化险为夷元宵节英语作文范文1

元宵节英语作文范文

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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 bee 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 mon 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 self-made or bought lanterns to stroll

with on the streets, extremely excited. guessing lantern

riddlesis an essential 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

bee popular among all social strata.

people will eat yuanxiao, or rice dumplings, on this day,

so it is also called the yuanxiao ao 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

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s more,

tangyuan in chinese has a similar pronunciation with

tuanyuan

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, meaning reunion. so people eat them to denote

union, harmony and happiness for the family. joozone.