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+ 加入清单The end of the year, on New Years eve is the reunion night, every
household is decorated, celebrate the end of a year of peace, a good start in
the New Year.
On New Years eve, every family is busy to stick couplets on the Spring
Festival, our family is no exception, and each year couplet still stick by me at
home.Actually this stick couplet learning also pretty big, when you last as long
as a look at this couplet you will know the family in the New Years hope and
plan, also know that in the past year what has happened to the family home
wedding, you look at the couplet is not god.
On this day the most happy or children, they cried to early adult years,
because after taking the year can fireworks.Fireworks, several children beside,
hopping, forget about the overjoyed when, even adults were infected with the
following.After the fireworks family around the table to eat the family reunion
dinner, the most interesting is to eat dumplings, and it can eat dumplings eat
money, who eat money the luck in the New Year will be the best, so everyone
scrambled to eat, who also rob to that rich of dumplings, but whether to eat or
not to eat, the atmosphere of rob to eat the dumpling is the most
unforgettable...
On New Years eve is the most unforgettable night!
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篇1:传统节日英语作文高1
全文共 1939 字
+ 加入清单The Dragon Boat Festival is a lunar (阴历)holiday, occurring (存正)on the fifth
day of the fifth lunar month (农历史五月第五天). Dragon Boat Festival is my favourite
festival.During the holiday of Dragon Boat Festival,I got together with my
family to have a big meal.We ofen ate the zongzi.It tasted very nice.And we saw
the Dragon Boat Races.I felt excited because the race was bustling with noise
and excitement.At Dragon Boat Festival,we also drank realgar wine.Some people
thought drank realgar wine can protect themselves from illness.Dragon Boat
Festival was interesting and I like it very much.
The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is a significant (有意义的)holiday celebrated
(庆祝)in China, and the one with the longest history (历史最悠久). The Dragon Boat
Festival is celebrated by boat races (龙舟赛) in the shape of dragons. Competing
teams (竞争团队) row their boats forward to a drumbeat (击古)racing to reach the
finish end first.
The boat races during the Dragon Boat Festival are traditional customs
(传统习俗)to attempts to (试图)rescue (搭救) the patriotic poet (爱国诗人)Chu Yuan. Chu Yuan
drowned (溺死) on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 277 B.C. Chinese
citizens now throw bamboo leaves (竹叶) filled with cooked rice into the
water.
Therefore the fish could eat the rice rather than the hero poet. This later
on turned into the custom of eating tzungtzu and rice dumplings(棕子).
The celebrations is a time for protection (防护) from evil (邪恶) and disease
(疾病) for the rest of the year. It is done so by different practices such as
hanging healthy herbs on the front door, drinking nutritious concoctions (营养品),
and displaying (展示) portraits (画像) of evils nemesis(邪恶报应), Chung Kuei. If one
manages to (成功做...) stand (直立)an egg on its end at exactly 12:00 noon, the
following year will be a lucky one.
Today, people eat bamboo-wrapped steamed glutinous(粘的) rice dumplings
called zongzi (the food originally intended to feed the fish) and race dragon
boats in memory of Qus dramatic death.
篇2:有关除夕的英语高中
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+ 加入清单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 days 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.
2we 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. thats 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 thats a very interesting picnic.
大概翻译:
昨天,我到有我的老彼此几天给classmates.We野餐ago.And大家都期待的一天来。最后,兴奋那天。我们去的地方,我们决定有野餐的一部分。在野餐,我们彼此交谈,玩游戏等。总的来说,我有一个愉快的一天,我永远不会忘记it.Because是这样的野餐高兴,我们remaided这么多的乐趣在我们的童年的事情。
2we曾在去年秋季野餐。首先,我们爬上了山顶。我们看到有许多学生。我们交谈,笑着一起玩。然后在野餐时,我们分享我们的食物。我们看到了一个美丽的流附近。但有许多内容是垃圾。这是一个遗憾。我们认为我们应该告诉人们保护我们的居住环境。所以我们的野餐后,我们提出了几个附近的流标志。我们说“请保持清洁,美丽的流”的标志。回家的时候,我们彼此说了声再见,我们进行了一个任命明年..在回家的路上,我们都以为这是一个非常有趣的野餐。
篇3:描写英语作文traveling初3
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+ 加入清单travelingis usually boring. There are always too many people in the places
of interest in China and it is crowed everywhere, when it comes to the golden
weeks, this situation could be worse. Just imagine that you are waiting in line,
hungry and thirsty. All you want is a ticket that can get through the door to
see the beautiful view. You may complain: “why am I coming to the terrible
place? Why I do this to myself?” If you are unlucky, you may encounter a bad
guide who forces you to shop here and there. How horrible it is! What’s worse,
you may spend more money than usually does.
Why don’t you just stay at home and enjoy the cozy life? You don’t need to
go outside to see the view, you can just turn on the TV or computer, the amazing
view will represent in front of you. You not only save a large sum of money, but
also your precious time. And you can do other things too, such as watching a
classic movie, chatting with friends on the phone or surfing the Internet. This
could be so much fun! Therefore, I prefer to stay at home instead of going
outside.
篇4:茶文化英语作文高1
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+ 加入清单When a guest comes to my home from afar on a cold night, I light bamboo to
boil tea to offer him. Ancient Chinese poem.China is the home country of tea.
Before the Tang Dynasty, Chinese tea was exported by land and sea, first to
Japan and Korea, then to India and Central Asia and, in the Ming and Qing
dynasties, to the Arabian Peninsula. In the early period of the 17th century,
Chinese tea was exported to Europe, where the upper class adopted the fashion of
drinking tea. Chinese tea like Chinese silk and china has become synonymous
worldwide with refined culture. At the heart of the culture of tea the study and
practice of tea in all its aspects is the simple gesture of offering a cup of
tea to a guest that for Chinese people today is a fundamental social custom, as
it has been for centuries.China traces the development of tea as an art form to
Lu Yu, known as the Saint of Tea in Chinese history, who lived during the Tang
Dynasty and who wrote The Book of Tea, the first ever treatise on tea and tea
culture. The spirit of tea permeates Chinese culture, and throughout the country
there are many kinds of teas, teahouses, tea legends, tea artifacts and tea
customs. Better-known places to enjoy a good cup of tea in China include Beijing
noted for its variety of teahouses; Fujian and Guangdong provinces and other
places in the southeast of China that serve gongfu tea, a formal serving of tea
in tiny cups; the West Lake in Hangzhou, also the home of the Tea Connoisseurs
Association, noted for its excellent green tea; and provinces in southwest China
like Yunnan where the ethnic groups less affected by foreign cultures retain tea
ceremonies and customs in original tea-growing areas.
篇5:关于教育的英语
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+ 加入清单With the development of todays technology, education becomes more
important than before because people need to learn more to adapt the
society.Education enables people to understand the world better and have a good
job in the futrue.Moreover ,it also hao an impact on peoples behavior.
First of all, education improves peoples learning ability that makes them
know more about the world.Most things taught in schools are the basic skills or
means to further understsnding of our society .Only by learning these,can human
have an opportunity to study more and know more about the society .Secondly,
opportunities are often given to someone who is good educated .Employers tend to
believe that people have high education are intelligent and they can manage
their jod and adapt the working environment quickly.That is why the educated
people always get a good job. Thirdly, the more people learn the more modest and
polite they act.Learned people think that they are not good enough ,so they show
a big patience to learn from everything .They often try to figure out the
solution of problems by things they meet or learn.
In sum,education can turn people out with better learning skills,job
offering and good behavior,so I think education is important to people to
fulfill their goals and live a easy life .
篇6:端午节的由来的英语作文700字
全文共 854 字
+ 加入清单The Dragon Boat Festival is a lunar holiday, occurring on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month holiday, occurring on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month
The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is a significant holiday celebrated in China, and the one with the longest history .
The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated by boat races in the shape of dragons.
Competing teams row their boats forward to a drumbeat racing to reach the finish end first.
The boat races during the Dragon Boat Festival are traditional customs to attempts to rescue the patriotic poet Chu Yuan.
Chu Yuan drowned on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 277 B.C. Chinese citizens now throw bamboo leaves filled with cooked rice into the water.
Therefore the fish could eat the rice rather than the hero poet. This later on turned into the custom of eating tzungtzu and rice dumplings.
篇7:太阳英语作文初3
全文共 791 字
+ 加入清单One day the sun and the wind had a quarrel.The sun said he was stronger
than the wind.And the wind said he was stronger than the sun.Just then they saw
a man walking down below with a hat and a coat on,The sun said,"Lets see who
can make the man take off his hat and coat.If you can do that quicker than
I,then you are the stronger.""All right,"said the wind,"Ill try first."
So the wind began to blow.But the harder he blew,the tighter the man held
his hat and coat.The wind could not make him take them off.
Then the sun tried.It shone quietly.Soon the man took off his hat and wiped
his forehead.The sun began to shine a little brighter,and the man took off his
coat.It shone harder still,and the man began to take off his shirt.Then the wind
said to the sun,“Thats enough.You are stronger than me.
篇8:我的暑假英语
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+ 加入清单This year. I want to have a happy summer holiday so I want to do some
interesting things.
今年。我想有一个快乐的暑假,所以我想做一些有趣的事情。
I want to go the sea and I would like to swim in the sea.I want to play
water with my parentsin the sea.
我想去海边,我喜欢在海里游泳。我想我的parentsin海玩水。
I would like to visit my grandparents and eat much good food.
我想去看望我的祖父母和吃很多好的.食物。
I want to have a wonderful summer holiday this year.
今年我想有一个美好的暑假。
篇9:端午节的由来的英语作文700字
全文共 858 字
+ 加入清单The 5th day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar is the Dragon Boat Festival, according to the custom, every household to pack zongzi, and some places to organize a dragon boat race and so on activities, I asked Dad: why do you want to pack zongzi dragon boat?
Father said: the Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate the great national poet Qu Yuan, Qu Yuan died in the early May, five stone cast to the river and died, Chu people in order not to eat fish and shrimp in the water to eat Qu Yuans body, dumped the dumplings into the river, at the same time, the Dragon Boat drums and drums can be shocked to walk the dragon, so, the formation of the five eating zongzi dragon boat in the early May, the formation of dragon boat delimit dragon boat in the early May. Custom.
We need to learn Qu Yuans patriotism and we need to have a patriotic heart.
篇10:关于疫情的英语优秀作文
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+ 加入清单2020年的春节,在所有中国人的心里,注定是一个永生难忘的记忆。新型冠状病毒的肆虐,让辞旧迎新的钟声更加沉重,人们脸上的那一个个口罩,让这个春节倍感冷清。
The Spring Festival in 2020, in the hearts of all Chinese people, is
destined to be a memorable memory forever. The novel coronaviruss raging force
makes the bell ring for the old and new year more heavy, and the mask on
peoples faces makes the Spring Festival feel cold.
这个冬天,梅花依然宁静地开放;这个冬天,蓝天依旧明净如洗;这个冬天的武汉却非常艰难,全国人民却非常艰难。在这特殊的日子里,我们谨遵医嘱,静静地待在家中。我们为武汉忧心忡忡,我们为治愈病例的增多而感到高兴,为武汉的人们牵肠挂肚。
This winter, the plum blossom is still quietly open; this winter, the blue
sky is still bright and clean; this winter, Wuhan is very difficult, but the
people of the whole country are very difficult. On this special day, we would
like to follow the doctor s advice and stay at home quietly. We are worried
about Wuhan, we are happy with the increase of cured cases, and we are worried
about people in Wuhan.
与此同时,有一群人,他们正冲在前方,用自己的平凡之躯为身后的亿万中国人筑起防护的堡垒,他们舍小家为大家,不眠不休,战斗在这场没有硝烟的战场上的最前沿。他们是来自全国各地的最美逆行者,他们是新时代的最美先锋人物,他们是可亲可敬的白衣天使。
At the same time, there are a group of people, they are rushing forward,
using their ordinary bodies to build a fortress for the hundreds of millions of
Chinese people behind them. They leave their small homes for everyone,
sleepless, fighting in the forefront of this battlefield without smoke of
gunpowder. They are the most beautiful rebels from all over the country. They
are the most beautiful pioneers in the new era. They are amiable and respectable
angels in white.
在这群人当中,有一位84岁的老院士,叫钟南山,17年前,这位老院士奋斗在抗非的最前线上,为抗击非典立下了汗马功劳。17年后的今天他临危受命,搭上前往武汉的高铁,再次前往抗击疫情的前线;86岁的董宗祁老教授,他坐在轮椅上,一上午看了30多个病人,他说:“我这辈子,就是为了救人”;73岁的李兰娟教授,知道国家有难,她毫不犹豫前往武汉,坚定地说出她的誓言:“我打算长期待在武汉,与那边的医护人员一起奋斗!”
Among these people, there is an 84 year old academician named Zhong
Nanshan. 17 years ago, the old academician fought in the forefront of anti
Africa and made great contributions to the fight against SARS. 17 years later,
he was ordered to take the high-speed railway to Wuhan and go to the front line
of fighting the epidemic again. Professor Dong zongqi, 86, sat in a wheelchair
and saw more than 30 patients in the morning. He said, "my life is to save
people"; Professor Li Lanjuan, 73, knew that the country was in trouble. She did
not hesitate to go to Wuhan and firmly said her oath: "I intend to stay in Wuhan
for a long time and fight with the medical staff there!"
这世上哪有什么岁月静好,只是因为有人在替我们负重前行罢了,这世上哪有什么天生的英雄,只有因为人们需要,才有人愿意牺牲自己成为英雄。
There is no time in this world that is quiet, just because someone is
carrying the weight for us. There is no natural hero in this world. Only because
people need, can someone be willing to sacrifice themselves to become a
hero.
虽然我不知道他们是谁,但我明白他们是为了谁。他们也许并不富裕,甚至有些贫穷;他们也许并不高大,甚至有些瘦弱;他们也许并不光鲜,甚至有点卑微,他们的形象在我心中是那样模糊,但他们的精神在我心中却是那样鲜明;不计生死,不求回报,默默坚守的他们,守护着健康,保卫着生命。
Although I dont know who they are, I know who they are for. They may not
be rich, or even poor; they may not be tall, or even thin; they may not be
bright, or even a little humble, their image in my heart is so fuzzy, but their
spirit in my heart is so bright; regardless of life and death, do not ask for
return, they stick to silently, guard health, protect life.
普通的我们无法到达正面战场与病毒作战,我们只能做好我们的后勤工作,不出门,少出门,勤洗手,戴口罩,这是为了不给他们添麻烦,祝愿他们平安早日凯旋。
Ordinary we cant reach the front battlefield to fight against the virus.
We can only do our logistical work well, not going out, not going out, washing
hands frequently, wearing masks, so as not to give them trouble, and wish them a
safe and early victory.
彩虹为证,千古不变,我要高歌。为生命喜悦,万物都歌颂你的慈爱,大地诉说你的恩情。
Rainbow as evidence, eternal, I want to sing. For the joy of life, all
things sing of your love, and the earth speaks of your kindness.
致敬白衣天使!
Salute the angel in white!
致敬最美逆行者!
Salute the most beautiful rebel!
致敬抗击疫情的每一个人!
Pay homage to everyone fighting the epidemic!
篇11:生活初中英语
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+ 加入清单1995 I went into taizhou junior middle school.Totally we had 7 classes,I
was in class 4.The head-teacher of the class was a middle age woman.she was so
strict with us.for example, i was catched when i ate a big rabbit sugar during
class time,she asked me to buy that bland sugar one peice for everyone.in my
opinion ,she hated everyting except study,everyweekend ,she asked us to study in
school,sunday afternoon was just the free time for us.when she saw we played
football,she must get the ball back to her office.someone who was to be in love
was found by her,he would be punished just like a shit.luckyly,i was not found
by her.i liked the girl who was my Elementary school schoolmate during my junior
middle school.i didnt know she konwed or not.it ended when we graduated.but i
liked to talk with others during class time,everytime i was found by her,she
asked me to write 3000 words to explain why and how to do in future. nowadyas
every time i remeber what happened in my junior middle school,i deeply appreciat
her kindness.she is real a good teacher.
My junior middle school time has pasted ,but it will influece till the end
of my life.
篇12:有关交流英语作文初中
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+ 加入清单Once, I talked to the foreign people, he was staring at me all the time,
which made me feel not comfortable, so I chose to avoid his eyes and kept a
little distance from him. When I talked about this problem to my foreign
teacher, she told me that it was natural for them to look at you during
communication, which meant respect. While in China, people do the opposite
thing. They try to avoid eye-contact, because it is not eased to look at each
other. The different culture sometimes creates distance. The foreigners always
feel strange when they look at Chinese people’s eyes and every time when they
want to come closer to hear more clearly, Chinese people will walk away. So the
more we learn about the culture, the more we know about the world.
篇13:有关万圣节的高二英语作文
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+ 加入清单Halloween is on the last day of October, it is very popular in the western country. On that day, people will dress in the horrible style, especially for the kids, they will knock from door to door. If people dont give them the candy, the children will play tricks on them. But in China, more and more young people like to follow this trend, they will play the roles and find some fun. As for me, Id like to join some activities on the Halloween. My friends always have some funny costumes, so I will borrow one from them. Then we dress together, when night comes, we will come to join the party. We sing and dance. It is such a fun night. Before the midnight, we will get together and take some drinks. We talk about the happy hour. I like these activities.
万圣节在10月的最后一天,它在西方国家很受欢迎。在那一天,人们会穿着恐怖风格的服装,尤其是孩子们,他们会挨家挨户敲门。如果人们不给他们糖果,孩子们就会捉弄他们。但在中国,越来越多的年轻人喜欢追随这个潮流,他们会扮演角色,找到乐趣。至于我,我喜欢在万圣节参加一些活动。我的朋友总是有一些有趣的服装,所以我会借一件。然后我们一起打扮,夜幕降临时,我们将会来参加聚会。我们唱歌跳舞。这是一个有趣的夜晚。在午夜之前,我们会聚在一起,喝饮料。我们谈论快乐的时光。我喜欢这些活动。
篇14:生活初中英语
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+ 加入清单My school life is very common. I get up at six o’clock every morningfrom
Monday to Friday. And the I would go running with my classmates, as our head
teacher says health is themost important thing. After running I have to do
morning exercises on theplayground. Then I can have breakfast. Having breakfast,
I need to have morningreading. Oh, I almost forget that all of the students have
to do some cleaningbefore breakfast. There come the various classes. Then noon
comes. Havinglunch, I will go to sleep. I often read twenty minutes before I
fall asleep. I haveclass in the afternoon. And I still have classes at night.
It’s boring, right? ButI have got used to it and enjoy myself at school.
篇15:关于 my dream英语
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+ 加入清单As a small girl, many teachers have asked me what do I want to be in the
future. My answer is always to be a teacher. It is myDreamand I study so hard
to realize it. Being a teacher can pass the knowledge to others and guide them
to the right way. Thinking about the great contribution I would make, everything
is worthy.
篇16:阅读英语年级
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+ 加入清单Gorky said: "Books are the ladder of human progress!" It is obvious how
important reading is! Reading books allows us to learn a wealth of knowledge,
but also make people progress.
Usually we should read more books, and we must read good books, such as:
science fiction, composition, fairy tales, fables, myths and other useful.
Meaningful book. However, for books like comics, it is best to read less.
"Reading through thousands of books, writing pens is like a god." I think
that reading more is good for writing. When reading, you should accumulate some
good words and good sentences, and then copy them on your notebook. Learn more
about other peoples writing skills. Content, so that when writing, the
accumulated and learned things can come in handy!
Books are our good friends; books are also our good teachers; none of us
leave anyone, book this intimate teacher, this competent teacher!
篇17:除夕夜高一英语词左右
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+ 加入清单Because mother said that the day can go to sleep in the morning, because
even fell asleep will also be new firecrackers wake.
On New Years eve, in addition to being able to eat a lot of delicious
things, can also receive a lot of red envelopes, you can also watch TV for a
long long time, really is so happy.
A red envelope is New Years money, since ancient times, elders will send
children lucky money on New Years eve, seems to be a meaning of exorcism
disaster, mother said to put "lucky money" in under the pillow, pillow to sleep
on it. I really do as this way, because it is very new.
I also looked at the Spring Festival gala, the deepest memory is the
"hello, I am leave." "Why? Why is this?" Whenever I say this, mom and dad
laughed, because I copy too like said.
篇18:高考英语作文万能模板
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+ 加入清单Currently,?there?is?a?widespread?concern?over?(the?issue?that)__作文题目_______?.It?is?really?an?important?concern?to?every?one?of?us.?As?a?result,?we?must?spare?no?efforts?to?take?some?measures?to?solve?this?problem.?
As?we?know?that?there?are?many?steps?which?can?be?taken?to?undo?this?problem.?First?of?all,?__途径一______.?In?addition,?another?way?contributing?to?success?of?the?solving?problem?is?___途径二_____.?
Above?all,?to?solve?the?problem?of?___作文题目______,?we?should?find?a?number?of?various?ways.?But?as?far?as?I?am?concerned,?I?would?prefer?to?solve?the?problem?in?this?way,?that?is?to?say,?____方法_____.?
篇19:高中英语
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+ 加入清单It goes without saying that english plays an important role in our modern
society. english is an international language. wherever you go, you can hear
english spoken by many people.
From this point of view, it is true that english is important to our daily
life. learning english is like learning to swim or learning to play ball. our
primary trouble is that we have tackled the study of language from the wrong
end. we are like theman who thinks he can learn to swim only by reading books
about swimming. in actuality, we learn by doing. the grammatical rules are
valuable as we plunge into the language and need some assistance. in the same
way, advanced instructions about swimming are helpful as we learn something from
actual experience in the water. but reading books never makes a swimmer and
learning rules never makes a practical linguist. the regular procedure in
learning english involves listening first, to be followed by speaking. then
comes reading, and finally the writing of the language. the way you learn
english is much the same as the way you learned your own language.
First of all you must listen and then repeat and repeat until you can use
the language easily. in other words, you have to build up language habits in
english just as you build up english habits in your own language. to sum up, we
must bear in mind that nobody can learn to swim for you. nobody can learn to
play ball for you. nobody can learn english for you. its up to you. you must
learn for yourself and you will learn if you really want to and are willing to
practice.
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.