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.This year the festival falls on October 1.
中秋節(jié)吃月餅就像西方人圣誕節(jié)吃百果餡餅一樣,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,餡的中央還會加上一個金黃的咸鴨蛋黃來代表月亮.而月亮正是中秋節(jié)慶祝的主題.每年農(nóng)歷8月15日人們一起慶祝中秋,據(jù)說這一天的月亮是一年中最亮最圓的.今年的中秋節(jié)恰好是陽歷的10月1日（中國的國慶日）.
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(lǐng)導(dǎo)的起義軍計劃起義來擺脫蒙古族的統(tǒng)治.他們用月餅來傳遞密信.掰開月餅就可以找到里面的密信,起義軍通過這種方式成功的發(fā)動了起義,趕走了元朝的統(tǒng)治者.這場起義發(fā)生在八月十五之時,于是中秋節(jié)吃月餅的習(xí)俗便在民間傳開來.