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关于元宵节英语作文1

New Year is the biggest festival for Chine people. After

about half a month, there is a traditional festival, it is the Lantern

Festival, which is also important. The first round moon day in the

New Year is special. People continue to celebrate the New Year

and enjoy the time with their families.

The coming of Lantern Festival is various. Some people said

that it is related with Buddha. When the Buddhas meditated, they

need light in front of them, so the light can drive away monster

for people. Today, in some areas, people light up lanterns to beg

for a son from god. No matter what the story is, the traditional

festival is favored by people and the government pays special

attention to remind this tradition.

There are many activities on Lantern Festival, and the most

traditional game is the riddle. People can read some riddles that

are written in the lanterns. They can get prizes if they know the

answers. I love riddle so much, becau when I figure out the

answers, I will be very proud of mylf, at the same time, I can

learn some funny knowledge.

关于元宵节英语作文2

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 lf-made

or bought lanterns to stroll with on the streets, extremely excited.

"Guessing lantern riddles"is an esntial 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 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.

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 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.

关于元宵节英语作文3

There are many different beliefs about the origin of the

Lantern Festival. But one thing for sure is that it had something

to do with celebrating and cultivating positive relationship

between people, families, nature and the higher beings they

believed were responsible for bringing/returning the light each

year.

One legend tells us that it was a time to worship Taiyi, the

God of Heaven in ancient times. The belief was that the God of

Heaven controlled the destiny of the human world. He had

sixteen dragons at his beck and call and he decided when to

inflict drought, storms, famine or pestilence upon human beings.

Beginning with Qinshihuang, the first emperor to unite the

country, all the emperors ordered splendid ceremonies each year.

The emperor would ask Taiyi to bring favorable weather and

good health to him and his people. Emperor Wudi of the Han

Dynasty directed special attention to this event. In 104 BC, he

proclaimed it as one of the most important celebrations and the

ceremony would last throughout the night. They clean it all up in

the morning.

Another legend associates the Lantern Festival with Taoism.

Tianguan is the Taoist god responsible for good fortune. His

birthday falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month. It is said

that Tianguan likes all types of entertainment, so followers

prepare various kinds of activities during which they pray for

good fortune.

Yet another common legend dealing with the origins of the

Lantern Festival speaks of a beautiful bird that flew down to earth

from heaven, which was hunted and killed by some villagers. This

angered the Jade Emperor in Heaven becau the bird was his

favorite one. Therefore, he planned a storm of fire to destroy the

village on the 15th lunar day. The Jade Emperor's daughter heard

of this plan, and warned the villagers of her father’s plan to

destroy their village. The village was in turmoil becau nobody

knew how should they escape their imminent destruction.

However, a wi man from another village suggested that

every family should hang red lanterns around their hous, t

up bonfires on the streets, and explode firecrackers on the 14th,

15th, and 16th lunar days. This would give the village the

appearance of being on fire to the Jade Emperor. On the 15th

lunar day, troops nt down from heaven who mission was to

destroy the village saw that the village was already ablaze, and

returned to heaven to report to the Jade Emperor. Satisfied, the

Jade Emperor decided not to burn down the village. From that

day on, people celebrate the anniversary on the 15th lunar day

every year by carrying red lanterns on the streets and exploding

firecrackers and fireworks.

There are many stories on how this festival was created. One

other story is about a maid. In the Han Dynasty, Mr. Eastern was

a favorite advisor of the emperor. One winter day, he went to the

garden and heard a little girl crying and getting ready to jump

into a well to commit suicide. Mr. Eastern stopped her and asked

why. She said she was a maid in the emperor's palace and her

name was Yuan-Xiao.

She never had the chance to meet her family after she started

worked at the palace. She misd them so much every 12th lunar

month. If she couldn't have the chance to show her filial piety in

this life, she would rather die. Mr. Eastern promid her to find a

way so she could reunion with her family. Mr. Eastern left the

palace and t up a fortune-telling stall on the street and

disguid himlf as a fortuneteller. Becau of his reputation,

many people asked for their fortunes.

But every one got the same prediction - a vere fire accident

on the 15th lunar day. The rumor spread quickly. Everyone was

worried about the future and asked Mr. Eastern for help. Mr.

Eastern said, "On the 13th lunar day, the God of Fire will nd a

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