关于节约资源的英语作文(精选20篇)

There is an English says: we never know what will happen in the future, well, people may not know the future is what appearance, what will happen in the future, the past cannot be changed, and the future is at any time may be rewritten.

I am not a prophet, but I can speculate on a number of situations in Chinas future according to the current situation in China.

Todays Chinese society, in the field of architecture is a bit messy, what "bridge crispy" crispy "floor", and with their similar events one after another, some real estate developers to quickly completed, drive time limit for a project, to sell the house as soon as possible, regardless of the life safety of the housing residents, grab something to "scraps left slag" was completed. As a result one by one "jerry-built projects" appeared in front of the world, this is not simply the construction sector is perfunctory, including land supervision bureau of the responsibility, he "tofu", and you are responsible for censorship, but look not to come out. How can this attitude let people rest assured to buy a house?

Land evictions and after compensation, and is one of the Chinese social problems, people live in a good house, all of a sudden, I do not know what reason, say demolition demolition, put aside who can accept, some people because of dissatisfaction with the compensation, petition protesting, this had to say its a tragedy, the tragedy of the Chinese society. One of city middle school teacher, because of dissatisfaction with forced evictions, resolute dont move, but under the guidance director, the headmaster a barrage of "met" can be the teacher or not to move, the results after the guidance director "met", under the pile of a malicious words: "if you dont move, you dont do!" You said he was a guidance director, no education, instead of what land housing demolition, among them, there is a problem -- -- -- -- -- - after the house dismantlement, nature will build a new house, the property developers are eager to demolition, is rushing to sell a house, now, around the house prices, 1 vigorously. Many people think: alas, house prices 1 vigorously soared upwards, return not equal to taking advantage of low price is to buy a house now, then, holding the psychological, even college students as a mortgage slave, alas, are prices provoked trouble ah! If the house hadnt collapsed, I would have guessed that the children would have had one more trouble - the house.

Recently, the severe drought in yunnan, the national peoples all lend a helping hand, in a timely manner "drought relief", and at the same time, some county in the streets of the water pipe burst, splash, and the passing pedestrians is blind, indifference, the relevant departments or. So let the waste of water resources, the drought in yunnan province can also completely is natural disaster? Isnt it perfunctory? Authorities dont prevent the happening of the drought in advance, but only in vigorously disaster relief and post-disaster China was originally a scarcity of countries, Chinas domestic water price and low, waste of water resource of penalties is not strong, caused many people to think like this, I have plenty of money, I want to how to use water is how to do, Im afraid according to the development of the situation, as a public welfare advertisement, said: the last drop of water in the world, is the humans tear.

Ill call you, save every drop of water, per kilowatt-hour, cherish water resources, improve the environmental protection consciousness, dont think this is stingy, this is to save, is a reflection of the quality. Dont look down on a drop of water, electricity, once if everyone can save a drop of water, electricity, once 1.3 billion people in China, is not a small number, as long as we can to do seriously, this believe that tomorrow will be better.

There is also a problem in Chinese society, which is the problem that is most worrying for every student in the seat, and for your parents, education.

Speaking of Chinas education, its historical origin is very long. Institution from the western han dynasty, it has too, for the nobles children learn, and then through the dynasties, is pay attention to education, and it is up and down five thousand years of splendid civilization in China, but have yet to develop a Nobel prize-winning level of talent, that where the problem is that? There are many reasons, first of all, the social competition is too fierce. Many children are under high pressure from an early age, and there is no happiness, no golden childhood, which kills the childrens interest. Followed by the problem of education system, schools and the education sector hero with fractional theory, cause the student schoolwork burden overweight, the serious influence students physical and mental health development, again is the idea of parents, parents are you interested in, whether children will learn not to learn, to give the child to the class, the cram school, what the piano, drawing, dancing, let the children learn day and night, just to let the child to become a special immortal, try to ask in such cases, in the college entrance examination can add a few minutes? How good it is for your childs healthy growth.

I sincerely hope that our great motherland will be stronger and more beautiful, so that every Chinese can proudly say, "I am Chinese!" Its not America, not Russia, not Britain, not France, but our great China!

I hope that my future is not a dream.

Because mother said that the day can go to sleep in the morning, because

even fell asleep will also be new firecrackers wake.

On New Years eve, in addition to being able to eat a lot of delicious

things, can also receive a lot of red envelopes, you can also watch TV for a

long long time, really is so happy.

A red envelope is New Years money, since ancient times, elders will send

children lucky money on New Years eve, seems to be a meaning of exorcism

disaster, mother said to put "lucky money" in under the pillow, pillow to sleep

on it. I really do as this way, because it is very new.

I also looked at the Spring Festival gala, the deepest memory is the

"hello, I am leave." "Why? Why is this?" Whenever I say this, mom and dad

laughed, because I copy too like said.

A good book not only brings happiness to people, but also comforts; it can

not only make you think deeply, but also enlighten you. A good book is a wise

man, a mentor, a friend, and a partner. My favorite thing is reading.

books also bring me much joy. I remember one time, my mother bought me

"Insects", the book records many insects and their habits. I couldnt put it

down, and when I got home, I picked up the book and read it with interest. When

I read the firefly insect, a beautiful scene immediately appeared in my mind: On

a summer night, I was walking in the park, and at this time, many fireflies were

flying around me. Illuminate the way forward... The more I think about it, the

more excited I am, and I read it more seriously. When I read about ants, an

insect, I couldnt help but be shocked by its unity. Together, ants can move

things that are several times heavier than them. I also feel that we must learn

from the spirit of ants. Reading and reading, I forgot the time. It wasnt until

my mother came to ask me to eat, I reluctantly put down the book and swallowed a

spit, as if swallowing wisdom into my stomach, my heart was still in the

colorful world of insects.

Gorky once said: "I am on books, like hungry people are on bread." Food

feeds only our bodies, and books feed our souls. Books can increase our

knowledge, broaden our horizons, and improve our writing skills; they can bring

us inspiration and happiness. "When the book is used, we hate less", so I think

we need to read more and read more books to make our achievements bloom like

sesame seeds.

Since I went to middle school, I grew up very fast. On the one hand, I live

in school from Monday to Friday, so I need to learn to get along with roommates.

We share the cleaning work to make sure a good environment. It is everybodys

duty to sweep the floor on turn. On the other hand, I need to solve the problems

from life by myself. Without parents by my side all the time, I learn to face

troubles and figure out all the ways to solve them. I become much independent

and stronger. Now I can deal with my stuff alone.

Mothers Day is a celebration honoring mothers and celebrating motherhood,

maternal bonds and the influence of mothers in society. Its a day to show

thanks to mothers. This festival first appeared in ancient Greece and modern

Mothers Day originated in the United States which usually falls on the second

Sunday of May each year. Mothers usually receive gifts on this day and

carnation(康乃馨) is regarded as the flower for mother. In China, the flower for

mother is day lily(萱草花), also known as Nepenthe(忘忧草). In addition, cleaning up

the room, doing housework and a big dinner are considered to be the best

Mothers Day gifts.

According to the Chinese tradition，at the very beginning of a new year，

when there is a bright full moon hanging in the sky， there should be thousands

of colorful lanterns hung out.

During the Lantern Festival， people will try to solve the puzzles on the

lanterns and eat yuanxiao (glutinous rice ball)。

In the Sui Dynasty in the sixth century， Emperor Yangdi invited envoys from

other countries to China to see the colorful lighted lanterns and enjoy the gala

performances.

By the beginning of the Tang Dynasty in the seventh century， the lantern

displays would last three days. The emperor also lifted the curfew， allowing the

people to enjoy the festive lanterns day and night.

In the Song Dynasty， the festival was celebrated for five days and the

activities began to spread to many of the big cities in China.

Today，3the displaying of lanterns is still a big event on the 15th day of

the first lunar month throughout China.

The fillings inside the dumplings or Yuansiao are either sweet or salty.

Sweet fillings are made of sugar，Walnuts，sesame，osmanthus flowers，rose petals，or

jujube paste etc. A single ingredient or any combination can be used as the

filling . The salty variety is filled with minced meat，vegetables etc.

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。

What is a good eating habit? In my opinion, a good eating habit is related

to eat healthily and regularly. To say it simply, Xiao Ming has breakfast about

7:30a.m. to 9:00a.m. every morning and lunch at noon. He also has dinner about

6:30p.m. to 7:30p.m in the evening. What he eats is healthy food, such as, meat,

vegetable, fruit, egg, milk and so on. He would not have some snacks for a meal.

He also would not eat and drink too much or eat nothing. Xiao Ming sets a good

example to have a good eating habit.

在这一件事里，我学会了这样爱惜水和其它的东西。

随着时代的进步，科技的发展，生活的不断提高，我们的节约意识也有所降低了。这究竟是什么原因让我们不节约了呢?我想是因为我们的物质生活提高了，人们想要什么就有什么，所以对自己的所需物品不珍惜，不保护，总认为自己有钱，没了可以再买，就没必要珍惜了。可是，你们知道吗?由于你们的不珍惜，我们的家园已经没有以前那么美丽了。河里，漂浮着“美丽”的塑料袋，饮料瓶，甚至有未吃过的食品。也许同学们认为这关我们什么事?可是，这都是你们的不珍惜造成的。环境和节约虽然没有直接关系，但是如果不节约，那么就会造成资源浪费，造成土地污染，水体污染。所以，同学们让我们珍惜资源争做节约的小使者吧!

The Dragon Boat Festival is one of the most popular traditional festivals

celebrated in China, which is on the fifth of the fifth lunar month, also known

as Duanwu Festival. It’s said that it is to commemorate the death of a Chinese

patriotic poet, Qu Yuan, who was snared by corrupt officials in ancient China

and finally committed suicide by drowning himself in the Miluo River to protest

against them.

The traditions and customs held on this festival differ from place to

place, but there are some common in them. First, the most famous and great

tradition is holding Dragon Boat races, which are held by fishermen’s attempt to

protect Qu Yuan’s body against attacking by fishes and other animals in the

river by beating drums and row the dragon shaped boat. Nowadays dragon boat

races have been an annual popular sport activity among people. In addition,

making and eating Zongzi—a dumpling made of glutinous rice and wrapped in bamboo

or reed leaves—is also a popular custom during this day. It can be made by many

kinds of stuffing. What’s more, hanging herbs on the front door, drinking

realgar wine and pasting up picture of Zhongkui—a mythic guardian figure in

ancient china—are also popular during the festival, which are mean to protect

people from evil and disease.

These customs and traditions have been changed a little in recent years,

but they still make contribution to the spread and inheritance of Chinese

culture.

Write an essay of 160—200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay, you should first describe the drawing, then interpret its meaning, and give your comment on it. You should write neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (20 points) As is vividly revealed in the drawing above, water is being wisely utilized in the daily life of a family.

The good conduct is indeed praiseworthy and should be popularized in our society. The implied meaning of the drawing can be stated as follows. To begin with, to practise economy is closely related to our daily life. In terms of our clothing, food, sheltering, and transport, much work can be done to save valuable energy and natural resources such as power, water, coal, gas and so on. We, as university students, should take the wise use of paper and second-hand textbooks into consideration. What’s more, the public participation is the foundation of a society in which to practise economy is advocated and treasured. Since social environment is shaped by the general public, the cultivation of economy-practising society depends on the active involvement of every member of our society, be he old or young. In sum, our daily life should be permeated with the sense of practising economy and public participation should be encouraged.

In my view, necessary measures should be taken so as to practise economy. On the one hand, we should launch a public campaign to help people build up the sense of practicing economy in our routine life. On the other hand, education on how to practise economy must be promoted by relevant government departments and professionals at different levels. Only in this way can we create a real economy-practising society.

[节约型社会英语作文

I had a joyful summer vacation. During the holidays, I traveled with my

families.

We went to Beijing and stayed there for four days. We lived in the hotel.

It is very beautiful. We visited to the Tiananmen Square, the Imperial Palace,

the Summer Palace and the Old Summer Palace.

We also went to the Great Wall. The weather was very hot, but we were

exciting. I like Beijing very much. I hope I can go there again.

Currently,?there?is?a?widespread?concern?over?(the?issue?that)__作文题目_______?.It?is?really?an?important?concern?to?every?one?of?us.?As?a?result,?we?must?spare?no?efforts?to?take?some?measures?to?solve?this?problem.?

As?we?know?that?there?are?many?steps?which?can?be?taken?to?undo?this?problem.?First?of?all,?__途径一______.?In?addition,?another?way?contributing?to?success?of?the?solving?problem?is?___途径二_____.?

Above?all,?to?solve?the?problem?of?___作文题目______,?we?should?find?a?number?of?various?ways.?But?as?far?as?I?am?concerned,?I?would?prefer?to?solve?the?problem?in?this?way,?that?is?to?say,?____方法_____.?

The end of the year, on New Years eve is the reunion night, every

household is decorated, celebrate the end of a year of peace, a good start in

the New Year.

On New Years eve, every family is busy to stick couplets on the Spring

Festival, our family is no exception, and each year couplet still stick by me at

home.Actually this stick couplet learning also pretty big, when you last as long

as a look at this couplet you will know the family in the New Years hope and

plan, also know that in the past year what has happened to the family home

wedding, you look at the couplet is not god.

On this day the most happy or children, they cried to early adult years,

because after taking the year can fireworks.Fireworks, several children beside,

hopping, forget about the overjoyed when, even adults were infected with the

following.After the fireworks family around the table to eat the family reunion

dinner, the most interesting is to eat dumplings, and it can eat dumplings eat

money, who eat money the luck in the New Year will be the best, so everyone

scrambled to eat, who also rob to that rich of dumplings, but whether to eat or

not to eat, the atmosphere of rob to eat the dumpling is the most

unforgettable...

On New Years eve is the most unforgettable night!

Since the development of the technology, the society gets modernized,

people make use of the high technology to pursue more profit. Though the

government has noticed the problem that people do to the environment, they still

can’t prevent negative result that the polluted environment brings.

Many years ago, the most prominent problem of the polluted environment is

that the river and the water were changed their color, some fish even died for

the polluted river. Now the situation becomes ever worse, lately, in the big

city, like Beijing and Shanghai, people are annoyed by the bad weather. It is

not the rainy day, but the haze around the sky, there is no way for people to

run away for it. The haze contains toxic elements, people breathe it and hurt

their bodies.

The haze problem is the result of people’s pursuit for the profit, what

people did to the environment now has been paid back by the environment. Now

people have realized the revenge from the nature is so huge, protecting the

environment is the main task. No matter how bad the environment is, people still

need to do something to fix their mistake.

There?is?a?widespread?concern?over?the?issue?that?__作文题目_____.?But?it?is?well?known?that?the?opinion?concerning?this?hot?topic?varies?from?person?to?person.?A?majority?of?people?think?that?_?观点一________.?In?their?views?there?are?2?factors?contributing?to?this?attitude?as?follows:?in?the?first?place,?___原因一_______.Furthermore,?in?the?second?place,?___原因二_____.?So?it?goes?without?saying?that?___观点一_____.?

People,?however,?differ?in?their?opinions?on?this?matter.?Some?people??hold?the?idea?that?___观点二_______.?In?their?point?of?view,?on?the?one?hand，?___原因一_______.?On?the?other?hand,?____原因二_____.?Therefore,?there?is?no?doubt?that?___观点二______.??

As?far?as?I?am?concerned,?I?firmly?support?the?view?that?__观点一或二______.?It?is?not?only?because?________,?but?also?because?_________.?The?more?_______,?the?more?________.?

尊敬的电力局局长：

你好！

最近我发现在我们平乡县世纪花园小区，有很多浪费电的现象。尤其是在夏天的时候，在夏天的时候，晚上人们回到家就打开空调，打开灯。通常这两样东西都是开一个晚上的，还有那些追剧的人们，一直开着手机，等到他睡着了通常手机里的电视还正在播着。空调是夏日不可避免的东西，整夜整夜的开着，整天整天的开着，有的物业游民一直宅在家里，开着空调，也不出去，等到出去的时候只会觉得这天怎么这么热啊！我头晕，要回家。这都是由于过的的浪费电开空调造成的“空调病”。

我觉得造成这一系列的罪魁祸首，是因为人们不知道电是怎么来的，以为这就是电力局的工人们用机器造出来的，只不过是那些在电力局里工作的人浪费一点时间，用我们现在的技术造出来电供我们使用罢了，而且他们觉得电就是钱买来的，我们有钱愿意买多少电就买多少电。

局长，关于解决这些问题，我给你提出以下建议：

1、要让业主知道电是来之不易的，也是由一些风、煤，制造出来的，要让电在人们心中的地位增高。

2、让你们电力局的工作人员们印一些条幅比如“电也是地球上的一种资源。”“如果没有了电我将回到原始生活”这些条幅，每一家小区的物业上都挂成这个。

3、晚上我们困的时候可以先把灯关住，把手机关住，然后再睡觉。

希望局长能在百忙之中抽出时间看看我的建议书，让我们小区的人都知道节约用电。

赵一斌

2017年10月11日

Knowledge can be acquired from many sources. These include books, teachers

and practical experience, and each has its own advantages. The knowledge we gain

from books and formal education enables us to learn about things that we have no

opportunity to experience in daily life. We can study all the places in the

world and learn from people we will never meet in our lifetime, just by reading

about them in books. We can also develop our analytical skills and learn how to

view and interpret the world around us in different ways. Furthermore, we can

learn from the past by reading books. In this way, we won’t repeat the mistakes

of others and can build on their achievements.

Practical experience, on the other hand, can give us more useful knowledge.

It is said that one learns best by doing, and I believe that this is true,

whether one is successful or not. In fact, I think making mistakes is the best

way to learn. Moreover, if one wants to make new advances, it is necessary to

act. Innovations do not come about through reading but through experimentation.

Finally, one can apply the skills and insights gained through the study of books

to practical experience, making an already meaningful experience more

meaningful. However, unless it is applied to real experiences, book knowledge

remains theoretical and, in the end, is useless. That is why I believe that

knowledge gained from practical experience is more important than that acquired

from books.

China, as a developing country, has a large gap compared with developed

countries. If we want to catch up with and even surpass the developed ones,

education seems important and should be given the first priority. Besides,

education seems the same important to individuals.

In modern time, when science and technology are making great progress, the

education of the work force is the most important. Moreover, many of the success

in advanced countries have demonstrated that a nations prosperity mainly

depends on the quality of its labor force, namely those who have been well

educated.

For individuals, education is the best way to improve oneself. Firstly,

its education thathelps people gain basic knowledge of the world, helping them

to distinguish what is right and wrong. Secondly, education improves ones

skills of life and work, which can make people live a good life or have

achievements in career. Finally, education brings people ability of learning and

that is the key role of education.

实现有效的沟通，建立良好的人际关系，不仅仅要善于言表，更要学会倾听。请你根据下表中所带给的信息，写一篇题为 “Being a Good Listener” 的英文演讲稿。

注意：

1、对所给要点，逐一陈述，适当发挥，不要简单翻译。

2、词数150左右。开头和结尾已经写好，不计入总词数。

3、演讲稿中不得提及考生所在学校及本人姓名。

Good afternoon， everyone。

The topic of my speech today is “Being a Good Listener”。

Good listening can always show respect， promote understanding， and improve interpersonal relationship。

Many people suggest that parents should listen more to their children， so they will understand them better， and find it easy to narrow the generation gap; teachers should listen more to their students， then they can meet their needs better， and place themselves in a good relationship with their students; students should listen more to their classmates， thus they will help and learn from each other， and a friendship is likely to be formed。

What I want to stress is that each of us should listen to others。 Show your respect and never stop others till they finish their talk; show you are interested by a supportive silence or a knowing smile; be open-minded to different opinions even though you don’t like them。 In a word， good listening can really enable us to get closer to each other。

Thank you for your listening!

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.