描写中秋佳节的英语作文合集20篇

“君自故乡来，应知故乡事。来日绮空前，寒梅着花未?”——王维的《杂诗》每次我读它，最让我难忘的是远在新加坡的大姨，特别是今年这个中秋节。

妈妈拿回一盒月饼，她知道我最爱吃的是蛋黄饼，就打开盒子，拿一块给我吃，当我捧起这块月饼，不禁陷入沉思，想起雅珊大姨，那是我还在读幼儿园大班时，她来到我家，住了两年，她常常带我出去玩，送我去学舞蹈，教我画画、唱歌，两年的中秋节都是她带我去买蛋黄饼回来吃，可是天下哪有不散的宴席，她为了理想和前程，离开亲人，远度重洋去了新加坡，半工半读，我们就这样难分又难舍，望着手中月饼，我不禁热泪盈眶……

“开饭喽!“妈妈大呼小叫，端上一盘月饼，放在饭桌上。

“一个，两个，三个……九个，十个……”我一边吃一边数，我问爸爸：“能不能寄两个月饼给大姨!”爸爸说：“路途太远了，这样吧，等你吃完了饭，去QQ上下载一盆中秋月饼，给大姨发送过去，以表你的祝福和思念。

晚饭后，我上网搜索到一块十分精致的月饼，写上祝词，通过QQ单击一下，我乐滋滋地想着，大姨见到月饼开心的表情，“嘀嘀”三秒钟不到，大姨发了一张笑脸和一块十分可口的蛋黄月饼给我，我感到无比的甜蜜，高科技信息时代真好哇!能让人即瞬间实现美好的愿望，拉近亲人与亲人之间的思念距离。

这一夜，我睡得很甜，梦见亲人团聚举杯欢庆的场面，我不尽思念，陶醉在甜蜜的遐想中……

In my memory, there are many unforgettable things, one of which makes me chrome in mind.

I remember that is the fifth grade last semester just school, I eat because of picky eaters, and less calcined, malnutrition and lead to a cold. At that time, my mother asked the teacher to take a day off, pay the teacher heard that I was sick, very worried, pay the teacher to explain my good peace of mind, so I was sick, she will come to the fall of the class to me, I was touched by the teacher.

The next day, I finished the liquid, at home waiting for the teacher to give me make up classes, can be out of the window from the rain, the teacher will come to me make up classes? I said to myself: "The teacher will not come! At this time, I vaguely see the rain to pay the teacher came to me. I am very impressed by the teacher. Under such a big rain, pay the teacher did not even forget to give me lessons.

Fu teacher step by step to my analysis, step by step to explain to me, so that every place I, every detail made clear, clear. I moved again.

This matter, although it has been a long time, but I will not forget before, now will not forget, will not forget later.

农历八月十五是一年一度的中秋节，中秋节的习俗有很多。比如赏月、赏桂花、吃月饼等。而我们这里当然是赏月，吃食饼筒和吃月饼了。

夜幕降临，我们一家人吃完了那香喷喷的食饼筒便来到院子里赏月。

圆圆的月亮高高地挂在天上是那么明亮，而撒下的月光是那样柔和。照亮了一幢幢房子，照亮了院子里一棵棵高大的树，更是照亮了我们的心田！看着那明明亮亮的月盘，我不禁咏读起了唐代大诗人李白的《古朗月行》：“小时不识月，呼作白玉盘。又疑瑶台镜，飞在青云端。”我吟完后，大家的掌声便响了起来了，这让我的虚荣心得到了满足，便一口气准备把三首诗背完。这时奶奶端着月饼走过来说：“大家一起吃月饼吧。”我的馋虫便来凑热闹了，月饼拿来了，是花的形状，上面有美丽的花纹。我咬了一口，啊！可真甜啊！因为我吃食饼筒吃饱了实在吃不下，所以只吃了一个，可我的馋虫却不满意了，月饼香气拼命往我的鼻子里钻。我想，算啦，我就再吃一个，没什么大不了的。于是我又吃了一个，可那香气实在是太诱人啦，我只好硬着头皮吃了一个又一个，当肚子变成圆滚滚的皮球才停了下来。爸妈都说我是小馋猫，弄的我红着脸不好意思的笑了。

啊，难忘的中秋节，不知远方的游子有没有月饼吃，能不能和家人团聚，我希望远方的游子们也多回家看看父母。

“至正月十五夜，天色清朗，星月交辉，六街三市，竟放花灯”，向院外望去，街市上热闹的景象更胜往日，处处都洋溢着全家团聚所带来的幸福气氛……

在中华民族的传统节日里，除了春节，中秋节也是一个重要的节日。

在八月十五这个月圆之夜，皎洁的明月“照在家乡，照在边关，宁静的夜晚，你也思念，我也思念……”人们思念什么?思念的是远方的亲人。虽然“人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺”，但无论怎样，到了八月十五这一天，人们总希望能和远方的亲人团圆。这是中国的古老传统，也是东方文化的深刻内涵，这种亲情是什么力量也无法阻挡的。所以中秋便成“全家团圆”的象征节日。

在如水的月光下，我们一大家子又围坐在大圆桌旁一块儿吃饭，满桌子的菜各式各样的，我夹起一片热腾腾的肥肉慢慢咀嚼着，味道鲜嫩极了!真是好久都没有吃到过这么美味可口的饭菜了。大家都吃得很起劲，渐渐兴高采烈起来，都相互祝福着干杯。“光辉皎洁，古今但赏中秋月”，所以今年也不例外，饭后，我们一起坐在院子里赏月。面前放着许多月饼，咬一口，那甜甜的感觉就好像今儿个和家人聚在一起高高兴兴的感觉一样。“人逢喜事尤其乐，月到中秋分外明”，今晚的月亮跟平日里的确实不一样，那圆圆的样子不就像我们这围坐在一起的一家人吗。

“至正月十五夜，天色清朗，星月交辉，六街三市，竟放花灯”，向院外望去，街市上热闹的景象更胜往日，处处都洋溢着全家团聚所带来的幸福气氛。

然而我又想起王建的一诗句：“今夜月明人尽望，不知秋丝落谁家”。是啊，就在人们与家人团圆时，一定也有人身在他乡而没能与家人团聚，所以我向今晚的圆月托去了一份祝福，希望孤单的你不要伤悲，抬头看看那仑明月吧，说不定你的家人也正看着它呢

转眼间，又到了寒假，在寒假中，新年就来临了，一年的光阴又流逝了，新年到春节到，我已经十四岁了，在新年中，那欢声笑语又掺合着一点儿的后悔与留恋。只怪自己没有好好珍惜时间，把13年那快乐难忘的事都只有迷迷糊糊地残留记忆了。

虽然留恋，但更多的是欢乐。毕竟又长大了，喜欢热闹的气氛，那必然是孩子的本性了，一家人在一起真开心，还有一起吃年夜饭，包饺子。包饺子是我兴做的事了，现在比起以往手艺真是进步了不少，小时候看妈妈包饺子，一个个白白胖胖看得直流口水，恨不得马上就把它吃掉。去年我刚试着自己包的时候，那样儿真是不堪入目，小小的，扁扁的，而且还不停地向外流肉汁，呵呵，真好笑。今年，我又缠着妈妈让我学包饺子，我拿好-，这时我脑子里出现两个小精灵，一个白，一个黑，黑的叫我不要包，免得又失败，白的叫我鼓起勇气，试着去尝试。我毫不犹豫地听从了白色精灵的话，集中精神去包，功夫不负有心人，我和妈妈各包得饺子都盛在盘里分不清了，我成功了！

饺子准备完毕，接下来要帖春联挂灯笼了。我抢着去帖去挂，看着自己挂贴的灯笼春联，心里增添了几分暖意。煮饺子咯，看那白白胖胖像小船儿一样的饺子，我一吃就是一大碗。

新年还有很多的活动没说呢！比如放烟花，以前都是听别人放，今年我们家自己也买了两大桶来放，更开心呀……

There are four seasons in a year.The first season is spring. In spring, almost everything comes back to life. The snow begins to melt, the trees sprout and the grass turns green.Spring is warm so that its a good time to go hiking outdoors. After spring, itis summer. Summer is my favorite season,because I can swim quite often. The third one is autumn. In autumn, the weather is cool and comfortable. Farmers may be the busiest people, because autumn is a time of harvest.Winter is the last season of the year. In winter, the weather is very cold. In the north, it usually snows. Children can play games or make snowmen after snow. It seems very funny. But, because of the cold weather, I dont like winter very much. Whats your favorite season?

一年中有四个季节，第一个季节是春天。春天，万物复苏，雪开始融化，树木开始发芽，小草开始变绿。春天是个暖和的季节，是外出徒步旅行的好时机。春天过后就是夏天。夏天是我最喜欢的季节，因为我可以经常游泳。第三个季节是秋天。秋天，天气凉爽舒适。农民是最忙的人，因为秋天是收获的季节。冬天是一年的最后一个季节。冬天天气很冷，在北方经常下雪。下雪后孩子们喜欢玩游戏或者堆雪人，似乎很好玩。但是，由于天气寒冷，我不是很喜欢冬天。你最喜欢的季节是哪一个呢?

There are some pandas in the zoo. They look like a bear, but they are not a bear. They live in China. They have a small tail and fat body. They are black and white. They re very clumsy, but they can climb trees. They like to eat bamboo very much. Look! The baby panda is under the mother panda, they are sleeping They look very lovely. Pandas are my favourite animals.

Winter is cold. Let’s play the snowball and make snowman.

The snowman is big . I like to play snowball. I am on the snow. The snow is cold. I have a scarf and coat. So I am not cold. I like the Christmas. Because I can see santa clus in Christmas . Christmas tree is beautiful. The presents are on the Christmas tree.

I like winter. Do you like winter?

Mid—autumn Festival is a popular and important lunar harvest festival celebrated by Chinese people。 The festival is held on the 15thday of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar。 There are some traditions in this holiday。 For example， people would have a big dinner with their families。 After dinner， they often enjoy the full moon which is round and bright。 The other tradition of mid—autumn festival is eating moon cake。 Moon cake is the essential of that day， which means reunion。 As time goes by， there are various kinds of moon cakes， but they are much more expensive than before。 I like mid—autumn festival because my families will get together and have a big dinner on that day。

秋姑娘悄悄走来，手里拎着许多礼物。在一个不寻常的日子里，秋姑娘把这些礼物送到了大地的每一个角落，也把大地装扮得格外美丽。

这一天就是中秋。四面八方的人们都拎着月饼，赶回家里和家人团聚。

清晨，有人在街上走动。仔细看，那人们手里提着大包小包，脸上洋溢着甜蜜的微笑。过了一会儿，太阳露出了灿烂的笑脸，人们都纷纷走出家门，购买物品，一股“人流”向市场流去。

市场上到处是水果摊。那笑红了脸的苹果，玲珑剔透的葡萄，黄中泛绿的梨子摆满摊子，让人看着眼馋。摊主笑吟吟地招待来买东西的人们。平时冷冷清清的街道一下子热闹起来。到了晚上，家家户户都吃着团圆饭。大约8点左右，大人们都会在朝着月亮升起的地方支起一张小圆桌，上面摆上一个大月饼，再摆上各种水果。按迷信的说法，这就是把月饼献给月亮，求在一年中家人团团圆圆，平平安安，也是对月亮的尊敬。

中秋节是人们团圆的日子，我家也不例外。这天下午，我们到奶奶家去过中秋。晚上，我们一大家吃完团圆饭。我正想出去凉快凉快，抬头一看，啊，月亮升起来了!爬上屋后的小山坡，坐在一块大石头上，抬着头记着天空。在那漆黑的夜空中，月亮圆圆的、亮亮的。我们望着，望着，进入了美好的遐想……

I have a capacious and comfortable classroom, there are many in the classroom we learn things, now I will take you to visit my classroom.

An enter a door, can see the clean and tidy desks and chairs, no matter what you see is neat, this is all part of our labor, so we will have such a comfortable environment. Every day, I cannot leave the desks and chairs, because they are with me for five years, we dont know when we became good friends.

A large blackboard is in front, and a platform. The big blackboard is our on duty every day wipe the black shiny, feels very smooth...

Looked up, and you can see the ceiling of the electric fan and electric light, the color, dark, light work, bring us the light. When students mood blundering, fan brings us a cool wind blow gently, lets back to study, read seriously.

The upper left is a book Angle, with each student to donate inside a dozen books, let us develop good study habits...

On the right side of the wall there are three large glass Windows, glass rubbed were shining brilliantly, sun slanted in and bring us a trace of warmth. Through the window you can see our campus. Every window hanging beautiful brilliant red curtains on both sides, this is our school. The window there is a few bright-coloured flower, it is our carefully cultivated flowers bring fragrance to every one of us.

This is our classroom, you like it?

我有一个宽敞又舒服的教室，教室里有许多我们学习要的东西，现在我就领你们来参观一下我的教室。

一进门，就能看见那干净整齐的课桌和椅子，不管你怎么看都是整整齐齐的，这都是我们的劳动员的功劳，所以我们才会有这么舒适的环境。每天、我都离不开课桌和椅子，因为它们伴着我有五年了，我们不知什么时候结成了好朋友。

前面是，一块大黑板和一个讲台。大黑板每天都被我们的值日生擦的黑的发亮，摸上去非常光滑……

抬头一看，就能看见天花板上的电风扇与电灯，当天色阴暗时候，电灯起到作用，给我们带来光明。当同学们心情浮躁的时候，电风扇给我们带来一习习的凉风，让我们又回到学习当中，认真读书。

左上角是一个图书角，里面有每个同学捐的十几本书，让我们养成良好的学习习惯……

右边墙上有三扇硕大玻璃窗，玻璃窗擦得晶莹透亮，阳光斜射进来，给我们带来一丝温暖。透过窗户可以看到我们校园。每扇窗户两边都挂着漂亮的艳红的窗帘，这是我们学校设计的。窗户边有几盆鲜艳花，那是我们精心培育出来的鲜花把芳香带给每一个人。

这是我们的教室，你喜欢吗?

天公不作美，绵绵细雨连下了三天，在花好月圆的日子里也没有停下脚步。

农历八月十五的傍晚时分，天空十分幽暗，空气中残留着一丝潮湿的气息，太阳和星星掩没了光芒，高山峻岭掩藏了雄姿。

我坐在奶奶家的院子里，仰望着暮霭沉沉的天空，夜幕悄悄降临了，虽然我盼望了三天的明月没有出现，但少了月亮的天空也很美丽，你看，天空上飘着一丝轻丝飘渺的云雾，把地面笼罩着，使我仿佛置身于仙境;清新的空气仿若善良的精灵，清理着人们浑浊的身心;微风拂过脸颊，掠起了我的长发，太惬意了。

“姬祥，来，开饭喽!”妈妈在屋子里兴奋地喊着我，我深吸一口新鲜的空气，站起身来，向饭厅走去，刚才被寂静的夜空所凝固的思绪，一下子被这热闹的气氛所感染，我跑向饭桌，哇塞!不仅有色、香、味俱全的美味佳肴，奶奶蒸的圆圆的大月饼，而且还有自酿的葡萄酒，家人都大团圆了。姑姑、爷爷、奶奶、舅舅、妹妹、姥姥……一大家人围坐在一起，谈天说地，我急忙坐下来，准备大饱口福一番，正在这时，妈妈提议，“我们必须每人出一个关于中秋节的谜语，否则，呵呵，罚站10分钟才能吃到美味佳肴”。大家正在兴头上，就争先恐后地说起来，舅舅第一个发言：“中秋度蜜月—(打一成语)，猜吧”，花好月圆呗，舅妈很得意地说，我出我出，爸爸也抢起来，“中秋月饼(打一电脑名词)，”哎呀，是软盘!你那又什么技术含量，看我的，看我的……姑姑、爷爷都争着说，屋子里充满了欢声笑语。

吃过饭，趁大人们还在忙活，我便一个人来到露天台上，对着天空出神……隐隐约约，仿佛出现了一个又大又园的月亮，像光华四射的水晶球挂在天空，照亮了世界，皎洁的月光如倾泄的清流，注满大地……

“明月几时有?把酒问青天，不知天上宫阙，今夕是何年?但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。”我轻轻念着，沉寂在这美妙的中秋夜晚之中，天空的寂静，楼下人的欢腾，构成了一幅动、静结合的中秋欢乐图。

我爱这个虽缺少明月，却令人十分愉快的中秋节!

Holiday, my father and I went to Beijing tourism. We visited our great the Great Wall. The Great Wall a total of three species, they are sea the Great Wall, the Great Wall and the Great Wall hill road. The starting point of the Great Wall in Qinhuangdao, at the end of Jiayuguan, is about 6000 kilometers long.

First of all, we climbed up the mountain is the famous the Great Wall -- the the Badaling Great Wall. I saw the the Great Wall is like a dragon lying in the ups and downs of the mountain. Despite the hot weather, the slope high and steep, but I still to overcome difficulties, done in one vigorous effort to reached the top of the Great Wall, received a "less than the Great Wall of non hero" certificate. On the peak, I have a feeling to become an immortal.

The third day, we went to the sea the Great Wall -- Qinhuangdao Ning Haicheng attractions, it is to resist the enemy attack from the sea and the troops off the place. I picked up some shells, in the play under the sea, took several photos later went to the Great Wall road -- Shanhaiguan the Great Wall. It has "the best in all the land" said, "the best in all the land off" five words per word 1 meters high. Because of the way the Great Wall is not very long, so I only spent more than an hour to go over it.

By visiting our ancient the Great Wall, I think the ancients created is really great, I was a Chinese proud!

I have a dog.His name is Bob.He is two years old.He is yellow and very fat.He has two big eyes.And he wears a black coat.I always play with him. My mother and my sister look after him every day. When I come back ,he often walk around me.He is very cute and friendly.I love him very much. Do you like him?

翻译： 我有一个狗。他的名字叫鲍勃。他两岁了。他是黄色的并且非常胖。他有两个大眼睛。他穿着一件黑色的衣服。我经常跟他玩。我妈妈和姐姐每天都照顾的他很好。当我回到家的时候，他经常围着我转。他非常可爱也很友好。我很喜欢他。你喜欢他吗?

World Environment Day is commemorated each year on June 5th, and started from 1972, which is established by the United Nations General Assembly for raising global awareness to take actions to protect the Nature. The establishment of World Environment Day shows peoples the cognition and the attitude to the environmental problem, and expresses our human beings desire of pursuing the better environment. Every year the United Nations Environment Program proposes a theme, and the 2014 theme of this day will focus onSmall Island and Climate changeand the slogan is “Raise Your Voice Not the Sea Level”.This years slogan is "To improve environmental quality The development of green".

World Environment Day can be celebrated in lots of ways, for instances, planting trees, doing some recycling, participating the clean-up campaigns and so on. Certainly people can also do something simple, like going to work by bus instead of private cars. I believe if everyone takes environmental actions as a habit, we are doing a big difference for the better environment.

月亮啊，月亮，今晚你怎么这么圆，这么亮？你可知道，我正在阳台上看你呀！

我坐在阳台上静静地望着你，你真像圆圆的月饼，忍不住让我想咬你一口；你又像一张圆圆的大床，忍不住让我想躺在你的怀抱睡一觉；你又像一盏明亮的灯，照得我的心里光亮亮的

啊！我在阳台赏月亮。月亮，我静静地想，你身上怎么有那么多的秘密？我真想乘上宇宙飞船，飞到你的身上，找一找有没有神秘的外星人和人类登月的足迹，看一看有没有中国神话中美丽的嫦娥和伶俐的玉兔？月亮，我一直看着你，你和那闪烁的小星星在一起，是在给我们跳欢快的舞蹈吗？地面上那不断绽放的烟花把你衬托得更加美丽。

啊！我在阳台赏月亮。“小时不识月，呼作白玉盘。又疑瑶台镜，飞在青云端。”让我用这首诗来赞美你吧！

多美的夜晚啊！我在阳台赏月亮。

[描写中秋的作文：赏月

又一个中秋节到了，中秋节是美丽的，特别是我们这些孩子可开心了。今天，就让我来赞美赞美中秋吧。

都知道在中秋要吃月饼，要赏月，中秋节的月亮是最圆，最亮，最美的。中秋节的月亮像一只大玉盘挂在天空中，“大玉盘”把太阳光反射到地球上。黑暗的夜空中，还有一群淘气、调皮的小精灵，那就是星星，他们和月亮姐姐一起妆扮了天空，像一幅美丽的画卷。月亮真美！

欣赏完美丽的月亮后，我们去看看大家是怎样过中秋节的吧！晚饭时间，家家户户的都团聚在了一起，吃团圆饭，一家人热热闹闹的，有说有笑，快乐极了。晚上，月亮出来了，大家把椅子搬出来，坐在上面一边赏月一边吃月饼，月光照在他们脸上，他们都是喜气洋洋的，这是一幅多么和谐的画面啊！

有句诗写得好“举头望明月，低头思故乡。”你们可知，还有这样一群人，在中秋之时，他们还坚守在岗位上。他们不能与家人团聚，只能望着明月，思念家人，把自己的思念，靠月亮传递给家人，他们这种无私为人们奉献的精神值得我们学习。

中秋是美的，不仅是物体的美，更是一种奉献的美。

[小学生作文之中秋佳节

Friends, everyone has, but was less confidant. "Life was a confidant difficult", a child often heard adults occasionally this word, and then do not understand. With their own school degree of understanding, it is really hard to find friends. My friend is a Xuecheng Ze Dong Yi.

I remember three years, we get along bit by bit, but I forget that I even harder into the school one day a year, I and small partners to play on the playground. Joyfully, a "monster" ---- take out the tube, bearing me down. At first also feel that there is nothing, but then pain. Tuo Lexie son look, broken nails, blood flooded out drip. The partners must give them what I just help me up. Ringtones fast rang, he left after another, leaving only me. I was sad and sad, and Xuecheng Ze Dong Yi ran into, apart from anything else I propped crying, I was sent to the school infirmary. They seem to have forgotten to go to class. To make me forget the pain, they kept telling me jokes, amused me laugh, make me forget my foot pain. In the medical dressing teacher to help me after we returned to the classroom, and they were again concerned asked me: "? Well some of it still hurt?" At the time I was deeply concerned about the share recorded in the heart.

As I grew older, my friends more and more, and more like the stars, count them, and the most brightest that the two of them. When Im in trouble, they will help overcome; when I am confused, they will help me, take me out of confusion; when Im happy, we will be happy to share; in my heart, feel wronged, they will comfort I. They became my biggest, brightest "star buddies."

Today, the way home from school, I am far to see a person in the trash to find something, I feel very strange.

I approached a look, the original is a grandmother, her hair gray, wrinkled face, wearing a ragged clothes, a black and black hands in the trash to find. Suddenly her face showed a smile. It turned out that she found a few empty vials. I think: a few empty vials worth a few cents, she was so old, should have been comfortable living at home, and she was in such a dirty place to pick up trash, her family must be very poor, she was so poor Oh!

I looked at my heart very sad, I gave my mother to my breakfast money to the grandmother, grandmother said to me: "You really a filial child, thank you!" I quickly said: "do not thank!" Go home.

I was in a good mood on my way home because I made a meaningful thing today.

中秋佳节是中华民族传统节日，也是一些漂泊在外的人期盼能回家团圆的日子。这学期，妈妈把我送到章旦小学读书，中秋相思意更浓了。

记得每年中秋节，爸爸妈妈都会带上我和哥哥回奶奶家，全家人吃一顿丰盛的晚餐。餐桌上总有爸爸爱吃的螃蟹，妈妈爱吃的小白菜，哥哥爱吃的龙虾，我爱吃的炒螺丝，奶奶爱吃的胡萝卜，还有那各式各样美味的月饼。一回想起来就让我直流口水。每当吃完晚饭，我们总把桌椅搬出来，一边品茶，一边赏着天上皎洁的月亮，听着爸爸讲月饼的由来、嫦娥奔月的故事，听得我们浮想联翩。那是一幅多么令人羡慕的天伦之乐图啊！

可是今年中秋节，不再是一个团圆的日子，而是让人感到有些悲伤。奶奶去了西方极乐世界，我们都很想念奶奶，想念她那和蔼的面容，瘦小的身形；而爸爸因为生意经营失败，去了香港谋商；哥哥去了青中读书，妈妈把我送到了现在的学校，她自己在青田工作。我们一家子散在各地，支离破碎的，吃个团圆的中秋晚餐也成了奢望。

“但愿人长久，千里共婵娟”。已经生活在天堂的奶奶一定比我们更靠近月亮，也许正在描绘着她看到的明月是多么的美丽呢！相信此时远在香港的爸爸也一定在跟我赏着同一轮明月，还给我和哥哥讲着那些不老的传说。

一轮明月，这在中秋夜寄托着我无尽的相思！

中秋时节(Mid-Autumn Festival)

The 15th day of the 8th lunar month

The joyous Mid-Autumn Festival was celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth moon, around the time of the autumn equinox（秋分）. Many referred to it simply as the "Fifteenth of the Eighth Moon".

This day was also considered as a harvest festival since fruits, vegetables and grain had been harvested by this time and food was abundant. Food offerings were placed on an altar set up in the courtyard. Apples, pears, peaches, grapes, pomegranates（石榴）, melons, oranges and pomelos（柚子） might be seen. Special foods for the festival included moon cakes, cooked taro（芋头）and water caltrope（菱角）, a type of water chestnut resembling black buffalo horns. Some people insisted that cooked taro be included because at the time of creation, taro was the first food discovered at night in the moonlight. Of all these foods, it could not be omitted from the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The round moon cakes, measuring about three inches in diameter and one and a half inches in thickness, resembled Western fruitcakes in taste and consistency. These cakes were made with melon seeds（西瓜子）, lotus seeds（莲籽）, almonds（杏仁）, minced meats, bean paste, orange peels and lard（猪油）. A golden yolk（蛋黄） from a salted duck egg was placed at the center of each cake, and the golden brown crust was decorated with symbols of the festival. Traditionally, thirteen moon cakes were piled in a pyramid to symbolize the thirteen moons of a "complete year," that is, twelve moons plus one intercalary（闰月的） moon.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional festivity for both the Han and minority nationalities. The custom of worshipping the moon can be traced back as far as the ancient Xia and Shang Dynasties (2000 B.C.-1066 B.C.). In the Zhou Dynasty(1066 B.C.-221 B.C.), people hold ceremonies to greet winter and worship the moon whenever the Mid-Autumn Festival sets in. It becomes very prevalent in the Tang Dynasty(618-907 A.D.) that people enjoy and worship the full moon. In the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279 A.D.), however, people send round moon cakes to their relatives as gifts in expression of their best wishes of family reunion. When it becomes dark, they look up at the full silver moon or go sightseeing on lakes to celebrate the festival. Since the Ming (1368-1644 A.D. ) and Qing Dynasties (1644-1911A.D.), the custom of Mid-Autumn Festival celebration becomes unprecedented popular. Together with the celebration there appear some special customs in different parts of the country, such as burning incense（熏香）, planting Mid-Autumn trees, lighting lanterns on towers and fire dragon dances. However, the custom of playing under the moon is not so popular as it used to be nowadays, but it is not less popular to enjoy the bright silver moon. Whenever the festival sets in, people will look up at the full silver moon, drinking wine to celebrate their happy life or thinking of their relatives and friends far from home, and extending all of their best wishes to them.

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