小学生元宵节英语作文【最新20篇】

Jane is an English girl. She and her parents are live in Nanjing now. Today is Friday. Jane and her parents are planning for their weekends. Janes father likes Beijing Opera very much, so he is going to see a Beijing Opera with his Chinese friends on Saturday morning. Janes mother is going to a concert, because she likes music. The concert is on Saturday night. Jane does not want to join her parents, because she is going to have a picnic with her classmates this Saturday. Oh, on Sunday, Jane and her parents are going to climb the hill together. I think it will be a nice weekend.

简是一个英国女孩。她和她的父母现在住在南京。今天是星期五。简和她的父母正在为他们的周末制定计划。简的爸爸非常喜欢京剧，所以他打算和他的中国朋友在星期六早上去听京剧。简的妈妈打算去听音乐会，因为她喜欢音乐。音乐会是在星期六晚上。简不想加入她的父母，因为她打算这个星期六和同学们去野餐。噢，简打算在星期天和她的父母一起去爬山。我觉得这将是一个愉快的周末。

it has been 2 days since i didnt come here and write my diary.today is the totally holiday for the first time. i got so much fun.i went to meet a friend who i didnt know before.she is my colleges girlfriend in the future.hehe.but unfortunately, when we get there,she wasnt there.we got a little depress .

im recieved a lot of messages from many friends unkonwn.here,im wanna say thanks to all of you and your supporting.because i am lazy, so sometimes i cant find the right time to read your diarys,and leave some message to show my support,hope you will not think me slefish.thats all today.thanks to all of you.

I had a lovely little white rabbit, it was long with a pair of long ears, red eyes like two rubies, a pink little nose, smooth very, under the nose there is a three mouth, mouth In the long two white teeth, the body of the hair like a large cashmere, his front legs are relatively short retreat relatively long. There is a short tail behind the ass, very beautiful!

Every morning, I am prepared to ask the mysterious guests breakfast, who do you guess I told you that is the lovely little rabbit, I took out his favorite carrots and leaves, it went to her door to the leaves Put it in the bowl, and said loudly: "Come on, come out to eat." Soon it will come out, I want to give it a joke, I picked up the leaves, it desperately pull, who knows me Let go, just hear "when" it fell a four feet overturned, funny I laughed, it relish to eat up.

I like this cute little white rabbit.

白驹过隙，我们刚刚告别了收获满满的祝福开心和快乐的2022年春节，又迎来了今年第二个中国传统节日——元宵节。元宵节又称上元节，是新年的第一个月圆之日，在这一天里，人们吃元宵，放鞭炮，纷纷走出家门去看灯会，放烟花，欢乐极了。今天我就和你来分享元宵节的欢乐和精彩瞬间。 White foal has gone through the gap. We just bid farewell to the full blessing and happy Spring Festival 2022, and ushered in the second Chinese traditional festival this year -the Lantern Festival.The Lantern Festival, also known as the Yuan Festival, is the first month of the New Year. On this day, people eat the Lantern Festival, set off firecrackers, and walk out of the house to watch the lantern festival.Today I will share with you the joy and wonderful moment of the Lantern Festival.

今天是正月十五，上午的时候我和妈妈出去，大姨给了我一大包鞭炮，到了晚上家家户户都开始放鞭炮，整个小区的天空都变成百花盛开的花园了，我和妈妈吃完汤圆后，就在我不断地催促下匆匆忙忙地下楼来到楼下的空地上，无比兴奋地先点上一根香，然后拿出鞭炮准备开始放鞭炮。

首先我们要放的是一个名叫“笛音牡丹”的礼炮，一共24发，外表画的是五光十色，样子十分美丽，不知道放出来的怎么样，我有点迫不及待地点上去，随着“轰”的一声一颗光亮的火球拖着一缕长长的尾巴冲上了夜空，然后在空中“嘣”的一声炸开了，许多红和绿的小火花从里面奔涌而出，好像一群机灵的萤火虫提着自己的“小灯笼”在空中跳着欢乐的舞蹈，又好像天女散花来帮助我们点缀元宵节的夜空。

然后我又拿出5个小礼炮放在地上，一个一个点上去它们也不负我所望，好像相互比赛似的竞相绽放出灿烂绚丽的火树银花，为平淡的夜空增添了一丝光彩。然后我又拿出几个礼炮点燃它们，随后就听见了“嘭”的一声抬头一看一道亮光笔直升起，最后在空中“啪啪啪”地爆开了，看到它，我心里非常开心。

不经意间我一抬头看到一连串红色和绿色的烟花上升，直到空中，“嘭嘭嘭，嘭嘭嘭”伴随着一连串的响声绚烂夺目的烟花在空中随之绽放，在夜空中画出一幅优美的画卷，看着看着，我的眼睛就应接不暇了，我也完全背着个烟花吸引住了，我就想这是谁家的烟花?好漂亮啊，简直就像一群五彩缤纷的小星星在空中跳舞。我看得如痴如醉，这时妈妈把我叫过来，于是我就开始放我最后的鞭炮——电光炮。随后我就点燃它，把它高高举起来朝向天空，停了一会，从里面蹿出出一簇红色的火花直奔天空，然后在空中炸开……

鞭炮终于放完了，我和妈妈收拾收拾，随后，一边议论着今晚的烟花一边回到了家，开始享受我们的精神晚餐——元宵晚会。

就在今天我收获了许多开心，在元宵晚会的节目中我又收获了许多字谜知识。这不光是欢乐的元宵节也是难忘的元宵节。

Many years ago, when scientists tried to make a robot to do some human

work, they could never thought about how far the robot could go. Today, some

scientists even predict that the wisdom of robot will surpass human being and

take place of us. In the science fiction movies, the directors have explored the

consciousness of intelligent machines, who showed how these machines controlled

people at last. The directors warned people that they may lose the dominant

position in the future. Recently, a robot was given the citizenship and it

became the first robot to be treated as human being. The public was shocked, but

when they saw the robot could communicate with human beings and question about

matters, they felt scared. Maybe in the future, the robot will replace us in

many aspects.

Over the years, the story of Qu’s demise transformed into the traditions of racing dragon boats and eating zongzi – a kind of rice wrapped in bamboo leaves. The races have certainly captured the imagination of people from all over the world. Every spring there are nearly 60 dragon boat races held outside of China in cities from Vancouver to Sydney, from Gdańsk, Poland to Cape Town, South Africa. Canada alone has nearly 50 dragon boat teams and Germany has nearly 30.

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多年来，屈原逝世的故事演变成了赛龙舟和吃粽子的传统--一种用竹叶包起来的米饭。种族当然吸引了来自世界各地的人们的想象力。每年春天有将近60场龙舟赛在中国举行的城市从温哥华到悉尼，从波兰到开普敦ńGDA的SK，南非。仅加拿大就有近50支龙舟队，而德国队有近30支。

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.

When I was picking up my stuff after school， I saw a dog staring at me at the school gate .I was kind of scary. I thought the dog would bite me when I was going out. But it was not. The dog started to follow me. I was very afraid. I started to run away， but the dog did it， either. Suddenly， the dog ran pass away me. I realized the man in front of me was the owner of the dog. I was relieved.

From then on， as long as a dog stares at me， I will look back to have a look whether there is another person near or not.

I have a happyWeekend.

On Saturday morning I always have English classes at school. I study hard in the classroom. In the afternoon I often play computer games. On Sunday morning I often draw pictures. Sometimes I visit my grandmother and grandfather. Sometimes I listen to music. On Sunday afternoon I often do housework or go shopping.

So I love weekends.

元宵节是我国一个古老的传统节日，在元宵节不但可以吃到热乎乎的美味的汤圆，而且可以欣赏到各式各样、令人眼花缭乱的花灯。

天色刚刚擦黑，我便催促着爸爸妈妈带我去看灯。来到大街上，哇，大街上可真热闹啊。喜气洋洋的人们摩肩接踵，处处都充满了欢声笑语，洋溢着一片节日的欢乐气氛。快到滨河路了，远远望去，挂满了花灯的滨河路宛如一条缀满了五彩斑斓的宝石的丝带，真是漂亮极了。

我们来到了滨河路，一盏盏花灯五彩缤纷，让人目不暇接。今年是虎年，最流行最常见的自然是老虎灯了，平日里威风凛凛的虎大王变成了温顺可爱的小宠物，调皮的孩子们还时不时地伸出手去逗弄他们呢。接着一枚正准备发射的“火箭”也吸引了人们的目光，它载着五星红旗，载着中华民族的希望，似乎马上就要腾空而起……奥瑞金公司展出了一个卡通玉米小博士灯，它顽皮地微笑着，指着一穗颗粒饱满的大玉米棒，仿佛在向人们夸耀：瞧，我多棒。接着是宫灯、走马灯、八角灯、动物灯、莲花灯等各式各样的灯，它们栩栩如生的形象引得人们啧啧称赞，纷纷在灯下拍照留念……

花灯看完了，回家的路上爸爸对我说：“这些美丽的花灯寄托了人们对美好生活的祝愿，对幸福和平生活的赞颂，以及对未来发展的期望啊。”我思考着爸爸的话，暗自下定决心：一定要好好学习，让所有美好的愿望都变成现实，让我们的祖国更加繁荣强大，欣欣向荣。

We are students now，so we all have learning habits ourselves，whether or not they are good，let‘s share with everyone. I have some learning habits too.In the evening，i sometimes read alond .textbook，then memorize them.When i take class ，i listen to teacher carefully，and i learn some knowledges from teacher ，then ，i will take notes，i always keep to doing that every class.In the afternoon，i try my best to finish my homewotk，because i want to have long time to review what we have learned in the evening，but i do my homework so hard，when i meet the problems ，i will ask my father to solve them，so every evening，i will learn useful enough knowledge，i always feel very happy when i understand them.But i think it’s important for us to be interested in studying，i think we have to make friends with study，then we could help other classmates to study，because we can exercise ourselves by helping them. There are my ways to learn，although they are not so good，i will improve them，and start to try new ways. Learn is a life journey，in this journey，may be we will miss a lot of problems，but we can‘t afraid of them，we must to be the owner of study.

As is known to us all, the most precious thing in the world is nothing but

“today”. Therefore, it is necessary and significant for us to manage our time

efficiently. There are some suggestions and methods to manage our time.

First, the most important thing is to know and understand how we have spent

and managed our time before. Only in this way can we know in which we have

wasted our time. We can do this by sorting out all things we do every day and

then select the necessary thing and the wasted time.

Second, after the first step, what we should do is choosing the correct

time. As the saying goes, “to choose time is to save time”. For one thing, we

have to know and understand that which period we have more efficiency and have

better quality in work or study so that we know how to make our schedule. For

another, it is better to do the most important and urgent thing first in that we

barely have enough time to finish all task within a day.

Last but not the least, it is valuable to take full advantage of our

leisure time tiny pieces of time. For example, we can do some reading when we

are waiting for a bus, or we can practice our listening on our way to

school.

To sum up, time, like water in sponge, can be squeezed out if we like.

Therefore, take full use of our time in that it is essential to lead a full and

happy life.

经过近一个学期的紧张学习生活，学生们即将迎来对学习成果的一次大检阅——期末考试。面对迫在眉睫的考试，不少同学都有些焦虑。对于各年级学生来说，该如何以积极的心态备考，全力以赴地考出好成绩则是目前的重中之重。小编将陆续整理小学各年级期末复习考试资料，供广大小学生参考。请继续关注新东方小学频道，祝大家考试取得好成绩。

there is an aoyu in the picture. the aoyu has a green tail， two colorful horns and the silver skin. it’s a silver aoyu. it looks beautiful and lively.

are you dance is a traditional dance in shawan piaose. it means it can always get the first. it’s a good symbol. everyone likes it very much.

Children’s education has been concerned by the public all the time. As they

are the future and will decide a country’s destiny, so the environment matters

so much to them. Most parents expect the school can provide the children a good

learning environment and ignore the importance of home education.

School provides the children a direct stage to receive education. In the

school, the teachers pass knowledge and educate them the right value. The

children know their task and as everybody around them focus the attention on

study, so they are affected by each other and have the strong desire to

learn.

Home education is easy to be ignored by most parents, they think it is the

teachers’ duty to educate children. Actually, most criminal teenagers have

family issues. Parents haven’t set good example for the kids. Sometimes they are

even the trouble makers. Without love, teenagers won’t grow up as the strong

people.

Both school and family environment are important for the children, and they

need to be nurtured with the good examples and learn knowledge.

My aunt has a cute puppy named Lele. It is versatile, is a very great puppy.

Lele is a bitch, a shiny golden hair on the body, the ear tip of the very spirit, and a pair of black grapes like the eyes flash in the face flash, the tail in the back dangling. Very cute!

My aunt s music is not only lovely but also very loving.

It does not have to solve the corner when the urine, directly to the bathroom solution. Stool when the door clutching the door called, my aunt saw it will take it downstairs in the grass stool solution.

Sometimes Lele heard the sound of water will run over. Always want to play water!

My aunt put the national anthem song will be heard a burst of sweet songs, you will certainly ask who is singing it you can not think of music is singing!

Lele is like a prayer for China! Its a patriotic dog.

This is my aunt cute little dog happy music!

My winter holiday is intersting, my winterholiday is very interesting.I can play a computer and watch aTV in the home.I still read some good books in the winter holiday.Because of the plan of value result of our school, let us time of few lesson remaining.Also opportunity to have no does the affair that likes to do.So, the winterholiday liked too to me.

But again schooled begins quickly, its be over means a kind of another life of beginning, my in the mind have a little longing , also have a little fear.Imagining to what freshman live is more.long for enjoyment,long for liberty.

Chapter one：self-introduction

Tips:

名字和年龄：My name is peter, I am six years old.

兴趣：My hobby is playing basketball.

个性：I am a talkative person.

My name is peter. I am six years old. I am from Taiwan. Many people ask me about my Chinese name because they think the meaning of it is very interesting. But I hope my friends can remember my English name rather than my Chinese one. My hobby is playing basketball. I usually play it with my friends after school, and I believe playing basketball will bring me good health. I am a talkative person. It is very difficult for me to keep quiet. Now I am studying in English, so I hope everyone can speak English to me. Otherwise I will feel very bad if I keep quiet.

当当当!伴随着一阵清脆的声音，我家的元宵味道品一品比赛正式拉开了……我被选为评委，爸爸妈妈则担任厨师，负责煮元宵。 Dangdang! With a crisp sound, my familys Lantern Festival flavors were officially opened ...Responsible for cooking Lantern Festival.

我在客厅正看着电视，老爸就一把把我拉到餐厅，没办法，当评委就是难呀!

一到桌前，我傻眼了!数了数大大小小有碗十来个，每碗至少有汤圆4个，一碗一个味，上面还被妈妈贴了标签：玫瑰的、桂花的、黑芝麻的、巧克力的、花生的……再回想一下刚才定的规则，每人一个碗内必须吃2个汤圆，晕!我还以为没多少呢!

没想到至少得吃20个汤圆!要知道，我可是最讨厌吃汤圆了。而且，我的体重与日剧增，可不能再这样下去了……老爸看出了我的心思，像专门气我是的，开始长篇大论：“女儿，你要讲信用，你刚才是怎么说的?而且，你还得尊重我们的劳动成果：虽说现在生活条件好了……”，老一套，还不就是为了让我吃了汤圆吗!吃就吃，谁怕谁呀!

我深吸了一口气，像准备开战的战士一样，做出了伟大的决定——吃!

说干就干，我抄起汤匙，狼吞虎咽，不一会儿干掉了十来个汤圆。本来我吃撑了，想趁他们不注意，脚踩西瓜皮——溜之大吉;但恶的妈妈却用我不了的激将法：“吃不了之前就应该说嘛!哪还用这会儿出丑?”说完还偷着乐。不行，不行，我受不了啦!我还就要你们看看我庞蕴含有多大能耐!风卷残云之力，我成功消灭了剩下的汤圆……

好难受呀!我的肚子里又一阵翻江倒海!没办法，两个卫生间他们两个各占一个。

关于野餐的六年级英语作文篇1

It is a nice Sunday.The air is fresh and the sky is blue.The classmates of Class one Grade seven is having a pinic on Nan Shan.Look,some students are looking at how to cook the food.Jane is washing vegetabels .Tom is catching fish in the river.And other classmates are laying the table.They are all busy,but they are very happy.What a nice picnic it is!

关于野餐的六年级英语作文篇2

Last Sundy I went to the park with my friend.It took us an hour to get there by bike.It was sunny and warm that day.There were lots of people in the park.We climbed the mountain and went boating.And we had a picnic in the park,too.When we finished the picnic,we picked up the rubbish and threw it into the dusbin.We thought it was our duty to make the environment clean.We had a good time that day.

关于野餐的六年级英语作文篇3

Yesterday,I went to have a picnic with my old classmates.We dated with each other several days ago.And we were all expecting the day#39;s come. At last, the excited day came. We went to the part where we have decided to have the picnic. During the picnic ,we talked with each other,played games,and so on. On balance, I had a nice day and I will never forget it.Because it is so happy in the picnic and we remaided so many pleasures things in our childhood.

关于野餐的六年级英语作文篇4

We had a picnic in fall last year. first we climbed to the top of the hill. we saw many pupils there. we talked ,laughed and played together. then at picnic time, we shared our food .we saw a beautiful stream near by. but there was much rubbish in it. that#39;s a pity .we thought we should tell the people to protect our living environment. so after our picnic, we put up several signs near the stream. we wrote "please keep the stream clean and beautiful" on the signs. time to go home, we said goodbye each other and we made an appointment of next year.. on our way home, we all thought that#39;s a very interesting picnic.

关于野餐的六年级英语作文篇5

It was a sunny day. We decided to have a picnic outside the city. In the morning, we took an early bus to Nanhui. It was quite a colorful world. there were GREen trees, orange leaves,red peach blossoms. At noon, we reached the place, we sat by the river bank and took out a lot of things, such as bread, orange juice, apples, cakes, eggs and so on.But all of a sudden, it began to rain. Unluckily there was no shelter nearby. We had to take a bus to go back home in a hurry.

What an unforgettable picnic it was!

有三种目标：短期，中期的和长期的目标。

短期目标是那些通常与当前的活动，我们可以应用在日常工作处理。这些目标可以实现在一周或更少，或者两个星期，或possiblymonths。应该记住，仅仅是作为建筑物地基比强大，我们的长远目标不等于没有牢固的短期目标的实现非常多。在完成我们的短期目标，我们应当标明日期，然后添加新的短期的目标，将建立在那些已经完成。

中期目标建立在短期目标的基础。他们可能关注的是一学期或整个学年，有时也可长达数年。任何时候，你前进了一步一步来，你不应该让自己变得沮丧或淹没。当你完成每个步骤，您将执行你的能力的增长和成功的信念。并且当你完成目标的日期，你的动力和欲望将会增加。

长期目标可能与我们对未来的梦想。他们可能需要5年以上。生活不是一成不变的。我们不能让一个长远的目标，以限制我们或我们的行动方针。

[目标的英语小学作文

probably more food is consumed during the new year celebrations than any other time of the year. vast amounts of traditional food is prepared for family and friends, as well as those close to us who have died.

on new years day, the chinese family will eat a vegetarian dish called jai. although the various ingredients in jai are root vegetables or fibrous vegetables, many people attribute various superstitious aspects to them.

other foods include a whole fish, to represent togetherness and abundance, and a chicken for prosperity. the chicken must be presented with a head, tail and feet to symbolize completeness. noodles should be uncut, as they represent long life.

in south china, the favorite and most typical dishes were nian gao, sweet steamed glutinous rice(糯米)pudding and zong zi (glutinous rice wrapped up in reed(芦苇)leaves), another popular delicacy.

in the north, steamed-wheat bread (man tou) and small meat dumplings were the preferred food. the tremendous amount of food prepared at this time was meant to symbolize abundance and wealth for the household.