介绍元宵节风俗的英语作文Lantern Festival Customs

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 self-made or bought
lanterns to stroll with on the streets, extremely excited. “Guessing
lantern riddles”is an essential 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。
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, 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 Chinese 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 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。