上海世博会对中国的影响英语作文（热门20篇）

In my city, it’s so cold and wet in the winter that makes the winter days

much harder to get through. It rains a lot in my hometown, both during the

summer and the winter. I like the cold weather, but not the wet, because it

prevents me going out for fun. It’s much colder when it rains. Besides, when it

rains, the outside is all wet and dirty that makes you keep your foots in door.

And the whole city seems be covered by heavy fog. I always feel upset in such

weather. In one word, the weather is really bad in my city and I don’t like it

at all. I hope I can move to somewhere warmer and less rain.

记忆中的“年味”

在我最早的记忆里，我便是随着爷爷奶奶生活，那时候家庭条件不好，父母在我很小的时候，就外出务工了，只有过年的时候才回来，而过年就成了我最期待的事儿。

那时候家里唯一的通讯设备，就是一部座机，父母会偶尔会打来电话，问我学习怎么样，有没有顽皮，家里天气怎么样……虽然每次都是“老一套”，但最简单的问候往往代表了最真挚的情感。那时候的我学会了“听声辨人”，一听到熟悉的声音，我就给奶奶说，“奶奶，我妈来电话了!”奶奶每次都说，“你先接啊!”

对于很多农村孩子来说，能够和父母团聚，也只能在春节实现了。有些年春节，父母赶火车半夜才到家，我和爷爷奶奶就一直等。父母快到的时候，一般都会打来电话，让我去帮忙拿行李。大包小包的行李里面有买给我们的新衣服，还有很多吃的，有糖果、桃片、蛋黄派等，这些，都是农村孩子平时都不怎么吃得到的。那时候平常赶集，奶奶买得最多的就是夹心饼干，怕我偷吃，每次奶奶都会把吃的放得很高，放在柜子上的一个铁盆里，而我小时候嘴馋得厉害，总会搬来一条板凳，站在板凳上，一踮脚，就能拿到。

那时候，家里条件不好，很多时候外面下暴雨，屋里总会“下小雨”，早上我还没睡醒，爷爷奶奶就起床拿盆、桶接漏进来的水。每逢过年的时候，父母都会给家里来一次大扫除、大整修，把屋里收拾得很干净、很整洁，把漏雨的地方补好，再给家门外贴上春联，挂上灯笼，让整个家里都“喜庆”了起来，而我每次也会加入到大扫除的队伍中，扫扫地、倒倒垃圾，勤快得很。

那时候，家里还是烧柴火，过年的时候，父母都会把放在另一个屋子里的又长又粗的木头搬出来，劈成一截截的短而细的木头，堆起来，用于平时烧火煮饭。等把屋里的东西收拾得差不多的时候，父母就会带我们去逛街，看看衣服鞋子，买点零食小吃，买点鞭炮，过年的气氛越来越浓。

除夕夜，一家人坐到电视面前看春晚，吃着瓜子花生，聊聊家长里短，待12点，爸爸就去放买来的鞭炮，“噼里啪啦”，完毕，新的一年开始啦。正月初一，我们总会穿上新衣服，荷包里揣点瓜子糖果，去马路上走走，到附近去看看，遇到熟人就打招呼聊天，大家都是笑脸相迎，让整个春节都温暖了起来。

相聚的时间总是很短暂，感觉还没说上几句话，还没一起吃过几顿饭，父母就收拾行李，准备外出务工了。每到这时候，不舍的感觉越来越浓烈，虽然从小经历了很多次离别，本以为会习惯，但是每一次，都如初次分离一样，多的是不舍，多的是难受。

因为父母不常在身边，所以在父母准备外出前，都会对我念叨几句，希望我好好学习，多帮家里干点力所能及的事情，希望我不要调皮，要懂事一点，要乖一点……

小时候，总盼望着过年，长大后，虽然感觉过年的气氛淡了点，但家人身体安康就是最好的过年礼物。

导语：你觉得给你影响最大的是什么人呢?下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

Looking back over the past ten years I have the greatest impact to the people is my mother. My mother is no different from ordinary people yet to me the most is her hearts normal mapping tolerance understanding open-minded and love it speechless.

Mothers words every move of my education I learned tolerance learned to understand and learn the extensive learned to think for others.

In my life my mother is sitting next to me has always been the most pro-love after their well-being知冷知热. She for me is too much to do too much but she has never asked any of the return how extensive it is a selfless love how ah! It is this love given to me too many things that can not be forgotten.

Mothers love such as high mountains such as the sea. The world may have plenty of peaks it can not compare my love for her. If I learned in the way people care and appreciate a bit a little self-confidence and persistence I have to thank the life I have the greatest impact on people - my mother.

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回首过去的十一年，给我影响最大的人无疑是我的母亲。 我的母亲并没有什么异于常人的地方，然而给我影响最大的正是她那颗平常心映射出的宽容、理解、豁达和那无言的爱。

妈妈的一言一行、一举一动教育了我，让我学会了宽容，学会了理解，学会了广博，学会了为他人着想。

在我的生活中，妈妈一直是我身边最亲最爱的人，嘘寒问暖，知冷知热。她为我做的实在是太多太多，可是她却从来没有要求任何的回报，这是一种多么广博多么无私的爱啊!正是这种爱赐予了我太多不能忘却的东西。

我们要以黄文秀同志为榜样，学习她对党忠诚、信念坚定;学习她扎根基层、心系群众;学习她胸怀大爱、无私奉献;学习她立足平凡、追求崇高。“不忘初心”，说到底就是不忘为中国人民谋幸福，为祖国事业谋发展的崇高目标，时时刻刻牢记人民的利益，是一句说起来简单，却需要一生为之奋斗的话语。纵观我国和我党发展的历史，在每个年代总会涌现着那么一些人，为中华民族的复兴、为中国人民的美好未来不断奋斗着，付出了自己的一切，哪怕是最宝贵的生命。是学习黄文秀同志“不忘初心、牢记使命”的坚定信念。黄文秀同志毕业后放弃留在大城市工作的机会回到家乡，到边远的深度贫困村任第一书记，以扶贫事业为己任，将全部心思放在了村里，生动体现了一名共产党员“不忘初心、牢记使命”的坚定信念。

二是学习黄文秀同志饮水思源、不改本色的赤子之心。黄文秀同志在读高中时就因家境贫困接受国家资助，从此她感恩在心。黄文秀家是脱贫户，她牢记父亲“脱贫不忘共产党”的叮嘱，毕业后积极响应党的号召，在脱贫攻坚一线尽职尽责，青春无悔扎根基层、深情奉献回报乡土，铭党恩、听党话、跟党走，以实际行动诠释饮水思源、不改本色的赤子之心。

三是学习黄文秀同志开拓创新、真抓实干的务实作风。黄文秀同志到百坭村后，主动贴近贫困群众，不再说普通话改说方言，两个月访遍全部贫困户，与贫困群众打成一片。

This year is the 70th anniversary of the founding of new China! On October 1st, our whole family sit by the TV and waiting to watch early time big parade. At ten o clock, the National Day military parade formally started, only saw many soldiers standing in front of tian anmen, navy, air force, army... Stand straight, straight, like hits the forceful pine, President hus review. The parade shows the motherland strong defense force, peaceful country and safe people, the motherland prosperity of beautiful landscape. During the National Day, grandpa and I went to play in the humble admin istrators garden. The car on the road, I saw the window renmin bridge garlands made of flowers on both sides, in the sunshine more bright beautiful, make the atmosphere of the National Day more strong! Walk in the small street to the humble admini strators garden, see stalls on both sides of the street with a red flag with five stars, to express the affection to the motherland. Many foreign visitors to see the beautiful scenery heartfelt held out a thumb. In the humble admini strators garden is the chrysanthemum, chrysanthemum can be more color, yellow, red, white, colorful, beautiful! The National Day make me deeper understanding of the motherland; A profound feelings for the motherland also; Make me more love my motherland China! 中文翻译： 今年是新中国成立70周年!十月一日这天，我们全家早早的坐在电视机旁等待观看盛世大阅兵。 十点钟，国庆阅兵式正式开始了，只看见许多军人站在天安门前，有海军、空军、陆军……都站得笔直笔直的，像一棵棵挺拔的青松，接受主席的检阅。整个阅兵式展示了祖国雄厚的国防力量，国泰民安，祖国繁荣昌盛的美好景象。 国庆期间，我和爷爷去了拙政园玩。汽车在路上行驶着，我看见窗外人民桥两旁用鲜花做成的花环，在阳光下更加亮丽，使国庆的气氛更加浓厚了!走在通往拙政园的那条小街上，看到街的两旁的摊位都插着五星红旗，表达对祖国的深厚感情。许多外来游客看见了这么美的景色由衷的伸出了大拇指。拙政园里有菊花，菊花的颜色可多了，有黄色的、红的、白的，五彩缤纷的，美丽极了! 国庆节使我对祖国的了解更深了，对祖国的感情也更深厚了，使我更加热爱我的祖国中国!

之前一哥哥一直强调说我现在的感情就是要不断的在感情中所谓成长，这才是感情存在的意义，那个时候自己也明白这个道理，可是自己分开之后才说明白，原来成长是需要掌握某一些本领的，原来在感情中成长并不是那么简单的事情。

自己在想之前会很期待他重新过来找我，那个时候没有想那么多，那个时候可能就是觉得他重新回来找我的话，是因为感情尚存。但现在的话，我是不这么想了。

虽然昨天还是会很希望突然间收到她的信息，毕竟现在微信想的话，自己还是会觉得是不是他发过来的?会立马去看，然后如果看到的不是他发过来的话，自己不会去秒回。但也不会有落空感，就是已经习惯了这一种假期待。

现在的.话，自己会想，如果他重新回来找我的话，那是因为它真的在这一段感情中成长了，毕竟她从小到大都是处于被动的状态，包括在亲情里面，在和爸爸妈妈的关系处理里面，如果和妈妈冷战了，一般都是妈妈主动跟他谈，发起聊天，他才会选择重新和妈妈说话，放下强硬的态度。

所以他那个时候一直跟我说是是他选择原谅妈妈，其实他根本就没有明白在一段关系里面主动做出让位的那一个才是真正理智的那一个，毕竟关系是需要不断的做出付出的，而这一个让步的过程中就是在付出，而懂得在感情中让步以及付出的人，一般都是在感情中成长为理智的人的存在。

Mid-Autumn Day，all the country is celebrating。 The streets are full of people， the loves are holding each other tightily。Everyone has his day。However，I am lonely。No one to hold，no one to kiss，no one to talk!

I was walking around the street without purpose，seeing the lovers kissing，watching the fireworkes alone，walking backe room whist。

Suddenly，i think i must be good to myself。So i decied to bue a present to myself。I know I will be good soon，and will find my Mr。Right。So tonight， a little teddy bear will sleep with me。And i know:i will have another teddy bear as a present that not bought from myself!

中秋节，全国各地都在庆祝。街上到处都是人，爱情紧紧相依。每个人都有他的一天。但是，我很孤独。没有人可以抱，没有人亲吻，没有人来谈论!

我无条件地走在街上，看到恋人们亲吻，独自看着烟火，走回来的房间。

突然间，我觉得我必须对自己好。所以我决定给自己一件礼物。我知道我很快就会好起来的，会找到我的Mr.Right。所以今晚，一只小泰迪熊会和我一起睡觉。我知道：我会买另一只泰迪熊作为礼物而不是我自己买的!

暑假里的一天，我和妈妈跟随亲子夏令营来到了古代帝王的宫殿——故宫，饱览了故宫之丽。

游览故宫之前，我们就阅读了朋朋哥哥写给孩子们的《宫?城》。书中阐述了许多历史和故事，其中印象深的有一段是花了大幅篇章描述了故宫的排水系统。最近北京下过大雨，也有新闻报道说百年故宫竟不积水，这让我感到十分疑惑。于是，我带着好多疑问来到了故宫。

我们在文化导师小松哥哥的带领下进入了故宫。一进午门，展现在眼前的是一座座气势宏伟的宫殿。蓝的天白的云，下面是黄色的屋顶，红色的柱子，中间加上过渡色蓝绿彩绘，冷暖色调相互辉映，这么美的画面真的震憾心灵。

故宫不仅具有观赏性，还具备实用性。紫禁城的护城河——金水河，它不仅有防敌、消防的作用，还能泄洪。我最想看的是各宫殿须弥座上的昂头向外的“螭首”。在太和殿的广场上，我近距离观察了，螭首嘴中有一个小洞，可以喷出多余的积水。流到太和殿广场上的雨水，再根据地势变化，流向台基下的券洞，最终经券洞通过明沟暗渠，排到护城河里，这样一来故宫再也不怕大水了。但是为什么这些螭首上的小洞就这么大小，大点不是排水更快吗?我想再回过头去看看《宫?城》，能不能找到答案。

除了这些，在互动游戏中我回答了角楼的作用。我还看到了龙凤呈祥的交泰殿，最具东北特色的坤宁宫，具有十只脊兽的太和殿，在御花园留了影……还有许多各具特色的宫殿，我们没来得及细看，也给我这次故宫之行留下了小小的遗憾。

每个人眼里的故宫都不一样，同一个人不同时间看到的故宫又不一样。有机会我会再游故宫，到那时又会是怎样的感觉呢。

When I was a primary school student, my family and I took a trip to five

cities which were in the south of China.

First, we came to Nanjing by plane. That was the first time I had taken the

plane and it took us an hour and a half to get there. We arrived in Nanjing in

the morning. At 11:30 we went to a restaurant to have lunch. The food tasted

delicious. In the afternoon we went to “Zhongshanling”. It was the place that

preserve the tomb of Mr. Sugshan.

The next day, we came to Wuxi and then Suzhou where we visited the region

of rivers and lakes of “周庄”. It was a beautiful and old place. The house there

were along the river and the women always washed clothes at the bank.The fourth

day, we came to Hangzhou where We visited “The West Lake. It was very beautiful

and the water was clear .

As we all know, Hangzhou is famous for silk and tea, so we bought some

beautiful silk and famous tea of “龙井”.The last place that we visited was

Shanghai. It was one of the biggest city is China. The night view in Shanghai

was more beautiful than Beijing. We visited the TV tower of “东方明珠”. It was the

third tallest tower in the world. Standing in the tower you could see the whole

city. In the evening, we lived in a hotel with 25 floors. I was very excited

that evening.

This trip took us seven days and we went back to Beijing by plane. The

plane was very very big. There were three engine rooms. I felt happy and I would

never forget the trip.

If I were to leave my home for a year, there is one thing I definitely

would take with me: my cell phone. With my cell phone, I could call my friends

or family if I ever was lonely, needed advice, or just wanted to talk.

dear dick,

i’m very glad to hear from you again. from your letter i know you want to know more about reducing learning load for primary and middle school students in china. let me tell you. before learning load was reduced, i had had to do my homework, so i could not go to bed until half past eleven; but after learning load was reduced, i can visit museums, take computer and painting lessons. at night i can read books and newspapers or watch tv. now i usually go to bed at ten. we are all like it very much.

best wishes.

yours,

li hua

It is the day that the families get together.

The spring festival is usually in the February ,sometimes in January.In the spring festival,every family all paste the lucky inscriptions,they fire the cracker,they eat the dumplings.The day before the new years first day is the new years eve,same as the christmas eve,all the families get together to have the new yaars dinner,wishes each other,talk about the wishes about the new year.Small children will receive the money given to children as a lunar new year gift.

Mobile phone is really necessary and important in modern society as it

brings a lot of convenient to our lives and provides a new way for us to contact

with the world.

In the first place, mobile phone closes the relationship between people

because people can use mobile phone contact with each other at any time. In

particularly, for those people who are far away from each other, mobile phone is

definitely the best tool for them to keep and strengthen their

relationships.

Second, mobile phone makes our work or study more efficient. People can use

mobile phones to search data, to delivery files and so on. For students, they

can use mobile phone to do some readings at any time and any places without

carrying a book.

In addition, mobile phone makes our lives be more wonderful in that it has

been added more and more functions, such as watching movies, listening to music

and writing blog, etc.

Finally, we can use mobile phone to get acquaintance with the matters that

are happening all over the world. With the help of mobile phone, we can get the

latest news even that we stay indoors.

In a word, mobile phone provides great convenient for our lives, makes our

lives more wonderful and brings us an easier way to contact with the world.

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.

If the most beautiful season of the year is spring, for me, the most

interesting festival of the year is the new years Eve! On that day, we should

not only eat family reunion dinner, but also staying-up late on new years

eve.

Remember that the day to eat reunion dinner, people began to play cards,

chat, play mahjong, our children, began playing the fun of firecrackers, there

are all kinds of varieties, "this" and "Scud", "delta ray" and so on, we played

awfully.

I also went to the house to see from time to time and funny TV comic sketch

"Spring Festival Gala" performance, I and my buddy will laugh and laugh, see

magic in those big magician performing magic show, we were amazed.

Time flies, blink of an eye to 11:45, suddenly rang out a loud bursts of

firecrackers, we are e--cited to join them, just open the door, I saw the

fireworks are riotous with colour dark sky dancers.

At 11:50, we cant wait to just wrapped dumplings into the boiling water,

mom and dad put a cover on the pot, cook for a while, 12 oclock, finally boil

the dumplings, grandma and grandpa a sung, I smell from afar dumplings

fragrance, went straight to the kitchen, when the taste delicious dumplings,

happy in the heart.

One year spent similar, each year is different, when the new years Eve, it

means spring is coming, the new year has begun!

“爆竹声中一岁除，春风送暖入屠苏，千门万户瞳瞳日，总把新桃换旧符。”在传统节日中，我最喜欢的就是春节了。

春节有很多习俗：写福字、贴春联、挂门神、拜年、收压岁钱、看春晚……其中，我最喜欢的就是放烟花、炮竹。

我们买回来的炮有很多种类，爷爷先把鞭炮放了：火星沿着导火线，缓缓地向炮走去，一碰到炮，就火星四溅，噼里啪啦地响，大家用手把耳朵捂住，但眼睛还瞪得很大，过了好一会，这串像龙一样长的鞭炮才放完。

接下来，又放了许多炮：有飞的，有转的，有喷的，有射的，有摔的，有擦的，各种各样的炮，每一个都很有趣。

烟花是最好看的，有两种颜色：一种是白色，一种是彩色。白色的似箭，直冲天空，彩色的鲜艳，布满天空;白色的速度无人可比，彩色的数量没人敢抗;白色的速度越来越快，彩色的数量分裂的越来越多。刚开始只有一家在放，然后有两家放了，最后全村几乎都在放烟花。悦耳的欢呼声从四面八方传来，甚至有人放起了音乐，每个人都满脸笑容，为烟花增添了许多“花”。

春节是多么欢快呀!我喜欢烟花，更喜欢春节!

Recently, the news reported that one special kind of rhino from Africa just

passed away, which meant the disappearance of this lovely creature. What a great

pity. The tragedy is caused by the damaged environment, while human being must

be blamed for it, because we have done so many bad things to pollute the

environment and make the nature lose its balance. In order to make up our faults

and save our offspring, it is in need of protecting the environment. As the

ordinary people, we can do the small things, such as do not throw away the

rubbish and join some activities to bring the world green, like planting trees.

Every small act can make a difference. Some day, when we live with the

environment friendly, what we do is worth.

高尔基曾说过：“我扑在书上，就像饥饿的人扑在面包上。”是的，书是知识的源泉，它会影响和改变人的一生。

前不久，我看了一本书——《天龙八部》（四）。这本书中有个小片段使我深受启发。里面说天山童姥将“天山折梅手”第一路的掌法口决传授给虚竹。口决有八十四个字，这八十四个字极是拗口。音韵全然不调。童姥让虚竹背着她向西疾奔，口中大声念诵着这部口决。虚竹只念得三个字，第四个便念不出声。童姥一掌拍下，打得虚竹头晕脑胀。再念口决时，仍是念不出声。童姥又是一掌拍下。第三次又念时，虚竹自然而然地一提真气，那“浮”字便冲口喷出。顺背已毕，童姥又让虚竹倒背。这口决顺读已搅舌拌齿，倒读更是逆气顶喉。但虚竹凭着一股毅力，终于把口决顺流的背下来。

这虽然是一件小事——背口决，但它需要恒心和坚持。人间万事，都不是轻而易举的，奖励也不是信手拈来的。胜利是一次次学，一次次练，一次次努力，一次次拼搏而取得的。如果我们遇到一点挫折就不比了，认输了，那是一无所获的。“只要功夫深，铁棒磨成针。”我们应当百折不挠，勇敢地向艰难险阻挑战先苦后甜，用心血汗水换来的，是金灿灿的奖状，是老师家长，同学们的称赞，是那雷鸣般的阵阵掌声。

《天龙八部》（四）让我懂得了不服输，不屈服的精神。在以后的比赛中，我一定会越战越勇，奔向成功！

Its Sunday today. I got up early and did my homework on the table. All of a

sudden I remembered the mothers day, a picture of my mind, remembering a past

thing that moved me.

Thats the case. After coming home from school that afternoon, my mother came

back. I found that my mother was very tired, his eyes were squinting, and I

yawned. So she sent me to do my homework at home. But I felt very sad to see my

mother working so hard, so I decided to share the housework for my mother. I

began to pick up the stuff in my home, first fold the newspaper, and then the

glass was cleaned.

I put the glass on the pot filled with water, and then picked up the cloth, a

brush up. I found a little dirty in a cup, and I took some detergent to wash it.

Suddenly, the cup from the hand slipped, piercing sound startled me. I hastened

to pick up the pieces of glass on the floor. At this time, I found that my

mother was standing in front of me, and she said, "dont pick up the pieces with

your hands. Let me come." I stood up and bowed my head embarrassed and said,

"Im sorry, mom, Im too careless." I thought: this must be closed. Mother

walked over and touched my head and said, "kid, dont frighten you?" Let mommy

pack up, you go out and watch TV. " Mothers words are very gentle, but make me

more difficult, unwittingly I cry.

Looking back on this, I felt very warm. It told me that maternal love is

selfless and great, and I want to repay my mother on Mothers day.

每周一，当我看着校园中的国旗在一个个“红领巾”手中冉冉升起的时候，都会情不自禁地摸着我胸前的红领巾，心中不由生出自豪与骄傲。

记得上周，我和妈妈去超市购物。购物的人真多，络绎不绝。我在人群中窜来窜去，来到了我最爱的玩具区。正在我聚精会神地研究赛车时，一阵刺耳的哭声传进我的耳朵里。我寻声望去，是一个看似只有四、五岁的小男孩儿在哭。旁边的人们行色匆匆，好像并没有停下来的意思。我赶紧走上前去安慰他，并帮他想办法。小弟弟好像听懂了似的，不大哭了，只是不时地抽泣两声。我摸摸他的头告诉他：“小弟弟，我们去广播室，相信哥哥，一定会帮你找到妈妈的。”

在妈妈的带领下，我们来到广播室广播找弟弟的妈妈。不一会儿，小弟弟的妈妈就慌张地跑进了广播室，一把抱起了小弟弟。这时，小弟弟破涕为笑，对我说：“小哥哥，谢谢你!我以后也要戴上红领巾。”

回家路上，微风徐徐，胸前的红领巾轻轻飘起，我用手轻轻抚摸着它，心里甜滋滋的。

people with various resources.

To begin with, trees produce oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide, which offer

us fresh air. As greenhouse effect is getting more and more serious, planting

more trees is an effective way to respond to it.

Apart from this, it is tree that stabilizes soils and prevents them from

being eroded by floods. Besides, trees can be applied to against desert.

Moreover, trees perform the function of the regulation of air temperature and

humidity. This benefit to people’s fitting to the environment.

Last but not least, trees are a kind of material of paper making, which

makes our life and communication between people more convenient.

From what has been mentioned above, we can get the conclusion that trees

improve both our environment and life, it is necessary for us to plant more

trees.

According to the Chinese tradition，at the very beginning of a new year，

when there is a bright full moon hanging in the sky， there should be thousands

of colorful lanterns hung out.

During the Lantern Festival， people will try to solve the puzzles on the

lanterns and eat yuanxiao (glutinous rice ball)。

In the Sui Dynasty in the sixth century， Emperor Yangdi invited envoys from

other countries to China to see the colorful lighted lanterns and enjoy the gala

performances.

By the beginning of the Tang Dynasty in the seventh century， the lantern

displays would last three days. The emperor also lifted the curfew， allowing the

people to enjoy the festive lanterns day and night.

In the Song Dynasty， the festival was celebrated for five days and the

activities began to spread to many of the big cities in China.

Today，3the displaying of lanterns is still a big event on the 15th day of

the first lunar month throughout China.

The fillings inside the dumplings or Yuansiao are either sweet or salty.

Sweet fillings are made of sugar，Walnuts，sesame，osmanthus flowers，rose petals，or

jujube paste etc. A single ingredient or any combination can be used as the

filling . The salty variety is filled with minced meat，vegetables etc.