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1、Mid-AutumnFestivalTheMid-AutumnFestivalfallsonthe15thdayofthe8thlunarmonth,usuallyinOctoberinGregoriancalendar.Thefestivalhasalonghistory.InancientChina,emperorsfollowedtheriteofofferingsacrificestothesuninspringandtothemooninautumn.HistoricalbooksoftheZhouDynastyhadhadt
2、heword"Mid-Autumn".Lateraristocratsandliteraryfigureshelpedexpandtheceremonytocommonpeople.Theyenjoyedthefull,brightmoononthatday,worshippeditandexpressedtheirthoughtsandfeelingsunderit.Thefestivalhasalonghistory.BytheTangDynasty(618-907),theMid-AutumnFestivalhadbeenfixe
3、d,whichbecameevengranderintheSongDynasty(960-1279).IntheMing(1368-1644)andQing(1644-1911)dynasties,itgrewtobeamajorfestivalofChina.FolkloreabouttheoriginofthefestivalInremoteantiquity,thereweretensunsrisinginthesky,whichscorchedallcropsanddrovepeopleintodirepoverty.Ahero
4、namedHouYiwasmuchworriedaboutthis,heascendedtothetopoftheKunlunMountainand,directinghissuperhumanstrengthtofullextent,drewhisextraordinarybowandshotdowntheninesuperfluoussunsoneafteranother.Healsoorderedthelastsuntoriseandsetaccordingtotime.Forthisreason,hewasrespectedan
5、dlovedbythepeopleandlotsofpeopleofidealsandintegritycametohimtolearnmartialartsfromhim.FolkloreabouttheoriginofthefestivalApersonnamedPengMenglurkedinthem.HouYihadabeautifulandkindheartedwifenamedChangE.OnedayonhiswaytotheKunlunMountaintocallonfriends,heranupontheEmpress
6、ofHeavenWangmuwhowaspassingby.EmpressWangmupresentedtohimaparcelofelixir,bytakingwhich,itwassaid,onewouldascendimmediatelytoheavenandbecomeacelestialbeing.HouYi,however,hatedtopartwithhiswife.SohegavetheelixirtoChangEtotreasureforthetimebeing.ChangEhidtheparcelinatreasur
7、eboxatherdressingtablewhen,unexpectedly,itwasseenbyPengMeng.FolkloreabouttheoriginofthefestivalOnedaywhenHouYiledhisdisciplestogohunting,PengMeng,swordinhand,rushedintotheinnerchamberandforcedChangEtohandovertheelixir.AwarethatshewasunabletodefeatPengMeng,ChangEmadeaprom
8、ptdecisionatthatcriticalmoment.Sheturnedroundtoopenhertreasurebox,tookuptheelixirandswalloweditinonegul
