中秋節吃月餅就像西方人聖誕節吃百果餡餅壹樣,是必不可少的.圓圓的月餅中通常包有香甜的蓮子餡或是紅豆餡,餡的中央還會加上壹個金黃的鹹鴨蛋黃來代表月亮.而月亮正是中秋節慶祝的主題.每年農歷8月15日人們壹起慶祝中秋,據說這壹天的月亮是壹年中最亮最圓的.今年的中秋節恰好是陽歷的10月1日（中國的國慶日）。
There are two legends which claim to explain the tradition of eating mooncakes.關於吃月餅這個傳統的來歷有兩個傳說.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.
壹個是唐朝的神話故事,說的是當時地球被10個太陽包圍著.有壹天10個太陽同時出現在天空中,巨大的熱量幾乎把地球烤焦了.多虧壹位名叫後羿的神箭手射下了9個太陽,地球才被保住.為了獎勵後羿,王母娘娘賜給後羿壹種長生不老藥,但是王母警告他必須正當使用.然而後羿沒有理會王母娘娘的警告,他被名利沖昏了頭腦,變成了壹個暴君.後羿美麗的妻子嫦娥對他的暴行再也不能袖手旁觀,於是她偷走了後羿的長生不老藥,飛到月亮上逃避後羿的狂怒.從此就有了關於月宮仙子嫦娥,這個月亮上的美麗女人的傳說。
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.
第二個傳說講的是在元朝,朱元璋領導的起義軍計劃起義來擺脫蒙古族的統治.他們用月餅來傳遞密信.掰開月餅就可以找到裏面的密信,起義軍通過這種方式成功的發動了起義,趕走了元朝的統治者.這場起義發生在八月十五之時,於是中秋節吃月餅的習俗便在民間傳開來。