英文书信元宵节作文英文

元宵节作文英文

【篇一：关于元宵节的英文介绍】

关于元宵节的英文介绍

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 days 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 buddhas 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.

每年农 历的正月十五日，春节刚过，迎来的就是中国的传统节

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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 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 peoples 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.