关于动物的作文500字元宵节英语作文范文

500

字元宵节英语作文范文

在看元宵节作文范文前，

我们先了解一下关于元宵节的介绍：

农历正

又称为

“上元节”

（

the Lantern Festival

）

，

春灯节，

是中国民俗传统节日。正月是农历的元月，古人称其为“宵”，而十

五 日又是一年中第一个月圆之夜，

所以称正月十五为元宵节。

又称为

小正月、

元夕或灯节，

是春节之后的第一个重要节日。

中 国幅员辽阔，

历史悠久，

所以关于元宵节的习俗在全国各地也不尽相同，

其中吃元

宵、赏花灯、舞龙、舞狮子等是元宵节几项重要民间习俗。

The

Lantern

Festival

falls

on

the

15th

day

of

the

1st

lunar

mo

nth,

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.

Through

out

the

Han

Dynasty

(206

BC-AD

220),

佛

教

Buddhism

flourished

in

China.

One

emperor

heard

that

Buddhi

st

monks

would

watch

sarira,

or

remains

from

the

cremation

of

Buddha's

body,

and

light

lanterns

to

worship

Bud

dha

on

the

15th

day

of

the

1st

lunar

month,

so

he

ordered

to

light

lanterns

in

the

imperial

palace

and

temples

to

show

res

pect

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

aroun

d

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,

extr

emely

excited.

lantern

riddles

an

essential

part

of

the

Festival.

Lantern

owners

write

riddles

on

a

piece

of

paper

and

pos

t

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

s

trata.

People

will

eat

yuanxiao,

or

rice

dumplings,

on

this

d

ay,

so

it

is

also

called

the

Festival.

also

has

another

name,

tangyuan.

It

is

small

dumpling

ball

s

made

of

glutinous

rice

flour

with

rose

petals,

sesame,

b

ean

paste,

jujube

paste,

walnut

meat,

dried

fruit,

sugar

a

nd

edible

oil

as

filling.

Tangyuan

can

be

boiled,

fried

or