元宵节的作文英语作文（汇总20篇）

All nationalities in the Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festivals, the festival customs are different, our hometown Lantern Festival jollification, beaming. The day is really rich and colorful activities, seems to be all happy in the day.

Lantern Festival day everywhere decorated, beaming. He is the most lively, dragon dance, lion dance dragon is made of cloth, some with ten men dance, in front of the tap is a beads. The beads is called "dragon ball", it was nice to dragon dance, like real dragons, the audience cheered, some viewers to touch the dragon, touched the dragon can cure all diseases, they say, one year will not sick, dance dance of full head big sweat, the audience applauded.

Said dragon dance wonderful, interesting and root, the day people all want to go outside and play everywhere, go to visit relatives, listen to and said to them, and after one year will not sick, but I think people go for a walk, or have some truth, between the Spring Festival to eat well, drink well, people go out activities activities, exercise, of course, will not get sick. After the Lantern Festival day and watch the fireworks show, the most attractive, 6 o clock square has been to a lot of people, are there to find a good location, 7:00, everywhere was a sea of people, only heard "bang" sound, fireworks burst open, lit up the sky, and then put a fireworks, fireworks burst open when is purple, very good-looking, then put the fireworks explode on to the surface, the fireworks on the surface of the dance, everyone cheered happily, we smell a lot of strong, all of a sudden, a fireworks burst open, green to red, immediately become yellow, after a few seconds, again in a few hair, wonderful time, a fireworks burst open, like a curtain waterfall, is really have the feeling of fall. The fireworks display over, but people still want to stay at the party.

Home of the Lantern Festival is a happy holiday.

元宵节是中国的传统节日之一，各民族的节日风俗不一样，我们家乡过元宵节热闹非凡，喜气洋洋。这天的活动内容真是丰富多彩啊，似乎要把所有喜庆都融入这一天。

元宵节这天到处张灯结彩，喜气洋洋。他别是舞龙、舞狮最热闹，龙是花布做的，有的用十个人舞，龙头前面有一颗珠子。这个珠子叫“龙珠”，龙舞起来时很好看，像真的的龙一样，观众不断叫好，有些观众去摸龙，他们说摸了龙能治百病，一年都不会生病，舞的人舞的满头大汗，观众拍手叫好。

说舞龙精彩，还有根有意思的，这天人们都要走出户外，到处游玩，亲戚们一起去游玩，听他们说，又完了以后一年都不会生病，不过我想人们出去走一走，还是有一定道理的，春节间吃的好，喝的好，人们出去活动活动，锻炼身体当然不会生病。过元宵节这天还有个最吸引人的节目——看烟花，6点钟时广场已经来了很多人了，都在那里寻找好的位置，7：00了，到处人山人海，只听见“呯”的一声，礼花爆开，照亮了天空，接着又放了一个礼花，礼花爆开的时候是紫色的，非常好看，接着把礼花爆到水面上，礼花在水面上跳舞，大家都高兴的欢呼起来，我们闻到了许多火药味，突然，一个礼花爆开了，绿色马上变成红色，又变成了黄色，隔了几秒，又发出了几发，精彩的时候到了，一个礼花爆开了，像一帘瀑布飞流直下，真是有一落千丈的感觉。焰火晚会结束了，但是人们还留恋在晚会之中。

家乡的元宵节真是个快乐的节日。

The fifteenth day of the Lantern Festival, every household to eat dumplings on this day.

Our family is no exception. Look! Mother would have live good glutinous rice noodles, I saw her take a little bit of glutinous rice flour knead dough, then knead the dough plaque flat, then knead after put all kinds of filling in the round, rub into a round shape, yuanxiao is ready.

The water is boiling, the mother put the dumplings into the boiling water. A little later, yuanxiao was made and the food made my mouth water, mother hurriedly pass me a bowl of dumplings, let me hasten to hot to eat.

Ah! My is peanuts filling, looks very delicious, I smelled the, a peanut fragrance pubi. Yuanxiao is one yuan coin size, there are yellow, purple, red bean, also have a pure white. Use chopsticks clamp soft, sticky, like the children to eat cotton candy. A lick and sweet. A bite bite, yellow was the smell of peanuts, purple colocasia flavour, red bean color red bean flavor. Also have a taste of pure white, is really delicious and good-looking.

In this day, we went to the Confucius temple watching lanterns, there people mountain people sea, lively, colorful lanterns, dad took lots of photos to my mother and I. After you come back, on computer, : "oh! My daughter is like a little star, full of beauty!" The mother exclaimed.

The Lantern Festival my family and I had a really interesting!

正月十五元宵节，这天家家户户都要吃汤圆。

我们家也不例外。看!妈妈早就活好了糯米面，只见她取了一点糯米面揉成团，然后把面团捏匾扁，再把各种各样的馅放入后捏圆，搓成圆形，这样元宵就做好了。

水开了，妈妈把元宵放入开水里煮。不一会儿，元宵煮好了，我馋得直流口水，妈妈连忙盛了一碗汤圆递给我，让我赶紧趁热吃。

啊!我的汤圆是花生馅的，看起来很好吃，我闻了闻，一股花生的香味扑鼻而来。元宵有一元硬币那么大，有黄色·紫色，豆沙色，也有纯白色。用筷子夹了夹软软的，粘粘的，像小朋友们吃的棉花糖一样。舔一舔，甜甜的。咬一咬，黄色的是花生味，紫色的香芋味，豆沙色的红豆味。也有原味的纯白色，真是又好吃又好看。

这天，我们还去了夫子庙赏灯，那里人山人海，热闹非凡，五彩的花灯比比皆是，爸爸为我和妈妈照了许多照片。回来后，放到电脑上一看，：“哟!我的女儿还真像个小明星，十足的小美女呢!”妈妈惊叫道。

这个元宵节我们全家过得可真是有滋有味啊!

X month X day is a day of the first lunar month 15 Lantern Festival. This day every household to eat dumplings, guess lantern riddles, light firecrackers and lanterns to celebrate yuanxiao.

One day, dad taught me pack dumpling. Lets wash clean, out of a bowl. Started and saw dad more than half of glutinous rice flour in a bowl, put in water a little bit by bit, reoccupy hand a few ground and put some water. Dad told me, pay attention to every time too much water will not put, can add less, too much will be sticky. Water enough, my father and I each half, we use hand rub back and forth, until no longer sticky hands, rub the process is complete.

Started to pack dumpling, I according to the appearance of the father, took a small plane, in the middle of the palm and hit a small ball, and then put the right hand thumb into just knead dough, pinch sesame paste with chopsticks in just make the hole, press with four finger with the thumb to the middle, and rub into a circle. I am going to put the "intermediate" into the top saucer to, my father stopped me to say: "the son, and so on May be sticky, roll a roll in glutinous rice powder wont stick." I according to the method of dad sure enough a try not sticky. Do as this happened for several, 20 different meeting was finished, all white like jade, greediness.

In the evening, my father and I go outside for a walk, street lights, full of red lanterns. Sky shining colorful fireworks, some fireworks in the sky like all the stars shining, some like meteor shower, the instant disappeared in the sky. The ground BaiZiBao scratching ringing off the hook. Children with fireworks rods flying, laughing.

I love to pack dumpling, but I love the Lantern Festival.

X月X日这天是农历正月十五元宵节。这天家家户户要吃汤团、猜灯谜、放炮竹、赏花灯来庆祝元宵。

这天，爸爸教我包汤团。我们先把手洗干净，拿出一只碗。开始和面了，只见爸爸在碗里倒上大半的糯米粉，将少许水一点一点放进去，再用手绞了几下又放了点水。爸爸告诉我：注意每次放得水不能太多，少了可以再加，太多了会粘手。水够了，我和爸爸各分一半，我们用手来回的揉，直到不再粘手了，揉面的工序完成了。

开始包汤团了，我照着爸爸的样子，拿了一小团面，放在手掌中间挫一个小圆球，然后把右手的大拇指把插进刚揉好的面团，用筷子夹点芝麻馅放在刚弄的洞里，用四个手指配合大拇指一起往中间按，揉一揉又变成了圆形。我要把这个“半成品”放到碟子上面去时，爸爸叫住了我说：“儿子，这样放上去可能会粘的，在糯米粉里滚一滚就不粘了。”我照着爸爸的方法一试果然不粘了。照这样一连做了好几个，不一会二十个就完成了，个个洁白如玉，让人嘴馋。

晚上，我和爸爸到外面散步，此时的大街上灯火通明，四周挂满了火红的灯笼。天空闪耀着五彩的礼花，有的礼花在天空中像满天的星星一闪闪，有的似流星雨，一瞬间就消失在天际中。地上百子炮噼里啪啦的响个不停。小孩子手持烟花棒飞舞着，欢笑着。

我爱包汤团，但我更爱元宵节。

the 15th day of the 1st lunar month is the chinese lantern festival because the first lunar month is called yuan-month and in the ancient times people called night xiao. the 15th day is the first night to see a full moon. so the day is also called yuan xiao festival in china.

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 for people to appreciate. at this time, people will try to solve the puzzles on the lanterns and eat yuanxiao (glutinous rice ball) and get all their families united in the joyful atmosphere.

[英语作文我的元宵节

Lantern Festival is a China’s traditional festival。 It is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar year。

I，antern Festival is one of the biggest holidays in China。 Several days before Lantern Festival， people begin to make lanterns。 Lanterns are made in the shape of different animals， vegetables， fruits and many， other things。

While making lanterns people usually write riddles on lanterns。 On the eve of Lantern Festival， all the lanterns are hung up。 joozone。com。。com

On Lantern Festival people go outside to have a look at the lanterns and guess the riddles on the lanterns。 Perhaps you call see some wonderful folk performances，Dragon Dance and Yangko。

Everything is very interesting and everyone is very happy。 Our life is rich and varied。

The fifteenth day of the Lantern Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival, festival festival for family reunion. People set off firecrackers in the Lantern Festival, eat yuanxiao, really happy!

Put fireworks at XingDong park at seven o clock in the evening. Our family six point three eat meal, father, mother, grandfather, grandmother and I went to see fireworks, on the road, people, flowing, in the city and countryside, drive, ride a tricycle and so on, we said a chat. By XingDong park you will see the front of the park, come here to watch the fireworks and light from all directions, including the old man on a walking stick, there were children making baby ah cant talk, very busy. Instantaneous salute flowers, flowers bloom, when the time came the beautiful fireworks have different attitude, change multiterminal, have a plenty of semicircle, have a plenty of, still have a plenty of circular arc shape, and said not to come out of some shapes; Sometimes like a small lantern, some like waterfall, sometimes like a sunflower, and like a weeping willow, as is the most lovely that groups of bees hard honey in BaiHuaCong, gorgeous! Is very colorful, I, very beautiful! True can use a poem to describe: "like night of spring breeze comes suddenly, thousands of trees Wan Shuli (gift) flower".

Let us always remember the bright beautiful moment - the Lantern Festival.

正月十五元宵节，是中国的传统节日，合家团圆喜庆的节日。人们在元宵节里放鞭炮、吃元宵，真开心啊!

晚上七点在邢侗公园放礼花。我们全家六点三十分吃饱了饭，爸爸、妈妈、爷爷、奶奶和我去看礼花，在路上，人来人往，川流不息，有城里的、有农村里来的，有开车的，有骑三轮车的等等，我们一家边说边聊。到了邢侗公园你会看到公园门前，是从四面八方赶来观看礼花和灯会的，其中有拄着拐棍的老人，还有咿咿呀呀不会说话的孩子，热闹极了。时间到了，瞬间礼炮齐鸣，百花绽放，美丽的礼花姿态不一，变化多端，有的是半圆形、有的是扇面形、还有的是圆形、还有说不出来的一些形状;有的像小灯笼、有的像瀑布，有的像向日葵，还有的像垂柳，最可爱的是像那一群群得小蜜蜂在百花丛中辛勤的采蜜，漂亮极了!真是五彩缤纷，火树银花，美丽极啦!真可以用一句诗来形容：“忽如一夜春风来，千树万树梨(礼)花开”。

让我们永远记住这灿烂美丽的时刻——元宵节。

Today is the Lantern Festival, my grandfather took me to the Ocean Park, he

said: "Ocean Park, there are many fish", then unable to buy a ticket and went

in.

Grandpa and I started a dolphin show that take the door, we are at the

dolphin show place and my grandfather chose a place to sit down, dolphin show

started in the first place is to let the dolphins jump up, and then throw a

small hoop to go in the water, with the beginning of a wonderful! Uncle have a

jump into the water and the dolphin show, uncle dolphins swim with the top of

the head with his feet, and uncle special fast, uncle came to like

skateboarding, on the back of the dolphin when uncle dolphins and put him on the

top, the audience all applaud for them, show is over I went out and grandpa. Out

grandpa and I saw a couple of milk to eat only fish, so I just bought a bottle

for fish, once a big fish to the dropped the bottle mouth down into the water, I

went to pick it up quickly.

I also found there yellow snakes, lobster, shell, dinosaur bones, the great

white whale, jellyfish, turtle, octopus, polar bear, arctic Wolf, penguins, sea

snakes, grass carp,... I also see! Time the bell rang at noon I and grandpa to

go, I really want to see for a while.

今天是元宵节，爷爷带我去了海洋公园他说：“海洋公园有许多的鱼类”，然后无门就买票进去了。

我和爷爷一进门海豚表演就开始了，我们到了海豚表演处就和爷爷选了一个位置坐下来了，海豚表演开始了首先是让海豚跳上来，然后就是把一个小小呼啦圈扔到水里面去，精彩的开始啦!有一位叔叔跳到水里和海豚表演，叔叔游泳的的时候海豚用头顶着他的脚，于是叔叔游得特别的快，过来的时候叔叔才在海豚的背上和滑板一样，叔叔上来的时候海豚又把他顶上来了，观众全为他们鼓掌，表演结束了我就和爷爷出去了。出去的时候我和爷爷看见了好几只吃奶的鱼，所以我就买了一个奶瓶给鱼味，有一次一只大鱼来了把奶瓶叼下去掉到了水里，我赶快就把它捡起来了。

我在那里还发现了黄蛇、龙虾、贝壳、恐龙骨、大白鲸、水母、海龟、章鱼、北极熊、北极狼、企鹅、海蛇、草鱼、……，真还看呀!中午时间的铃响了我和爷爷要走了，我真想再看一会儿。

元宵节英语作文一

Lantern Festival is a Chinas traditional festival. It is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar year.

Lantern Festival is one of the biggest holidays in China. Several days before Lantern Festival, people begin to make lanterns.

Lanterns are made in the shape of different animals, vegetables, fruits and many, other things. While making lanterns people usually write riddles on lanterns.

On the eve of Lantern Festival, all the lanterns are hung up.

On Lantern Festival people go outside to have a look at the lanterns and guess the riddles on the lanterns.

Perhaps you call see some wonderful folk performances,Dragon Dance and Yangko. Everything is very interesting and everyone is very happy.

Our life is rich and varied.

元宵节英语作文二

Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festival, but also the last day of Chinese New Year, the first month 15 downtown lantern, every day, people are to eat Lantern Festival and stroll through the flower market, flowers light, the ceremony flowers, guess riddles, dragon and lion dances, to sustenance of the spring, best wishes.

We have just finished a family dinner, Dad took me to see the lantern say that I am very happy. In the evening, a moon had been up early on in the sky. A few stars naughty wink to me. Silver-white on children with me to stroll along lantern. We are a lively crowd came as the flower market. My father wearing a red jacket. Face with a happy smile.

The streets, everywhere decorated, a variety of e-lantern, Jiao Ren simply dazzle with wavesof percussion show of sound, two dragon, flying cross the middle of the crowd. At this time,several more loud, beautiful fireworks in the air, opening up one after another, and some, like chrysanthemums, and some like snow in June, and some, like a sky full of stars, and some, like colorful flowers.

Late at night, people in the face of light flowers are filled with satisfaction, happiness, pleasant look and left.

元宵节(又名上元节)是中国的一个传统节日。她意味着中国农历新年的结束。正月十五闹元宵期间，人们吃元宵(汤圆)，逛花市、赏花灯，猜灯谜，舞龙、舞狮，以此来寄托来年好运。

我们全家刚吃过晚饭，父亲就带我去看花灯，为此我很高兴。在晚上，月亮早早的升起在半空，小星星调皮的冲我眨眼(作文地带提示:此处拟人应用相当巧妙)。雪白的明月照着我，伴我一起赏花灯。我们随着热闹的人群 来到了花市。我父亲身穿一件红色夹克，面带微笑。

大街上到处布满了各式各样的灯笼装饰，锣鼓声中两个舞龙队从路中间穿插而过。

转眼间已是深夜，人们带着观花灯后的满足感，兴致勃勃的离去。

元宵节英语作文三

The chinese new year is now popularly known as the spring festival because it starts from the begining of spring (the first of the twenty-four terms in coodination with the changes of nature). its origin is too old to be traced.

Several explanations are hanging around.

All agree, however, that the word nian, which in modern chinese solely means year, wasoriginally the name of a monster beast that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of a new year.

One legend goes that the beast nian had a very big mouth that would swallow a great many people with one bite. People were very scared.

One day, an old man came to their rescue, offering to subdue nian.

To nian he said, i hear say that you are very capable, but can you swallow the other beasts of prey on earth instead of people who are by no means of your worthy opponents? so, it didswallow many of the beasts of prey on earth that also harrassed people and their domestic animals from time to time.

On the occasion of the Lantern Festival, there is a festive atmosphere

everywhere. You see, guessing lantern riddles and setting off fireworks... There

are all kinds of strange activities, ranging from astronomy to geography. Now

Ill take you to see the fireworks party!

Through the bustling trail, we came to the sparkling lake. We waited

anxiously and patiently. As time passed, more and more people were crowded. The

crowd could not see the head from the West and the tail from the north. There

were a sea of people. Some sat on stone chairs, some bent over, some leaned

forward and backward, and some stood on tiptoe. There are white haired

grandfathers, young people with clear eyebrows and embroidered eyes, and

children of four or five years old.

After a long time, just listen to the bang, strange flowers appear in the

sky, and the exciting fireworks party begins! People were suddenly silent. Then,

the sky appeared colorful, scrambling, from yellow to purple, from red to blue,

from blue to white, very beautiful! Colorful, large and small fireworks are

reflected on the sparkling lake, as if fish are also setting off fireworks in

their homes! Some of the wonderful flowers in the sky are green grass, some are

peach red and plum white. It is graceful and beautiful, as if it smells

fragrant.

"Boom", the air exploded one after another "Phalaenopsis", which was very

realistic. After a while, the orchids turned into red lanterns, slowly down and

straight into the water. White snakes soar into the sky, and the "s" walking

method is attractive. Small boats shot out of the lake and stood gracefully on

the lake, as if warships were coming to us, solemn and solemn. Suddenly, a

"meteor shower" appeared in the sky. The white "meteor shower" turned the night

into the day. The houses two kilometers away from me were obvious. It was as

dense as a cobweb, like the end of the world, and the stars crashed into the

earth. Then, colorful lines burst out on the ground and made a "crackling"

sound, like setting off firecrackers. Suddenly, the earth became a colorful

world.

Suddenly, a crystal clear waterfall appeared by the lake. The waterfall was

different. It was condensed by countless small white spots. It was very

lifelike. The waterfall rolled down and emitted wisps of clear smoke, like

Penglai Fairy Island floating on the sea.

Finally, flowers of various forms appeared in the sky, with a deafening and

soul stirring sound.

Todays party is over. The fireworks parties are more and more wonderful

again and again, which let me see the prosperity and development of science and

technology in the motherland.

元宵佳节之际，处处洋溢着喜庆的气氛。你瞧，什么猜灯谜、什么放烟火呀……各种各样，稀奇古怪的，上至天文，下至地理的活动都有，现在我就带你去看看烟火晚会吧!

穿过熙熙攘攘的小道，便到了波光粼粼的湖边，我们焦急而又耐心地等待着，时间一分一秒地过去了，人越来越多，最后挤挤挨挨，人群从西望不见头，从北望不见尾，人山人海，人声鼎沸，有的坐在石椅上，有的弯腰，有的前俯后仰，有的踮着脚尖望着。有白发苍苍的老爷爷，有眉清目绣的青年人，有四五岁的小孩。

过了许久，只听嘣的一声，天空中出现奇花异卉，激动人心的烟火晚会开始了!人们顿时雅雀无声。接着，天空出现了万紫千红、争先恐后、由黄变紫、由红变蓝、由蓝变白，美极了!花花绿绿，大大小小的烟花倒映在波光粼粼的湖面上，仿佛鱼儿们也在它们的家园里放烟花呢!天空中的奇花有的绿草如茵，有的桃红李白。婀娜多姿，美不胜收，仿佛清香扑鼻，馨香阵阵。

“轰”的一声，空中炸开一朵朵“蝴蝶兰”，逼真极了。过了一会儿，只见兰花变成了一盏盏红灯笼，缓缓而下，直入水面。一条条白蛇直冲天，“S”走法引人看。湖边射出一条条小船，亭亭玉立在湖面，仿佛一艘艘战舰向我们开来，庄严肃穆。顿时天空出现了“流星雨”，白花花的“流星雨”把夜晚照成了白天，离我二公里远的房屋都显而易见，它密如蛛网，好象世界末日，群星们撞向地球。接着地上又冲出一条条五颜六色的线，还发出“噼里啪啦”的响声，好似放鞭炮，霎时，大地都成了五彩缤纷的世界。

忽然，湖边出现了一条晶莹剔透的瀑布，那瀑布与众不同，它是又无数个小白点凝聚而成的，逼真无比，那瀑布滚滚而下，还冒出一缕缕清烟，有如浮在海面的蓬莱仙岛。

最后，天空中又出现了千姿百态的繁花，响声震耳欲聋，惊心动魄。

今天的晚会结束了，一次又一次的烟火晚会一次比一次的精彩，让我看到了祖国的科技繁荣、发达。

Lantern Festival is our traditional festival, the Lantern Festival every

year to eat dumplings, fireworks.

Mom cooked dumplings, I cant wait to pick up the one in your mouth, mom

shout; "Be careful, dont burn yourself. Bite on the filling flow out slowly,

sticky. Sweet taste is great!

The Lantern Festival without watching lanterns. Finish eat yuanxiao, dad

and I arrived Yang head square. There were so many lanterns here! There is

"running" tiger. "Eat grass" rabbit. And "swimming" in the fish. Is a

multifarious! All became light of the ocean. The world of light! Dad bought me a

rabbit lanterns. As long as one click button. Deer will be singing a happy song.

I hurriedly took my tiger lamp join make lanterns, after my father and I go to

fireworks.

Fireworks can be interesting. So many kinds of fireworks! Some on the left

of the gun... People are respect, suddenly, a naughty kid threw jilt cannons,

people scared hiding; I followed papa fired cannons sky it spray flame, 1 of

"pa" exploded and emits the colorful flowers.

The Lantern Festival is really interesting!

元宵节是我国的传统节日，每年元宵节要吃汤圆，放烟花。

妈妈煮好汤圆了，我迫不及待的夹起一个放在嘴里，妈妈大叫;“小心点，别烫着。”咬上一口馅慢慢地流了出来，粘粘的。甜甜的味道好极了!

元宵节可少不了观花灯。吃完元宵，我和爸爸来到阳头广场。这里的花灯可真多啊!有“奔跑”的老虎。“吃草”的兔子。还有在“游动”的鱼儿。真是五花八门!都成了灯的海洋。光的世界!爸爸给我买了一个兔子花灯。只要一按按纽。兔儿便会唱起欢乐的歌。我连忙拿起我的老虎灯加入闹花灯的行列，之后我和爸爸去放烟花。

放烟花可有趣了。烟花的种类真多!有的还有的在放甩炮……人们正看得起劲，忽然，一个淘气的小朋友扔甩炮，人们吓得四处躲藏;我跟着爸爸放礼炮它喷着火焰天空冲去，“啪”的一声爆炸了，放出五彩的鲜花。

元宵节真有趣!

Lantern Festival is one of Chinas traditional festivals, as early as 2000 years ago in the western han dynasty, lantern watching lanterns began in the period of Ming emperor of the eastern han dynasty, the Ming emperor advocate Buddhism, heard that Buddhism has a view on the fifteenth day monk Buddha sarira, worship Buddha light, ordered this one night in the palace and the temple worship Buddha light, make the cremation of the subaltern hanging lamp. After this buddhist ritual festivals gradually formed folk grand festival. The festival has experienced from palace to folk, from the development of the central plains areas across the country.

The fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, just after the Spring Festival is the Chinese traditional festival - the Lantern Festival. In the first month of the lunar January, the ancients said that night as "night", so called the fifteenth day of the Lantern Festival. The fifteenth day the full moon is the first month of the year, is also one yuan after the beginning, the earth rejuvenation of the night, people to celebrate, and to celebrate the New Year. The Lantern Festival is also called "the Lantern Festival".

According to Chinese folk traditions, bright moon hung on the day of the night, people point lights all light, to show celebration. Go out and enjoy the moon put flame burning lamp, guess riddles, eating lantern, family reunions, celebrate the holidays, happy.

The day before yesterday we a sitting on the balcony and enjoy the moon together and then go downstairs and fireworks, and then go to the supermarket guess lantern fan, we guess for lamp fan, every guess lantern riddles, youll get a nice gift. Guess lantern riddles, we have to go home, eat the hot dumplings. We immersed in a happy atmosphere, feel happy.

元宵节是中国的传统节日之一，早在2000多年前在西汉就存在了，元宵赏灯始于东汉明帝时期，明帝提倡佛教，听说佛教有正月十五日僧人观佛舍利，点灯敬佛的做法，就命令这一天夜晚在皇宫和寺庙里点灯敬佛，令士族庶民都挂灯。以后这种佛教礼仪节日逐渐形成民间盛大的节日。该节日经历了由宫廷到民间、由中原地区到全国各地的发展过程。

每年农历的正月十五日，春节刚过，迎来的就是中国的传统节日--元宵节。 正月是农历的元月，古人称夜为“宵”，所以称正月十五为元宵节。正月十五日是一年中第一个月圆之夜，也是一元复始，大地回春的夜晚，人们对此加以庆祝，也是庆贺新春的延续。元宵节又称为“上元节”。

按中国民间的传统，在这天上皓月高悬的夜晚，人们要点起彩灯万盏，以示庆贺。出门赏月、燃灯放焰、喜猜灯谜、共吃元宵，合家团聚、同庆佳节，其乐融融。

前天我们一家一起坐在阳台上赏月，接着又下楼燃放烟火，然后又去超市猜灯迷，我们猜中了好几个灯迷，每猜中一个灯谜，就会得到一份精美的礼品。猜完了灯谜，我们又回家，吃那热乎乎的汤圆。我们沉浸在欢乐的气氛中，其乐融融。

Today is our traditional festival - the Lantern Festival. This day, people eat tangyuan, fireworks.

On the Lantern Festival, we are eating in the supermarket to buy frozen dumplings. But this year, with very different, the mother in order to increase the festive atmosphere, decide to do your own dumplings. I listened to my heart: dont mention how excited.

We make glutinous rice flour with boiled water conversion, dad told me to water not too much, much more will dilute; Dont too little, will not adhere to it. Then took a piece of leather palm rub into a circle, press with finger on a nest again, put the stuffing in the bread and put the stuffing must not be too greedy, otherwise it will give the skin to be broken. Good package dumplings, can begin at last. Before long, the soup mellow, I saw a white dumplings floating in the water, like the great pearl bead, make my mouth water, cant wait to bite. Ah! Are nice, so sweet and so delicious. Best wishes for happiness in the small dumpling contains our family.

Eat dumplings, we started with fireworks. Dad put a big one. I saw a few bright planet rushed into the gray sky one after another, in a flash, Mars exploded, into pieces of coloured flower. The whole sky turned out to be a beautiful big garden, a wahoo golden flower make dumplings!

Finally, our whole family to see with relish yuanxiao party, feel happy.

今天是我国的传统节日——元宵节。这一天，人们要吃汤圆、放烟花。

以往对元宵节，我们都是吃超市里买的速冻汤圆。可是，今年却截然不同，妈妈为了增加节日气氛，决定要自己做汤圆。我听了心里别提有多兴奋了。

我们先把糯米粉用开水调成皮，爸爸叫我水不要太多，多了会过稀;也不要太少，少了会粘不住。然后取一块皮在手掌中搓成圆形，再用手指在上面按一个窝，把馅放在里面包好，放馅时一定不能太贪心，否则会把皮给撑破的。包好汤圆后，终于可以下锅了。没过多久，汤圆熟了，只见一个个雪白的汤圆漂浮在水中，好像一粒粒大珍珠，看得我直流口水，迫不及待地咬了一口。啊!真好吃，那么香甜，那么可口。小小的汤圆包含了我们全家人的美好祝愿。

吃完汤圆，我们便开始放烟花。爸爸放了一个大的。只见几颗明亮的火星一颗接一颗冲上灰暗的天空，刹那间，火星炸开了，变成一朵朵五光十色的花蕊。整个天空变成一个美丽的大花园，真是火树金花闹元宵呀!

最后，我们全家津津有味地看元宵晚会，其乐融融的。

On Friday, is we Chinese festival, the Lantern Festival.

Our school has carried out a special guessing. "Guessing will start! Guessing will start!" Cao Laoshi shouted loudly. We ran out of the classroom in a hurry. We soon arrived at guessing location - great lawn. The teacher said to us with relish the first rule, then quiz will ring began with a roar.

I hurried to guess animals, meticulously to guess. Soon, a small fish bait, the effect is the "birth is black, grow up is green". I racked my brains to think, "ah! I know, the answer is a frog!" I hastened to write "the frog" the two words in the notebook I ran to the tickets confident said: "no. Two hundred, the frog!" The big sister said: "no. Two hundred, the frog - right!" The big sister gave me a knock on the two poles. Im happy to jump three feet high. Its so happy today.

How time flies! Unknowingly ended, I think the guessing game will be very interesting.

星期五，是我们中国人的节日——元宵节。

我们的学校开展了一次别开生面的猜谜会。“猜谜会开始了!猜谜会开始了!”曹老师大声地喊着。我们匆匆从教室里跑出来。我们很快就到达了猜谜会的地点——大草坪。老师先津津有味地给我们说了一下规矩，接着猜谜会就随着一声令响就开始了。

我急忙跑到猜动物的地方，一丝不苟地猜起来了。不一会，一条“小鱼”上钩了，大意是这样的“生出来是黑的，长大了是绿的”。我绞尽脑汁地想着，“啊!我知道了，谜底是青蛙!”我急忙把“青蛙”这俩字写在了本子上我跑到兑奖处信心满满的说：“二百号!青蛙!”那位大姐姐说：“二百号，青蛙——正确!”那位大姐姐给我敲上了两个极点。我高兴得一蹦三尺高。今天太开心了。

时间过得真快呀!不知不觉就结束了，我觉得这场猜迷会非常有趣。

Looking forward to, look forward to, look forward to the stars, looking forward to the moon, the annual Lantern Festival, eventually came in the evening, the family after dinner, I took mother and fathers hand, clamouring for mom and dad took me out to see lanterns.

Came to the pedestrian street, here was the lantern ocean, looked up and there are lifelike monkey lamp, small and exquisite rabbit lamp, looks very fierce tiger lamp... It is vivid, very spectacular.

Suddenly, I dont know whats wrong, your feet do not seem to work, follow the crowd, we are living have to squeeze into the pipeline. On the second floor, we saw a group of people around together excitedly, as if in riddles, and riddles but my specialty skills, why not let me show my bad? I took mom dads hand and squeezed into the crowd, also immersed in the happiness of riddles.

Im taking it from the above a, title is: once a heart can be lasting. (guess a word) ha ha, guess the riddle is my specialty talents. I think "a" and "denier" may be a word, read it carefully, and saw the word "heart", think "heart" can be written as "忄" ah, so, the answer to this question I want to come out, this word is "constant" word, with perseverance can last. Sure enough that I expected, so the answer is "constant".

Time is the past, like is playing much, look at the time, god, at nine o clock, we reluctantly left, however, through our efforts, and won many prizes!

Looked up at the sky, the moon is so bright, it seems smile to us, and together we revel in the joy of the holiday.

盼啊，盼啊，盼星星，盼月亮，终于盼来了一年一度的元宵节，晚上，全家吃完晚饭，我便拉着爸爸妈妈的手，嚷着要爸爸妈妈带我出去看花灯。

来到步行街，这儿简直成了灯笼的海洋，抬头一看，有活灵活现的猴灯，小巧玲珑的兔灯，看起来无比凶猛的虎灯……简直是栩栩如生，无比壮观。

忽然，我不知怎么了，自己的脚似乎不听使唤，跟着人群，我们被活生生得挤进了步步高。上了二楼，我们看见一群人兴奋地围在一块儿，仿佛在猜谜语，猜谜语可是我的拿手绝活，为什么不让我显现我的厉害呢?我拉着妈妈爸爸的手，挤进了人群中，也沉浸在猜谜语的快乐中。

我从上面取下一支，题目是：一旦有心便能持久。(猜一个字)哈哈，猜字谜可更是我的拿手绝活。我想“一”和“旦”或许可以组成一个字，仔细阅读一番，看见“心”字的时候，想“心”可以写成“忄”啊，所以，这题的答案我便想出来了，这个字就是“恒”字，有了恒心便可以持久。果然不出我的所料，答案果然是“恒”字。

时间流水般的过去了，正玩儿的起劲的时候，看看时间，天呐，九点啦，我们依依不舍的离开了，不过，经过我们的努力，还是赢了不少奖品呢!

抬头看着天上，月亮好亮啊，它仿佛在向我们微笑，和我们一起陶醉在节日的欢乐中。

This year, the Lantern Festival, after dinner, we went to watch the lantern and fireworks.

Just after seven, we came to the new city watching lanterns, huge crowds of people here, lantern variety, novel design, various shapes, municipal government before the entire street Christmas, dazzling, attracted tens of thousands of people come to watch; have people doing business early to set up stalls, some car came from the countryside for miles also, the little boy rode on his fathers neck, holding Tomatoes on sticks while eating. Eight oclock, the sky in the municipal building next to a blossoming fireworks display, wow! What a beautiful night sky! I saw the deep blue sky full of colorful fireworks, fireworks open as a ball, like snowflakes, like a ribbon with the meteor, the dark sky shine like day, the Lantern Festival night become very beautiful, I was fascinated by the.

A colorful fireworks in the sky, fireworks explode after a blossoming flowers falling down, and even some flowers with a shiny things, like a colorful meteor; some fireworks exploded after the double decker, went on to become the animal shape; some later began to explode like a meteor shower. Brush down; and as a gold color, the sky became the city of The brightness dazzles the eyes. are boiling...... The colorful lanterns were hung high in the air and sparkled. The beautiful lantern has added a beautiful color to it. How beautiful the night of the Lantern Festival is!

"The fifteenth day of the first make yuanxiao", every year after the Spring Festival of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival, also called "Lantern Festival" and "the Lantern Festival", is China since ancient times in another 2000 years of history of folk traditional festival.

The Lantern Festival originated from the western han dynasty. From han, hui emperor after the death of bossiness, hanshu usurp appointed a large number of lushi cronies, the eunuch in power. Emperors died, in 179 BC, the Chinese emperor reign, with help from old loyal subjects to seize the debate, on the fifteenth day, every swept away the lv remnants. Because the ancient "night" and "night" synonymous. In the first month, also called "January", in order to commemorate the fifteenth day of this day, Chinese emperor is this day would be a "Lantern Festival". From then on, the sui and tang, to the tang dynasty lung-chi lee, to show the datang prosperous, peaceful country and safe people, by using the ancient customs, every day "Lantern Festival", decorating and celebrating carnival, "a song and spring like the sea, thousand door light night like day", make the holiday more flourish.

During the festival, the light splendour, attraction, as the tang dynasty poet zhang depicted: "taiping calyx rain before the building is new, changan town. Bit I thousand lamp flame dragon, long live the chicken foot lotus spring". Li shangyins poems said: "the moonlight light emperor city, full of cars treasure chariot to spill the thoroughfare", depict the grand scene view when traffic lights. Spread to the song dynasty, in this day night hanging lanterns scale of joy more pomp, adornment modelling is more exquisite lanterns, Lantern Festival bring people more joy, more light. Poet su dongpo had did: "home of lamplight, strike in floor". Big words men xin qiji also had a famous words: "or spend the night of dongfeng, more trees, stars like rain. BMW carving car perfume road. The wind sound moving, horse-ray turn, night fish dragon dance." These poems depict the city lanterns fang, Lantern Festival night, music, song and dance sheng spectacle. In the qing dynasty, according to the Kyoto customs records: the taiping years every year, the Lantern Festival is in the qing dynasty: "JieWei lane, bead light star cloth hanging, her honey haired day", "prince guests, aspects of children, the whole stay, GuangDeng" means, so the Lantern Festival lamp lively scene.

In modern times, this custom down from generation to generation, is still enduring. Ordinary families are hang in front of the door and the room lights, lanterns, family reunion, sitting together, watching lanterns that watch a flower eat yuanxiao, a symbol of "happy happy reunion, harmony harvest", at the same time, the day also marks the last scene is the Spring Festival joy, finished bright for "Lantern Festival", finished you truly for the Spring Festival.

Song dynasty poet OuYangXiuShi yue: "last year yuanxiao, flower market light as day. On the month LiuShao head, about dusk after people." In this lamp as well as good month reunion festival holidays, meet friends and family reunion, already is one of the important custom folk celebrating the Spring Festival. If when they were reunited in both hands to a handful of flowers, carrying a basket of flowers, let beautiful delicate and charming flowers sent a lucky and happy happy good luck, will add to friends very happy mood, should choose the moral meimei, ruyi auspicious flowers, such as the red flamingo flowers, branches hanging like red firecrackers fireworks flower, bright maidenhair, symbol of bright and beautiful spring silver willow, flashes of light white stars all over the sky star, will show a peaceful atmosphere of happiness, for family and friends to send a year auspicious wishes of happiness.

“正月十五闹元宵”，每年春节过后的农历正月十五是我国的元宵节，又叫“灯节”和“上元节”，是中国自古以来就在民间流传的另一个已有2000多年历史的传统佳节。

元宵节起源于西汉王朝。相传汉惠帝死后飞扬跋扈的吕后篡权，任用了大量吕氏亲信，宦官当权。吕后死后，公元前179年，汉文帝在老忠臣协助下登基，博采众议，在正月十五这天，一举扫除了诸吕残余势力。因古代“夜”与“宵”同义。正月又叫“元月”，为了纪念正月十五这一天，汉文帝就将此日定为“元宵节”。从此，经隋至唐，到唐玄宗李隆基时，为显示大唐兴盛，国泰民安，逐沿用旧俗，每到“元宵节”这天，张灯结彩，欢庆狂欢，“一曲笙歌春如海，千门灯火夜似昼”，使这一节日更加兴盛。

节日期间，灯月交辉，游人如织，正如唐代诗人张说所描绘的：“花萼楼前雨露新，长安城里太平人。龙衔火树千灯焰，鸡踏莲花万岁春”。李商隐的诗曰：“月色灯光满帝城，香车宝辇溢通衢”，描绘了当时观灯时车水马龙的宏大场面。流传到宋代，在元宵之夜悬灯欢乐的规模更加盛况空前，花灯的装饰造型也更精美，灯节带给人们更多欢乐，更多光明。诗人苏东坡有诗云：“灯光家之有，笙歌处之楼”;大词人辛弃疾也曾有著名词作：“东风夜放花千树，更吹落，星如雨。宝马雕车香满路。风箫声动，玉壶光转，一夜鱼龙舞。”这些诗词描绘了当时元宵佳节满城花灯齐放，通宵达旦，歌舞笙乐的壮观场面。到了清代，据《京都风俗志》记载：清代太平年间每年元宵节都是：“通街委巷，灯光星布珠悬，皎如白昼”，“王孙贵客、士女儿童，倾城出游，谓之逛灯”，由此可见元宵节观灯的热闹场面。

到近代，这一习俗代代流传，至今仍经久不衰。老百姓家家户户都在门前和屋内悬挂彩灯、大红灯笼，全家团圆，围坐一起，观花赏灯吃元宵，象征着“团圆美满，丰收和睦”，同时这一天还标志着是春节欢乐的最后一幕，热热闹闹过完了“元宵节”，才算是真正过完了春节。

宋代诗人欧阳修诗曰：“去年元宵时，花市灯如昼。月上柳梢头，人约黄昏后。”说明在这灯好月明人团圆的喜庆佳节里，亲朋好友相约团聚，早已是民间庆春节的重要习俗。如果在团聚时捧去一把鲜花，携带上一个花篮，让美丽娇艳的鲜花送来一个吉祥幸福的欢乐好运，会给朋友相聚增添无比欢乐的心情，这时应该选用寓意团团美美、如意祥瑞的花材，如火红的火鹤花、满枝悬挂形似红爆竹的炮仗花、鲜艳的孔雀草、象征明媚春天光明的银芽柳、闪烁洁白繁星的满天星等，都会展现出一片祥和安乐的氛围，为亲朋好友送去一年吉祥幸福的祝愿。

The annual Lantern Festival is coming, I have been no serious seen lanterns, this time I must seize this opportunity well look at the lanterns.

The fifteenth day of the first is the Lantern Festival, grandma, brother, father, mother and I... Go down the street to watch lanterns. A: wow! Everywhere was a sea of people, it seems are lanterns, look at the fireworks... The streets were jubilant, let people feel the atmosphere of the Lantern Festival. Villager, villager does not know who set up the firecrackers, our ears are sore and suddenly flashed in the sky the beautiful fireworks then "pa" there was a loud bang some falling from the sky like a meteor shower, some are like a group of the peacock tail lights up the sky together in the sky, the sky of fireworks is both beautiful and dazzling, after some time the Lantern Festival party started, and I together around the TV watching the wonderful evening gala, my mouth to eat the delicious ice-sugar gourd, eyes looking at nice evening gala. "Grandma meal also didnt do?" Brother loud and anxious voice let me return to absolute being from the wonderful TV program. Grandma replied: "good, fast." "Finally!" I followed by saying. Vegetables have a "prosperous, powerful,..." This day finally came up, watching the soup yuanxiao like "pearl" delicious and beautiful.

A second seconds past, three hours passed in a twinkling of an eye. But my heart is still in the atmosphere of joy...

一年一度的元宵节来了，我一直都没有认真的看过花灯，这次我一定要把握住这次机会好好的看看花灯。

正月十五就是元宵节，我和奶奶、弟弟、爸爸、妈妈……一起去到街上去看花灯。哇!到处人山人海，看来都是来看花灯、看烟花的……街上到处都喜洋洋的，让人们都感受到了元宵节的气氛。“噼里啪啦，噼里啪啦”不知是谁放起了鞭炮镇的我们耳朵都疼了，突然天上闪起了漂亮烟花紧接着“啪”地响起了一声巨响有的像流星雨从天空中落下，有的又像一群孔雀在天空一起开屏点亮了天空，空中的烟花既漂亮又叫人眼花缭乱，过了一段时间元宵节晚会开始了，我和大家一起围在电视机旁看起了精彩的联欢晚会，我的嘴里吃着好吃的冰糖葫芦，眼里看着好看的联欢晚会。“奶奶大餐还没做好吗?”弟弟响亮而又焦急的声音让我从电视机的精彩节目回过神来。奶奶回答说：“好了，快好了。”“终于好了!”我紧跟着说了一句。菜类有“红红火火、虎虎生威……”元宵终于上来了，看那汤里的元宵就像一个个“珍珠”即好吃又漂亮。

时间一秒秒的过去，转眼间三个小时过去了。可是我的心还是在那欢乐的气氛中……

The fifteenth day of the first, is the Lantern Festival. The the flashing kongmin light in the sky. Beautiful fireworks, the joy of children on the ground, filled with smiling faces of the adults, let a person festive atmosphere of a festival...

Street people mountain people sea, waves sweet laughter came, I saw a dark sky, a flash of flap "stars", turned out to be that is people put kongmin light. From the ground, looked at it a little bit of rose in the sky, seem to want to hurry up arms into the sky. "I want to buy a kongmin light." I thought to myself, and for my mothers opinion, she agreed. So I went to buy a lamp.

The tiantai, I quickly put kongmin light. There is a saying: "write down their wishes on kongmin light, will be a dream come true." I hasten to write his pen, sweet, beautiful, to the elder brother, help me a candle on, just light is gone with the wind. Put before or large, but the sky is a little small.

Kongmin light flew away, with my wishes, gradually disappeared in the sky...

Lantern Festival was wonderful! The street, alley everyone chatting, really busy. Really want to under a Lantern Festival came to quickly, that it would be great!

正月十五，正是元宵佳节。天上那闪烁的孔明灯。美丽的烟花，地上那欢乐的儿童，满怀笑脸的大人们，都让人萌生一种节日的喜庆气氛……

大街上人山人海，传来一阵阵甜甜的笑声，我看到漆黑的天空，有着闪烁的会飘动的“星星”，原来是那是人们放的孔明灯。望着它，从地上一点点的升上天空，好像很想快点的投入到天空中的怀抱里。“真想买个孔明灯哟。”我心里想，并争取妈妈的意见，妈妈同意了。於是我去买了一盏。

到了天台，我急忙把孔明灯展开。有一个说法：“在孔明灯上写上自己的愿望，会美梦成真的。”我赶紧拿起笔甜甜美美的写上了自己的愿望，找来了哥哥，帮我点上蜡烛，刚刚点亮就飘上去了。放之前还是大的，可到了天空中却一点点变小了。

孔明灯飞走了，寄托着我的愿望，渐渐的消失在天空中……

元宵佳节可真好啊!大街上，小巷里大家聊着，可真是热热闹闹的。真想下一个元宵佳节快快来到，那该有多好啊!

15th day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festival.

In the first month for January, the ancients said that night as "night", and on the fifteenth day is the first full moon night of the year, so called the fifteenth day of the Lantern Festival. Also known as "the Lantern Festival". According to Chinese folk traditions, in one yuan after the beginning, the earth rejuvenation of the festival night, the sky the moon is high, the ground people view lamp lights million, guess riddles, eating lantern family reunion and harmony. Far since the han dynasty, the folk have sweet dumpling pomp watching lanterns, so people call this day "Lantern Festival".

Yuanxiao put the custom of the lamp, lantern fair in the tang dynasty developed into pomp, after the tang dynasty, has developed into a national carnival. Tang dynasty (A.D. 685-762) of the kaiyuan prosperity, and changan lantern fair scale is large, randeng fifty thousand lamps, lanterns great variety, the emperor ordered the giant lamp floor, quanta between 20, 150 feet high, shimmering, very spectacular.

Then the development of the parade, the Lantern Festival is becoming more and more long. The day before and after the lights in the tang dynasty is the "has", the song dynasty and added two days after the 16th, in the Ming dynasty is extended to by 8 to 18 ten days.

In the qing dynasty, the manchu in the central plains, palace Lantern Festival, no longer folk lights still spectacular. Short date for five days, continues today.

农历正月十五日，是中国的传统节日元宵节。

正月为元月，古人称夜为"宵"，而十五日又是一年中第一个月圆之夜，所以称正月十五为元宵节。又称为"上元节"。按中国民间的传统，在一元复始，大地回春的节日夜晚，天上明月高悬，地上彩灯万盏人们观灯、猜灯谜、吃元宵合家团聚、其乐融融。远自汉代以来，民间即有元夜张灯赏灯的习俗，所以人们又把这一天称作"灯节"。

元宵放灯的习俗，在唐代发展成为盛况空前的灯市，中唐以后，已发展成为全民性的狂欢节。唐玄宗(公元685——762)时的开元盛世，，长安的灯市规模很大，燃灯五万盏，花灯花样繁多，皇帝命人做巨型的灯楼，广达20间，高150尺，金光璀璨，极为壮观。

以后历代的元宵灯会不断发展，灯节的时间也越来越长。唐代的灯会是“上元前后各一日”，宋代又在十六之后加了两日，明代则延长到由初八到十八整整十天。

到了清代，满族入主中原，宫廷不再办灯会，民间的灯会却仍然壮观。日期缩短为五天，一直延续到今天。

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.

The fifteenth day of the Lantern Festival, the whole city is immersed in a happy festive atmosphere.

Night after eating fragrant osmanthus dumplings, my parents and I go to wushan square lanterns. Along the way I see the decorated on both sides of the road, even on both sides of the river lane street, are full of red lanterns, a shop which is the gate and the eaves hang bamboo lanterns, as if returned to the song dynasty. Look at these I think the song dynasty yuanxiao also lanterns to do so?

In a short time, arrived at wushan square. The people here like the tide come in. A gate into the square on both sides of the arrangement of all kinds of lights, I saw the six groups in off the large lights, theme is "lights" eight horses, a symbol of the rides are always fit. Next to several groups of lights fuwa, carp, carp as a symbol of fish every year, and the fuwa symbolizes on horseback, happy immediately. A lot of people in the crowd waved a sparkling glo-sticks, let whole square emits light extraordinary splendour.

With joy the yuanxiao, is really a happy happy holiday!

正月十五元宵节，整个城市都沉浸在欢天喜地的过节气氛中。

晚上吃过香喷喷的桂花汤圆后，我和爸爸妈妈一起去吴山广场赏花灯。一路上我看见马路两边都张灯结彩，连河坊街两侧挂满了红灯笼，其中有一家店的大门口和屋檐下挂的是竹灯笼，仿佛又回到了宋代。看着这些我想是不是宋代过元宵也要如此挂满灯笼?

不一会儿，来到了吴山广场。这里的人就像潮水一样涌进来。一进广场大门两侧都布置了各式各样的彩灯，走到里面我看见了六组大型彩灯，主题是“八匹骏马灯”象征着策马扬鞭飞腾之意。旁边几组彩灯有福娃、鲤鱼，鲤鱼象征着年年有鱼，而那福娃开心骑在马背上象征着马上有福。人群中有不少人挥舞着闪闪发亮的荧光棒，让整个广场散发着流光异彩。

欢欢喜喜闹元宵，真是快乐开心的一个节日啊!