关于元宵节介绍的英语作文带翻译

关于元宵节介绍的英语作文带翻译

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.

元宵节是在阴历正 月的十五，通常在阳历的二月或三月。早在西汉时
期（公元前206年至公元25年），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.

这个天的重要活动看花灯。在汉代（公元前206年至公元220年），
佛教在中国盛行。一个皇帝听说 僧侣能够看到舍利，或是从火化的佛
体中能得到舍利，他就下令阴历第一个月的第十五天在故宫和寺庙点
灯拜佛来展示对佛的尊敬。后来，佛教仪式发展成为普通民众的重大
节日，而其影响从中原地区 一直蔓延到整个中国。

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.
essential part of the Festival.

直到今天，全国各地每年都举行元宵节。各种形状和大 小的灯笼挂在
街上，吸引无数的游客。孩子们提着自制或购买的灯笼在街上闲逛，
非常兴奋。” 猜灯谜”是这个节日的重要组成部分。

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.

灯笼的主人会将谜语写在一张纸上，贴在灯笼上。如果游客能解开灯
谜，他们就能将纸条拿去灯笼的主人那里检查他们的答案是否准确。
如果他们是对的，他们将会得到一 份小礼物。在宋代（960-1279）出
现了灯笼，人民喜欢这个活动。猜灯谜是有趣和充满智慧的， 它已成
为深受社会各阶层的喜爱。

People will eat yuanxiao, or rice dumplings, on this day, so
it is also called the
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
So people eat them to denote union, harmony and happiness for
the family.

在那一天人们会吃元宵，粽子，所以，被称为“元宵节”。元宵还有
另外一个名字，汤圆。那是一种小粽子由糯米粉和玫瑰花瓣，芝麻，
豆沙，枣糊，核桃肉，干水果，糖 和食用油做成的。汤圆能够煮，炒

或蒸。它的味道是甜的，美味的。而且，汤圆在中国与 “团圆”的发
音相似，含义团聚。所以人们吃汤圆来表联盟，家庭和谐与幸福。

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.

在节日的白天有如舞龙，舞狮，划旱船，扭秧歌，踩高跷和打太平鼓
等的表 演。在晚上，除了华丽的花灯，艳丽多姿的烟火也形成了美丽
的景色。绝大部分家庭在春节腾出一些烟花 ，留到元宵节放。一些地
方政府甚至会组织焰火晚会。在新年的第一个月圆的晚上，人们都陶
醉 在燃放的烟火和空中的明月。