小学生英语演讲稿五分钟20篇

12 May 2006

Dear Mary,

I am sorry to trouble you, but nobody would come into my mind to help me except you.

You know, I had planned this holiday for several years. A t last, my dream came true. You could imagine how excited I was. My mind was completely occupied with the holiday. I forgot to collect my laundry. I dont know if you can help me collect my laundry. I sent the laundry to the Johns. It is the one down the corner on St. Peters Street. You cant miss it, because the house is painted green-a big green house. I have got two pairs of trousers, three shirts, one T-shirt and a blanket. Call a taxi to send you home. I will pay you back when I am home.

My first stop is London. It is raining. The streets are very clean. How I wish I could have the chance to see the famous London fog. But someone told me that was already the history. One can only read things like that about London in books.

My best wishes to you.

Yours sincerely, Peter Chen

I often go to see my grandma grandpa during my summer vacation.They are both seventy years old live in the country happily. Summer view of the countryside is very beautiful. I can do many interesting things there. I am used to getting up early in the morning, breathing the fresh air,listening to the birds singing, enjoying the green trees, red flowers the river. I like fishing with my friends. When night comes, I sit under the tree with my grandma, listening to her telling me many funny stories. And I tell her some new things happening in the city. When I have to go back,I am always reluctant to go. I really feel happy living in the country.

我经常去看望我的爷爷奶奶在我的暑假。他们都是七十岁住在乡下。夏天的乡下非常漂亮。我可以在那里做很多有趣的事情。我习惯早上早起,呼吸新鲜空气,聆听鸟儿歌唱,享受绿色的树,红色的花。我和我的朋友喜欢钓鱼。夜幕降临时,我和我奶奶坐在树下,听她讲动听的故事。我告诉她一些新的事情发生。当我不得不回去时,我总是不愿意去。我真的感到快乐生活在这个国家。

Our environment is getting worse and worse now. People throw their garbage here and there. Factories make more and more dirty water that has polluted the rivers and lakes. What should we do?

We must find ways to stop pollution. Waste water must be cleaned before it is poured into the river. People shouldn‘t throw away rubbish here and there. We should pick up the garbage around us. We‘d better plant more trees.

I‘m sure if we take care of our environment, our world will be more beautiful!

现在我们的环境越来越糟。人们把他们的垃圾这里和那里。工厂使越来越多的脏水污染了河流和湖泊。我们应该做些什么呢?

我们必须找到方法来制止污染。废水必须清洁之前倒进河里。人们不应该到处扔垃圾。我们应该捡起身边的垃圾。我们最好种植更多的树木。

我相信如果我们照顾我们的环境,我们的世界将会更美丽!

Is great and for the summer, but the color in the summer, but always so single, finally I found today, that a piece of blue summer, blue sky.

Walking on the road today, first have to look up at the sky, ah! Really good blue, blue is very clean, have a holiday since the first time I see, so beautiful sky, I like the color of the sky, and sky today just gives me more of such frames on the road, that kind of feeling really very comfortable, good light, all the troubles at that instant.

I like this summer vacation, if every day how wonderful it is the sky is so blue! but it doesnt realize that the sky will appear only in the second day after the rain, I hate rain, because I dont like the sky is cloudy, that day is difficult, will be very boring, but if it doesnt rain, the sky will not have so good-looking color, maybe just like rainbow will appear after the rain!

Blue summer, let a person some lazy, after school, there will be a so beautiful memories stay in summer vacation, but not in time to relax, on the second day, of course not to have time, alas! School is really tired, perhaps every student youth time is spent in the classroom!

Blue summer vacation in my life the most gorgeous color!

真好又到暑假了，但暑假里的色彩，却总是那么单一，终于我今天发现，那一片蓝蓝的暑假，蓝蓝的天。

今天漫步在路上，头不由的仰望了一下天空，啊!真的好蓝，蓝的很干净，放假以来我第一次看到，这么美的天空，我喜欢天空的颜色，而今天的天空刚更让我不由自主的就这样定格在路上，那种感觉真的好舒服，好轻松，所有的烦恼在那一瞬间烟消云散。

我喜欢这样暑假，如果每一天的天空都如此蓝那多好啊!但那不会实现的，这样的天空也是在雨后的第二天才会出现，我最讨厌下雨，因为我不喜欢天是阴的，那样的一天是难熬的，会很闷，但如果不下雨，天空就不会有那么好看颜色，也许就和雨后才会出现彩虹一样吧!

蓝蓝的暑假，让人有些懒懒得，开学后，还会有一段这么美好的回忆留在暑假，但不会在有放松的时间了了，上初二了，当然不会在有时间了，唉!上学真累，也许每一个学生的花季时代都是在教室里度过!

蓝蓝的暑假成为我生命中最绚丽的色彩!

Then, the representative of the bedroom Zhu Guozhang asked us to guess a line of a poem related to the above situation. He added that Li Xinmin alone was born in the year of the dog and the other three were all born in the year of the chicken.

They left us all in confusion. And it was our monitor who was quickwitted. He shouted our, "The day breaks as the cock crows three times at dawn." The hall After that, they had another item. This time Li Xinmin was placed in the middle of the circle. While he was standing there, the other three stood around him, each bowing down to him at an angle of 120 degrees. It was an idiom. This time I got it right:"The dog stands out among a group of chickens."

I like to watch movie so much, because I can learn a lot of things. Comedy

is my favorite type of movie. Every time when I watch it, I will laugh out

loudly. I find so much fun in comedy. It helps me to be humorous and make a lot

of friends. A humorous person is always favored by all, as he can bring

happiness.

my name is tang shanshan, my english name is alice. i am 10 years old. i study in linpu no.1 primary school. i am beautiful. i have long hair, big eyes.

my favourite day is friday. we have music and english class. potatoes are my favourite food, they’re tasty and healthy. my favourite drink is coffee. they’re tasty and healthy too. i like animals. but i don’t like frog and spider, they’re ugly.

i like playing table tennis and playing the piano. i’m helpful, i can make the bed, sweep the floor, water the flowers, empty the trash, put away the clothes and many other housework. do you want to be my friend?

再次翻开姚xx老师的这本《小学英语情趣课堂教学》时，说心里话真的是很痛苦，像是下了很大的决心。过了两个月的无拘束、无压力的生活之后，发现静下心来做一件事很难，尤其是读书。因为是王老师给我们下了死任务，只好硬着头皮去读。事实证明：有压力才会有动力。这句话说的一点儿也不假。我重点研读了本书的第六章。本章节向我们展示了一些优秀的情趣英语课堂教学设计与课例，精心的教学设计，精彩的教学预设，无不体现了编写教师的独具匠心。设计中体现了人文主义，从教学目标到教学过程，都很巧妙地将传统的“要我学”转换成了“我要学”。

第一部分以北京师范大学新版小学英语教材四年级下册第十单元 Mc’s stre 6个课时的教学内容为例，展开基于情趣教学思想想的教学设计。阅读的过程中，可以看出编写教师非常细心，把课堂上的每个细节都处理的很到位，包括课堂的一些预设，生成。这一单元是一个阅读课，一提到英语阅读，我的脑海中就是bring, difficult。纵观这六课时的教学设计，教师借助插图、对话，并通过肢体语言、声音、多媒体资源、设置有效情境，挖掘文本固有的情趣，给予学生适时的语言支持和铺垫，帮助学生理解语言，理解故事。一步步地帮助学生把握技巧，培养他们的阅读能力。成功地把阅读变成悦读，使它真正地变成一种乐趣。在今后的阅读课上，我会尽力效仿，使它变得不枯燥。

第二部分是姚老师本人执教的展示课例。就像姚老师所说“情趣教学着眼于对学生学习兴趣的诱导”。在教学设计上，教师立足于激发学生的学习情趣，并通过多媒体资源，为学生呈现多个自然又生动的教学情境。另外，姚老师的板书设计给了我耳目一新的视觉体验，能够立足于文本内容的同时，重难点突出，也符合中年级学生的认知特点。

读罢此书，心中感慨万千，作为教师，很佩服姚老师的那份执着，以及对教学认真的工作态度。相比之下,我是差太多了。在教学设计上，我也要有所创新：

1.导入部分需要为所学内容做铺垫，不能华而不实。

2.适当地体现小组合作的魅力，锻炼学生的语言运用能力。根据学生的能力，在适当时机把主动权交给学生，充分关注学生的主体意识，激发学生主动参与的热情。

3.注重教学设计的整体性，连贯性。

[小学英语情趣课堂读后感作文

一天我去了朝阳公园来到了一个地方，第一步首先，去买票，第二步，买完票了之后，检票。到了后来，朝阳公园里面有花朵、有鲜花、我们到了那里去看了看，感觉挺好看的。那里的人山人海。

One day I went to the Chaoyang Park came to a place, the first step, to buy a ticket, the second step, after buying tickets, ticket. To the later, Chaoyang Park, there are flowers, flowers, we went there to see, feel very good. The huge crowds of people.

到了下午，我们又到了一个山上，山上空无一人，我们就返回了。可是，我一人走丢了，失去了父母的联系，我后来用了大人的电话打了一个，最后我们找到了他们。他们教训我：以后不要一个人走，知道了么?我说：知道了。最后我才懂得了一个道理。

In the afternoon, we went to a mountain, the mountain was empty, we returned. However, I am a person lost, lost contact with my parents, and later the adults call a, finally we found them. They taught me: dont go alone, you know? I said: know. I finally understand the truth.

到了晚上，我们一家人开车回家了。到了家之后，我们马上打开电视看，有的看书、有的看电视、有的吃西瓜。到了10点钟，我们开始洗澡睡觉了，天亮了，我最烦别人打鞭炮了。晚上老是睡不着觉烦死了。

Driving home in the evening, we are one family. After coming home, we immediately turn on the TV, read a book, watch TV, or have some watermelon. At ten oclock, we began to take a shower and sleep, at dawn, I hate others play firecrackers. Always cant sleep at night tired.

Autumn to a field after the autumn rain, the fruit of the orchard mature. When I walked into the orchard, I was attracted to the fruit.

The first thing that catches my eyes is yellow pears. Look, that pear tree hanging a pear, like a gourd! A gust of wind blowing, pear shook his head, naughty you squeeze me touch, as if to say: "Come pick me! I am sweet and sweet "I finally could not help temptation, hand to pick one, but I did not pick, because I could not bear.

Go through the pear tree, I came to the banana tree, saw a tree banana tree sturdy tall and straight. A string of bananas hidden in the leaves, like the children of the month, like a fishermans boat, like my fathers sickle, like our children playing the "roundabout", but also like the fairy tale dwarf side by side in the cradle The I want to pick a string, but my mother said: "Only pick the banana can not eat, must go home to cover their yellow to eat."

The fruit of the orchard is so beautiful that the fruit of the orchard is too fragrant, and the feet of many children are painted, and they are sketched under the fruit trees, pick up the leaves, or eat the fruit. See all this, full of apples are laughing red face, persimmon tree also hung a red lantern.

This beautiful autumn orchard, I love you, could not bear to leave, really want to put the home here.

My English teacher is Miss Hou, all the students like her so much. I am one of them, Miss Hou is the one I adore, she is so patient and kind to me. When I have question about English, she is pleased to explain the question, even though I still have question, she keeps answer them until I understand. Miss Hou is a great teacher.

我的英语老师是候老师，所有的学生都很喜欢她。我是其中的一员，侯老师是我崇拜的一个人，她很有耐心，对我很友好。当我对英语有问题时，她很乐意去解释，即使我还有问题，她一直在回答，知道我弄懂。侯老师是一位好老师。

My room is small, but comfortable and clean.

Take the door, on the left is a bookcase. The above is my dads book, and below is my "private property" in bookcase pretend I most like to watch book at ordinary times. What little sunflower, extracurricular reading, contemporary elementary, hundred thousand whys... Its full of beautiful things in eyes, dazzling. In spite of large Numbers, they still according to the height of a placed very neatly.

The right of the bookcase is a small bed. Every night, I lay there to sleep, do a dream.

To the other side of the bed is my desk. There are my keyboard on the desk, and I often read the book. Every school, its "people" will increase, because above filled up with my school things, and my homework. Bed is a window. The sun shine into my room through the window, make the room warm and bright.

Sofa is next to the desk, the sofa has been neatly folded my clothes, and my family "" toys.

Chest and sofa is an inseparable friends, my family moved to either, they were always together. The big wardrobe, which is full of clothes when I was a kid.

My room is not big, but there is full of laughter every day.

我的房间不大，但即舒适又整洁。

一进门，左边是一个书橱。上面是爸爸的书，而下面则是我的“私人财产”书橱里装着我平时最喜欢看的书。什么小葵花、课外阅读、当代小学生、十万个为什么……真是琳琅满目，令人眼花缭乱。尽管数量很多，他们还是按高矮个摆放得很整齐。

书橱的右边是一张小床。每天晚上，我都会躺在那里进入梦乡，做个美梦。

床的对面是我的写字台。写字台上放着我的电子琴，还有我平时常看的书。每到放学，那上面的“居民”就会增加，因为上面摆满了我的学习用品以及我的作业。小床边有一扇窗户。阳光透过窗户照进我的房间，使房间里即温暖又明亮。

沙发就放在写字台旁边，沙发上有被我叠得整整齐齐的衣服，和我的“玩具大家族”。

衣柜和沙发是一对形影不离的好朋友，不管我家搬到哪，他俩总是在一起。那个大衣柜里，装满了我小时候的衣服。

我的房间不大，但那里每天都充满了欢笑。

May 16, 2003

Dear Mr. Blake,

Thank you for informing us your new house address. It is fantastic that you have at last a house of your own, which, as explained, is located in a sea site city. I can imaginer that you are now enjoying your life and work, and you can entertain yourselves in such a big house.

When I told the news to Peter Li, James Wang and Nancy Zhang, the girl who always wears a long hair, and went to Beijing with us last year, they all wish you to send us some pictures of your new house. We hope that when we go on errand in America next year, we can pay a visit to your family. Then we are sure to have a nice gathering.

This morning, Peter and I went to an art gallery to pick up an oil painting with a beauty spot of China’s southern part as a token of our hearty congratulations. We hope it can add up to your decorations wherever you like, and we also wish you will like it.

Yours sincerely,

William Fang

We are students now，so we all have learning habits ourselves，whether or not they are good，let‘s share with everyone. I have some learning habits too.In the evening，i sometimes read alond .textbook，then memorize them.When i take class ，i listen to teacher carefully，and i learn some knowledges from teacher ，then ，i will take notes，i always keep to doing that every class.In the afternoon，i try my best to finish my homewotk，because i want to have long time to review what we have learned in the evening，but i do my homework so hard，when i meet the problems ，i will ask my father to solve them，so every evening，i will learn useful enough knowledge，i always feel very happy when i understand them.But i think it’s important for us to be interested in studying，i think we have to make friends with study，then we could help other classmates to study，because we can exercise ourselves by helping them. There are my ways to learn，although they are not so good，i will improve them，and start to try new ways. Learn is a life journey，in this journey，may be we will miss a lot of problems，but we can‘t afraid of them，we must to be the owner of study.

This time I came to my hometown, guizhou. The day there more lovely than elsewhere, the sky is so blue, the earth is green. Makes me want to sing a song, said filled me with pleasure.

One day morning, I washing a face, just want to pour out the water. Big jiu is stopped, he said, "this water will not pour out, because other people also can wash a face, only when the water is dirty, can pour out." Said, "he told the big aunt come out to wash a face, big aunt quickly washed clean your face. In the evening, I and others had finished washing face, just wanted to pour out the water, big jiu, said: "the water washing a face can also stem what?" I say: "can water the flowers." Big jiu said: "no, you missed, is wash feet." "I know." I quickly wash feet clean, then put the water used to flush the toilet.

On one occasion, my grandfather out a piece of land over the land. I am very happy, I said to my grandfather, "we can build a playground here." Grandpa said: "we want to kind of fruits and vegetables on the land." Grandpa hurriedly put Chinese cabbage seeds in the ground. My grandfather gave them fertilization, watering every day. Now, with every piece of land has green Chinese cabbage, delicious fruit, tall trees, formation of the woods. Every day we breathe the fresh air in here. Most of the people here is very healthy, because there are many green.

The classmates, every one of us to do to save water, protect the environment. Together, let us do the basic conditions of saving water.

这次我来到了我的故乡——贵州。那里的天比别处更可爱，天空是那么蓝，大地是绿色的。使我总想高歌一曲，表示我满心的愉快。

一天的清晨，我洗完脸，刚要把水倒掉。大舅却出来阻止，他说：“这水不能倒掉，因为别人还可以洗脸，只有在水很脏时，才能倒掉。”说罢，他叫大舅妈出来洗脸，大舅妈迅速地把脸洗了干净。到了晚上，我和别人洗完了脸，刚要把水倒掉，大舅说：“洗完脸的水还可以干什么?”我说：“可以浇花。”大舅说：“不，你漏了一样，是洗脚。”“我知道了。”我迅速地把脚洗了干净，接着把水用来冲马桶。

有一次，外公的土地上空出了一片地。我很高兴，我对外公说：“我们可以在这里修建游乐场。”外公却说：“我们要在土地上种瓜果蔬菜。”外公连忙把大白菜的种子撒在地里。外公每天给它们施肥、浇水。现在，在每一片空地上都有绿油油的大白菜，好吃的水果，还有高大的树，形成的树林。我们每天在这里呼吸新鲜空气。这里的人大多数很健康，因为这里有很多绿色。

同学们，我们每一个人都要做到节约用水、保护坏境。让我们共同做到节约用水的基本条件。

Dear Wei Fang,

I hear that you have won first prize in the English Speech Contest of Middle School Students, so I’m writing to give my sincere congratulations.

You don’t know how excited I was when I heard the good news. As your best friend, I am proud of you! Your pronunciation and fluent English left me with deep impression. It came as no surprise to me that you won the contest. Could you share with me how you improve your spoken English? Your experience will be of great help to me in learning.

I will be grateful if you can write me back and give me your advice. I am looking forward to your early reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

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。

In my hometown, people usually called the Dragon Boat Festival "may festival". Every Dragon Boat Festival that day, home is the most lively north bridge, from the first night to the Dragon Boat Festival on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival is more and more people, ten in the evening. The Dragon Boat Festival that day, we all get up early, and then to play in the north bridge, from more than three o clock in the morning to go out to more than 5 p.m. to go home.

The Dragon Boat Festival, impressed me in addition to eating is playing. Eating zongzi is certain, the days that the Dragon Boat Festival, is pushing a car in the street to buy zongzi. Moxa grass, the old people will go to pick or buy a wormwood, tsao on hoist hung on the door, as for why, I dont know. Eat eggs, also is the indispensable a Dragon Boat Festival. We here cant see the dragon boat racing, Dragon Boat Festival is a big regret. The Dragon Boat Festival, I most like to buy a colorful rope in hand on the neck, several months will not take down.

Different parts of the Dragon Boat Festival customs are different, too. The Dragon Boat Festival is a sacred holiday, is also a great holiday. The purpose of all parts of the Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate qu yuan.

Every year the most looking forward to the holidays in addition to the Spring Festival is the Dragon Boat Festival. I like the Dragon Boat Festival, I prefer the hometown of Dragon Boat Festival.

在家乡，人们通常把端午节称为“五月节”。每到端午节那天，家乡最热闹的就是北大桥了，从端午节头一天晚上开始到端午节当天晚上十点多都是人。端午节那天，我们大家都会早早的起床，然后就去北大桥玩，从早上三点多出门到下午五点多才回家。

端午节，给我的印象除了吃就是玩。吃粽子是一定的，端午节那几天，在大街上都是推着车买粽子的。插艾草，老人们都会去采或者是买一把艾草，用艾草穿上葫芦挂在门上，至于为什么，我也不知道。吃鸡蛋，也是端午节必不可少的一项。我们这儿看不到赛龙舟的，也是端午节的一大遗憾。端午节，我最喜欢买五彩绳系在手脖上，好几个月都不会拿下来。

不同地方端午节的习俗也就不一样。端午节是一个神圣的节日，也是一个伟大的节日。所有地方的端午节的目的都是为了纪念屈原。

每年最期待的节日除了春节就是端午节了。我喜欢端午节，更喜欢家乡的端午节。

有三种目标：短期，中期的和长期的目标。

短期目标是那些通常与当前的活动，我们可以应用在日常工作处理。这些目标可以实现在一周或更少，或者两个星期，或possiblymonths。应该记住，仅仅是作为建筑物地基比强大，我们的长远目标不等于没有牢固的短期目标的实现非常多。在完成我们的短期目标，我们应当标明日期，然后添加新的短期的目标，将建立在那些已经完成。

中期目标建立在短期目标的基础。他们可能关注的是一学期或整个学年，有时也可长达数年。任何时候，你前进了一步一步来，你不应该让自己变得沮丧或淹没。当你完成每个步骤，您将执行你的能力的增长和成功的信念。并且当你完成目标的日期，你的动力和欲望将会增加。

长期目标可能与我们对未来的梦想。他们可能需要5年以上。生活不是一成不变的。我们不能让一个长远的目标，以限制我们或我们的行动方针。

[目标的英语小学作文

My father is an ordinary farmer, on the career, on the status of my father are nothing worthy of my pride, but my fathers love for me, but it is meticulous.

People often say "strict parent", but in my eyes, my father and my mother, my father is more kind than my mother. Life no matter how many of our sister to do something wrong, my father always patiently educated us, inspired us.

I clearly remember that my father had never used violence to educate us. It was a summer day, the sun was burning, without a trace of wind. When we work in the ground, inadvertently I found the neighbors of the family of watermelon, has matured, my family has not cooked. Looking at the round and big watermelon, my mouth straight mouth saliva. Suddenly my mind flashed a thought: it is better to pick a taste. Wait until the morning my father and mother came home, I secretly picked a watermelon, sitting under a tree, relish to eat up. Just eat a few mouthfuls, I saw a person from afar. I took a closer look at my father. I hid the watermelon in the back. Dad came to see me panic panic look, my heart suddenly understand a lot. Dad said kindly: "how can children eat, eat their own homes, how can we eat someone else? Besides, how can we have the nerve to get someone elses labor fruit?" Dad patiently guided me, I was ashamed to low Head of the head.

My father is such an ordinary farmer. He taught me in a loving way, encouraged me, and I was proud of having such a father.

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.