中元节的英文简介如下：
The Mid-Yuan Festival,namely the half-sacrifice of ancestors in July,is also called Shigu,ghost festival,Zhaigu and local official festival.
The festival customs mainly include sacrificing ancestors,setting out river lanterns,sacrificing dead souls,burning paper ingots,etc.
The Mid-Yuan Festival evolved from the ancient"July and a half"harvest and autumn sacrifice to ancestors.
July and half is a folk festival celebrating harvest and rewarding the earth in the early autumn.
Some crops are ripe. Folks should offer sacrifices to their ancestors, using new rice and
other sacrifices to report autumn success to their ancestors.
It is a traditional cultural festival in memory of their ancestors.Its cultural core is to
respect their ancestors and do filial piety.
"July and a half"was originally a folk ancestor worship festival in ancient times,and was
called"Zhongyuan Festival".which originated from the Taoist doctrine after the Eastern.
Han Dynasty. Taoism believes that July and a half is the birthday of the local officials.
On the day of praying for their forgiveness,the Yincao Prefecture will release all ghosts.
The deceased ancestors can go home and reunite.Therefore,the festival of sacrificing
ancestors in July and a half autumn is called"Zhongyuan Festival". In Buddhism,it is
called"Yulanpen Festival".In the Tang Dynasty,when the rulers respected Taoism.
Taoism's Zhongyuan Festival began to flourish,and gradually fixed"Zhongyuan"as
festival name. Zhongyuan Festival is called"Sanyuan"together with Shangyuan Festival and Xiayuan Festival.
On July 14/15,ancestor worship is a traditional cultural festival popular in Chinese character culture circles and overseas Chinese areas.
New Year's Eve,Qingming Festival and Chongyang Festival are traditional ancestor worship festivals of the Chinese nation.
In May 2010, the Ministry of Culture selected the Zhongyuan Festival declared,
by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as a national intangible cultural heritage list.
扩展资料：
翻译为：
中元节源于早期的七月半农作丰收秋尝祭祖，七月半的产生可以追溯到上古的祖灵崇拜与农事丰收时祭。古时人们对于农事的丰收，常寄托于神灵的庇佑。
如汉代董仲舒在《春秋繁露·四祭》中云：“古者岁四祭。四祭者，因四时之所生孰，而祭其先祖父母也。故春曰祠，夏曰礿，秋曰尝，冬曰蒸。”奉祀先祖在春夏秋冬皆有，但“秋尝”在其中十分重要。
秋天是收获的季节，人们举行向祖先亡灵献祭的仪式，把时令佳品先供神享，然后自己品尝这些劳动的果实，并祈祝来年的好收成。从历史文献记载来看，秋尝祭祖的活动，先秦时代已有之；起初，“秋尝”的日期并不确定，后来逐渐固定在七月中旬，一般是立秋后第一个月圆的望日，秋气新来之时。
七月半原本是上古时代民间的祭祖节，而被称为“中元节”，则是源于东汉后道教的说法。道教认为七月半是地官诞辰，祈求地官赦罪之日，阴曹地府将放出全部鬼魂，已故祖先可回家团圆，因此将七月半秋尝祭祖节称为“中元节”；佛教中称为“盂兰盆节”。
在统治者推崇道教的唐代，道教的中元节开始兴盛，并且逐渐将“中元”固定为节名相沿迄今。中元节与上元节、下元节合称“三元”。
七月十四、十五日祭祖是流行于汉字文化圈诸国以及海外华人地区的传统文化节日，与除夕、清明节、重阳节均是中华民族传统的祭祖大节。2010年5月，文化部将香港特区申报的“中元节”入选，列入国家级非物质文化遗产名录。
参考资料来源：百度百科-中元节