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1000小学生感谢父母的英语作文
全文共 2188 字
+ 加入清单Parents is one day, a day of rain, parents is a tree, protect us grow, their selfless dedication of his own life, let the children grow up safe protection. Their pay is not anything in return, they comforted for the growth of children, for their own pay without regret. In the world because of their love, break through the layers of obstacles in the world changes in temperature to have a letter true zhi scenery... The children have mushroomed generally lively up, but also like a weed is uneven.
Good family can cultivate harmonious personality, make a good man. Because of the parents, it would not have been lost in faith; Rush of starlight, just had moments of light. Every child happy childhood has your escort. When tears, silently blessing you, waiting for you; Sad, you softly comforted; When you lose, you teach earnestly. How many unforgettable time, every day can hear you tender words, every day can feel the strength of your powerful support.
Experienced how many cold sun, how many day night, the great parents, how much you pay? Looked at the child growing up bit by bit, bit by bit mature, the shadow of your face already is full of ravines, hair become white hair. You remember our hours of joy, and cultivate the beautiful future, you are concerned about ZhaoEr female of food and clothing, you back caring ZhaoEr woman. Are you open of the road of life, embrace of love are you, you are leading the people see the future.
Because of you, ignorant children understand the life of truth, good habits achievements in our life.
Because of you, the world has hope; Because of you, the world is full of love.
Because of you, the world become so beautiful!
父母是一片天,是一片遮风挡雨的天,父母是一颗树,保护我们成长,他们无私的奉献着自己的生命,让孩子在成长中得到安全的保护。他们的付出是不要任何回报的,他们为儿女的成长感到欣慰,为自己的付出无悔。世上因为有了他们的爱,突破了层层阻碍,在冷暖人间有了一方真情挚信的风景……孩子们如雨后春笋一般活泼向上,但也如野草般参差不齐。
好的家庭可以培养和谐的性格,造就一个好人。因为有了父母,迷茫中才有了坚定的信念;催擦的星光,才有了瞬间的点亮。每一个儿童快乐童年都有您保驾护航。流泪时,您默默祝福、守候;悲伤时,您轻声安慰;失败时,你谆谆开导。多少个难忘的时光,每天可以听到您温柔的话语,每天可以感受到您强大的支撑的力量。
经历过多少严寒骄阳,多少白昼黑夜,伟大的父母,你们付出了多大的代价呀?看着一点一点长大的孩子,一点一点成熟的影子,您脸上已布满沟壑,青丝变成白发。您回忆我们小时欢乐身影,培育着美丽的未来,您关心着儿女的温饱,您惦记着儿女的归来。您是开启孩子人生之路的人,您是怀抱爱的人,您是引领看到未来的人。
因为有了您,无知孩童明白了做人的道理,良好习惯成就了我们一生。
因为有了您,世界有了希望;因为有了您,世界充满了爱;
因为有了您,世界变得如此美丽无比!
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篇1:小学生写人英语作文:我的爸爸
全文共 1048 字
+ 加入清单My father is a teacher, he looks fat, but also wearing a pair of glasses, the rationale of a flat head, not tall.
Dad likes to swim, run, play table tennis, read books, travel.
My dad asked me very strict, he often taught me to be polite. Once to a uncle home to a guest, my uncle gave me a big and round apple, I took over from the hands of uncle apples, relish to eat up, on the way home, my father taught me: Make a polite child, someone else give you something, say thank you.
Dad asked me to be an honest man. Once I secretly in the room watching TV, my father told me to open the door, I quickly turn off the TV, my father asked me: "What are you doing?" I said: "I am reading." He looked at it and said, "Are you lying too? Are you deceiving me? Do you know?" I had to admit. Dad said to me: "I have to do something wrong to take the initiative to admit, do not lie, know wrong to change or a good boy." Dads teachings I keep in mind.
My father is a demanding person, I like my father, he taught me to do a very polite, honest and honest people.
篇2:关于我的烦恼英语作文小学
全文共 703 字
+ 加入清单Like every young girl, I pay attention to make myself look pretty, because
if I get more attention from others, I will be very happy. So I start to follow
the models and the movies stars dressing style, then I find that compare to
their skinny bodies, I look like a fat girl. So I have made up my mind to lose
weight. As my body is in the growth period, my parents always ask me to eat
more. When they find me start to eat less, they think I am sick. I tell them
that I want to look beautiful, then my mother says that I am beautiful in her
eyes. If I dont eat, I will look old. I search the Internet. The pictures of
skinny girls scare me, so I give up losing weight. My annoyance is gone, and I
am happy again.
篇3:幸运的一天小学六年级英语作文
全文共 499 字
+ 加入清单I was so lucky today.
In the morning I lost my wallet on the way from home to school. I did not noticed this until I got into our classroom. There was almost 100 yuan in my wallet. I grew panic and decided to go back to find my wallet when I met my friend Xiao Ming. He told me he found a wallet exactly looks like mine on his way to school and it was mine.
How lucky I am today !
今天我是如此的幸运。
在早上我从家到学校的路上丢了钱包。我没有注意到这一点直到我进入我们的教室。有近100元的钱包。我是恐慌决定回去找我的钱包当我遇到我的朋友小明。他告诉我他发现一个钱包到底看起来像我在去学校的路上这是我的。
今天我是多么幸运啊!
篇4:小学英语反义词大全
全文共 1419 字
+ 加入清单certainly 当然地 -- perhaps, maybe 或许;大概
cheap 便宜的 -- expensive, dear 昂贵的
clean 干净的 -- dirty 肮脏的
clever 聪明的 -- foolish 愚蠢的
cloudy 天阴的 -- bright, clear, sunny 晴朗的
cold 寒冷的 -- hot 炎热的
come 来 -- go 去
cool 凉爽的 -- warm 温暖的
danger 危险 -- safety 安全
dark 黑暗的 -- bright, light 明亮的
day 白天 -- night 夜晚
dead 死的 -- alive, living 活的
death 死亡 -- life 生命
die 死去 -- live 活着
down 向下 -- up 向上
dry 干燥的 -- wet 潮湿的
early 早的 -- late 迟的
easy 容易的 -- difficult, hard 困难的;艰巨的
empty 倒空 -- fill 装满
empth 空的 -- full 满的
entrance 入口 -- exit 出口
fall 落下 -- rise 升起
far 远的 -- near 近的
fast 快-- slow 慢
above 在……上-- below 在……下
after 在……后 -- before 在……前
all 全部 -- none 全无
alone 单独地 -- together 一起
always 总是 -- sometimes 有时
answer 回答 -- ask 询问
answer 答案 -- question 问题
back 背部 -- front 前面
bad 坏的 -- good 好的
badly 恶劣地 -- well 很好地
beautiful美丽的-- ugly丑陋的
before之前 -- after之后
begin 开始 -- end, finish 结束
best 最好的 -- worst 最坏的
better 更好的 -- worse 更坏的
big 大的 -- small, little 小的
black 黑的 -- white 白的
borrow 借入 -- lend 借给
both 两者都 -- neither 两者都不
break 打破 -- mend, repair 修理
busy 忙碌的 -- free 空闲的
buy 买(入)-- sell 卖(出)
fine 晴朗的 -- cloudy, rainy 天阴的下雨的
finish 结束 -- begin, start 开始
first 最初的 -- last 最后的
foreign 外国的 -- home 本国的
forget 忘记 -- remember 记得
freeze冰冻 -- melt融化
from 从…… -- to 到……
give 给予 -- take 拿走
glad 愉快的 -- sad, sorry悲伤的难过的
good 好的 -- bad, ill, poor 坏的;恶劣的
great 伟大的 little, small 渺小的
happy 高兴的 -- unhappy, sad 难过的
hard 艰难的 -- easy 容易的
hard 硬的 -- soft 软的
hate 憎恨 -- love, like 热爱喜欢
here 在这里 -- there 在那里
high 高的 -- low 低的
篇5:小学生一分钟英语自我介绍
全文共 328 字
+ 加入清单Hello everyone.My name is Happier1.I come from Guangxi.
Im very happy to come here to study with you.
This class feels just like a big family to me.
Im interested in sport,pop music.I also enjoy playing games on net.I would love to play with you sometime.
I hope I can become your friend soon and make our dreams come true together.
篇6:小学英语笑话范文
全文共 411 字
+ 加入清单The famous Dr. Smith,dean of Medical College,was appointed private physician to the King. Whereupon he proudly wrote the following notice on the blackboard of his classes:“Professor Smith informs his students that he has been appointed Honorary Physician to His Majesty the King.”
When he returned to his classroom in the afternoon,he found written below his notice this line: "God save the King”
physician
majesty
篇7:小学生植树节英语
全文共 872 字
+ 加入清单It was fine on March 12, I got up early that day . All the students in our school went to the hill to plant trees .
We arrived at the hill at eight oclock . The teacher asked each of us to plant at least six trees . Then we started digging , planting and watering . We all worked so hard that we could finish our tasks ahead of tim e.
Among us , our monitor set a good example for us . Though he was ill , he worked harder . When he finished his task , he went on to help others without even a little rest. He was wet all over after work .“ I must learn from him ,” I said to myself . Looking at the lines of the young trees , we smiled happily, forgetting our tiredness.
3月12日天气晴朗,那天我起得很早。我们学校所有的学生都到山上种树。
我们八点到达了山上。老师让我们每人至少种植六棵树。然后我们开始挖,种植和浇水。我们都努力工作,以便在天黑之前完成任务。
在我们中间,班长为我们树立了一个好榜样。虽然他病了,但他更努力工作。当他完成任务时,他继续帮助别人,连一点休息都没有。他下班后全身湿透了,“我必须向他学习,”我对自己说。看着小树的线条,我们高兴地笑了,忘记了我们的疲劳。
篇8:军训感受的小学英语作文
全文共 661 字
+ 加入清单I had finished trainning in army for 8 days.Though this trainning I can learn a lot of things without schooling.I made many new good friends as well.
I never finished a whole work myself before this trainning. Because of this, I failed the most important exam. The drillmaster taught us that we must often say "never give up"in our life.Only in this way, we can succeed. I felt bloody lonely after I graduated from school.By mean of this trainning,I have new friendiness.We often talked about our favourite things as football,basketball and so on.... I think we need some trainning.It can make us become better and better. I will remember this trainning forever!
篇9:,小学生我的爸爸英语作文
全文共 1406 字
+ 加入清单I was born in July 1999, was born not long, because I am so cute, and nurses almost took me home. People should be born out of men and women of the bar, I seem to be a boy, plump face, there are fat palm, a look that is when the boys expected.
At that time the father was a handsome young man, bulging belly similar to a trampoline, he because I was "boys" and often picked me up on his beard Cengceng, my father was called "ass" The face seems to be acupuncture to the same, the pain I "wow wow" shouting, but my heart was quite proud of. In order to highlight the "young master" personality, my father went to the store to buy a duck cap in my "barren" bald head, so that I became a domineering little boys. My father often took me to the nearby park stroll, I think I was like a little dog, but also with the dog belt, my father took the stumbled me in the parks small pavilion to play, but also taught me to walk, he side "Tut tut" called, like a dog like to lure me, I staggered to walk a few steps, fell, get up and then go, and then fell ... ... soon, who will be green one, purple one I am glad that I will walk.
Later, I grew up, only to find that I was a girl, but still proudly with the boys clothes, their own silver suits, but also dug out a little bit of the cap on his head, but nothing boys wild.
Dad, you are a flower, guide me to the success of the other side, although you are a fat flower.
篇10:,小学生我的爸爸英语作文
全文共 1564 字
+ 加入清单Love is like water, eight years of spring and autumn, my beautiful childhood is in the fathers care and companions spent. I can not forget that every Sunday morning, my father to accompany me to the Childrens Palace painting scene, it is accompanied by my father, I can comfortably in the studio to imagine, in the colorful world to fly.
And told me the most can not forget is that my father every day is busy, but my father every night will never forget, holding my favorite book, sitting next to me, seriously to me to study. In the sound of my fathers reading, I seemed to come to the forest and heard the whisper of the animals; I seemed to fly into space and meet with the nine planets; I seemed to come to the vast grasslands and see the mighty wolves in the protection of the prairie.
In my fathers vivid reading, I seem to smell the breath of spring, hear the summer cicadas, see the fall of the leaves, touched the winter snow. When I was fascinated, Dad often stopped and asked me: "I understand?" I am eager to answer: "I understand." Sometimes I will interrupt my father reading, ask a lot of why, my father patience To answer one by one, this also gave me a "one hundred thousand why" nickname ... ...
Spring and summer autumn and winter, four seasons reincarnation, slowly I grew up, I will read and write, and I gradually understand:
Dad, your companions let me know the greatness of nature, your companions let me know a lot of reason, your companions make me very happy.
Daddy, I will take my happy childhood slowly talking about you and listen to you.
篇11:保护文化遗产英语作文小学
全文共 1334 字
+ 加入清单In recent years, there are more and more Confucius Institutes being built
all around the world, which shows that our Chinese culture become much more
popular than ever. As one of the four ancient civilizations, China has long
history and creates many splendid cultures. The ancient culture once had great
influence on the world, such as Japan, South Korea and other Asian and European
countries.
From the respect of school, Confucianism, Mohism, Taoism, and Legalism are
the main schools created in ancient China, and they also have great influence on
the Modern China and the world, especially the Confucianism. They deeply root in
traditional Chinese culture and people’s daily lives.
Specially, kung fu, traditional Chinese painting, poem, opera, cooking,
clothing, architecture and many other kinds of cultural forms make up the
splendid Chinese culture. The kinds listed above are the typical ones which
connect to each other at the same time. For example, painting, clothing and
architecture has many things in common. And each kind of cultural form contains
numerous intentions.
In short, Chinese culture are the accumulation of Chinese history, which
makes Chinese culture colorful and prosperous. If one wants to know or study
Chinese culture deeply, he or she must spend much time in it, otherwise he or
she can only get the tip of an iceberg.
篇12:小学作文:第一次学英语
全文共 761 字
+ 加入清单我以前听说在小学3年级的时候要学英语。我想啊,我又不去英国,干什么学英语啊?现在,我要学英语了,我听老师和爸爸妈妈说,英语是全球的通用语言,学好了才能和外国的友人交流沟通。我重视英语了,并决心要学好它。今天就是我的第一次英语课,我是既紧张又兴奋。
上课时,老师给我们说:“需要购买录音机和磁带作为辅助工具。”回到家里我就急忙给爸爸妈妈说了需要录音机和磁带的事情。妈妈告诉我:“辅助工具很重要,但是上课专心听讲更加重要。现在我们去买吧。”
录音机和磁带买回来了,妈妈告诉我怎么使用。我就打开录音机开始听起来了:先背着书听一遍,然后背着书跟读一遍,最后我看着书跟读一遍。现在该我关了录音机读课文了,我一看课文,呀,我只能勉强用英语说出课文中人物的名字,其他的就不知道怎么读了。这可把我急坏了,恨不得把书给撕了。妈妈安慰我说:“不要着急,事情需要一步一步的来完成,着急是没有用的。我们换个方式来练习一下?”妈妈和我就象课文里的人物一样来对话,介绍自己的名字和打招呼。几遍下来,我发觉我渐渐可以完全读课文了,这个方法真不错!
读完了课文,该听写了。我先看看单词表吧,哇!有的单词字母好多,我得好好记清楚,字母少的就看一遍。开始听写了,糟糕,我只顾去记字母多的单词,字母少的反而没有记住。不管了,这些不知道的单词胡编乱造也要写完。由于刚才一着急,字母多的单词也忘记了一些,只好空在那里了,最后错了不少。第二次也好不到哪里去。第三次了,妈妈说,再不全对的话,就把每个单词抄写一篇。这次我一定要认真记牢,反复在心里默写几遍,做到万无一失,要不然,罚抄每个单词一篇可不是好玩的。这次我满怀信心了,当然也全部正确了。
今天,我初次接触英语,也是经历了一些曲折吧。从中我也体会到,学习不同的东西需要用不同的方式去对待,但是,有一点少不了,那就是刻苦!
篇13:怎么去科学博物馆小学六年级英语作文
全文共 617 字
+ 加入清单We are going to the science museum tomorrow. There is an old thing show in the Museum. Do you know how we can get to the science museum?
我们明天要去科学博物馆。在博物馆有一个古物展览。你知道我们要怎么去科学博物馆吗?
The science museum is next to the People’s Park. It isn’t far from our school. So we can go there on foot .Walk straight to the west from our school, next turn left at the post office and walk for about 5 minutes, then turn right at traffic lights. You can find the People’s Park on the right . Walk straight, and you’ll see the science museum.
科学博物馆在人民公园旁边。它离我们的学校并不远。因此我们可以步行去那里。从我们学校向西直走,接着在邮局左转,步行大约5分钟,然后在红绿灯右转。你可以发现右边是人民公园。直走,你会看到科学博物馆。
篇14:小学三年级英语作文:我最喜欢的运动
全文共 2975 字
+ 加入清单There are quite a lot since I was young, I like sports, they like the sparkling stars sky, how the number is countless. However, my favorite sport is climbing pole.
I like to climb the pole of the campaign, because when I was in kindergarten, I was one of the most naughty girl in our class, everybody calls me "drum". And I climb pole of the sport is also a lot of girls do not dare, dare only two girls and boys of the class, I am one of them, it makes me very proud.
I remember it was a sunny morning, I climb the pole and two boys game. Although I was a lot of trouble with boys than anything, but since I was young, I have a little afraid of heights, so the crawling crawling feeling more and more afraid of, have to despondently slipped. I low head say: "I... I... I lost!" In fact, my heart has one hundred defy spirit.
After school, I got home, he rushed to the front of the my backyard that rail, slowly began to practice. Unconsciously, I have already climbed to the top, I looked down, "ah... frighten to death me!" I never climb such a high place, the sweat from my face like soybean straight flowing downwards.
How can I get rid of my fear of heights problem? I sat on a swing hard thinking. At this time, the father asked me what was wrong, I put the incident tell dad, dad said: "as long as the body balance, dont look down, you will not be afraid." I according to dads words again and again to try, but I cant help sliding down every time, and I remember my father told me, his eyes closed, the body balance, I tried several times, oh... I succeeded, I from the rail down, very happy. I get this good news for the first time dad.
The next day, I and the two boys in the kindergarten again launched a fierce climb bar game, after the match began, my good friends encouraged me to below, and my heart is like fifteen buckets to draw water so anxious. Monkeys like to climb two boys, but they havent been able to climb to the highest point. I also not to be outdone, finally I didnt live up to the expectations of good friends to me, I win, my good friends around me to applaud for me. The two boys have to throw in the towel.
Since then and I climbed to the bar. Climbing pole brings me health and brings joy, it is one of my favorite sports.
我从小就有许许多多喜欢的运动,它们像天上那闪闪发光的小星星,怎么数也数不清。但是,我最喜欢的一项运动就是爬杆。
我之所以喜欢爬杆这项运动,是因为我在上幼儿园的时候,我是我们班女生里最淘气的一个,大家都叫我“淘汽包”。而我爬杆这项运动也是很多女生不敢做的,全班只有两个女生敢和男生比,我就是其中一个,这让我很自豪。
我记得那是一个阳光明媚的早上,我和两个男生比赛爬杆。虽然我是个淘气包什么都敢跟男生比,但是我从小就有点恐高,所以爬着爬着感觉越来越怕,只好灰溜溜地滑了下来。我低着头说:“我……我……我输了!”其实我的心里有一百个的不服气。
放学后,我一回到家,就冲到我家后院那根栏杆前,开始慢慢地练习。不知不觉地,我已经爬到了最高处,我一往下看,“啊……吓死我啦!”我从没有爬过这么高的地方,大豆般的汗珠从我的脸颊直往下流。
怎么才能去掉我恐高的毛病呢?我坐在秋千上闷头苦想着。这时,爸爸过来问我怎么了,我把事情的经过讲给爸爸听,爸爸告诉说:“只要身体保持平衡,不要向下看,你就不会害怕了。”我按爸爸的话一次又地尝试着,可是我每次都会情不自禁地滑下来,我回想爸爸跟我讲的话,把眼睛闭着,身体保持平衡,我又试了几次,哦……我成功了,我从栏杆下来后,好开心!我第一时间把这个好消息告诉爸爸。
第二天,我和那两个男生又在幼儿园展开了一场激烈的爬杆比赛,比赛开始后,我的好朋友都在下面鼓励我,而我的心里却像十五个吊桶打水七上八下。两个男生猴子似的往上爬,可他们都没能爬到最高点。我也不甘示弱,终于我没有辜负好朋友们对我的期望,我赢了,我的好朋友都围着我为我喝彩。两个男生也只好认输。
从那以后我和爬杆结下了不解之缘。爬杆给我带来了健康,带来了快乐,它是我最喜欢的一种运动。
篇15:小学生英语年级
全文共 382 字
+ 加入清单Birthday
My birthday is on Sunday. My parents are going to have a birthday party at home. I invite my friends to come to the party.
At the party. They give me many small presents. Such as cards, picture books, pens.
They sing Happy Birthday to me. My mother makes a big cake for me. I cut the cake into small pieces and give them out.
We sing and dance.We have a good time at the party.
篇16:我的家小学英语作文
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+ 加入清单My name is wang fengyi. i’m a beautiful girl. i have a happy family. there are three people in my family, they are my father, my mother and i.
I’m ten years old this year. i’m a pupil . i’m in liu shi fu xiao promary school, class one, grade three. there are thirty-nine classmates in my class. i’m very excellent, because i always study very hard. i like english, chinese, math and muisc. i’m good at dance, i often show evrywhere on festival and holiday. i’m very humorous, so i’m very happy everyday.
I have a pet, the pet is a yellow rabbit. it is very cute. i sometime plant vegetables in my backyard.
My mother’s surname is xu. she’s thirty-five years old. she is short, but she is very prettyish. she is a designer. she can draw many many beautiful pictures. she always does housework evryday. she likes to watch tv.
My father’s surname is wang. he is fourty years old. he is tall, he is handsome. he is a engineer, his company built shanghai zhengda square in 2001. he is very clever. he likes ponder every day , he likes reading and chess very much.
We often play games together in the evening. we usually go to the park on sunday.
I love my partents very mch, and my partents love me, too. we are very happy family!
篇17:小学生写人英语作文:我的爸爸
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+ 加入清单My dad tall tall, keep a flat head, is a love joke, humor. He often said his eyes can open the "plane", but his eyes covered with bloodshot eyes, may be the reason my father often drink it!
My father is a love of people every night to eat, my father on the side of the glass and wine side and we talk and laugh, while drinking up, he drank a drink to blush, and a look to know to drink A lot of wine, even talking slowly. Sometimes a drink at night, the mother said he wanted to go out, in fact, my father did not drink fun, ran out to drink, drink midnight drunk. Dads friends put him back home, my mother saw his father drunk drunk, angry did not care for my father, but do not worry Dad a person in the living room asleep, told me to help her father back to bed Sleep, wake up the next day dad did not know what happened.
In fact, my father though love to drink, but his love for us a lot.
I remember, 10 years old, in the middle of the night my stomach suddenly hurt, he was from the 7th floor, I came downstairs to see a doctor, watching his father sweating look, I really want to say to him: Dad, Im all right!
As the saying goes, "father loves mountains", my father is such a person.
篇18:小学生二年级英语作文:我美丽的学校Mybeautifulschool
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+ 加入清单My school is Tailan primary school, Thats a good place,this is a beautiful school.
There are many flowers, many classrooms,many leaves, many offices, a large hall, a playground in our school, in the playground we can run and play.also there is a garden in my school, many flowers and trees in it, we often walk in the garden after lunch.
I like my school very much! Do you like my school?
篇19:关于科学家的英语作文小学
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+ 加入清单Today, with the fast development of science and technology, the artificial
intelligence has gone much further than people can imagine, such as the robot.
Now the first robot is admitted to be a citizen, which scares so many people.
Many scientists had predicted that someday robots would replace human being not
only in physical work, but also in minds. How terrible it would be. It is said
that scientists saw two robots discussing by creating a new language, then they
decided to turn down the machine and made them stop working. They knew clearly
the danger may happen in the future. Most people have thought about
self-consciousness that robot may have some day, but scientists still have a lot
of passion in searching the robots. They want to complete everything. But no one
can make sure what they can bring for human being.
篇20:闹元宵英语作文小学80字
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+ 加入清单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.
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 riddles"is
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.
People will eat yuanxiao, or rice dumplings, on this day, so it is also
called the "Yuanxiao Festival."Yuanxiao 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’s
more, tangyuan in Chinese has a similar pronunciation with "tuanyuan”, meaning
reunion. So people eat them to denote union, harmony and happiness for the
family.
In the daytime of the Festival, performances such as a dragon lantern
dance, a lion dance, a land boat dance, a yangge dance, walking on stilts and
beating drums while dancing will be staged. On the night, except for magnificent
lanterns, fireworks form a beautiful scene. Most families spare some fireworks
from the Spring Festival and let them off in the Lantern Festival. Some local
governments will even organize a fireworks party. On the night when the first
full moon enters the New Year, people become really intoxicated by the imposing
fireworks and bright moon in the sky.