摘要：元宵節(jié)是農(nóng)歷正月的第十五天，這是新年的第一次滿月，象征著和睦和團(tuán)圓。元宵節(jié)是春節(jié)的一個(gè)重要組成部分，也象征著春節(jié)長(zhǎng)假的正式結(jié)束。Lantern Festival falls on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. This is the first full moon of the new year, symbolizing unity and perfection. Lantern Festival is an important part of Spring Festival , and marks the official end of the long holiday.
Lantern Festival is a China’s traditional festival. It is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar year.
I,antern Festival is one of the biggest holidays in China. Several days before Lantern Festival, people begin to make lanterns. Lanterns are made in the shape of different animals, vegetables, fruits and many, other things. While making lanterns people usually write riddles on lanterns. On the eve of Lantern Festival, all the lanterns are hung up.
On Lantern Festival people go outside to have a look at the lanterns and guess the riddles on the lanterns. Perhaps you call see some wonderful folk performances,Dragon Dance and Yangko. Everything is very interesting and everyone is very happy. Our life is rich and varied.
元宵節(jié)英語作文：元宵節(jié)
The first day of the Lunar New Year is "the welcoming of the gods of the heavens and earth."Many people abstain from meat on the first day of the new year because it is believed that this will ensure long and happy lives for them.
On the second day, the Chinese pray to their ancestors as well as to all the gods. They are extra kind to dogs and feed them well as it is believed that the second day is the birthday of all dogs.
The third and fourth days are for the sons-in-laws to pay respect to their parents-in-law.
The fifth day is called Po Woo. On that day people stay home to welcome the God of Wealth. No one visits families and friends on the fifth day because it will bring both parties bad luck.
On the sixth to the 10th day, the Chinese visit their relatives and friends freely. They also visit the temples to pray for good fortune and health.
The seventh day of the New Year is the day for farmers to display their produce. These farmers make a drink from seven types of vegetables to celebrate the occasion. The seventh day is also considered the birthday of human beings. Noodles are eaten to promote longevity and raw fish for success.
On the eighth day the Fujian people have another family reunion dinner, and at midnight they pray to Tian Gong, the God of Heaven.
The ninth day is to make offerings to the Jade Emperor.
The 10th through the 12th are days that friends and relatives should be invited for dinner. After so much rich food, on the 13th day you should have simple rice congee and mustard greens (choi sum) to cleanse the system.
The 14th day should be for preparations to celebrate the Lantern Festival which is to be held on the 15th night.
元宵節(jié)作文：The Lantern Festival
The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, usually in February or March in the Gregorian calendar. As early as the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25), it had become a festival with great significance.
This day's important activity is watching lanterns. Throughout the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), Buddhism flourished in China. One emperor heard that Buddhist monks would watch sarira, or remains from the cremation of Buddha's body, and light lanterns to worship Buddha on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, so he ordered to light lanterns in the imperial palace and temples to show respect to Buddha on this day. Later, the Buddhist rite developed into a grand festival among common people and its influence expanded from the Central Plains to the whole of China.
Till today, the lantern festival is still held each year around the country. Lanterns of various shapes and sizes are hung in the streets, attracting countless visitors. Children will hold self-made or bought lanterns to stroll with on the streets, extremely excited.
"Guessing lantern riddles" is an essential part of the Festival. Lantern owners write riddles on a piece of paper and post them on the lanterns. If visitors have solutions to the riddles, they can pull the paper out and go to the lantern owners to check their answer. If they are right, they will get a little gift. The activity emerged during people's enjoyment of lanterns in the Song Dynasty (960-1279). As riddle guessing is interesting and full of wisdom, it has become popular among all social strata.
People will eat yuanxiao, or rice dumplings, on this day, so it is also called the "Yuanxiao Festival." Yuanxiao also has another name, tangyuan. It is small dumpling balls made of glutinous rice flour with rose petals, sesame, bean paste walnut meat, dried fruit, sugar and edible oil as filling. Tangyuan can be boiled, fried or steamed. It tastes sweet and delicious. What's more, tangyuan in Chinese has a similar pronunciation with "tuanyuan”, meaning reunion. So people eat them to denote union, harmony and happiness for the family.
元宵節(jié)英文介紹：
自漢朝(公元前206年—公元221年)起，元宵節(jié)就已成為了中國(guó)新年慶?；顒?dòng)中的一部分了。一般農(nóng)歷的正月十五為元宵節(jié)，這一天也標(biāo)志著新年慶?；顒?dòng)的結(jié)束。
The Lantern Festival has been part of Chinese New Year celebrations since the Han Dynasty (206 BC- 221 AD). Usually held on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar, it marks the end of New Year festivities.
It is said that the holiday evolved from an ancient Chinese belief that celestial spirits could be seen flying about in the light of the first full moon of the lunar calendar. To aid them in their search for the spirits they used torches. These torches gave way to lanterns of every shape, size and colour.
The Lantern Festival is also popularly referred to as the Chinese Valentine’s Day because in days of old it gave girls and boys a rare chance to go out in the evening and mingle. Today, lantern festivals are held each year in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan to mark the end of Chinese New Year celebrations. Competitions are held to select the best lanterns.
The lanterns
The lanterns come in all shapes and sizes. Some are created in the form of animals, insects, flowers, people or even machines or buildings. Others depict scenes from popular stories teaching filial piety and traditional values. A favourite subject is the zodiac animal of the year - which in 2014 will be the horse.
Lantern riddles (cai deng mi)
Part of the lantern festival tradition involves a game to guess riddles attached to the lanterns. In the old days the riddles were obscure literary allusions to the Chinese classics and so were mainly the preserve of the educated classes.
Special foods
Like most Chinese festivals, the Lantern Festival has its own special food, called "tang yuan". These are round, glutinous rice dumplings with sweet or spicy fillings. The dumplings are said to symbolise both the first full moon and family unity and completeness.
Entertainment
Stilt-walking, drumming and dragon and lion dancing are all traditional forms of festival entertainment. In Asia, it is not uncommon to see processions of hundred-foot long dragons, lit with flashing eyes and luminous bodies, accompanied by pounding drums, cymbals and brass instruments.(ChinaDaily)
相關(guān)內(nèi)容
據(jù)說元宵節(jié)由古代中國(guó)的一個(gè)傳說演化而來，傳言每至農(nóng)歷第一個(gè)月圓之夜，便可看到天上飛動(dòng)的神靈。為了更容易尋找神靈，他們都會(huì)用一些火把照明，而這些火把也逐漸由一些形狀、大小、顏色各異的燈籠所取代。
元宵節(jié)廣受喜愛的另一個(gè)原因在于：它也被看做中國(guó)的情人節(jié)，因?yàn)樵谶^去，這一天少男少女們可以利用這個(gè)寶貴的機(jī)會(huì)晚上一起出去約會(huì)。而今，在中國(guó)、香港、新加坡和臺(tái)灣每年都會(huì)歡慶元宵節(jié)，以此作為中國(guó)新年慶祝的收尾。同時(shí)這些地方每年也會(huì)舉辦一些比賽來評(píng)選最佳彩燈。
燈籠
燈籠的形狀各異，大小不同。一些燈籠會(huì)扎成動(dòng)物、昆蟲、花朵、人甚至是機(jī)器或建筑物的形狀。還有一些則描繪了許多廣為流傳故事的情景，用來宣揚(yáng)孝道以及傳統(tǒng)價(jià)值觀。最受大眾喜愛則為當(dāng)年生肖動(dòng)物的主題彩燈，2014年會(huì)是馬年。
猜燈謎
元宵節(jié)傳統(tǒng)習(xí)俗中還有一部分是關(guān)于猜燈謎的游戲。在過去，這些謎語大多出自于模糊的文學(xué)典故和中國(guó)古典之中，所以猜燈謎以前多為知識(shí)份子的“領(lǐng)地”。
特色小吃
與大多數(shù)中國(guó)節(jié)日一樣，元宵節(jié)同樣有自己的特色小吃，稱為“湯圓”(也叫“元宵”)。湯圓外形圓圓的，外皮由糯米制成，內(nèi)餡或甜或辣。人們都說湯圓有兩個(gè)象征之意，一為農(nóng)歷的第一個(gè)月圓，二為家庭團(tuán)聚圓滿。
娛樂活動(dòng)
踩高蹺，敲鼓和舞龍舞獅都是一些傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日的娛樂活動(dòng)。在亞洲，人們經(jīng)常能看到這樣的場(chǎng)景：數(shù)百英尺的長(zhǎng)龍，閃閃發(fā)光的眼睛和亮晶晶的身軀，周圍還有敲鑼打鼓、吹奏樂器的隊(duì)伍。
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