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1000奋斗英语作文初二80词
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+ 加入清单An essential quality for young people is diligence.Nowdays,the issue on the
most important personal quality of young people is highly debatable,and ideas
vary from peerson to person. Some would claim that confidence is the most
essential. But for my part,the most essential quality for young people is
diligence that helps us a lot.
Diligence enables us to academic results. As we all know,academic results
requires lots of researches. An ancient calligraphy,named Wang Xizhi,devoted
lots of his time practicing writing. As is known to us all,he dried his pool
with his writing brush day after day. Though diligence,he became the greatest
calligraphy,finally.
Deligence helps us to achieve better scores in school. Last semester,one of
my fellow students failed to pass the Listening cours. In fact, questions set in
that paper were not very difficultt. If she had spent a little more time
listening rather than watching TV at her dorm,she could have passed the exam. On
the other hand,one of my roomates worked hard every day and got a high
score.
Diligence provides us more chancs to be succeed. As the saying goes “The
early bird catch the worm”. A diligent man may get up early and have more time
to improve himself. And that is the key to be succeed. If
we spend some time observing people around us,we can easily find some
people,just like Li Jiachen,are diligence and successful.
All in all,as a young people,once we have cultivated the essential quality
of diligence,we can achieve academic achievements,get a high score and have more
chances to be succeed. Once we have this essential quality:diligence,it do helps
us a lot in many ways.
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篇1:关于失败英语作文初中
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+ 加入清单People always say in one life, they can’t be sailing plainly, it means
people will meet all kinds of difficulties and they are easy to feel frustrated,
the one who gets over frustration, the one who becomes successful. When we meet
difficulties, we must learn to face it in the optimistic way, so we can see the
hope and have the faith to move on. The difficult moment is just the small
interlude of our lives. As the saying that failure is the mother of success, so
we need to learn lessons from failure and then when the time comes, we will get
successful. Facing frustration is unavoidable, if we can handle it well, we will
win.
篇2:关于教育的英语
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+ 加入清单Aducation is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we do not
educate children only for educating them. Our purpose is to fit them for
life.
In some modern countries it has been fashionable to think that free
education for all can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect
nation. But we can already see that free education for all is not enough.We find
in such countries a far larger number of people with university degrees refusing
to do what they think is "low"work, and. in fact, working with ones hands is
thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries.
But we have only to think a moment to understand that the work of a
completely uneducated farmer is far more important than that of a professor~ we
can live without education,but we die if we have no food. If no one cleaned our
streets and took the rubbish away from our houses, we should get terrible
diseases in our towns.
In fact, when we say that all of us must be educated to fit us for life, it
means that we must be educated in such a way that, firstly, each of us can do
whatever work is suited to his brains and ability and, secondly, that we can
realize that all jobs are necessary to society, and that it is very bad to be
ashamed of ones work. Only such a type of education can be considered valuable
to society.
篇3:关于奥运会英语
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+ 加入清单Olympic Games will be held every four years and it is the biggest sports
event. My father is a big fan and he will stay up very late to watch the sport.
I was affected by my father. I fell in love with many sports and diving was my
favorite Olympics sport. At first, I was attracted by the excellent movement
that the athletes played. The moment they diving into the water was like the
fish jumping into the water, which was wonderful. I started to figure out the
small different actions between athletes after I watching more. They challenge
harder action then get higher points. Every improvement is the result of hard
working.
篇4:关于英语作文traveling
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+ 加入清单More and more people now show their great interests intraveling, because
traveling can bring us a lot of benefits.
To begin with, having worked hard for a few months, traveling can release
us from high pressure. More importantly, traveling can help us acquire more
knowledge. No matter how many books we have read, there is still plenty of
knowledge for us to learn from traveling, like history, culture, custom, and
geography of the places we visit. By the way, through traveling, we can meet
many new friends and taste different kinds of delicious food.
While some people are not interested in traveling at all, since traveling
will cost a great deal of money on transportation and accommodation, and they
may feel tired after sightseeing as well.
As far as I’m concerned, the advantages of traveling are more than its
disadvantages, so if our time and finance permit, we can travel to some nice
places every year, in order to make our life more colorful and vivid.
篇5:诚实英语作文高5
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+ 加入清单There is an English proverb which says (saying) “Honesty is the best
policy.” It signifies the importance of honesty.
What are the benefits of honesty? If you are honest to others, they will be
honest to you in return. When you are sad, they will comfort you. When you are
in trouble, they will help you.
There is no enumerating the evils of dishonesty here. In a word, a
dishonest man will be looked down upon by others and (be) regarded as a public
enemy.
篇6: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7:有关污染英语作文高中
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+ 加入清单In the past few decades, our Earth has changed a lot, but to the bad
direction. Among these changes, the air pollutions resulting from a huge number
of automobiles and coal-burning is almost the severest. The severe air pollution
alarms humans of the heavy load we have exerted on Earth by our insatiable
production and usage of automobiles. However, with the deepening of
urbanization, more cars are needed, which will make the air pollution worse.
Therefore, the following actions should be taken. First, we should apply the
most cutting-edge technologies in order to adopt new forms of energy as
substitutes for fossil fuels. Second, try hard to develop possible
transportation means, which are enviromental friendly. So that the citizens can
reduce the dependence on cars. In short, our humans should take responsibilities
for the air pollution and have to find ways to solve this problem.
篇8:春节英语作文初二80词
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+ 加入清单Spring Festival is the most important festival in China .It‘s to celebrate
the lunar calendar ’s new year .In the evening before the Spring Festival
,families get together and have a big meal .In many places people like to set
off firecrackers .Dumplings are the most traditional food .Children like the
festival very much ,because they can have delicious food and wear new clothes
.They can also get some money from their parents. This money is given to
children for good luck . People put New Year scrolls on the wall for good
fortune .
The Spring Festival lasts about 15 days long .People visit relatives and
friends with the words “Have all your wishes ”。 People enjoy the Spring Festival
,during this time they can have a good rest .
篇9:端午节英语
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+ 加入清单Today is the Dragon Boat Festival. Its Qu Yuans day of commemoration. In
the morning, I wore a beautiful skirt, I had eaten glutinous rice dumplings, and
I followed my father. Mother went to her grandmothers house together. I see my
brother. My sister is waiting for me at the door.
As soon as I got off the train, they were dragged into the room and played
games. I will be a patient first, my sister will be a doctor and my brother will
be a nurse. At noon, grandma made a full table lunch, we ate lunch, heart. The
aunt said, "if I can eat such a rich dish every day, I will be satisfied."
In the afternoon, when our family went back to grandmas house, my aunt.
Great aunt came. They also sent a lot of things to our kids. We had a good time
today.
篇10:英语中秋节作文高一100词
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+ 加入清单Mid-autumn day is a special festival in China, which is one of the
traditional Chinese festivals. Itfalls on the 15th day of august lunar month
every year. Our Chinese will celebrate it on that day. I think there are not too
many people can reject he temptation of it. I like this festival very much. I
have two reasons.
First of all, mid-autumn has the deep meaning of reunite. In china, people
regard mid-autumn day as very important, so no matter where they are, they will
come back to their family if there is a chance. They don’t like celebrate this
festival outside, which will make them feel lonely. Thus, they will go home by
all means. Luckily, the government also pays great attention to this traditional
festival. There are laws to make sure people have holidays in that special day.
In the other word, mid-autumn festival gives a chance for family get
together.
Secondly, every family will prepare a big meal in that day. All the food is
delicious. It is good to have a big meal. I think nobody will not interest in
delicious food. The mooncake is a necessary decoration for mid-autumn day. It
tastes good, too. It is the traditional for a long time. How pleased to enjoy
the glorious full moon with mooncake!
This is why I love mid-autumn festival so much. It is funny and happy
time.
篇11:关于网购英语高一
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+ 加入清单When it comes to November 11, what’s on your mind? Well, as to the old
generations, it’s only an ordinary day; however, the young generations will
consider it as the Singles’ Day as well as the on-line shopping carnival. In
fact, on November 11th, 2013, Tmall and Taobao (the biggest Chinese online
shopping platform) has sold out more than 35 billion Yuan goods, this data has
astonished the media at home and abroad. Apparently, people have more interests
on cyber shopping than spend the night with their single friends. Some home
media even suggest that November 11th should be the Chinese on-line shopping
carnival.
In 2010, Jack Ma, the CEO of Tmall and Taobao, had coined the term “Double
Eleven”, aimed to encourage the single people to do something to celebrate their
own festival. Instead of dating lovers, people go on-line shopping to relive the
loneliness. According to the survey, China had 564 million Internet users at the
end of last year and 180 million single people. And the single people are the
main force of the China’s spending power. The debut was a great success. Then
“11.11” has an unusual meaning, which stands for on-line shopping carnival.
Comparing with the traditional shopping, the cyber shopping has more
distinguish features, which quite fit the young generations’ taste. People do
not need to go outside, just click their mouse, the goods will be home. The best
part is you can do it anywhere, anytime. All you need is a credit card. What we
can predict in the future is that on-line shopping is not going to fade away,
instead, it will boost like the mushrooms after spring rains.
篇12:关于志愿者英语
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+ 加入清单In recent years, the volunteering spirit has spread among the Chinese
people, especially among youngsters. According to a survey, in 20__, there were
about 1,700,000 volunteers who offered service for Olympic Games. Actually, an
increasing number of people become volunteers in China every year.
Volunteering actions are of tremendous benefits to both those in need and
the society. Olympic Games are a good example. As is known to all, volunteers
played an active role in Beijing Olympic Games. Without them, it would be a
tough task to hold this un-precedent Olympic Games. Therefore, we can say that
it was those volunteers who ensured the success of these games.
As modern college students, we should get actively involved in volunteering
activities. By participating, we can learn how to work well in a team, how to
improve our interpersonal skills and organizational ability. Undoubtedly, all of
these are critical for our person growth. So, we should take this chance to
learn and to grow.
篇13:关于健康饮食习惯英语
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+ 加入清单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.
篇14:妇女节的英语
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+ 加入清单Today I am very happy, because today is not only "38" womens day, but also
my mothers birthday.
Early in the morning I thought, what to do for my mother? I thought to
myself, I didnt think of a way, so I went to ask dad. Dad said, "you can make
her a card or do something for her." So I decided to make her a card. I took out
a small piece of cardboard and wrote, "happy holidays and good health." Well, I
put the CARDS in my room.
I went out to help my mother mop the floor, my mother said in surprise:
"you dont even touch the housework, how do you have to mop the floor today?"
Ill just mop the floor and not answer mom. At noon, I put the CARDS in my
mothers room, and my mother said to me, "what are you doing in the room?" I
smiled at my mother and said, "its a secret."
At night, I said to my mother, "happy birthday to you, and I wish you a
happy holiday." Mother said: "today is my birthday I remember, today is what
holiday?" I opened my eyes to my mother and said, "today is march eighth
international womens day! Dont you remember? "I thought you knew it was for
you," I said to my mother. My mother took the card and looked at it, moved to
tears.
篇15:关于改变自己英语
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+ 加入清单In our daily life, we can learn something from some cases. However, from my
point of view, I think that it is essential for us to know ourselves in a right
way. People who have a full awareness of the importance to improve themselves
will discover themselves continuously. Therefore, we can say that if we want to
change ourselves, we must bravely reveal ourselves.
Every coin has two sides, and we are no exception. When we experience some
situations, we will find that there are many advantages of us. Thus, we can have
a huge sense of satisfaction. We may have a little pride, because we are happy
that we can make good use of our advantages to solve more difficult problems in
the future. However, at the same time, we also can realize that there are still
some disadvantages of us. These disadvantages will bring us different
influences. I’d like to point out that people who can bravely accept and remove
their disadvantages will gain a bright future. On the contrary, people who
choose escape or ignorance their disadvantages will indulge themselves, and they
no further progress.
Don’t indulge yourself. If we indulge ourselves, we will meet more terrible
suffering in our later life. I know that when we find our weakness, we may say
that I will never do that again, and regret doing so meaningless thing. I am
such a fool. But when we meet similar situations next time, we will still tell
ourselves that it doesn’t matter that I do it again. Then we will indulge
ourselves to expand our disadvantages. It shows that some people who have no own
principle will fail to realize their promises. When we can overcome our
laziness, we will understand that solving some problems may be not so difficult.
Therefore, we should try our best to control ourselves to pursue higher
development.
There are no any excuses to indulge yourself. We should tell ourselves that
we are capable to overcome our weakness, though it needs much time. However, if
we succeed once, then we will be successful again. Last, we don’t indulge
ourselves. We will become more complete.
Everyone can take actions to improve themselves. Don’t indulge yourself. If
you succeed, you will acquire a huge wealth, and your life will become more
brilliant.
篇16:有关交通英语初一
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+ 加入清单With the rapid development of the society, people can live a better life in
general. So because of the improvement of people’ s living standard, more and
more people own cars. Traffic jam comes to life. While people in order to be
punctual, they often ignore the cars crossing on the road. This behavior will
easily bring traffic accidens. On the other hand, the car owner also want to be
on time and then regardlss the traffic rules, which is also easy to have traffic
accidents. Both the driver and people themseves’ behaviour leads to accidents.
Those accidents may take people’s lives away. It’s so terrible. Therefore, for
the sake of life, the driver and the pedestrian should obey the traffic
regulation as we have only one life.
篇17:关于克服困难的英语
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+ 加入清单I love clean thing, it sounds good for me. But the thing is that I can’t
bear the dirty environment around me, I am very picky about the environment. I
need to make some change, I must get used to the normal situation. So I learn to
wash the dirty clothes and do some dirty work. It is hard for me but I start to
get over my weakness.
篇18:共享单车英语
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+ 加入清单Dear Jim,
I’m writing to tell you more about the new form of sharing bike--mobike
mentioned in your latest letter.
It’s very convenient to use if you have a smartphone. What you do is to
find a nearest mobike through the APP, scan the QR code on the bike, and enjoy
your trip.
Compared to other forms of sharing bike, the greatest advantage of mobike
is that you can easily find one and never worry about where to park it. It is
becoming a new trend as a means of transportation, which relieves the traffic
pressure and does good to the environment as well.
Hope to ride a mobike with you in China.
Yours,
Li Hua
篇19:保护环境英语带翻译
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+ 加入清单Saving Water
The world is not only hungry,but also thirsty for water. This may seem strange to you, since nearly 75 % of the earths surface is covered with water. But about 97% of this huge amount is sea water, or salt water. Man can only drink and use the other 3% -- the fresh water that comes from rivers, lakes,underground, and other sources. And we cannot even use all of that, because some of it is in the form of icebergs and glaciers. Even worse, some of it has been polluted.
However, as things stand today, this small amount of fresh water, which is constantly being replaced by rainfall, is still enough for us. But our need for water is increasing rapidly-- almost day by day. Only if we take steps to deal with this problem now can we avoid a severe worldwide water shortage later on. A limited water supply would have a bad effect on agriculture and industry. Let me give you just one small exampie of how necessary water is to industry. Did you know that to produce a single ton of steel, it takes about 91, 000 liters of water?
We all have to learn how to stop wasting our precious water. One of the first steps we should take is to develop ways of reusing it. Experiments have already been done in this field, but only on a small scale. For us, the systems are as important as the spacecraft.
节约用水
我们的世界不仅饥饿,而且因为缺水而干渴。对你来说这可能似乎奇怪:因为我们的地球表面75%由水覆盖着。但是,这巨大的数量中97%是海水、或咸水。只有剩下3%
的来自河流、湖泊、地下,和其他来源的淡水供人们饮用、使用。即使如此,这3%的水源我们也不能够完全使用,因为有些淡水是以冰山或冰河的形式存在。更糟糕的是,一些水源已遭受了污染。
然而,尽管按现状看来,这些少量的淡水即使时常转化成雨水的形式,对我们来说,也仍然够用。可是我们对水的需求却日益迅速增长。我们只有现在采取措施解决这一问
题才能避免未来世界范围内的严重水资源缺乏。限量供水会对农业和工业产生不良的影响。我们举个小小的事例就能证明水对工业的必要性。每生产一吨钢材就要消耗91,000升水,你知道吗?
我们必须杜绝对宝贵水资源的浪费。我们应该采取的第一步就是要发展水再利用的方法。该领域的实验已在进行,但是仅是小规模地进行。水资源再利用系统的重要性
对我们而言,与空间站不相上下。
篇20:关于元宵节英语
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+ 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.