小学六年级英语作文my daily life推荐20篇

With the rapid process of modernization, computer becomes more and more

popular. Nowadays, almost every family has a computer. Because of computers, our

daily life is improving.

Computer has a great effect on our daily life. In the first place, computer

has so many functions. As we have computers, we neednt buy books, radios, TVs

and any other things, because computer can take place of them. Secondly, surfing

on the Internet must be very interesting. Through the Internet, we can do

everything we like. Thirdly, thanks to the Internet, we can get the further

education at any time, so we dont have to get up so early in winter days.

However, a coin has two sides, because its new doesnt mean its always

good. At present, most students spend too much time on computer games. I dont

think its a good phenomenon, because it will do great harm to our eyes as well

as our health if we play computer games all the time.

In my opinion, we should use the computers in the right way. For instance,

we can read the latest news on the internet to know the world better; read the

e-books to enrich our knowledge or download some useful information for our

work. We can also make different friends on the Internet, so that our life will

be colorful. I believe computers will be our best friends if we make good use of

them.

真好。又到双休日了！我睡够懒觉刚起床，就听见妈妈在喊我：“洋洋！”“唉。”“起床了。”“起来了。”“一会儿吃完饭，你坐班车去姥姥家吧！”太好了！姥姥家住城里，我巴不得天天去呢！

我刚到车站，班车就来了。车上，人很多，也很挤，但大家都很守规矩。“来，小朋友，坐这儿吧。”临近车门的一位胖叔叔忙站起来给我让座。怎么好意思呢，“不了，您坐吧！”我推让着。“你坐吧。”胖叔叔早已站了起来，向座儿后站去。也许叔叔快到站了吧，那我就不客气了：“谢谢叔叔！”他冲我一笑，摆了摆手。我真幸运！一上车就有座儿。我美滋滋地坐下了。

一站，两站……，那位胖叔叔依然远远地站着。我有些不好意思：人家是有意把座儿让给我，我还得意呢。这时，一位白发老爷爷上车了，我立刻站起来：“老爷爷，您坐我这儿吧！”“孩子，你坐吧。”“不了，您坐！”“唉——，这孩子真懂事儿！”老爷爷万分感激地坐下了。

过了一站又一站，老爷爷几次让我坐回去，我都婉言谢绝了。虽然腿有点累，但心里却很舒服，很愉快：我没给少先队员抹黑！妈妈知道了，也一定会夸我的……我正在胡思乱想，车停了，一位大姐姐扶着一位拄着拐杖的残疾大妈上车了。“大妹子，你坐这儿吧。”大妈吃力地摆摆手。“来来来，你站着不方便，我没事，快到站了。”“老爷爷，谢谢您！”那位姐姐说。“还谢啥呀，快扶她坐下！”大妈吃力地坐下了。

班车在走走停停中，又过了好长时间，终于到达市内终点站了。人们在说笑声中下车了。无意间，我看见那位胖叔叔和那位白发老爷爷，都在刚刚下车的人流中。他们走路很吃力，但看得出来，脸上都洋溢着笑容。

“洋洋——！”“姥姥！”我兴高采烈地奔向早已等候在不远处的姥姥。

I want to be a teacher since I was a child. When I was in primary school, I

was very admire the position of teacher. They are knowledgeable just seems that

there is nothing they don’t know. They treat us just like their children. They

care about our study,life and health. Since then, I have made my mine to be a

teacher in the future. I would like to be a kind and knowledgeable peron like my

teacher. So, being a teacher is my dream. I will try my best to study well to

reach my dream.

“哈哈，大魔头，你抓不到我，来呀，来呀，抓我呀！”听，这声音肯定又是我在调皮啦 ！

“婷婷，这羽毛球坏了是不是你干的。”听，妈妈又在说我干的好事啦！我得赶紧找个好地方躲起来 ， 要不然我就完蛋了 。

左看看，又看看，我终于找到了个好地方——床底下，对，就藏在床下面，这样妈妈就抓不到我啦！哈哈~~“婷婷，快出来，我们进城去啦！”切~，妈妈 说这话肯定又在是他的勾魂术啦！哼，我才不会出去哩！大魔头 。我躲在床下轻声说。“婷婷，我和爸爸走啦啊！”哎，听起来像是真的！没办法，谁让我那麽爱进城玩呢 ，只有出来了。

可是，当我出来后，却看到妈妈在洗衣服，我问妈妈：“妈妈，你不是去城里吗？你怎麽不去城里呢？”“调皮鬼，我骗你呢你还真信了。说！羽毛球拍坏 了，是不是你干的？”妈妈邪笑着对我说。我调皮地说：“我干的怎麽啦！来呀，来呀，来抓我呀！”妈妈生气的说 ：“调皮鬼，我不和你磨嘴皮子啦！”

看，我调皮吧，连妈妈都招架不住我。

这就是我，一个人见人爱，花见花开，鸟见鸟呆，车见车爆胎的超级调皮小女生！这不，你肯定想认识我了吧！告诉你我的电话号码，南方的朋友请打110，北方的朋友请打119，哈！

22 March 2006

Dear Tom,

Im just writing to let you know that were all well, and I hope you are, too. Unfortunately, Ive got some rather bad news for you: Im afraid I made a bit of a mess of Johns car. Anyway, heres what happened.

We were on our way to Carols after a long party, and I suppose it must have been about eleven o’clock. Well, the last few miles back home were really dark and deserted. I now realize I was probably going a bit too fast for a country lane because, although the road was fairly straight, I drove up onto the curb and went into a tree.

Of course, John was absolutely furious and started shouting at me and cursing. After we d argued for a few moments, we decided to look at the damage, and he calmed down a bit. Well, we found we could move the car, but the wing was caught on the wheel, so we couldnt drive it. I tried to pull the wing clear, but I didnt succeed.

Anyway, John went off to phone for a breakdown lorry, but while he was away, I had another go at the wing and this time succeeded in pulling it right off. I threw it onto the back seat, and by that time John got back and we were ready to go?so we didnt need the breakdown lorry at all. John has more or less forgiven me now, but he was very angry with me for a few days. I suppose I was a bit careless.

Well, thats all for now. Next time I write I hope Ill have better news for you.

Yours sincerely,

Linda Chen

Home is the warmest place in the world and a sweet home makes every family

member feel happy and comfortable. So, how to make a home sweet?

First, respecting and understanding each other is the key to make a home

sweet, especially living in a big family. Everyone in the family has his or her

own opinion and has different way to deal with the matters, and it is impossible

to make family members see eye to eye with each other. Therefore, when we are

meeting different opinions, we need to give our respect and understanding to

each other.

Second, communication is another important factor to make a sweet home.

Communicating with family members is a good for us to know each other and

strengthen the relationship. Thus, no matter where we are, keeping in contact

with each other is definitely important.

Finally, humor can add more sweet to our home. Humor is a good way to

adjust the atmosphere in a family and close the relationship between family

members. Hence, if there is going to have a quarrel between family members, try

to use your humor to solve it in advance.

In a word, to make a home sweet needs the effort of every family

member.

生命，属于我们，但他，也只有一次。所以，我们要珍惜生命，就要学会生存，学会自我保护。

那一次，我差一点点被死神夺去生命。

因为奶奶和爷爷跟爸爸去做事，妈妈留在老家。这天晚上，妈妈带饭给我吃。我放学过后，一个人独自回到了家。一进家门，就闻到了一种奇怪的味道—是煤气味！我想起了老师原来教过我：如果家中闻到煤气味，很有可能是煤气水泄露，此时盈利及关闭煤气灶的阀门。我立马跑到厨房，打开了厨房的门，一股煤气的味道迎面扑来，我立马用手捂住鼻子，飞快的把煤气灶阀门给关住。可是煤气的味道一点也没减少，我感到死神正在一步步逼近。

就在这时，我猛地想起应怪把窗户打开，于是，我快步走到窗子旁，把窗子打开，把头探出去，贪婪的呼吸着清新的空气。等我呼吸了就足够的空气，又跑到几个房间里，相继把窗子打开。终于，在6点边上，煤气味终于散去了。这时，我才坐下来，安心地写起作业来。

7点边上，爸爸妈妈来了。我迫不及待的把整件事告诉了他们。他们都吓了一大跳，但同时又为我的行为感到震惊。爸爸到厨房里检查，想不到，原来还有一大罐的煤气竟然一点也没有了。爸爸连夸我的自我保护意识强。

在人生的路途中，学会生存无疑是让自己的生活有了保障。当你遇到危险时，生存的知识可以让你摆脱困境。生存的知识就像你的左膀右臂，在危险的时候，帮你度过难关。

星期五时，我们五年级去黄河春游，一路上，太阳和我们做伴，杨树冲我们点头，野花对我们微笑，大约过了三个小时，我们终于到达了盼望已久的母亲河。

黄河公园里有许多棵“长寿”的松树，那些松树依旧十分挺拔，公园里还有一尊大铁牛。虽说叫“铁牛”，可摸上去感觉像石头。那尊铁牛正闭目养神，直视着西方；一看这姿态和眼神，我就感觉这铁牛有一种神不可侵犯的威严。

观赏完这些景色，我就来到黄河边上，看那滔滔的母亲河；黄河水流得很慢，但我觉得那不是平常的水在流。这里面包含了中华民族的血汗和永垂不朽的精神；想到这里，我的脑海中浮出了《黄河大合唱》的歌词，便冲着黄河唱了起来；我的心久久不能平静。

接着我们又去了黄河浮桥。这里要危险的多，水流的也很急，但景色十分壮观；我还清楚的看见黄河水把拴在栏杆上的船推动了呢！

观赏完黄河浮桥，我们就要回去了。一路上，我心里想的都是雄伟壮观的母亲河。我的脑海里浮现着无边无际的黄河水向东流去的情景。心久久不能平静。

I like dogs, because they are man’s good friends. They can do many helpful thingsto us, such as guarding our houses, greeting guests, helping the police, and soon. Some trained dogs can even lead the blind people and save people’s lives.So they‘re treated as our family members. I hope someday dogs will be in greatharmony with human-beings.

我喜欢狗，因为它们是人类的好朋友。他们可以为我们做很多有用的事情，如，保护房子，问候客人，帮助警方等等。一些受过训练的狗甚至可以引导盲人、拯救人们的性命。所以他们都被当做是我们的家庭成员。我希望有一天狗能与人类和谐共处。

Valentine’s Day is coming soon, it is on February14. The day is a big day

for the couple, they need to spend the special day with romance, the boys are

always buying gifts to their girls, the most common thing is to buy flowers and

have dinner, maybe they could do something more interesting. The boys can

surprise their girlfriends, they can take the girls to the place where they get

to know each other, wondering around for a while and remembering those beautiful

days, just like they know for the first day, how romantic! This will give the

love relationship something new, which can enhance their relationship. The girls

can surprise their boys with some gifts they make by themselves. Girls are good

at hand making, so they can make out some gifts instead of buying, because the

boys will be moved by your heart. Valentine’s Day is romantic, are you

ready?

寒假到啦，老师让我们写一篇童年的趣事，我仔细地回想啦一下，一件件往事在我头脑中闪现……

记得在上幼儿园时，我们学习画小鸡。老师先画给我们示范，我们再照着画。我先看看别的小朋友怎么画，然后才开始动笔。画完之后，我看看别人画的和我画的不一样，我就对他说：“你画错啦，小鸡应该有两只眼睛，你怎么就画一只眼睛呢？”于是，他也跟我一样，给小鸡又加啦一只眼睛。可老师批的时候只给我打啦两颗五角星，我好奇地问：“鸡不就是有两只眼睛吗？”老师笑啦笑说：”从正面看的确有两只眼睛，可从侧面看却是一只眼睛。”

回到家，我把这幅画给爸爸看，我问爸爸：“有没有错？”爸爸说：“有，这种问题就是小菜一碟，这点小问题是逃不过我的火眼金睛的！小鸡多画啦一只眼睛。”我大吃一惊，问：“你是怎么知道的？”“其实，我小时候也犯过类似的错误，后来我就留意观察多动脑筋思考，从此就没有犯过这样的错误啦。”爸爸笑着说。

我知道啦：一个人犯错误是正常的，但要从错误中学到知识，所以犯错误也是有收获的。不过，既然犯错误也有收获，我经常犯点错，应该也不是问题吧。

这不，我又犯错啦！有一天放炮，我把衣服上炸啦好多小洞，回到家爸爸看到啦，说：“你身上炸这么多小洞都快成蜂窝啦！”我在旁边偷笑，说：“爸爸，我想吃蜂蜜啦。”爸爸说：“那我买一罐蜂蜜，再买几个仙人掌，把刺拔下来，放在你身上，再放点儿蜂蜜，这样想吃就拿，多好啊！别说我啦，估计连妈妈也羡慕你啦。”我连忙说：“对啦，我这几天有痰，不能吃甜的。”爸爸说：“不早说嘛，钱都准备好啦！”

这些都是我童年的“陈芝麻烂谷子”，如今，那种低级错误很少再犯，但是我和老爸之间的默契的斗嘴还是常有的。

I am a girl of ten, and I live in a small mountain village far from Taiyuan. The only person that lives with me is my mother, because my father is away for eight years, working in a city.

我是一个十岁的女孩，我住在离太原很远的一个小山村。这与我的生活的唯一的人是我的妈妈，因为我父亲离家已经八年了，在一个城市工作。

During the Spring Festival, my father came back home. He looked thin and tired. He gave my mother two thousand yuan, and told her that he would work even harder, earn more money, and then he could take us to the city He stayed at home for only ten days.We are living a poor life now. But what I want most is not money, but my father. I miss him very much!

春节期间，我的父亲回到家里。他看起来瘦瘦的，很累。他给了我母亲二千元，并告诉她，他会更加努力工作，赚更多的钱，然后他可以带我们到他呆在家里，只有十天的城市。我们生活在一个贫穷的生活。但我最需要的不是钱，而是我的父亲。我很想念他!

A little monkey picks up a pumpkin and wants to take it home.But the pumpkin is toobig.The monkey cant take it home.

Suddenly he sees a panda riding a bike towards him. He watches the bike. "l have a good idea. I can roll the pumpkin. It likes a wheel."

So he rolls the pumpkin to his home. When his mother sees the big pumpkin, she is surprised and says, "How can you carry it home?" The little monkey answers proudly, "l cant lift it, but l can roll it." His mother smiles and says, " What a clever boy!"

少年陆天，他工作繁忙，很久没笑了。街坊邻里的老爷爷都知道，他可是一个有爱心的少年。

冬天的街上很清冷，少年走在人行道上，向家的方向走去，心情低沉沉的。陆天不时还抖抖身，想将身上的寒冷抖去。突然，几朵雪花落在了少年陆天的肩上，他知道，马上要下大雪了。

坐在门口聊天的几个老爷爷，看见了他，不由自主地叹了口气。他们讨论起来：“你瞧，陆天这孩子工作以后给自己太大压力了。”

突然，有只小狗惊慌失措地大叫了几声。少年陆天猛地抬起头，十几个小朋友用石头正在砸一只流浪狗。流浪狗以前是有家庭的，但那家人搬走了，却没有带走它。陆天沉浸在了回忆中，他记得小时候经常和它玩。它现在就如同皮包骨头，再加上这寒冷的天气，它在不停地颤抖。陆天立马阻止小朋友，小朋友顿时兴致全无，走开了。

陆天回到家，在门口又看到了它。陆天从口袋中拿出自己仅剩一点的晚餐——一块面包，分给了流浪狗，陆天退后几步，把面包块分一半放在了地上。陆天叫了一句“朵朵”，狗狗没有回答，只是吃着面包。

陆天尝试多次向前靠近，但它就多次后退。突然，陆天的视线转移到了它的脚上，它受伤了。无奈之下，陆天只能悄悄地靠近，一把抓住了它。朵朵拼命地挣扎，怎样都跑不掉。陆天把它带到宠物医院疗伤，很幸运，伤势不是很严重。回家时，夕阳把最后一缕阳光照射在了它的身上。陆天又叫了一声朵朵，流浪狗终于回应了，陆天轻轻地抚摸它，脸上露出了久违的微笑。

少年陆天收养了与他从小一起长大的朵朵，陆天也有了好伙伴。

每个人都有自己难忘的事，在我记忆的长河里也有许许多多令我难忘的事，其中最深刻的还是今年的秋游。

秋游那天天刚蒙蒙亮我就起床了，带着前一天准备好的食物，早早地来到学校，这时我才发现学校里一个同学都没有，我只好在一旁耐心的等待!来了，来了!秋游的大巴终于来了，我立刻登上车，随后同学们也陆陆续续赶来。经过3个小时的车程，终于抵达了目的地——无锡的三国城。

三国城坐落在葱茏苍翠的军嶂山麓、风景如画的太湖之滨，是拍摄连续剧《三国演义》的重要景点。到了三国城的大门，首先映入眼帘的是宏伟的城楼，用一种磅礴的气势欢迎我们的到来。我们秋游的第一站是水兵训练营，里面的设施可真齐全，有一艘古老的木战船，停泊在茫茫的湖泊中，还有两位张弓拉箭的大将军守候在这里，真是栩栩如生。接着，我们又去了吴营码头，老师带领我们乘上一艘小船，行驶在碧波浩渺的湖面上，我们个个咧着嘴大笑。最后来到骑马区，我摸了摸口袋一看，唉，我咋忘记带钱了呀?一旁的文老师说：“来，我请你骑马吧，”顿时我便感到一股暖流流遍全身。我小心翼翼的骑上了马，置身于这样的情景之中，我仿佛回到了英雄辈出的三国时代，和同学们一起征战沙场，建功立业。随着时光的流逝，我们的秋游接近尾声，大家都还意犹未尽，依依不舍地乘着大巴离开了三国城。

Dear Sue,

How are you doing?

I am writing this letter to say "thank you." First and foremost, it is clear that you, just like "our foreign mother", were very patient to us. Additionally, needless to say, you taught me a lot, not only English knowledge but also your life wisdom;consequently, all of us have fallen in love with English and study. Last but certainly not least, there is no doubt that we had a great time together, which we will keep in mind forever.

By the way, I cant wait to tell you something new about my class. After you left for the America, we had an English competition. We all did very well, using the knowledge you told us. No one can deny you helped us so much!

Sue, can you give me some information about your life in America? I miss you so much. I am looking forward to your early reply!

Best wishes!

Yours truly,

Li Hua

几年前，休斯敦机场的高管们碰到一个棘手的问题。乘客不断投诉，抱怨取行李的等待时间太长。高管们为此增加人手处理行李问题。这个办法不错：平均等候时间降至8分钟，远低于行业标准。但仍有投诉。 A few years ago, executives at Houston Airport encountered a tricky problem.Passengers kept complaining and complained that the waiting time for luggage was too long.Senior executives increase the problem of hand -handled baggage for this.This method is good: the average waiting time is reduced to 8 minutes, far lower than industry standards.But there are still complaints.

高管们不知怎么办，于是进行了更细致的现场分析。他们发现，乘客从到站口走到取行李处只需一分钟，而要等7分钟才能取到行李。也就是说，乘客们约88%的时间是在站着等行李。

所以，机场方面决定采取一种新方法。他们不是采取措施减少旅客等待时间，而是把到站门换到了离行李传输带较远的地方。尽管这样乘客们要多走6倍的距离拿行李，但投诉率降至零。

麻省理工学院行动研究员理查·拉尔森说：“等待时的心理，经常比实际等待时间更重要。”乘客们觉得，被占用的时间(走到取行李处)比没被占用的时间(站在传送带旁)短。对排队的研究显示，通常情况下，人们会高估排队等候时间约36%。

这也是电梯口会安装一面镜子的原因。

研究发现，人们更关心队伍的长短而非队伍进度的快慢。如果在一个走得慢但较短的队伍，和一个较长但走得快的队伍中做出选择，我们通常会选择那个短的队伍，即使等待的时间一样长。这也是为什么迪斯尼故意使排队队伍变得蜿蜒曲折的原因。

也许影响我们排队感受的因素，是我们的公平感。一提到排队，公认的标准是先来先到原则：对大多数人来说，任何一点偏差都是不公平，都可能引发排队。

但还有一种奇怪的不平衡心理。如果自己所在队伍的速度比旁边队伍慢的话，人们就会感到绝望，自己所在队伍的速度超过了旁边也不感到快乐。实际上，在多支队伍排队的情况下，人们总会一直盯着速度比自己快的队伍，而很少关注更慢的队伍。

我们不能完全避免排队，但对等待心理更好的理解，可以帮助我们更好地接受那些不可避免的等待。当所有其他办法没用时，带上一本书吧。

从小学升入初中，如果留心的人一定会注意到自己像变一个人似的。比如说，个子长高了，声音变了，性格也变了。在小学是一个性格开朗的孩子，可是到了中学自己对于衣着打扮就非常重视，性格越来越暴躁，甚至还与父母顶嘴。这些例子说明，我们从小学到初中的变化情况。接下来我说一说我的朋友。

我有两个朋友，一个叫朱光伟，一个叫崔焕金，我们都是从小一起长大的。现在我们又一起升入中学，生活在一个校园里。虽然不在一个班级，可是课间，吃饭的时候，体育课，星期天我们会经常见面。所以我们之间都彼此了解，而且谁在变化我们也知道。在我们三个中我的两个朋友变化最大。

朱光伟他小时候很老实，学习努力，成绩好；在家听话，还孝顺父母。可是现在我们都是大孩子了，他的学习不像原来那么努力了，总是琢磨找点什么好玩的，上网打游戏。父母一说他，他还不满意，以为自己不用父母管闲事了，有时还和父母顶嘴。上了中学真的变化很大。

崔焕金小时候对学习不大感兴趣，而他到了中学就变了。学习非常好，也比小学努力了。他还说现在只想专心学习，长大了孝顺父母。我们三个里我的变化不算很大。

每个人的变化都是自己的信念组成的，而不是天注定的。如果信念坚定，那么人的理想就会实现。

相信大家都比较喜欢这个小动物：小花猫

这只小花猫是姥姥养的，它有黄白相间的毛，一双明亮的眼睛和灵敏的耳朵。我来讲一下我与它的趣事：淘气的小猫和我。

NO1：声波吓肥猫

一天，我在姥姥家时，停电了，电视看不了了，找点什么乐子呢？突然，我发现了正在吃东西的小猫，于是我决定：戏猫。我悄悄地走过去，突然一声长吼，小猫吓坏了，一下就上了房顶。“哈哈哈……”我忍不住笑出声来。

NO2：石子攻击

由于小猫上房顶事把煤弄乱了，于是让我把它弄下来，可是我爬不上房顶，怎么办呢？突然，我灵机一动，拿起石子就往房顶上扔，小猫痛的受不了了，只能“自救”逃下“火线”，我又是一阵大笑。

NO3：鱼肉辣椒

逃下我的“火线”时，它把中午做饭的煤给咬碎了，姥姥说：“你快想办法吧，不然中午就做不了饭了。”我想了一会，说：“姥姥，快拿一些辣椒和一条鱼来。”“你要这些做什么？”“惩罚猫呀。”我说。姥姥赶紧把鱼和辣椒拿来了，我先把辣椒放进鱼的嘴里，在把鱼放进猫吃东西的碗里，就等它上钩了，果然，猫来吃鱼了，可它刚吃一口，喉咙就像着了火，它一口把大盆里的水喝光了，惹得大家哈哈大笑。

小猫虽然很调皮，但很有用，比如：姥姥家有两块田，种的菜比较多，所以有很多老鼠，每次植物们都东倒西歪的，多亏小猫把老鼠赶走，我为了奖励它的“英雄事迹”，我封它为“粮食的保护神”。

你看，小猫多么活泼、可爱啊，而且给我带来了快乐，小猫，我的心爱之物！

National Day, Mom and Dad took me to Suzhou on Saturday farm, where fun.

There, I ride the horse, when the back of the brave little knight. I gave the old goat the leaves, my God! Actually attracted a group of goats to grab the leaves (strange why is the old goats love camphor leaves, and do not like grazing?). I also saw a lot of animals in the farm, there are dairy cows, sika deer, lovely little white rabbits, tall camels, beautiful peacocks, ferocious ostriches, and a picture I have never seen Chicken the same, but much larger than the chicken, the neck covered with many red spots of animals, I was afraid, took the mothers hand, fleeing quickly.

There are not only many animals in the farm, there are many orchards, there are vineyards, there are pear orchards, flowers orchards, there are many, then we went to the jujube, made a return to farmers, eating their own picking dates, Taste really sweet ah!

Come back, we are very happy, I told my mother said, next time I would like to go there to play.

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.