，让我们谈谈这个有趣的节日。

首先，我想说一些关于月球的事情。我非常喜欢它，因为我想成为一名宇航员在未来。那天月亮是圆的，大的，就像一块美丽的盘子挂在蓝色的布上。当我看到月亮的时候，我会想起古老的神话--女神常耳和她的小兔子在树下玩，Wu Gang grows。我也想到了阿姆斯壮第一次月球漫步。我也会想念台湾岛上的朋友，在澳门和海外的中国人。我知道他们也很想念我们。

其次，我要说的关于中秋节的传统的东西。看!有一个中国家庭花园的一棵大树。所有的家庭成员都坐在露天大树下的一张大桌子旁。他们正在吃月饼，欣赏天空中的满月。那是家庭团圆饭。月饼和月亮代表一家人的爱。我认为这是世界上最有价值的东西之一。

第三，这是一个很好的机会，使三个愿望中秋节。我的愿望是：第一，我，一个宇航员在未来，想去月球的一天，并留在天空和星星;第二，我希望世界上每个人都会留在家里，分享爱从家庭永远;第三，我希望每个人的梦想将成真。

那是我心中的中秋节。我永远是会员：东好西好，还是家里最好。

Advantages of owning a private car. 2)Disadvantages of owning a private car. 3)Should it be necessary to enlarge the private car market? Why or why not? Nowadays, any Chinese can enjoy the luxury of owning a private car - if he or she can afford it. Having a car of your own means no more traveling to work on crowded buses or subway trains, and you can drop off the children at school on the way. Moreover, it also means that you can enjoy the weekends and holidays better, because with a car you can go to places where theregular buses and trains do not go, and so you can find a quiet scenic spot with no crowds. However, there are drawbacks to owning a car. For one thing, with the increase in car ownership in recent years, the roads are becoming more and more crowded, often making the journey to work more of a nightmare than a dream. For another, it is not cheap to run a car, as the prices of gasoline and repairs are constantly rising, not to mention the prices you have to pay for a licence and insurance coverage. Having considered both sides of the argument, I have come to the conclusion that the advantages of owning a car outweigh the disadvantages. Therefore, it seems to me that China should increase its output of automobiles and enlarge the private car market. The result would be that cars would become cheaper, while at the same time the extra demand would encourage the auto industry to produce more efficient and family-oriented vehicles.

[关于初三英语的作文:Private car

紧张了一学期的学生们迎来了寒假。但对初三的考生们来说，距中考还有短短的几个月，寒假是一个查漏补缺的好机会。在这短短的三周时间里，怎样制定复习计划，怎样在有限的时间里提高效率?

通过这学期的几次月考，发现了学生们普遍存在的一些问题，针对这些问题在寒假里进行针对性的训练是很有必要的。

1、单词掌握得不错，却不会在填单词的句子中运用，失分很多。

2、能记住重点句型，但不会灵活变换句式。

3、了解语法，却不会做时态填空。

4、能读懂短文，却做不对选项。

5、知道如何写作文，却在写作时漏洞百出。

6、选择填空马马虎虎。

7、听力很差，失分很高，尤其是分析题。

所以，针对存在的问题，为避免以后重现类似错误，为复习考试奠定一个好的基础，特做计划如下：

1、加强听力训练。希望同学们每天听一套跟中考要求一样的听力材料。就像中考听力一样要求自己。听完后核对答案。看看失分在什么地方。然后合上书再听一遍，锻炼自己的听力。坚持听上一假期，肯定有收获。

2、培养良好的写作习惯。每天背上一篇好的范文，写上一篇类似的作文，用上里边的好词好句，对于连词成句部分，不妨每天写上5个连词成句，摸索里边的规律，在做这个题的时候，先看看里边有什么词组，什么句型，这样写起来就不会摸不着头绪了，集中练上一段时间会有提高的。

3、养成阅读的好习惯。由于阅读在考试中的比重很大，所以要加大阅读的力度。每天都要练习两个阅读两个完形。做完后核对答案，对做错的题分析原因，对里边出现的生词或短语要记录下来，有必要的要背过，以此来扩大自己的词汇量。此外，要限定时间以此来提高阅读的速度和能力。

4、强化重点题型训练。针对单选题和完形填空题错误较多的情况，同学们最好在寒假里把老师上课讲的专项练习好好看一遍，把老师讲的重点例题弄懂弄明白。每个学校都有一本复习指导的书，把书吃透了，里边的题弄明白了就可以了。题要精不要太多。把自己常错的题写在一个纠错本上，经常看看巩固巩固。

5、增加词汇量。有的学生平常的词汇量很少，在做阅读完形的时候看不懂文章，短时间增大词汇量不太容易。但假期是个好机会，可以集中来记忆。可以把几本书拿来把上边重要的黑体字部分的四会单词分期分批地记忆，每单元的重要词组也要背过。再配合着题做一些词型变换的题，学会灵活运用。

6、做几套中考模拟题。要重视往年中考题，在假期里给自己规定时间来做几套中考模拟题，做做往年的中考题有特别的作用。因为每年的中考命题难度相对稳定，风格相对一致，做中考题有助于同学们摸清中考命题的“套路”，明确复习方向，最后找出自己的不足之处，作为下一次的努力目标。

The Middle-Autumn Festival is one of the traditional Chinese festivals, it is often held in September or October. During the festival, family members get united and have mooncakes together. THere are various kind of mooncakes, such as bean paste, egg-yolk or meat. The shape of a mooncake is round as it symbolizes a big moon. Moreover, in the evening of the Middle-Autumn Festival, people get together in a vacant place, eating delicious mooncakes while appreciating the beautiful moon hanging in the dark sky. To conclude, the Midde-Autumn Festival is a very nice festival for Chinese people.

Im now living in a small house with my parents. Life for us is hard but

happy. I must study hard so that I can buy a big new house some day. I call it a

dream house.

It has three floors with five bedrooms, three bathrooms, two big dining

rooms and two living rooms. When my friends come to visit me, I will have enough

bedrooms for them. Well have a good time. Besides that, we will have a swimming

pool behind the house and a garden in front of the house. In the morning, my

parents can do some exercise in the garden. The air must be very fresh. When we

feel tired, we can have a swim in the swimming pool. Life will be easy for

us.

Ill study harder than before so that the dream can come true.

This years Mid-Autumn festival, we can be noisy in the home, her aunt with

her sister and brother come to my home for Mid-Autumn festival. At noon,

grandmother made a table of the abundance of food, everyone happy for a family

reunion dinner. In the afternoon, the weather is appropriate, we go fishing to

the peoples square, feeding the birds, in my efforts, also a small harvest,

caught two small goldfish.

Evening, aunt advice to Columbus restaurant to eat buffet, there are a lot

of delicious, we eat may be full. Darkness came slowly, even the moon smiled, we

decided to go to enjoy the moon to the north street, the street can be lively,

everywhere is full of festive atmosphere, everyone is permeated with a happy

smile on their faces. Us and enjoy the moon while walking towards the river, not

far away, I see there are a lot of kongmin light in the sky, my sister told me

that it was through kongmin light of distant relatives of the missing people,

out of curiosity, we also bought a lamp kongmin light, took a small point and

kongmin light to drum up slowly, under the drive of wind, rose to the sky.

Kongmin light more and more in the sky, the moon at this time, in order to let

more people see the light of sky lantern, "go home to eat moon cakes". Although

the moon tonight "lazy", but kongmin light like the moon light the every one of

us. River put lotus lamp, there are some people in a wide variety of light

floating in the water, beautiful!

This is the most unforgettable, the most I have a happy Mid-Autumn

festival!

今年的中秋节,我们家里可热闹了,姑姑带着姐姐和弟弟都来我们家过中秋.中午,奶奶做了一桌丰盛的饭菜,大家高兴的吃了个团圆饭.下午,天气适宜,我们到人民广场去钓鱼,喂鸽子,在我的努力下,还小有收获,钓了两条小金鱼.

晚上,姑姑建议去哥伦布餐厅吃自助,那里有很多好吃的,大家吃的可饱了.夜幕慢慢降临,月亮也露出了笑脸,我们决定到北街去赏月,街上可热闹了,到处充满了节日的气氛,大家脸上都洋溢着幸福的笑容.我们一边赏月,一边往江边走去,不远处,我看见天空中飘着很多孔明灯,姐姐告诉我那是人们通过孔明灯对远方亲人的思念,出于好奇,我们也买了一盏孔明灯,取了一个小火点,孔明灯就慢慢鼓起来了,在风的带动下,升到天空中.天空中的孔明灯越来越多,此时,月亮为了让更多的人看孔明灯的光,就“回家吃月饼”去了.虽然今晚的月亮“偷懒”了,但孔明灯就像一个个月亮照亮着每一个人.江边还有一些人在放莲花灯,各式各样的灯在水中飘动,漂亮极了!

这是我过得最难忘、最快乐的中秋节!

mooncakes are to mid-autumn festival what mince pies are to christmas. the seasonal round cakes traditionally have a sweet filling of lotus seed paste or red bean paste and often have one or more salted duck eggs in the center to represent the moon. and the moon is what this celebration is all about. mid-autumn festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th month，it is the time when the moon is said to be at its brightest and fullest.

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. mooncakes are usually stamped with chinese characters indicating the name of the **ry and the type of filling used. some **ries 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.

中秋节吃月饼就像西方人圣诞节吃百果馅饼一样，是必不可少的。圆圆的月饼中通常包有香甜的莲子馅或是红豆馅，馅的中央还会加上一个金黄的咸鸭蛋黄来代表月亮。而月亮正是中秋节庆祝的主题。每年农历8月15日人们一起庆祝中秋，据说这一天的月亮是一年中最亮最圆的。

关于吃月饼这个传统的来历有两个传说。一个是唐朝的神话故事，说的是当时地球被10个太阳包围着。有一天10个太阳同时出现在天空中，巨大的热量几乎把地球烤焦了。多亏一位名叫后羿的神箭手射下了9个太阳，地球才被保祝为了奖励后羿，王母娘娘赐给后羿一种长生不老药，但是王母警告他必须正当使用。然而后羿没有理会王母娘娘的警告，他被名利冲昏了头脑，变成了一个暴君。后羿美丽的妻子嫦娥对他的暴行再也不能袖手旁观，于是她偷走了后羿的长生不老药，飞到月亮上逃避后羿的狂怒。从此就有了关于月宫仙子嫦娥，这个月亮上的美丽女人的传说。

第二个传说讲的是在元朝，朱元璋领导的起义军计划起义来摆脱蒙古族的统治。他们用月饼来传递密信。掰开月饼就可以找到里面的密信，起义军通过这种方式成功的发动了起义，赶走了元朝的统治者。这场起义发生在八月十五之时，于是中秋节吃月饼的习俗便在民间传开来。