介绍元宵节风俗的英语作文Lantern Festival Customs _英语作文

介绍元宵节风俗的英语作文Lantern Festival Customs

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.

每年农历的正月十五日，通常是阳历的二三月是元宵节。早在西汉时

期(206 BC-AD25)，它已经成为具有重要意义的节日。

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.

元宵主要的活动就是看灯。东汉明帝时期，明帝提倡佛教，听说

佛教有正月十五日僧人观佛舍利，点灯敬佛的做法，就命令这一天夜

晚在皇宫和寺庙里点灯敬佛，令士族庶民都挂灯。以后这种佛教礼仪

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节日逐渐形成民间盛大的节日。该节经历了由宫廷到民间，由中原到

全国的发展过程。

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 lf-made or bought lanterns to stroll with on the

streets, extremely excited. "Guessing lantern riddles"is an

esntial part of the Festival.

直到今天，元宵点灯的习俗仍然在中国的各地流传的，各式各样

美丽的花灯在这一天都会点亮，挂在大街上，吸引了无数游客。孩子

们提着自制的灯笼走街串巷，非常高兴。猜灯谜”是节日的核心部分。

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.

花灯的主人会将谜面写在灯笼上，挂在门口，如果有人可以猜中，

就能得到小小的礼物。这项活动最早起源于宋朝，因为谜语能启迪智

慧又饶有兴趣，所以流传过程中深受社会各阶层的欢迎。

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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 ro petals, same, bean paste,

jujube 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 Chine has a

similar pronunciation with "tuanyuan”, meaning reunion. So

people eat them to denote union, harmony and happiness for the

family.

民间过元宵节吃元宵的习俗。元宵由糯米制成，或实心，或带

馅。馅有豆沙、白糖、山楂、各类果料等，食用时煮、煎、蒸、炸皆

可。起初，人们把这种食物叫“浮圆子”，后来又叫“汤团”或“汤

圆”，这些名称“团圆”字音相近，取团圆之意，象征全家人团团圆

圆，和睦幸福，人们也以此怀念离别的亲人,寄托了对未来生活的美

好愿望。

In the daytime of the Festival, performances such as a

dragon lantern dance, a lion dance, a land boat dance, a yangge

dance, walking on stilts and beating drums while dancing will

be staged. On the night, except for magnificent lanterns,

fireworks form a beautiful scene. Most families spare some

fireworks from the Spring Festival and let them off in the

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Lantern Festival. Some local governments will even organize a

fireworks party. On the night when the first full moon enters

the New Year, people become really intoxicated by the imposing

fireworks and bright moon in the sky.

随着时间的推移，元宵节的活动越来越多，白天有耍龙灯、耍

狮子、踩高跷、划旱船扭秧歌、打太平鼓等传统民俗表演。到了夜晚，

除了五颜六色的美花灯之外，还有艳丽多姿的烟火。大多数家庭会在

春节时留下一些烟花等到元宵节这天燃放，而一些地方政府也会举办

烟花大会，当新年的第一个月圆之夜在盛大的烟火表演中来临时，人

们都陶醉在这令人难忘了烟花与皎洁的明月中。

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