元宵节的来历用英文来介绍通用20篇

Good morning，dear professors. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to have this interview.

My name is Du Fu，coming from Zunyi，a very beautiful city of GuiYang province.I will graduate from GuiZhou university and my major is biotechnology.

I am a hard working person with great perseverance. I will try my best to finish things I want to do. When I take part in a debate competition，I persisted in practicing speaking every day. The competition not only enables me to improve my logical thinking，but also let me obtain a honor of Best debater. I think that keeping preparing the postgraduate entrance examination is just like persisting in speaking. I believe that sticking to paying will have harvest.

In my spare time，I am big on playing Bamboo Flute. During university，I ever participated in a welcome party and playing a song whose name is Luanhong. On the one hand，I can adjust my moon and think deeply though playing it，one the other hand，I can take others happiness.

I always believe that where there is a will，there is a way. If I am give a chance to study in Sichuan university，I will make great efforts to master my subjects.

So that is all .Thank you for you attention.

Hello!   My name is ANYJOB, from ANYJOB, my personality is bright, honest, easy to get along with people; Likes playing basketball, mountain climbing and running.

I am very happy and honored to join “ANYJOB” this big family, not only gave me a growth to display themselves and exercise good platform, I also have the opportunity to meet more new colleagues, new friends. - take this, I thank you very much for your leadership, thank you can give me a such a good chance.

I first came here, there are many aspects of knowledge need to everybody to learn, but also hope in the later work we can comments!

I believe that through our mutual understanding between each other and understanding, we will not only become a career has gone hand in hand with the struggle comrades, but a life in the same camp, share weal or woe friend.

Finally, I would like to and everybody a for our common cause to try hard to struggle!   Thank you!

hello !!! boys and grils

my name is forest , i 12 old , my is girl .my family have a three people .my is youngest than other two and i is oldest of the tow.my father and my monther very love me,i love them too.i at my family very happily. i love my family very much, and you?

i have a big eyes and a big mouth . i have a short between hair.

i have a lot of hobbies ,for example : ilike play football , basketball , badminton , table tennis , i like draw a paintings, watercolours and landscapes,i like is it .and you?

now, i in a six grade. i like chinese class very much, it very fun ,i love go chinese class. my best like p.e. it very happy. and you?

my dream is to be a computer engineer when i grow up, because i very like playing computers. and you?

i study very hard , i very like study .

one day , is a summer holiday . i and my mother and my father together clambing mountian ,my father and my mother suddenly listenning:"oh!!! hlep me!! help me !!you say :"why???" i say to you :"because my suddenly lie down ."

[小学英文作文：自我介绍

春节虽然已经过完了，但真正的新年却没有过完。元宵节是新年的最后一天，正月十四下午，我参加了一个德州晚报小记者的猜灯谜活动，并从中知道了元宵节的来历。这个活动的地点是德州游乐园。走进大门，放眼望去，到处悬挂着红灯笼，红灯笼上贴着灯谜。我看了好几个，都不会。我有些泄气。后来，我突然看到一个“耕一半读一半”字谜时，就不假思索地说是“讲”，结果正确！

今天我还知道了元宵节的来历。从前，有一位宫女叫元宵，因无法回家看老父母，心里非常难过。这件事让一位大臣知道了，他决定帮她。让她正月十五扮火神从大街上走过就行。当天，火神真的来了，她是元宵假扮的。她让百姓把一封信给皇帝。皇帝看完了信后，向大臣请教。大臣说：“火神爱吃汤圆，让百姓吃汤圆、提花灯、上街游也许有效。”

正月十五这天，元宵在花灯上写上了名字，元宵家人看见了她，一家人终于团圆了。于是，每年正月十五做汤圆、提花灯的习俗就这样流传了下来。

Dear Lisa,

Hows it going? My winter break is coming soon, and here are my plans: Im going to read five novels because I love reading. I realized that I have gained a lot of weight, so I also plan to exercise every day until I lose five kilograms. Moreover, I want to watch some good movies, too. After all, the vacation is for us to relax! Right? Haha. Do you have any plans for your winter break? Write back soon! I miss you tons!

Love,

hello every one, first let me introduce myself. my name is ***, ** yearsold. i am from ******,a beautiful city in henan province. it is famous as the"capital of ****" and enjoy yhe honer that l***** peony is the best in theworld. ****** played a very important role in chinese history. so it has aprofound cultural background and many great heritagesites have been wellreverved. such as longmen grotto, one of the three grottoes in china ang whitehorse temple, being regarded as the cradle of chnese buddhism.****** peony isworld-famous. every year, many tourists travel to ****** to see the beauty ofpeony .the people in my hometown are friendly, they welcome the travellers fromall over the world.i like my hometown very much. i am very glad to be here forthis interview. i graduated from****** college in july,**** and major infinance. then, i was a teacher in abc, when i was a senior school student, i aminterested in thought and began to read a certain classic work of marxism,especially i finished reading “the florilegium of mao zedong”. from then on, ihave dabbled in more and more theoretical works and accumulated great interestsin theory study, especially in marxism.i have a dream, a dream of my study. iwish devote my whole life and energy into the development of the marxism. if ihave the opportunity to study in abc university, i’ll dabble in as much asdocument about the specialty as possible. if

it is possible, i want to get theprimary accomplishment in my major, at least, a stable basis.personally, fortoday’s china, the first task to the development of marxism is a process ofconstruction. that’s to say, we should understand marxism mostly from the aspectof construction and development of social society. only when our socialisticcountry has a more rapid and balance development than the capitalistic, we canenhance the attractiveness and persuasion of marxism eventually. thank you !

Good afternoon, teachers.

I am very glad to be here for this interview. First let me introduce myself. My name is abc, 25 years old. I come from Weifang, a beautiful city of Shandong Province. I graduated from Commercial College in July, 2001 and major in finance. Then, I was a teacher in abc, When I was a senior school student, I am interested in thought and began to read a certain classic work of Marxism, especially I finished reading “the florilegium of Mao ZeDong”. From then on, I have dabbled in more and more theoretical works and accumulated great interests in theory study, especially in Marxism.

I have a dream, a dream of my study. I wish devote my whole life and energy into the development of the Marxism. If I have the opportunity to study in abc University, I’ll dabble in as much as document about the specialty as possible. If it is possible, I want to get the primary accomplishment in my major, at least, a stable basis.

Personally, for today’s China, the first task to the development of Marxism is a process of construction. That’s to say, we should understand Marxism mostly from the aspect of construction and development of social society. Only when our socialistic country has a more rapid and balance development than the capitalistic, we can enhance the attractiveness and persuasion of Marxism eventually.

自我介绍是每一个职场中人都必然要经历的一件事情，是让面试官更直接了解你的方法。下面是小编为您带来的是一份钟全英文自我介绍相关内容，希望对您有所帮助。

Hello, I am Zhang Bingwei, a student of Xian Electric Power College, Department of power engineering and thermal power plant. My family is from Zhouzhi County, Xian City, Shaanxi province.

During the three years at the University, through my hard work, I have made outstanding achievements, my school also served a two-year member of the study, through communication with the teachers and students to study and communicate, make my communication and organizational ability has been improved, as in my period, our class won second out of a class of civilization the title and the games, my ability to get teachers and students alike.

On the basis of theoretical courses, I took part in many curriculum design and training, so that my knowledge of theoretical courses deepened. I am in Shijiazhuang for a period of cognition for a summer internship in Baqiao power plant, power plant two week cognitive training, I recently participated in the simulation training of unit 600 thousand in two weeks, so I have a comprehensive understanding of the thermal power plant and power system.

In my spare time and holidays, I like to play table tennis, play football, play badminton and play chess with my friends. I am good at playing table tennis and I have won a personal excellence award.

My biggest advantage is being sincere, friendly, hard-working, honest and trustworthy, and have a very strong team spirit, steadfast, earnest, strong sense of responsibility, I always refuse to be cowed or submit in the face of failure, not a coward.

你好，我是张兵伟，是西安电力高等专科学校、动力工程系、火电厂集控运行专业的学生，我家来自陕西省西安市周至县。

在大学的三年期间，通过我的努力学习，我取得了优异的成绩，我在校还担任过两年学习委员，通过与老师和同学沟通学习、交流，使我的交际和组织能力得以提高,在我担任期间,我们班还获得了文明班级的称号和运动会总分第二名,我的能力得到老师和同学的一致好评。

在理论课的基础上，我参加了许多课程设计和实训，使我的理论课的知识进一步加深。我参加石家庄为期一个暑假的电厂认知实习，还参加了灞桥电厂为期两周的认知实习，我最近又参加了60万机组为期两周的仿真实训，使我对发电厂整个热力和发电系统有了全面性认识。

在业余和节假日空闲时间，我喜欢和朋友一块打打乒乓球、踢踢足球、打打羽毛球、下象棋，我最擅长是打乒乓球，曾获得过个人优秀奖。

我最大优点是为人真诚,待人友好,能吃苦耐劳,诚实守信,又有非常强的团队精神,意志坚定,做事认真，责任心强，不屈不挠，在失败面前我永远不是懦者。

[一份钟全英文自我介绍

as an international trade specialized student, i know the importance of english in english learning, so i have been high-standard requirements themselves. through their own efforts, to xx passed cet band 4 and again to xx points passed cet6. in spoken english i have been in the exercise myself, and reached a certain level. in addition, i also laid a japanese primary basic. not only in english, as the rest of course also study hard. in six semester four times won the scholarship, and once passed the national computer rank examination (level 2).

moreover i took an active part in social practice activities, and to exercise their professional skills, increase their professional knowledge, and has achieved good results. through a series of stratified activities, i also gradually grasp the people contacts and communication skills, learning how to make ourselves in a harmonious interpersonal relationships. through studies i deeply realize the theory instruction practice meaning, and really in the code yourself. in learning and activities of remaining i also actively enrich himself, reading, rich knowledge, and grasped certain of the computer application skills enough to handle the job requirement.

believe after three years study the lives of hone, already will i hammer become a moral decently, strong-willed, high ideals and soaring aspirations, has the enterprising spirit and team cooperation spirit of excellent college students. believe i have knowledge and competence can completely fit for any difficult work, environment of hard did not prevent completed i finish work. if i am lucky to become a member of your company, i will put all the youth and enthusiasm exert into work, obtain due grades for the development of the company, and contribute their efforts.

[外贸公司应聘英文自我介绍

Good morning everyone

First of all, please allow me to express my greatest appreciation for you give me this opportunity for an interview. And I hope I can make a good performance today I will do my best for this interview.My name is××××××, 25 years, graduated from the Mudanjiang Normal College major in English and I have been got the eight

professional certificate in English (test for English majors) and senior English teacher qualification certificate. Perhaps my situation on this place is pretty unlikely, after graduation because of personal interests I am gone to the Heilongjiang University graduate college major in history.

Im outgoing and open-minded. In my spare time, I have broad interests. Such as reading, surfing the internet, listening to music. I like children very much. I think children are active, innocent and pure. With them, I feel very relaxed, pleasant and younger. Therefore, I learned a lot from my one year working experience.

To be a good teacher is my dream, I think a teacher is not only a guide for the students, but also a friend of them, if I were a teacher I would build a close relation with my students helping them not only on their study but also on their lives, I will try my best and I am confident that I can be a good teacher

If your county to give me this opportunity, I passed the interview, as many teachers team member, I will continue learning, work hard to contribute to education in their own strength, will never live up to the human soul engineer of this glorious title.

各位尊敬的考官，早上好：

今天能在这里参加面试，有机会向各位考官请教和学习，我感到十分的高兴，同时通过这次面试也可以把我自己展现给大家。希望你们能记住我，下面通过五分钟的求职自我介绍让您了解我的基本情况;

我叫×××，今年××岁，汉族，本科毕业于××××××英语教育专业并取得了英语专业八级证书以及高级英语教师资格证，硕士就读于

×××××××学院历史专业。或许我的情况在这里比较特殊，本科毕业之后由于个人兴趣爱好的原因我考取了历史学的硕士，在读硕士期间我也是不断的学习进取，在省级刊物上发表了两篇论文。同时我也连续不断的从事英语教师的实习以及家教工作。通过实习以及家教经验加深了我对教师这个行业的热爱，当一名老师是我从小的愿望或许与家庭的影响有关我的父母都是教师，从小耳濡目染让我对教师这个行业充满了热爱。教师是个神圣而又伟大的职业，是培养一个民族和国家的栋梁和希望，那么教师承担着重大的历史使命。雷锋曾经说过，人的生命是有限的，可为人民服务是无限的，我要把有限的生命投入到无限的为人民服务中去，这就是我对教师这个职业最好的诠释。所以这个职业能让我充分实现我的社会理想和体现自我的价值。俗话说：航船不能没有方向，人生不能没有理想，而我愿成为在中国共产党领导下的一名优秀教师，认真践行三个代表，全心全意为人民服务，假如，贵县给我这个机会我通过了面试，成为众多教师队伍中的成员，我将不断的学习，努力工作为教育事业贡献出自己的力量，绝不辜负人类灵魂的工程师这个光荣的称号。

[家教面试英文自我介绍

hello!just call me little monkey,i am a new one here. i graduated from hebei tv university,but i major in nuresing.now,i fond a new job at shijiazhuang that is the capitl of hebei.

i want to introduce my hospitl to evryone,she is an old hospitl and the first one in shijiazhuang city.thank goodness, i have this chance to know evryone.i like make friends,so if you are free please talking to me.i am so sorry to that i have forgot some of the words.bye,i must go home my boyfriend is calling me.

Elder sister, my name is XXX, I think I was a lively and cheerful, sunny boy positive. My motto is: simple life, practical work, to do their best. What is the simple life?

Is easy, communication with the people to be polite and friendly, but also keep a smile, with a sincere heart. What is the practical work? Is the treatment of learning and work, have to be out laughing and smiling face, conscientious, strict in demands, for what they are doing to take their share of responsibility. And what is called best? That is the last person to form their own the style, then this Style provides a reference for others to learn and live by themselves and others

Of course, I also have their own shortcomings and deficiencies, such as lack of social experience, not enough work experience, and this is the main reason why I want to join in this department, hope the skills take quite high on their own, to broaden its scope of communication, but also a strength of their own community contributions.

重阳节在当青年心目中的淡化，反映了传统文化对年轻一代影响的日渐式微。年轻人可以用学习压力大、工作竞争激烈等客观因素来解释自己的这种忘却，但无法回避的另一个事实是，在传统节日被淡忘的同时，西方节日却在不少年轻人中风光无限。如今许多年轻人热衷于西方的情人节，却对中国传统“七夕”节不屑一顾，就是一例。

事实上大多数中国的传统节日是传统文化的积淀形式，是传统伦理观、价值观的特定反映形态。然而我们不少年轻人却不知道为什么要在重阳节登高、赏菊，更无法体会其中所孕育的尊老敬老的伦理。在此次调查中，90%的年轻人知道自己父母的生日，但从未想到在重阳节为父母送去一份祝福。这种对重阳节“有名无实”的认识，反映了传统伦理道德观念在不少年轻人观念中的某种弱化。

当然这种弱化需要辩证地看待。对于出国留学网传统文化中糟粕的东西，这种弱化无疑有益。但是对于那些类似“老吾老，以及人之老;幼吾幼，以及人之幼”、“贫而无谄，富而无骄”之类优秀的东西，这种弱化就不应该了。因为，恰恰是孕育于后者之中的伦理规范与价值观念，成为构筑现代人格的重要力量之一。

在重阳节被一些年轻人逐渐淡忘的背后，我们看到的是传统文化教育的脆弱，好在这种淡漠已经引起社会的注意。目前北京已有25所中小学把诵读四书五经的部分内容列入课程表。在全国估计已有100万孩子开始把诵读古诗文作为日常学习的必修课。

我想重要的不是孩子们背了多少古诗，而是让他们多了解一下自己祖国优秀的文化遗产，并在这种优良文化的哺育中真正成为“知书达理、尚礼重义”的栋梁之才。

i call/**, come from shandong province.this year is 21 years old, , is astudent who will soon graduate.

passes the foundation knowledge that the teachers guidance controled acalculator with personal effort firmly in the school.mainly studied c languageat the software aspect. c#. java etc. plait the distance language, the datastructure, vf. access etc. database is applied, calculator operatesystem.studied the dreamweaver web page manufacture and the asp network to weavea distance also.studied the calculator network at the hardware aspect, thecalculator construction with bine many times to attend to pack machine, set thefulfillment of the net operation lesson, make me control the work principle ofthe calculator and the set of the calculator network net process.

in addition, i attend various activities of the school organization to cometo the oneself of 锻炼 actively and do various part-time to increase socialexperience.the teacher is divided into the group to us in the experiment andpractice of the lesson remaining to complete mission, make we the deepcomprehension arrive the importance of the team.the and the rise time acquiresthe school scholarship during the period of school, three staffs.

however necessarily limited at the knowledge that the school learn,therefore i would ready to take advice study in the later work, the backlogworking experience, the exaltation work ability.hope your company to give me a

displays an own opportunity!

this with the result thatsalute

[大学开学自我介绍英文

正月十五元宵节，其乐融融闹花灯，喜气洋洋猜灯谜。这一天，我和妈妈吃过热腾腾的山粉糊，就来到塔苑参加元宵灯谜会。

虽然天气很冷，还下着淅淅沥沥的小雨，可是这里可真热闹！里面张灯结彩，十分漂亮。一盏盏六角宫灯挂在古色古香的廊檐下，每面都用毛笔字写着一条谜语。人们在灯下来来往往，川流不息，不断的抬起头，冲着灯指指点点。灯亮亮的，把人们的脸也照得红彤彤、喜洋洋的。四边墙上自上而下，整整齐齐地挂着五颜六色的纸条，上面也写着很多各式各样的谜语。

面对这么多谜语，很多人都拿着对谜卷，手里攥着笔，细细地边看边思考。有的人眉头紧锁，有的人笑容满面，一副信心满满的样子，还有的人拿着手机拼命地在网上查寻……小朋友们性子急，一猜出来就大喜过望，手舞足蹈，欢叫着、蹦跳着往对谜处狂奔。你看那边，一位带着老花镜的爷爷，正对着一条谜语若有所思，手里还捧着一本厚厚的书，看一看，想一想，翻一翻，一副很有耐心的样子……我在人群里还看到了许多班里的同学，大家齐心协力，努力思考，但个个谜语都使我们晕头转向，好不容易猜出一个喜出望外，直奔对谜处排队，但结果不是答错了，就是被人抢先了。最后还是爸爸妈妈们见多识广，猜中了好几个。可是，我们一点也不灰心，还是开开心心、说说笑笑地继续作战。

红红火火的元宵节过去，中国人的新年也就过完了，我们又将投入紧张的学习生活。参加了这场灯谜会，我更加明白自己的学识是多么浅薄。我一定要更加努力地学习，等我们学到了更多的知识，也一定能猜中好多谜语！

正月十五闹元宵。各式各样的龙灯队伍经过城市的大街小巷，来到广场会合。老百姓也不约而同地涌上街头；爸爸牵着我的小手来到拥挤的人群中。

元宵节真乐闹。广场上有各式各样的龙灯，有飞龙、板龙还有许多叫不出名的龙在广场上飞舞着。到了晚上每条龙都跟活的一样。我问爸爸为什么要闹元宵?爸爸一时也说不清楚。回到家里立刻上网查寻，才知道“元宵节是中国传统节日，早两千多年前的西汉就有了，元宵赏灯起源于道教的“三元说”；正月十五为上元节。元宵节习俗活动随着历史的发展而改变，汉代才一天；到唐代为三天，宋代则为五天，明代更是自初八点灯，一直到十七的夜里才落灯。而现在元宵为正月十五当天。

我终于知道了元宵是怎么来的了！

My hometown is in Jindong District, located in central Zhejiang Jinqu basin, East Chinese Yiwu Commodity City, South China technology hardware city of Yongkang, west of Jinhua City, the advantage is obvious.

My hometown is rich in fruits and vegetables, bergamot, flower seedlings, dairy, livestock and poultry as the "one village one product" features have obvious advantages, is the "China Bergamot village", "Chinese bonsai flower seedlings of the township" and "China strawberry town", "Chinese Fujiminori grape", "China Yuzhi Mao Xiang" and "Chinese duck village", "the source of the East China white peach Township" and "South Chinese cow town", Jinhua ham, Shousheng wine reputation both at home and abroad

But what I want to introduce is that our hometown is the seedling of my hometown. Whenever you go into the Golden East, you can feel a strong fragrance of trees, a green, so happy that you are in a great mood, and very happy in your heart.

My family also has a lot of kinds of trees, trees, Lechang, Liriodendron, Michelia foveolata Michelia, gray, Yunshan, Yunshan, Hongkong Daye Prynne Prynne four beautiful flower photo, Ruyuan magnolia, Michelia Martini and so on, many.

All sides of my house are around the mountain, all around the trees, unique. In spring, the drizzle moistens the land. The trees thrive and thrive, and the rain stops. The trees float in the wind and make a lot of noise, just like listening to free music.

In summer, the sun is shining, the trees still straight, and stood there. In the summer, the trees were filled with a kind of perseverance and full of vitality. Other people are envious.

In autumn, some leaves are yellow and falling. Some of them still show their green side. They grow harder than ever before, and branches are stronger. They shelter the fallen trees. In the fall, they showed a scene of mutual help.

In winter, cold and dry to their approach, however, they were not afraid of the station, consistent from beginning to end in that place, no matter how hard the wind, they are also helpless, had slipped away from their side. The rain and snow fall on them, and they cant disturb their "hair" until the coming of spring, and they can still stick to it.

My hometown is the village of seedlings, with thousands of seedlings, so that the residents living inside can have better air and better environment.

I wish all places in the world can be as beautiful as my hometown.

元宵节是我国民间传统节日，也是我最喜欢的节日之一。

关于元宵节，还有一个有趣的传说。传说在很久很久以前，有一只神鸟降入人间迷了路，却不幸被猎人射死了。天帝知道后非常愤怒，就派天兵在农历正月十五日火烧人间，人间一片慌乱。后来有一位智者想出了办法，他要人们在正月十四、十五、十六日家家户户挂灯笼、放烟花。到了那天，天兵看到人间一片红光，就以为人间被烧毁了。人们就这样保住了性命和财产。为了庆祝这成功的创举，人们想出了一系列丰富多彩的活动。有赛龙舟，比赛谁划船快;有舞龙狮，人们顶着假龙狮做出各种各样的动作;有吃元宵、踩高跷等;其中我最喜欢的活动是猜灯谜，在古代，人们把纸条贴在灯笼的外侧，写上灯谜，挂在街上让人们猜……文人墨客为了纪念元宵节留下了很多经典诗句。如元好问的“袨服华妆着处逢，六街灯火闹儿童”有张枯的“三百内人连袖舞，一进天上着词声”……虽然元宵节从古到今保持下来，但已经有较大的变化。

尽管如此，元宵节还是我国重要的传统节日。

Good morning. I am glad to be here for this interview. First let me introduce myself. My name is xx 24. I come from Nanchang,the capital of Jiangxi Province. I graduated from the ****** department of *****University in July ,2001.In the past two years I have been prepareing for the postgraduate examination while I have been teaching *****in NO.****middle School and I was a head-teacher of a class in junior grade two.Now all my hard work has got a result since I have a chance to be interview by you.

I am open-minded ,quick in thought and very fond of history.In my spare time,I have broad interests like many other youngers.I like reading books, especially those about ****.Frequently I exchange with other people by making comments in the forum on line.In addition ,during my college years,I was once a Net-bar technician.So, I have a comparative good command of network application.I am able to operate the computer well.I am skillful in searching for information in Internet.I am a football fan for years.Italian team is my favorite.Anyway,I feel great pity for our countrys team.

I always believe that one will easily lag behind unless he keeps on learning .Of course, if I am given a chance to study ****** in this famous University,I will spare no effort to master a good command of advance ******.

每年的阴历正月十五是中国人很重视的传统节日，元宵节。元宵节也叫“上元节”,春灯节，是很多家庭团圆的节日。正月十五日是一年中第一个月圆之夜，加上吃元宵的习俗，这个节日就和团圆两个字牢牢的联系起来。元宵节是春节之后的第一个重要节日，不管是南方北方都对这个节日比较重视，举行很多的活动来庆祝这个节日。大家一定很好奇元宵节的来历和习俗，现在中国吃网小编就告诉你元宵节是怎么来的，都有哪些习俗。

有关元宵节来历的说法多种多样，有3种说法流传较广。

元宵佳节猜灯谜已经成为我们现在庆祝元宵佳节的重要组成方式，因为有趣的内容可繁可简的活动形式，每年的元宵佳节都有很多的人参与到这项活动中来。接下来小编为你带来元宵佳节的习俗猜灯谜介绍，希望对你有帮助。

元宵佳节也称灯节，元宵燃灯的风俗起自汉朝，到了唐代，赏灯活动更加兴盛，皇宫里、街道上处处挂灯，还要建高大的灯轮、灯楼和灯树，唐朝大诗人卢照邻曾在《十五夜观灯》中这样描述元宵佳节燃灯的盛况：“接汉疑星落，依楼似月悬。” 宋代十分重视元宵佳节，赏灯活动更加热闹，赏灯活动要进行5天，灯的样式也更丰富。明代要连续赏灯10天，这是中国最长的灯节了。清代赏灯活动虽然只有3天，但是赏灯活动规模很大，盛况空前，除燃灯之外，还要放烟花助兴。

猜灯谜又叫打灯谜，是元宵佳节后增加的一项活动，出现在宋朝。南宋时，首都临安每逢元宵佳节制迷、猜谜的人众多。开始时是好事者把谜语写在纸条上，贴在五光十色的彩灯上供人猜。因为谜语能启迪智慧又饶有兴趣，所以流传过程中深受社会各阶层的欢迎。

灯谜起源于春秋战国时期，它是一种富有讥谏、诙谐、笑谑的文艺游戏。谜语悬之于灯，供人猜射，开始于南宋。《武林旧事·灯品》记载：“以绢灯剪写诗词，时寓讥笑，及画人物，藏头隐语，及旧京诨语，戏弄行人。”

元宵佳节，帝城不夜，春宵赏灯之会，百姓杂陈，诗谜书于灯，映于烛，列于通衢，任人猜度，所以称为灯谜。猜谜变成灯谜，还有个有趣的故事。

相传很久以前，有个财主，人称笑面虎。他见了衣着体面的人，就拼命巴结，见了粗衣烂衫的穷人，就吹胡子瞪眼。有个叫王少的青年，曾因衣服穿得破烂，一次去借粮时，被他赶出大门。王少回去后越想越气，于元宵之夜，扎了一顶大花灯，来到笑面虎家门前。这大花灯上题着一首诗。笑面虎上前观看，只见上面写着：

头尖身细白如银，

称称没有半毫分。

眼睛长到屁股上，

光认衣裳不认人。

笑面虎看罢，气得面红耳赤，暴跳如雷，嚷着：“好小子，胆敢来骂老爷。”便命家丁去抢花灯，王少忙挑起花灯，笑嘻嘻地说：“哎，老爷莫犯猜疑，我这四句诗是个谜，谜底就是‘针’，你想想是不是。这‘针’怎么是对你的呢?莫非是‘针’对你说的，不然你又怎么知道说的是你呢?”笑面虎一想，可不是，只好气得干瞪眼，灰溜溜走了，周围的人都乐得哈哈大笑。这事传开后，越传越远。

第二年元宵佳节，人们纷纷仿效，将谜语写在花灯上，供人猜射取乐。以后相沿成习，猜灯谜、打灯虎成了元宵佳节的重要活动内容。