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1000雾霾英语
全文共 2191 字
+ 加入清单As the saying goes "qiu dong smog knife to kill". We can see and catch
"smog" actually have bigger influence on the body, especially the high incidence
of respiratory and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in the elderly
group.
1. The effects on the respiratory system. Haze composition is very
complicated, including hundreds of atmospheric chemistry particulate matter.
Which is bad for your health mainly aerosol particles less than 10 microns in
diameter, such as mineral particles, sea salt, sulfate, nitrate, organic aerosol
particles, fuel and car exhaust, etc, it can directly enter and adhesion in the
human respiratory tract and alveoli. Especially the submicron particles are
deposited on upper and lower respiratory tract and alveolar, causes the disease
such as the acute rhinitis and acute bronchitis. For obstructive bronchus
asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema and chronic respiratory diseases such as
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients, haze weather can make the
illness acute or acute exacerbation. If this kind of environment will cause lung
cancer for a long time.
2. The effects on the cardiovascular system. Haze weather pollutants in the
air, air pressure is low, easy to induce acute cardiovascular disease. Such as
heavy fog, the moisture content is very high, if people in outdoor activities
and sports, the bodys sweat is not easy to discharge, cause people bosom
frowsty, increased blood pressure.
3. The fog haze weather can also result in close formation ultraviolet
weakened, activity of the infectious pathogen in the air, increase of infectious
diseases.
4. Reduce because of the fog the sun, ultraviolet irradiation in children
is insufficient, inadequate vitamin D in the body to generate, the absorption of
calcium significantly reduce, serious can cause rickets in infants, childrens
growth to slow down.
5. Affect mental health. Heavy fog weather depression, due to weak light
and easy to let a person produce mental laziness, depression, and pessimism,
encounter something goes wrong and even easier to spin out of control.
6. Affect the traffic safety. Low vision in haze weather, visibility, air
quality is poor, easy to cause traffic jams, traffic accidents.
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篇1:关于friendship英语
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+ 加入清单OnFriendshipEveryone needs friendship. No one can sail the ocean of life
single handed. We need help from, and also give help to, others. In the modern
age, people attach more importance to relations and connections. A man of
charisma has many friends. His power lies in his ability to give.The term,
friend, covers a wide range of raeanings. It can be a nodding acquaintance, a
comrade, a confident, a partner, a playmate, a brother, an intimate etc.As life
is full of strife and conflict, we need friends to support and help as out of
difficulties. Our frinods give us warnings against danger. True friends share
not only joy but, more often than not, they share sorrow.With friendship, life
is happy and harmonious. Without friendship, life is hostile and unfortunate. I
have friends in the rank and file. Some are rich and in power. Some are low and
common. Some are like myself, working as a teacher, reading and writing and
content with the simple life we have. To many of my friends, I know what to
treasure, what to tolerate and what to share, I will never forget my old friends
and keep making new friends. I will not he cold and indifferent to the poor
friends and will show concern for them, even if it is only a comforting
word。
篇2:关于戒烟英语
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+ 加入清单Most smokers are males, because they need to smoke for social communication
or for set themselves free from the pressure. In the packaging, we can find that
every packaging has written the words that smoking is harmful to health. Though
smokers know it, they ignore it. For the harmony of the family, people should
quit smoking.
To quit smoking is not easy, people know smoking does harm to their health,
but they just can’t resist the temptation and then start to smoke again, so they
must have strong will. They must tell themselves that smoking not only does harm
to their health, but also does harm to their families. The families will have
much chance to take in the second-hand cigarette, in order to keep the families
healthy, smokers must have the strong will to quit smoke.
When people find it hard not to smoke, their mouth will feel uneasy, they
want to smoke again. At that time, people can find some food or fake cigarette
to take place of the real cigarette, in the long time, they will have less
desire to smoke.
篇3:介绍教师节的英语
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+ 加入清单Teachers Day
The Teachers Day will come soon.At first,I want to extend my greeting and best wishes to my dear teachers.
I still remember the year when I failed the collage entrance exmination.Iwas feeling lost,and no idea about what my life is going to be.My teachet came to me,and she said she understand how I felt inside now.She also told me its very common that students who are like me will go though a hard time. She told me that failure was a part of life, which was not the end but a new beginning. And she encouraged me to go back to the school to start a new. I was convinced in the end and decided to give another try.
Now Ive graduated from collage and got a very good job.I know all my success owns to my kind teacher. Ill work harder and never give up again.
篇4:中秋节英语
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+ 加入清单The Mid-Autumn Day
August 15th in Chinese Lunar Calendar is the Mid-Autumn Day. It is one of
the most important traditional festivals in China.
On that day people usually go back home to have family reunion. Each family
will have the members get together to have a big dinner. The most popular food
is moon cakes. They are round and look like the moon.
The moon is the brightest this night. People eat the delicious food while
they are enjoying a beautiful full moon in their yard. At this time, some old
people would like to tell many past events and tell the children a story about
the rabbit on the moon . The children really believe that there is a rabbit on
the moon. They hope to go to the moon and have a look one day.
What a great festival!
农历八月十五日是中秋节,在中国它是最重要的传统节日之一。
在那一天,人们通常回家与家人团聚,一家人聚在一起饱餐一顿。最流行的食品是月饼,它们圆圆的就像月亮。
中秋节晚上的月亮特别地圆。人们都在自家的院子里一边赏月一边吃着可口的月饼。这个时候
,一些老人会讲述许多古老的故事,如月亮上的玉兔,孩子们信以为真,他们真想有一天登上月球看个究竟。
中秋是个美好的节日啊!
篇5:英语作文健康食物高一80词
全文共 706 字
+ 加入清单Last night, I ate a lot of food, such as KTC and ice cream, before I slept,
I ate some cold food in the fridge. At midnight, I felt my stomach hurt badly,
my family was woke up, they sent me to the hospital. After seeing the doctor, he
told me that I had eaten too much food, what’s more, the food was not healthy,
so it hurt my stomach. Since then, I realized that I should not eat the rubbish
food often, I should keep the healthy diet. Now my diet is regular, I won’t take
in much food before sleeping, my body is becoming healthy. In the morning, I eat
an egg and make sure I take in enough vitamins. Even when I see the rubbish food
is tempting, I take no hesitation to say no to them. I am so proud of
myself.
篇6:中秋节英语
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+ 加入清单Happy Mid-autumn Day
Today is Mid-autumn Day. I have a big meal at home with my parents and
relatives. This is an important festival, so my mother was busy with preparing
the dinner from morning. She bought a lot of foods for the dinner. We ate the
dinner at 5:30 p.m.. The dinner was very delicious. I was so full. After dinner,
we went to theHongTingParkto enjoy the glorious full moon. There were many
people in the park.We talked to each other and strangers. Of course, the moon
cake was essential. We had a great night there.
今天是中秋节,我同父母和亲戚一起吃了一顿大餐。这是一个重要的节日,所以我妈妈从早到晚都在忙着准备晚饭。她买了很多的食物做晚餐。我们傍晚五点半吃晚饭,晚饭很好吃,我吃得很饱。晚饭过后,我么去红亭公园赏满月。公园里有很多人,不管认识与否,我们互相交谈。当然,月饼是必不可少的。我们在那度过了愉快的夜晚。
篇7:高三英语作文假期100词
全文共 1862 字
+ 加入清单In an instant, and to the winter vacation, our winter vacation life rich
and colorful, I most love to my grandmother went to the winter vacation, my
grandma has a large yard, evergreen camphor, a colorful chrysanthemum, there is
a special season quiet hibernating turtle, up to the number of dust, all kinds
of vegetables with the above, if some snow would be more fun, but this holiday
isnt snowing, but Im not lost, there is so much mud, I can play with mud and
sister together, do "ceramic" play.
Although it was winter, it didnt feel cold at all. We were still happy to
get ready, spades, boards, and water. We caught a lot of dirt on the prepared
board, with a small amount of water and together, we had two small wooden mix,
but that is not only cumbersome and very slow, so we cut out by hand mix up, we
got two hands red with cold, also dirty, but his face was filled with happy
smile. I accidentally put mud on my face, my sister laughed I became a big
cat.
Then we grabbed the mud and fell to the ground, put it onto the semi soft
semi hard degree, as we fell awfully, my hand suddenly a pain, I looked at the
hand, turned out to be a stab into the palm, drew a deep hole, I can dont hurt
you call up. My sister hurried over to see what I see, a hand scratched, still
bleeding, hurried to help me wash away the mud and water stains, and then find
out carry off all that one has a small perturbation, give me the clip out of the
thorn, looked distressed. I am very grateful, kept saying thank you, sister to
help me put a bandage. Looking at my sisters wary look, the pain relieved a
lot.
We went on to work again, and finally, under our joint efforts, we made a
nice bowls. Our works were so successful that we forgot the pain.
In this winter day, although there is a pain, more harvest is happiness and
friendship. Enjoy the tail of my childhood. Find the joy of our childhood.
篇8:重阳节的习俗英语高中
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+ 加入清单Nine nine Chongyang, as with the "long" is a homonym, in the nine figures is the largest number, the meaning of life for a long time。 In , our country the annual September 9 set as a festival for the elderly, cleverly combining traditional and modern, become respect for the elderly, and love for the elderly, help the elderly Festival。
This year the festival is coming。 For you, Chung Yeung Festival plan how had it? If you are a young person and Chung Yeung Festival this day you may gave the mom and dad a gift, or to travel, relax mood; or make a phone call to the home, let the warm greetings, a heart warming gift。 If you are an old man, you may have been a group of sympathy, or be invited to participate in activities。 Then Festival ended, but we do not like meishiren as the how how lead, must continue to show respect for the elderly, care for the elderly, care for the elderly。
Countries of the provisions of the Chung Yeung Festival this day is a festival for the elderly, the purpose of which is to use this to carry out activities to allow people to set up the consciousness of respecting。 The country has established a general acceptance of the festival, the important purpose is to remind the whole society for a certain thing, and not the only thing to do is to do。
Any activity that wants to be able to get the effect to be able to maintain a long enough time to show its significance。
In fact, the elderly are very simple, the park for a walk with the company, the weekend to go home for dinner, the phone call, can make them feel very satisfied and happy。
Parents should not only on this day, but also to remind himself, usually elderly care enough。 It is a year the Double Ninth Festival, from now let us more to care for the elderly, it is meaningful to the festival。
九九重阳,因为与“久久”同音,九在数字中又是最大数,有长久长寿的含意。年,我国把每年的九月九日定为老人节,传统与现代巧妙地结合,成为尊老、敬老、爱老、助老的老年人的节日。
今年的重阳节即将来临。对于你来说,重阳节计划怎么过呢?如果你是年轻人,重阳节这天你可能是送给了爸爸妈妈一份礼物,或者带他们出门旅游,放松心情;或者给家里打了一个的电话,让温馨的问候,成为暖心的礼物。如果你是老人,可能受到了一些组织的慰问,或者被邀请去参加活动。然后节日结束了,但是大家千万不要像没事人一样该怎么过就怎么过,一定还要继续尊敬老人,爱护老人、关心老人。
国家把重阳节这一天规定为敬老节,目的是用这种开展活动的方式来让人们树立尊老敬老的意识。国家设立一个社会普遍接受的节日,重要的目的在于提醒全社会对于某件事情的关注,而不是这件事情只有到了节日才想起来做。
任何一个希望能够获得效果的活动都要维持足够长的时间才能显示出它的意义来。
其实,老人们要求很简单,公园散步的陪伴、周末回家的晚餐、电话的问候,都能让他们感到无比的满足与幸福。
孝敬老人不仅仅要在重阳节这天,而且要时常提醒自己,平时对老人关心得够不够。又是一年重阳节,从现在开始就让我们更多地去关爱老人吧,那才是有意义的重阳节。
篇9:有关坚持英语初一
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+ 加入清单Last night, I watched a tennis game, it was the US open, because there was
a Chinese female player came to the semi-final, so I stayed up to watched the
game. Unluckily, she was injured twice, though she still wanted to finish the
game, her body situation did not allow her to do so. Her insistence moved so
many audience, they gave her the biggest applause.
The power of insistence is great, it will help you set free your potential
and keep move on. Just for the players, they will face all kinds of incidences
now and then, but the will to insist will make them finish the game. Sometimes,
people win the game not because of their excellent skills, but their strong
will. Those who can stick on to the final line will win people’s applause.
What’s more, when people insist to finish the game, it is the respect that
they show to their opponents. Their spirit deserves people’s applause.
Insistence is a merit, we should keep it, no matter what we do, we must remember
to insist.
篇10:网上购物英语
全文共 955 字
+ 加入清单Nowadays with the ever rapid development and increasing popularity of the
information technology , shopping on the internet has been a fashion especially
among the youngsters.
Online shopping has made our daily life more convenient and comfortable.
For example , shopping on the internet can save students a great deal of time on
the way between home and store, so they would be able to concentrate more time
and energy on their academic work. The internet has shorten the distance between
manufacturers and consumers and thus we can even buy goods in other countries
.On the other hand , lack of the face to face deal makes online shopping less
reliable and trustworthy. What’ s more the delivery will increase the risk of
items’ damage.
In my opinion, shopping on the internet is a irreversible trend. More and
more people will be accustomed to it. It will be much more popular in the near
future. And at the same time we should take some measures to make it
perfect.
篇11:高一英语作文大全80词
全文共 780 字
+ 加入清单Novak Djokovic is one of the top tennis players in the world. He has won
many grand slams, which is the greatest honor for a player, but there is only
one grand slam he hadn’t achieved—the French Open. In the last three years, he
was so close to the champion, but was defeated by the final winner. In order to
fulfill career Grand Slam, he practised so hard and never felt depressed. This
year, he came to the final match again, everybody wanted him to win the match,
for they knew how important the champion was to him. At the first game, he felt
a little nervous and lost, but in the second and third game, he found his pace
and controlled the match. At last, he beat his rival and finally fulfilled his
career Grand Slam. The dream was not easy to realized but insistance helps him
wins.
篇12:关于努力英语作文高中
全文共 719 字
+ 加入清单The moment I go to high school, I have made up my mind to study hard. It is
known to all that the period of high school is the turning point of people’s
life, which may decide my future career. So I know the importance of striving
for my future. The reason why I study so hard are various. First, I want my
parents to be proud of me. When my mothers’ friends come to visit her, they
always brag about how excellent their children are, but my mother would never
take me as the topic, because she does not want me to have the pressure. I
appreciate what my mother does to me and really want her to be proud of me.
Second, If I enter a good university, I can have the promising future. It is
time for me to return my parents’ love.
篇13:有关艺术英语作文高中
全文共 695 字
+ 加入清单What is art? When people think about this question, they will naturally
think about all kinds of musical instruments or the great paintings in the art
museums. Art seems to so far away from the ordinary people, but I don’t think
so. Art is everywhere. For example, the delicious food that is made by our
parents is the great art, and the value of the food is to bring people the great
joy when they have a taste of it. The scenery around us is the visible art, when
we appreciate it, our mood become eased. Art is something that brings people the
positive value for me, so art is around everybody. If we take time to slow down
our pace, then we can enjoy art from life and feel the comfortable
lifestyle.
篇14:英语自我介绍
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+ 加入清单I am a third year master major in automation at Shanghai Jiao Tong
University, P. R. China. With tremendous interest in Industrial Engineering, I
am writing to apply for acceptance into your Ph.D. graduate program.
Education background
In 1995, I entered the Nanjing University of Science & Technology
(NUST) -- widely considered one of the China’s best engineering schools. During
the following undergraduate study, my academic records kept distinguished among
the whole department. I was granted First Class Prize every semester,In 1999, I
got the privilege to enter the graduate program waived of the admission
test.
At the period of my graduate study, my overall GPA(3.77/4.0) ranked top 5%
in the department. In the second semester, I became teacher assistant that is
given to talented and matured students only. This year, I won the Acer
Scholarship as the one and only candidate in my department, which is the
ultimate accolade for distinguished students endowed by my university.
Presently, I am preparing my graduation thesis and trying for the honor of
Excellent Graduation Thesis.
Research experience and academic activity
When a sophomore, I joined the Association of AI Enthusiast and began to
narrow down my interest for my future research. With the tool of OpenGL and
Matlab, I designed a simulation program for transportation scheduling system. It
is now widely used by different research groups in NUST. I assumed and fulfilled
a sewage analysis & dispose project for Nanjing sewage treatment plant. This
was my first practice to convert a laboratory idea to a commercial product.
In retrospect, I find myself standing on a solid basis in both theory and
experience, which has prepared me for the Ph.D. program. My future research
interests include: Network Scheduling Problem, Heuristic Algorithm research
(especially in GA and Neural network), Supply chain network research, Hybrid
system performance analysis with Petri nets and Data Mining.
篇15:关于网购英语作文初中
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+ 加入清单Today, people count on the high-tech products so much, we can see no matter
where we are, we could find people low down their hands, playing their
cellphones. About two years ago, it is very popular that people shopping online,
now as the function of cellphone has been highly developed, people can use their
cellphone to shop online. As shopping online is so convenient, more and more
people like to buy things online, especially the men, because they don’t like to
go out, now the Internet can help them shop in a quick way. The things online
are various, people can search what they want and compare with the price, they
can buy the products they want. Shopping online is the new way for people to
purchase, in the future, it will be more and more popular. The Internet provides
people’s life.
篇16:关于长城的英语
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+ 加入清单The Great Wall is famous all over the world, it is one of the most
remarkable symbols of China, it has long history. But as there are more and more
people to visit the famous building, it has been damaged to some degree. In
order to protect the great building, we should not throw away the rubbish and do
not make some marks, so that we can enjoy the great building.
篇17:保护环境英语作文高一100词
全文共 700 字
+ 加入清单In the last several decades, our earth has been extremely polluted, such as
air pollution, water pollution, noise pollution and so on. In recent years, the
extreme weather becomes more and more frequent. Winter gets colder and summer
becomes hotter and it rains more frequently. All of these warn us that
protecting the environment is a serious and emergent event. As our general
people, we should build proper lifestyle. We should pay attention to water and
light saving. When we go out, we should firstly choose the public
transportation. The most important is that we must realize that we can do a lot
of things to protect our environment. Its our duty to make our home better.
Let’s change from ourselves.
篇18:关于春节的高一英语
全文共 810 字
+ 加入清单Today is the annual traditional festival in China, "Spring Festival". The morning sun was still in bed, I was like the sound of firecrackers to wake up. I get up and wash, this is my brother and sister have been wearing new clothes neat and I go to visit my grandparents and grandparents give us pay New Years call, each made a big red, I opened the door to stay, which contained a $100 bill, I like to eat honey, happy the flowers.
After eating dumplings, my mother said that I dont have to write my homework today. I can play a day with my brother and sister. I am very happy after I hear it.
The Spring Festival is the most important festival in China. On this day, every family has to eat dumplings, set off firecrackers, put up couplets and hang lanterns, which is the happiest and happiest day of the year.
篇19:关于生活英语作文高2
全文共 1075 字
+ 加入清单It maybe our common desires to experience a meaning life, but when it comes
to the topic “How to live a meaningful life”, the opinions are divided. In
someone’s eyes, they agree that a meaningful life is just a comfortable life
which means they can enjoy themselves as possible as they can.
However, personally in my view, if we spend our whole life in pursuing
things only for ourselves, we will surely let ourselves down when we look back.
There’s an old saying that goes “The greatest use of life is to spend it for
something that will outlast it”. I can’t agree more. If there is a way to avoid
a disappointed life, it should be to try our best to find meaningful things
which can also make contributions to the whole society. Even a single man can
make a big difference to the world. Not to mention that everyone get together to
bring changes to the society.
It’s high time that we took measures to experience a meaning life. What’s
more, it’s never too late to start a meaning life. So be yourself, enjoy your
happiness and be helpful to others. That’s the meaning life worth living.
篇20:关于元宵节英语
全文共 6620 字
+ 加入清单There are many different beliefs about the origin of the Lantern Festival.
But one thing for sure is that it had something to do with celebrating and
cultivating positive relationship between people, families, nature and the
higher beings they believed were responsible for bringing/returning the light
each year.
One legend tells us that it was a time to worship Taiyi, the God of Heaven
in ancient times. The belief was that the God of Heaven controlled the destiny
of the human world. He had sixteen dragons at his beck and call and he decided
when to inflict drought, storms, famine or pestilence upon human beings.
Beginning with Qinshihuang, the first emperor to unite the country, all the
emperors ordered splendid ceremonies each year. The emperor would ask Taiyi to
bring favorable weather and good health to him and his people. Emperor Wudi of
the Han Dynasty directed special attention to this event. In 104 BC, he
proclaimed it as one of the most important celebrations and the ceremony would
last throughout the night. They clean it all up in the morning.
Another legend associates the Lantern Festival with Taoism. Tianguan is the
Taoist god responsible for good fortune. His birthday falls on the 15th day of
the first lunar month. It is said that Tianguan likes all types of
entertainment, so followers prepare various kinds of activities during which
they pray for good fortune.
Yet another common legend dealing with the origins of the Lantern Festival
speaks of a beautiful bird that flew down to earth from heaven, which was hunted
and killed by some villagers. This angered the Jade Emperor in Heaven because
the bird was his favorite one. Therefore, he planned a storm of fire to destroy
the village on the 15th lunar day. The Jade Emperors daughter heard of this
plan, and warned the villagers of her father’s plan to destroy their village.
The village was in turmoil because nobody knew how should they escape their
imminent destruction.
However, a wise man from another village suggested that every family should
hang red lanterns around their houses, set up bonfires on the streets, and
explode firecrackers on the 14th, 15th, and 16th lunar days. This would give the
village the appearance of being on fire to the Jade Emperor. On the 15th lunar
day, troops sent down from heaven whose mission was to destroy the village saw
that the village was already ablaze, and returned to heaven to report to the
Jade Emperor. Satisfied, the Jade Emperor decided not to burn down the village.
From that day on, people celebrate the anniversary on the 15th lunar day every
year by carrying red lanterns on the streets and exploding firecrackers and
fireworks.
There are many stories on how this festival was created. One other story is
about a maid. In the Han Dynasty, Mr. Eastern was a favorite advisor of the
emperor. One winter day, he went to the garden and heard a little girl crying
and getting ready to jump into a well to commit suicide. Mr. Eastern stopped her
and asked why. She said she was a maid in the emperors palace and her name was
Yuan-Xiao.
She never had the chance to meet her family after she started worked at the
palace. She missed them so much every 12th lunar month. If she couldnt have the
chance to show her filial piety in this life, she would rather die. Mr. Eastern
promised her to find a way so she could reunion with her family. Mr. Eastern
left the palace and set up a fortune-telling stall on the street and disguised
himself as a fortuneteller. Because of his reputation, many people asked for
their fortunes.
But every one got the same prediction - a severe fire accident on the 15th
lunar day. The rumor spread quickly. Everyone was worried about the future and
asked Mr. Eastern for help. Mr. Eastern said, "On the 13th lunar day, the God of
Fire will send a fairy lady in red to burn down the city. If you see a lady in
red wearing green pants riding a black horse on that day, you should ask for her
mercy." On that day, Yuan-Xiao pretended to be the red fairy lady. When people
asked for her help, she said, "Im the messenger of the God of Fire and came to
check on the city and Im going to set up fire on 15th. This is an order from
Jade Emperor. He will watch from the heavens.
I will give you a copy of the imperial decree from the God of Fire. You
should go to ask your emperor to find a way out." After she left, people went to
the palace to show the emperor the decree which reads "The capital city is in
trouble. Fire burns on the palace, and fire from Heaven burns all night long on
the 15th." The emperor of Han Dynasty was very shocked. He called and asked Mr.
Eastern for advice. After pondering for a while, Mr. Eastern said, "I heard that
the God of Fire likes to eat Tang-Yuan (Sweet dumpling). Does Yuan-Xiao often
cook Tang-Yuan for you? On the 15th lunar day, let Yuan-Xiao make Tang-Yuan.
Your Majesty will take charge of the worshipping ceremony and you will give
an order to every house to prepare Tang-Yuan to worship the God of Fire at the
same time. Also, deliver another order to ask every house in the city to hang
red lantern and explode fire crackers. Lastly, everyone in the palace and people
outside the city should carry their lanterns on the street to watch the lantern
decoration and fireworks. If everything goes this way, the Jade Emperor would be
deceived.
Then everyone can avoid the fire accident." The emperor happily followed
the plan. Lanterns were everywhere in the capital city on the night of the 15th
lunar day. People were walking on the street. Fire crackers kept making lots of
noise. It looked like the entire city was on fire. Yuan-Xiaos parents went into
the palace to watch the lantern decorations, and Yuan-Xiao made a big lantern
and wrote her name on the lantern. They happily reunited together after her
parents called her name. Everybody was safe during the night. The emperor of Han
Dynasty had a new order that people should do the same thing every year. Since
Yuan-Xiao cooked the best Tan-Yuan, people called the day Yuan-Xiao
Festival.
Young people were chaperoned in the streets in hopes of finding love.
Matchmakers acted busily in hopes of pairing couples. The brightest lanterns
were symbolic of good luck and hope. As time has passed, the festival no longer
has such implications.
Those who do not carry lanterns often enjoy watching informal lantern
parades. In addition to eating tangyuan (simplified Chinese: 汤圆; traditional
Chinese: 湯圓; pinyin: tāngyuán), another popular activity at this festival is
guessing lantern riddles (which became part of the festival during the Tang
Dynasty), which often contain messages of good fortune, family reunion, abundant
harvest, prosperity and love.