小学三年级英语写信（通用20篇）

我们家爸爸工作，妈妈负责带我。她很能干、很贤惠、特别爱清洁，我的家总是一尘不染。妈妈是最爱我的人。

我小时候，特别爱生病，一个星期有四天都在吃药，妈妈很着急。有一次，我去吃了德克士，吃完了就肚子痛。妈妈赶紧带我去药店，给我买了治肚子痛的药，可是，一点效也没有。妈妈又带着我去了一家药店，医生摸了摸我的肚子说：去医院看看吧!到医院一检查，医生说是阑尾炎，得马上动手术，到重庆来不及了，妈妈和舅舅连夜把我送到永川，一路上，妈妈急得都哭了。当天晚上就做阑尾手术，妈妈焦急地等在手术室外面，手术很成功，妈妈才放下心。

还有一次，我才一岁半，妈妈在打电话，我在玩玩具。淘气的我看见了一双大人的拖鞋，就穿上在屋里一边笑一边走，没走几步，就栽了一个跟斗，前面是茶几，鼻子正好栽在棱角上，摔出了一个大口子，鲜血直流，把妈妈吓坏了，抱着我就赶到医院，结果缝了六针，现在鼻子上都有一条长长的伤疤。这就是调皮的下场啊。

我的妈妈就是这样一个人，爱我胜过她自己。

My favorite fruit

I like banana very much.

Banana always grows in the warm area.

Its nice to eat, and it is good for our healths.

Like us ,monkeys also like to eat bananas.

You can see th is in the zoo.

Im a student.I like eggs and coconut.Because eggs is very good for me .Its very healthy.The coconut is a very sweet .The HauNans coconut is very great.I like them.

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我最喜欢的水果

我喜欢非常香蕉。

香蕉一直生长在温暖的地区。

它很好吃的，并且有利于我们的健康。

和我们一样，猴子也喜欢吃香蕉。

你可以在动物园看到它们。

我是一个学生，我喜欢鸡蛋和椰子。因为鸡蛋对我来说也很好。非常有益健康。椰子非常好吃。华南的椰子很好吃。我喜欢它们。

Every May in Chinese lunar calendar is Dragon Boat Festival, do you know anything about it? Let me speak for you.

Once upon a time, there was a patriotic poet Qu Yuan, once he went to Beijing to go to work, see a decline of state variable, then vote Miluo River to commit suicide. Before he died, he wrote a poem. People in order to commemorate the patriotic poet, the annual Lunar New Year in May at the beginning of a dragon boat festival.

The main contents of the Dragon Boat Festival is the dragon boat racing, zongzi.

Dragon boat racing scene is very lively, crowded shore. Just listen to the sound of gunfire, paddled boat people desperately, but the river is full of cheering.

Rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves, is for filling, with glutinous rice. When the package is very sticky, not professionals, but the package is not good!

According to legend, the dragon boat race is to salvage the Miluo River to die of the patriotic poet Qu Yuan. Threw rice dumplings into the river, is to let the fish and shrimp to eat, not eat Qu Yuans body.

The traditional culture of the year the Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn festival. One of my favorite is the Mid-Autumn festival, because Mid-Autumn festival to eat moon cakes, moon, family reunion.

The time of the Mid-Autumn festival is the annual lunar August 15, from ancient times in China have the custom of the moon, there are many beautiful legends, for example chang e and wu gang felling laurel, yutu dao medicine and so on. The Mid-Autumn festival and the custom of eating moon cakes, because the moon cake is round, a symbol of the reunion. Now a lot of moon cakes, the taste is different, have a sweet and salty. Stuffing is very rich also, there are five "benevolence, preserved fruit, bean paste, jujube paste, coconut, and egg yolk, etc. My favorite is preserved fruit fillings, because it is very sweet, very delicious.

I like the Mid-Autumn festival, wish all the children can have a the mid autumn festival with my family.

一年中的传统文化有春节、元宵节、端午节和中秋节。其中我最喜欢的是中秋节，因为中秋节可以吃月饼、赏月、合家团圆。

中秋节的时间是每年的农历八月十五日，我国从古代就有赏月的习俗，还有许多美丽的传说，比如说嫦娥奔月、吴刚伐桂、玉兔捣药等等。中秋节还有吃月饼的习俗，因为月饼圆圆的，象征着团圆。现在的月饼很多，口味各不相同，有甜的有咸的。馅料也很丰富，有五仁的、有果脯的、有豆沙的、有枣泥的、有椰蓉的，还有蛋黄的等等。我最喜欢的是果脯馅的，因为它甜甜的，很好吃。

我喜欢中秋节，祝愿天下的小朋友都能和家人过一个团圆节。

我叫余炜诗，现在在白江小学读三年级。我是一个小书迷，因此我写的作文比较好。有一次，我因为看书连妈妈叫我吃饭也听不到，你说这可不可笑。我有一双亮晶晶的眼睛，一个小巧琳珑的鼻子，一张粉嘟嘟的小嘴巴。我美一不足的是下巴有条淡淡的疤。你想知道这条疤的由来吗?想想知道的话就读一读这篇作文吧!事情是这样的：有一次，我去舅舅家玩。舅舅正在工作，我看见舅舅这么认真工作，于是我不忍心扰舅舅工作。我跳上了椅子上，一跳，跳到了桌子上，不知道怎么的，脚一滑，“呯!”一声巨响，我重重地跌倒在地上。舅舅听到了，马上转头一看，此时此刻，我的下巴裂开了。舅舅马上打电话给120送我去医院。送到我去医院后，舅舅马上打电话给我的家人，告诉我的家人听我的情况。妈妈听了，立刻打车去医院。妈妈来到医院时，我已经没事了，只是下巴留了一条疤。妈妈激动地对着医生说：“谢谢!谢谢!”我听了，哭着对妈妈说：“妈妈，我以后再也不调皮了……”

Since I was very small, I was very shy in the public place, so I always

avoided giving performance in front of so many people. Though I tried hard to

get over it in school, I still felt uneasy in the public place. When I came to

the job market, I realized that I must get over my fear, or I would lose my

stage.

I still remembered the horrible experience for my first interview. Early in

the morning, I got a called that I was given a chance to the job interview. I

felt so excited. When I came to the company, I found there were other six young

people competed with me, then I started to feel nervous. The employers asked us

to sit in the round table and introduced ourselves one by one. When it was my

turn, I lowed down my head and spoke in low voice. Then the employers continued

to let us give speeches in the stage. I lose confidence and made the horrible

performance.

This interview taught me a lesson that I must get over my fear, or I will

lose chances. So I practise hard and dare to stand in the stage.

三年级了，是一个新的开始，在这个新的环境中，我认识了一位同学，她是我的同桌。

早晨，每当我缓缓地走进教室，她就呆呆地望着我，一面无辜样，我问她干嘛，她总是把头摇得像波浪鼓一眼，耸了耸肩，说没什么，害得我丈二和尚――摸不着头脑。

她上课有事不认真听，眼皮总是在打颤，“嗒”的一声，就把头埋进了书里。我轻轻地碰了碰她，她就潇洒地扭了扭脖子，头发一甩，整理了一下，用着奇怪地眼神望着我，眼里充满了无奈和渴望，我回敬了她，接着只好若无其事地继续听课。

她有时特好玩，记得有一次，老师布置了作业，她好像没听清楚，用着期盼的眼神望着我，我们俩好像已经心有灵犀，我一看到她的眼神，就知道她没听清楚，想问我什么作业，我无奈地回答她，这是回家作业，不是课堂作业，她似吃了兴奋剂，“嘣”地一声，站了起来，“啪”地一声，把本子一摔，又“嘣”地一声，以迅雷不及掩耳之势，把本子摔进了课桌里，她似乎察觉到自己刚刚侠女般的风姿，马上坐了下来，装起了淑女。我呆呆地望着她，她也盯着我看，似乎不明白我的意思，突然恍然大悟，“扑哧”一笑，摆摆手，说“啊呀呀，别看了，别看了，人家会不好意思的吗!”。

呵!这就是我的同桌，一个可爱的小女生。

There are various emotions in the world. People need valuable emotions

which can support them both in mind and in life. Friendship is one of the most

vital emotions.

It is not easy to deal with friendship. As for friendship, sometimes you

and your friend may meet difficulties. Trust is the most remarkable trait of

forever friendship. Trust plays a very important role in daily communication. As

the saying goes, “Between friends all is common.” Furthermore, tolerance is also

a considerable factor in remaining good friendship. If your friend makes a

mistake accidentally, you should have largeness of mind. Friendship is too

precious. When we face some misunderstandings, we need to make joint efforts to

protect our friendship. We should not give up friendship at random. We should

treat our friends as treasures.

Friendship is so pure, clear and beautiful. We cannot be lack of friendship

in our life. Try our best to insist our trust in making friends.

Hello, everyone. My name is Andy. I am from England. I am 13. I am tall and thin. I have short hair. I live with my family in a small town by the sea. My mum is an Art teacher. My dad is a doctor. I have a sister and a brother. Every day, I go to school by bus. My favorite subjects are Math, Art and Science. I love my school because the teachers are all very friendly. My dream is to be a scientist. I am sure it .

在这个世界上，并不是只有母爱才最伟大，原来，父爱也很伟大。所话说：父爱如山，对!父亲就像我们的大山，给我们温暖，给我们依靠。让我们也在父爱的怀抱中，努力成长!

记得在父亲节的前几天，我在日历上看见今天是父亲节，而恰好爸爸那几天又要去出差，我为了实惠又让爸爸感到温暖，我决定在父亲节那一天给我亲爱的爸爸一个大大的礼物!爸爸在父亲节的前提天晚上走的，第二天我早早的醒来，那妈妈的手机，给爸爸发了一条短信：爸爸，祝你父亲节快乐!你在那里也要注意身体，好好休息!谢谢，爸爸转发过来。我开心极了! Today is Fathers Day, and it happened that my father was going to travel on a business trip in those days, I was beneficial to benefit.It made my father feel warm again, and I decided to give my dear dad a big gift on Fathers Day! Dad walked on the premise of Fathers Day on the premise of Fathers Day. The next day I woke up early.I sent a text message: Dad, I wish you a happy Fathers Day! You must pay attention to your body there, take a good rest! Thank you, Dad forwarded it.Im so happy!

虽然这简简单单的事例，更加让我珍惜父爱，母爱伟大，父爱给伟大!

Our college is an ordinary institution of higher learning.

on our campus,there are no skyscrapers,no graceful and imposing

buildings,and no strange houses.All the buildings are common,but they stand in

special relationship to each other,making a nice learning atmosphere for us.The

newest and perhaps largest building is the library.It stands in the middle of

our campus.It is seven storeys high.With its bright,spacious reading rooms and

all kinds of books,newspapers and magazines,it is the place where students like

to go.The next largest building is the Chemistry Department.The rooms in it are

filled with various apparatus.The buildings that the students and teachers live

in are the apartment houses.

Before long,new buildings will be added to our campus and some old ones

will be pulled down.I think that our campus will become more and more

beautiful.Then more and more young men will come and learn in it.

今天是妈妈的节日，我能为妈妈做点什么呢?也许，大多数的孩子们都会送一些音乐盒，小水晶，漂亮的花……但是，花的总是妈妈的钱。

我左思右想，花妈妈的钱，还不如自己为妈妈做一些事呢。于是，我趁妈妈睡午觉的时候，偷偷的跑到花园里，左看右看。最后选中了我在以前种到现在的一朵紫罗兰，我剪下了三朵，跑回房间里，关起了门。又把我收藏已久的包装纸等东西拿了出来，准备给妈妈做上一束漂亮的鲜花。

我把包装纸摊开，一张张重叠在一起，然后拿出一本剪纸图书，看看有什么漂亮的图形。经过认真选择，我选出了一个爱心型的包装图形，我按着书上的提示，一点点，一滴滴的剪出了形状。虽然剪得不太整齐，但我没有灰心。我接着开始做起了下一步：把花枝修理好。我拿起剪刀，小心翼翼的剪掉不要的枝干……过了不久，我把三只花都修理好了。高兴地我打开心爱的箱子，从里面拿出别人给我的彩带，就开始帮花包装了。我把剪好的图纸放在最下面，再把花一根根整齐的放在中间，用彩带把它捆起来。“哇!真漂亮!”我不由自足的说。

此时，天已经暗了下来，妈妈也醒来了。我跑到妈妈的面前，拿起那一束花，大声的对妈妈说：“妈妈，节日快乐!

又一年冬至到了，早晨，我懒散的躺在床上，耳边是妈妈催我起床的唠叨声。我心里想：今年冬至，老一套，吃饺子。

起床洗漱完毕，我跑进厨房，看饺子是否下锅了，因为我的肚皮瘪着唱起了“空城计”。我向案板上瞥了一眼，愣在了原地——案板上，哪有饺子，而是爬满了各种形状的“蛆虫”。

正在忙活的爷爷见状，笑了，慈祥地对我说：“很吃惊是吧?今天是冬至，我们不吃饺子，按照爷爷老家的习俗，在冬至节吃“蛆虫饭”。

接下来，爷爷动情地给我讲老家吃“蛆虫饭”的由来。以前，人们生活水平普遍很差，很多时候人们都吃不饱穿不暖，尽管如此，很多人不爱惜粮食，吃饭很浪费，不懂得节约。上帝知道此事后，很生气。为了惩戒人们不懂得爱惜粮食节约粮食的坏习惯，下令每年冬至，万物苏醒的时节，让凡间的人们家家捕吃蛆、虫，这样一来，对庄稼有害的蛆、虫被人们吃掉后，来年庄稼就会长得更好，更会有一个丰收的结果，并以此警示人们保持来年节约粮食的清醒头脑。蛆、虫等在冬季很难寻觅，并且非常难以下咽，但是，上帝的旨意又不能违抗，该怎么办呢?于是，有人想出了一个办法，用面做成蛆、虫等吃下去，这样既不违抗上帝的旨意，又按照上帝的旨意吃了蛆、虫等。一代一代流传，便形成了今天人们吃”蛆虫饭“的习俗。

今天的“蛆虫饭”，已经没有了当年难以下咽的影子，而是让人们演变成了一种美味佳肴，除了用篦子碾成形状各异的蛆、虫等小动物外，再配上细碎的肉丁和各色的蔬菜，做成的汤饭味道鲜美极了。人们在享受着美味可口的“蛆虫饭”时，别忘了上帝善意的旨意，节约粮食爱惜粮食!

童年是一幅多姿多彩的画，画师是你自己，而图画就是童年趣事。我的童年趣事有很多，其中最让我难以忘怀的是把姥姥家的玉米枝叶打掉了。那年我八岁，我去了姥姥家的田地里，田里种着玉米，我为了吃玉米，所以在田里一直等啊等，等了很长时间，可玉米还是没有成熟，我苦思冥想怎样才能让玉米快一点丰收呢? Childhood is a colorful painting, the artist is you, and the picture is childhood fun.There are a lot of childhood fun, and the most unforgettable one of them is to kill the corn branches and leaves of my uncles family.I was eight years old that year, and I went to the field of my uncles house. There was corn in the field. I waited for a long time in order to eat corn. I waited for a long time.Can I make corn harvest faster?

我想啊想，突然，我灵机一动：玉米成熟这么慢，一定是玉米枝叶把玉米的营养吸收了，如果把玉米枝叶打掉不就行了吗?说干就干，于是我用了四个多小时终于把枝叶打掉了。我虽然累的满头大汗，但一想到可以马上吃玉米了，就一点也不累了。

姥姥来到田里准备杀虫，看到玉米没有了枝叶，就生气的说：“浩浩，这是谁干的?我说：“姥姥，把枝叶打掉，玉米不就可以吸取所有营养了吗?”姥姥听后笑着说：“傻孩子，玉米枝叶的叶绿素在阳光的照射下，把吸收的水分和二氧化碳进行光合作用，供给玉米所需要的营养。你把叶子打掉了，玉米吸收不到营养，就会死的。”我听了，恍然大悟。

至今我回想起来，都忍俊不己

“嘿咻，嘿咻”小蜗牛拖着重重的壳慢慢地往前爬着。这时一只小兔子从身旁跃过，“咻”的一下就没了影，小蜗牛羡慕极了，心想：要是我也能变成“飞毛腿”就好了。

他遇到了一位老爷爷，老爷爷笑眯眯地对他说：“我可以让你去反相世界当闪电侠，但是必须在第二天的一点钟回来，不然你的法力就会消失，而且再也回不来了，你要去吗?”小蜗牛听了，兴奋极了，连忙说：“我要去!我要去!”老爷爷说：“好，我送你去!”

“啪”的一声，小蜗牛就被传送到了反相世界。小蜗牛惊奇地发现这里的动物都在天空行走，小蜗牛迫不及待地试了试，只听见“呼呼”的风声从耳边呼啸而过，小蜗牛竟然跑到了所有动物的前面，大家都惊呆了，对小蜗牛刮目相看，纷纷夸赞他。小蜗牛听了洋洋得意起来，完全忘记了老人的忠告。

小蜗牛第二天仍然在反相世界走着，这时小蜗牛的法力已经消失了。小蜗牛碰到一只老虎，他耀武扬威地说：“老虎，我现在不怕你了，因为我比你跑的快!”老虎说：“那我们比一比。”结果小蜗牛被老虎狼吞虎咽的吃了。

小蜗牛尖叫一声从梦中惊醒。他突然明白一个道理：自然界中每个物种都有自己的本能，不能因为自己跑得慢就嫌弃抱怨。从此，小蜗牛过着知足幸福的生活。

又一个教师节到了，在教师节的前一天，我想对我们的班主任牛老师及所有教过我的老师说一声：“教师节快乐!”

我们的班主任是一位中年男教师，姓牛。牛老师长得很帅，也不知道为什么?就是认为他长得很帅。牛老师的脾气很好，有一颗很强的包容心，对每一位同学都很和蔼，上课也很幽默风趣，经常把同学们逗得哈哈大笑。牛老师经常在黑板上属名“老牛”。所以同学们私下里都亲切地称他为“大老牛”。

牛老师对我们很关心，记得刚开学的时候，牛老师只用了一天的时间就把我们班六十几位同学的名字都记下来了。我写字经常不认真，字也写得很难看，几次作业下来，牛老师也发现了这个问题，经常提醒我要好好练字。有一次他在我的作文本上语重心长地写下了这样一句话：“练字呀!我的刘雨轩。”短短的几个字，读起来既亲切，又让我感动。从那以后，我暗暗下定决心，一定要把字写好。牛老师对我们每一个同学都这样，就象对待自己孩子一样。同学们犯错了，牛老师总是会耐心地教育我们，使我们每一位同学都心服口服。勇于改正自己的错误。记得有一次，我们班有一位同学和其他班的同学打架，被教导主任看见了，带到了牛老师的办公室，教导主任要把他送到校长办公室，牛老师说了半天好话，才让那位同学回到班级。回到班级后，牛老师才严厉地批评了这位同学，我们都知道，牛老师是为我们好。我们犯错了，牛老师也跟着着急。

记得上学期期末，快期末考试了，我在卫生间里碰到牛老师，牛老师对我说：“刘雨轩，好好考啊!”。但那次考试，我考砸了。这让我感到深深地内疚。我觉得自己考不好很对不起牛老师。即便如此，期末时，我还被评为“摄影之星”，以此鼓励我，虽然我摄影也不是很好。我告诉自己，以后一定要努力学习，早点把成绩赶上来，也要练好我的摄影技术，好为班级服务。决不能辱没了我这个“摄影之星”的称号。

牛老师对我们的好，我们都记在心里，我一定会努力学习，不辜负牛老师对我的期望。

暑假里，我回到了安徽老家。回到老家的第二天，我拜访完了亲友，就回奶奶家看电视。过了一会，一阵“咯咯咯”，“哼哼哼”，“噜噜噜”的声音传了过来，一声赛过一声，我循声找去，原来是奶奶家的猪在叫唤了。

猪圈里的猪挤挤挨挨的，那像蒲扇般的大耳朵左右摇晃着，黑色的小眼睛转来转去的，十分可爱。

突然，我的脑海里闪现出一个念头，城里人喜欢遛狗，我不妨来遛遛猪吧。说干就干，我挑了一头中等个头的猪，它浑身黑一块白一块，像穿了件花衣裳。起初小猪还算听话，我将一根绳子系在它的脖子上，它一动不动，任我摆布，我忍不住拍着它的头直夸：“猪宝宝，你可真听话，我带你到外面去转一转。”这小猪好像听懂了我的表扬，继续保持着纹丝不动的样子。“走啰!”我一边说一边拉着它开始走。可不管我怎么拉，小猪就是一动不动，拉得我满头大汗。“你这小笨猪，倒是走啊!真是猪脑子——死不开窍。”

我拉了一次又一次，力气费了不少，但它就是不迈步。我筋疲力尽，一不小心松了手，这倒好，小猪瞅准时机，到处乱跑，把奶奶辛辛苦苦种的菜全踩烂了。这下惨了，要被奶奶臭骂了，“你给我回来。”我一边喊一边拼命地追，终于一把抓住了绳子，小猪好像也知道自己做错了事，安静地停下来。“叫你跑，这回被我抓住了吧，看你还跑不跑!”我心想，对付小猪还真是不能掉以轻心。谁知这小猪还真有能耐，趁我寻思的时候又跑了起来，害我重重地摔在菜田里，浑身都是泥，成了名副其实的小泥人!

这时，奶奶听见外面有动静，连忙从屋里跑出来，一见我这副尊容，捂着肚子哈哈大笑。小猪“噜噜噜”地直叫唤，仿佛是在宣告它的胜利……

1月13日是我的生日，我邀请了好朋友黄悦阳和张静怡参加我的生日会餐，这次的生日很隆重，因为是我的10岁生日，连老家的舅舅和姨妈也赶过来了。妈妈要求我在生日会上要讲几句开场词，我点头答应了。

生日是中午开始的，当然有一个大大的精美的蛋糕，是妈妈为我准备的。大家见面后我一下收到7个红包，还有小姨送给我的大TEDDY熊。好开心呀!这时只听见妈妈在说：“欢迎今天的小主人给我们说几句!”我落落大方的站起来面带微笑的说：“大家好!我是今天的小寿星，马上春节就要到了，我在这里祝大家春节愉快!这10年以来，你们一直很关心我，我很感动，在这里对你们说声谢谢!你们每天都关心我，不停地教育我，使我变成一个有知识的人，我知道你们费了很多心血。在这美妙的10年里，我不停的去努力。你们对我的关爱，在我的心里早已栽成了一棵爱的小树……总而言之，我是不会忘记这棵爱的小树，谢谢大家!”

就这样生日聚餐在欢声笑语中结束了，大家的美好祝福一直回荡在我的耳边。

It was October 12th yesterday. My friends held a birthday party for me. In

the morning, they came to my home early, and they brought many presents for me.

I liked them very much. I invited them to the KTV, we sang songs, danced and

played games. About 5:30 p.m., we went my home. My mother had cooked a delicious

dinner for us. After dinner, we watched TV and at about 8:30 p.m. we ate

birthday cake. There were fifteen candles on my birthday cake. I made a silent

wish, and then I blew the candles out in one breath. I had an interesting

birthday party. We had a good time in the party. I was so grateful to what they

did for me.

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.

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.