有关元宵的英语句子

有关元宵的英语句子

Colorful lanterns are lighting up China’s night sky,

as activities begin across the country to celebrate Lantern

Festival today.多彩的灯笼照亮中国的半边天，今日，全国各地已

经开始庆祝元宵节。

In Quanzhou city, southeast China’s Fujian Province,

the lantern shows began on Thursday night. Xinmen Street

was decorated by 805 traditional hand-made lanterns

embroidered with beautiful patterns.在中国东南部福建省的泉

州市，灯笼秀在周四晚上就开始了。新门街上装点了805个图案各

异的手工灯笼。

“While enjoying the shows, some people walk around

with a small lantern in hand, making the atmosphere

especially festive,” Mai Binbin, a local resident, said.当

地市民马彬彬说：“很多人一边看灯，一边手里拿着小灯笼，非常

有过节气氛。”

festival and the temple.当地市民茂明娟周四晚上带着儿子来看

灯，她说希望通过这样的活动，让儿子理解元宵节和孔庙的文化历

史。

Dating back to the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25),

the Lantern Festival is held on the 15th day of the first

lunar month to mark the first full moon of the lunar new

year.元宵节始于西汉（公元前206年-公元25年），与每年正月十

五月圆时举行。

You Guoqing, a folk custom expert in Tianjin

Municipality, said the Lantern Festival was about going out

for a colorful celebration rather than a family get

together.天津市民俗研究专家由国庆说，元宵节并不是家庭聚会，

而是出门看展。

Besides watching lanterns, it is also a day to

appreciate the full moon, solve lantern riddles, watch art

performances and eat tang yuan, dumpling balls made of

glutinous rice, usually with sweet fillings.除了看灯，元宵

节也是赏月、猜灯谜、看艺术表演、吃汤圆/元宵的好时候。

Some aspects of the festival, such as its romantic

atmosphere, are fading, but people still e the Lantern

Festival as a day to rejoice and a chance to wish for

happiness.虽然元宵节的一些元素（比方浪漫气息）已经渐渐淡

化，但人们仍然把它当做庆祝、祈福的节日。

Childhood memories of Lantern Festival are still vivid

for Yu Le’an, an elderly man from Changsha, capital of

central China’s Hunan Province.余乐安是湖南省会长沙的一位

老人，对他来说童年的元宵节记忆犹新。

“It would be a time when we could have new clothes and

good things to eat,” he said.他说：“每到元宵节，我们就有

新衣服穿、有好吃的可以吃。”

The Lantern Festival is a now a mixture of the

traditional and modern.当代元宵节已经成为传统和现代的结合。

She says “innovation” is key to keep the ancient art

alive, and has been exploring the creation of lanterns of

different patterns and colors catering for modern day

aesthetics.她说，“创新”是让这一传统艺术活下去的关键。并且

她一直在探索和创造现代审美下不同图案、不同样式的灯笼。