高中英语作文元宵节【经典20篇】

Yesterday my classmates and I went to on a picnic. According to our plan we would climb the West Mountain.

昨天我和我的同学去野餐。按计划要爬西山。

Early in the morning all of us gathered at the gate of our school, we started of at seven, soon it began to have a little rain. We kept on riding for an hour till we reached the foot of the mountain.

清晨，我们都聚集在学校门口，我们开始在七，很快就开始有一点雨。我们骑了一个小时，直到我们到达山脚下。

The little rain stopped then. We began to climb. Soon we reached the top of the mountain. How beautiful it was when we looked at the view from the top. We ran. sang, jump,

小雨停。我们开始爬山。我们很快就到达了山顶。它是那么美丽，当我们在山顶上看风景。我们跑了。唱歌，跳，

played chess, and had the pictures taken on the top of the mountain. and had lunch on the rocks. How happy we were!

下棋，还拍了照片在山顶。吃午餐的岩石上。我们是多么幸福!

After the lunch we went down the mountain. We got home at four, all of us almost gave out.

午饭后，我们下山了。我们四点到家，我们都筋疲力尽了。

With the development of technology, today, our life is facilitated with all kinds information sources. We can read books on the Internet, which is much convenient than buying the books in the stores. I like to read E-books, because there are many advantages. First, I can save a lot of money. Downloading the E-books is for free, I can find all kinds of free sources. It is good for students because they can save the money. Second, I can save a lot of time. Some books are not easy to be found in the bookstore, sometimes I need to go to several shops. But if I search the Internet, then the information is in front of me. How fast it is.

if you want to understand adversity, take two identical acorns from the same oak tree and plant them in two different locations. plant the first in the middle of a dense forest, and the other on a hill by itself.

要是你想理解什么是逆境，就去拿两颗从同一棵树上摘下来年龄相同的橡树果，并且把它们种到不同的地方。第一颗种在浓密的树林当中，而另外一颗则单独种在一座山上。

heres what will happen. the oak standing on a hillside is exposed to every storm and gale. as a result its roots plunge deep into the earth and spread in every direction, even wrapping themselves around giant boulders. at times it may seem the tree isnt growing fast enough—but the growth is happening underground. its as if the roots know they must ported the tree from the threatening elements.

事情的结果便是这样。那颗长在山上的橡树经历了大风大雨，结果它的根深深地扎进了泥土中间，并不断向四周扩张，甚至把自己置身于巨大的石块当中。有时它可能看起来长的不是很快，但这时它却在地下悄悄生长着，好像它的根知道自己必须快速生长来保护树木免受自然危害的影响。

thanknot onlbrightensomeone elseworld, it brightenyours. if youre feeling left out, unloved or unappreciated, trreaching out to others. it mabe just the medicine you need.

before a. j. cronin became a bestselling author, he waa doctor. once he told about a colleague who gave an unusual prescription to patientafflicted with worry, fear, discouragement or self-doubt. the doctor called it hithank-you cure. for six weeki want you to sathank you whenever anyone doeyou a favor. and to show you mean it, emphasize the wordwith a smile. within six weekmost of the doctorpatientshowed great improvement.collected by

of course, there are timewhen you cant expresgratitude immediately. in that case dont let embarrassment sink you into silence -- speak up the first time you have the chance.

i recentlreturned home to montpelier, ohio, for a short visit. memorieof mboyhood flooded back ai walked the familiar streets. then i saw mrs. bible, and mmind flashed back to high school.collected by

i waa freshman, more interested in sportthan school work, and i wafalling behind in mlatin class. then violet bible, a neighbor who waa schoolteacher, found out about mproble oh, latingreat fun, she told me. come over tonight after dinner and ill show you. for the next several weeks, she tutored me until i could conjugate with the best of them -- well, almost. anyway, i passed. at the callow age of 14 it seemed perfectlnatural to me that a working wife and mother had nothing better to do after a hard daywork than tutor me in latin.collected by

now ai saw her, i realized what an uncommon sacrifice it had been. and, after all those years, i told her so! what you did wawabeyond the call of duty, i said. thank you. i warewarded with a surprised smile and a sparkle in her eyes.

each human being iyearning for kind wordof appreciation. in december 1991, 17-year-old candi browncar overturned; the roof collapsed and crushed her skull. the crewof engine compan8 and med 15 in grayson, ga., rushed her to gwinnett medical center. doctortold her parentto prepare for the worst. but candi survived. a year later the familserved a holidadinner to the gwinnett countfirefighterand emergencmedical technicians. during dinner candi, whose goal ito walk naturallagain, rose painfulland said, thank you for helping god save mlife and giving me a second chance. i love you. collected by.

I miss you very much, Mum.

I have left you for four days. Maybe it is really a short time. But I feel it is too long. I found that I couldn’t do a lot of things without you. For example, I couldn’t wash my clothes clean. It is too hard for me. I felt it is too troublesome and toilsome, but I’m sixteen years old now. I must be independent. So, Mum, I don’t know what’s what and I’m very stubborn. Sometimes, I disobeied your desire, which made you very angry. Now, I regret it. When I see some white hair in your head, I felt very sad. You are not young nay more. Sometimes you look very haggard. I know that’s because you give too much. You always concerned with my school record, healthy and a lot of other things. My school record always made you very sad. That’s my falt. I’m sorry.

Mum, you are too labbrious. You must have a good rest. I come of my ago now. I will correct my mistakes. You can rest assured!

Mum, I wish you good health and happy. I love you! Mum!(www.kuaidu.com.cn)

为丰富中学生的环保知识，培养防护意识，学校英语社针对我国雾霾天气频现，危害严重的现状，决定在学生中举行英语征文比赛。请你根据以下提示写一篇短文参赛。

1．雾霾天气的危害：

2．雾霾产生的原因；

3．自我防护的方法。

参考词汇：尾气排放：exhaust emission

雾霾天气：hazy weather

注意：1．词数：120_-150；

2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Nowadays, the hazy weather frequently appears in our country. It has not only done harm to people’s health, but also affected the public transportation. Terrible accidents happen every now and then, some highways have to be shut down because of the low visibility.

Obviously, air pollution is the main factor that has resulted in the frequency of hazy weather. At the same time, smoke from burning coal and all kinds of dust are also important factors. Besides, exhaust emission from cars and buses has made the situation even worse.

So proper measures should be adopted to deal with the serious problem. To students, opportunities for outdoor sports activities should be decreased, washing faces and hands with running water after each outing is also important, and do not forget to wear a good-quality mask to protect yourself while going out.

I hope we will regain a fresh, clean and bright world soon.

[高中英语作文：雾霾

Girls at a training course offered by the "Care for Girls" program in

Qingjian county, Shaanxi province, talked about their pursuit of dreams despite

living in unfavorable conditions.

Initiated by the National Health and Family Planning commission in 2013,

the program helps girls in underdeveloped regions to build their self-esteem and

self-confidence.

"I want to be a teacher teaching Chinese because I like Chinese and

writing," Xi said. "By teaching I can not only share knowledge with my students,

but also keep learning new things from new versions of textbooks."

She is living with her mother in a room that has no bathroom and costs 300

yuan ($48) a month to rent. Merit certificates she received from school are

displayed on the wall. Yan Lingling, Xis mother, said she is proud of her

daughter.

According to the family planning policy, couples in which both the husband

and wife have rural residential permits can have another child if their first is

a daughter. Yan said she isnt planning on adding to the family because she

wants to give her daughter the best she has.

"My husband is away most of the time, working in construction sites and

making no more than 30,000 yuan ($4,840) a year. I work as an hourly worker

sometimes. The rent of our apartment is expensive. One more child means one more

burden," Yan said.

Speaking about how she plans to achieve her dream of becoming a teacher, Xi

said: "I will not give up on my dream easily, though I know it may be difficult.

When something becomes difficult, it only makes me want to try harder."

我最好的朋友My Best Friend

I have a very good friend. His name is Philip. As far as Im concerned, hes very kind-hearted and generous. Once I was in high school, he treated me friendly and sincerely. When I was happy, he was also happy with me. When I was sad, he always comforted me. When I was defeated, he always encouraged me. When I stumbled, he always pulled me up. Although we quarreled at times, we were still in good relationships. We could know each other better after the argument. When my birthday came, he always sent me a special present.

我有一个很好的朋友。他的名字叫菲利普。我觉得他是非常善良和慷慨的。当我在高中的时候，他对我很友好、很真诚。我高兴的时候，他也和我一起开心。当我难过时，他总是安慰我。当我失败时，他总是鼓励我。当我迷茫时，他总是拉我一把。尽管有时候我们会吵架，我们关系仍然很好。争吵之后我们可以更好的了解对方。我生日的时候，他总是送我一份特别的礼物。

Hes very hard-working and intelligent. He always studied hard at school. Because of his hard work, he always did very well in exams. His oral English was better than mine. Most of the time, he was willing to chat with me in English. Owing to his help, I made a lot of progress in oral English.

他非常勤劳也很聪明。在学校他总是很努力学习。由于他的努力，他总是能在考试中取得好成绩。他的英语口语比我好。大多数时候他都愿意用英语和我聊天。由于他的帮助，我在英语口语方面取得了很大的进步。

[我最好的朋友高中学生英语作文

The annual Lantern Festival finally arrived, on this day, every family hangs red lanterns and set off firecrackers before they can eat, of course, dinner is different also, want to eat yuanxiao.

About the continuing, "how could still not dinner." I said on the side. At this time, the father said to the floor devolved firecrackers, I will go and have a look. Dad hang off firecrackers on the branches, picked up the cigarette lighter. "Villager, firecrackers sound. "Dinner, dinner." Mother cried. I set up a bowl of yuanxiao, taste, a kind of let me delicious smell delicious. After eating yuanxiao, I came to the LiShan park to watch the fireworks, came to the scene, has yet to start, we waited a while again, fireworks are finally starting to put, because too far away, cant see clearly, I also crammed into the crowd, suddenly, a child said a word, to see. I looked up to, I saw there are a lot of stars twinkle in the sky, oh, no, the stars which have so many colors, this is the fireworks, about five to six seconds past, sings the fireworks down like a meteor. Wow, thats really too realistic. Look at the street, it is very lively, traffic.

Ten o clock, I also should go home, but look at the dazzling fireworks, or dont have the heart to go, again over the past five or six minutes, I must be off just unwilling LiShan park.

一年一度的元宵节终于到了，每到这一天家家户户门前都挂着红灯笼，而且吃饭之前还要放鞭炮，当然，晚饭也和以前不一样，要吃元宵。

大约五六点了，“怎没还不开饭呀。”在一旁的我说道。这时，爸爸说到楼下放鞭炮去，我便去看一看。爸爸把鞭炮挂到树枝上，拿起了打火机。“噼里啪啦”，鞭炮声响了起来。“开饭了，开饭了。”妈妈喊道。我端起了一碗元宵，品尝了一个，那种香喷喷的气味让我回味无穷。吃完元宵后，我便来到了厉山公园去看烟花，来到现场，还没有开始，我们又等了一会儿，烟花终于开始放了，因为离得太远了，看不清楚，我也挤进了人群之中，忽然，一位小孩子说了一个字，看。我仰起头来，只见天空中有很多一闪一闪的星星，噢，不对，星星哪有那么多颜色，这是烟花，大约五六秒过去了，颗颗流星般的烟花落了下来。哇，真是太逼真了。再看看大街上，真是好不热闹，车水马龙。

十点了，我也该回家了，但看着耀眼的烟花，还是不忍心走，又过去了五六分钟，我才依依不舍得离开了厉山公园。

导入：

第1段：Some people hold the opinion that A is superior to B in many ways. Others, however, argue that B is much better. Personally, I would prefer A because I think A has more advantages.

正文：

第2段：There are many reasons why I prefer A. The main reason is that ... Another reason is that...(赞同A的原因)

第3段: Of course, B also has advantages to some extent... (列出1~2个B的优势)

结论：

第4段: But if all these factors are considered, A is much better than B. From what has been discussed above, we may finally draw the conclusion that ...(得出结论) オ

The Lantern Festival is very want to go to the lantern, but found that my parents didnt finish the work after go home.

Mother let me write good homework, most of the work is done in the school, the rest Ill be ready.

But my parents still havent finished. To them, I then at the book for a while.

Very not easy, my parents work very well. Mother said that before cooking, or go out to eat, wait for night just boiled dumplings at home.

But Im hungry, where to go for dinner? Mother asked me. Then we went to the thousand ramen.

Although it is the day of reunion, the people in the restaurant also many, the orders have to wait. Around next to my mother and I go to the bookstore. There is no one in the bookstore, I am a little tired, sat on the ground saw, mother said that as long as dont climb everywhere.

Century square ate dinner, well go, but unfortunately, there is no lanterns. Dad said its too late to go to yu garden now, we had to went to the river, dad began in the direction of science and technology museum doesnt recognize the roads near. Im a little tired, she lie in her mothers lap, absently fell asleep.

After a long time, the bus stopped, the sound of the engine also have no, mom called me, I thought to the river, the result is already returned home. Mother said, to the river when I slept so well, dont have the heart to wake me up, will turn back.

Even board at the gate of the lights does not see, I was not happy for a while... Later we eat dumplings, took the lead so.

Hope to go to see the Lantern Festival next year lanterns!

元宵节很想去看花灯，可是回家后发现爸妈的工作都没完成。

妈妈让我先写好作业，大部分作业在学校里就完成了，剩下的我一会儿就做好了。

可是爸妈还是没做完。为了等他们，我又看了一会儿书。

好不容易，爸妈的工作都做好了。妈妈说没来得及做饭，还是出去吃吧，等晚上回来在家里煮汤圆就是了。

可是我都饿了，去哪里吃饭呢?妈妈问我。后来我们又去了味千拉面。

虽然是团圆的日子，餐馆里的人也不少，点了餐还要等。我和妈妈先去旁边的书店转转。书店里没有人，我有点累，就坐在地上看了，妈妈说只要不到处爬就可以。

吃了饭，我们就往世纪广场走，但是很遗憾，那里没有花灯。爸爸说现在去豫园太晚了，我们只好往江边开，爸爸又开始在科技馆附近的路上辨不出方向了。我真有点儿累了，躺在妈妈的腿上，迷迷糊糊地睡着了。

过了好久好久，车停了，发动机的声音也没有了，妈妈叫我，我还以为到江边了呢，结果是已经回到家了。妈妈说，到江边的时候看我睡得那么好，不忍心叫醒我，就掉头开回来了。

连正大门口的灯都没有看到，我不高兴了好一阵子……后来大家吃了汤圆，节就这么过了。

希望明年的元宵节能去看花灯啊!

The Great Wall is famous as the one of the miracles in the history, it attracts the people from all around the world to witness its greatess. But according to the research, the Great Wall is missing gradually, for it suffers the damage from both nature and human being. As the environment is polluted, the acid rain often comes and destroys the buildings in the long run. What’s more, the increasing number of tourists step on the bricks, which will damage the building. More unpolited behaviors have been reported, such as people like to write down some words to remember their trip here, which disfigures the appearance of this great site. When the Great Wall disappears some day, it is the greatest pity, we are no longer have the chance to appreciate its grandness. To save this miracle, we need to behavior ourselves and protect the environment.

长城是历史上一个著名奇迹,它吸引了来自世界各地的人去见证。但根据研究,长城正在逐渐消失,因为受到来自自然和人类造成的损害。随着环境受到污染,经常下酸雨，长期破坏建筑物。而且,越来越多的游客踏在砖上,这会损害建筑。越来越多不礼貌的行为被报道出来,比如人们喜欢写一些词来纪念他们的旅行,这会让长城的外观变形。长城有一天消失了,这是最大的遗憾,我们不再有机会去欣赏它的雄壮。为了拯救这个奇迹,我们需要我们约束,保护环境。

Today is the Lantern Festival, my parents and I go to the square watching lanterns. Good square so many people, and lively. I saw two of my classmates, xiaowen and small qian. We said hello to me and they, they are like me, to see lanterns. We saw many lanterns, colorful, different shape, have a plenty of the Olympic fuwa to make lanterns, have a plenty of cute little mice to make lanterns, some made of paper tiger lantern - too many, too many, was the first time I saw so many beautiful lanterns, see me dim meteor.

Mom and dad bought me a, I choose. A very beautiful flower lamp: ship under the red handle hung a lovely red heart, under a series of is yellow the ship, the ship on both sides there are two OARS. Switch on electricity, small ships beautiful lanterns also issued a yellow light, the most let me excited is a "small ding dang" music, is so beautiful, too beautiful. I walked all the way, she was singing all the way in. If pull down her little ass, small ships began moving up on the ground, joy I constantly run around behind it.

On the way home, I also watched a lot of fireworks, is really colorful! Of fireworks fly in the sky, a beautiful pattern, like a ball of fire, like a big disc issued a lot of beautiful flower plait! Many people also like me, stop to take on the road, we saw more than ten minutes, saw the fireworks put out more than a dozen box. Dad said may be the fireworks shop boss can not sell out, put off today. Mother said that may be wealthy boss today to opened today to celebrate. I dont care these, I only know that today they are to celebrate the Lantern Festival fireworks.

Finally, we also go to xinjiang river, put the Chinese New Year without fireworks and firecrackers put together.

今天是元宵节，我和爸爸妈妈一起去广场看花灯。广场上人真多，好热闹。我还看到我的两个同学，小文和小倩。我和他俩打了招呼，他们也是和我一样来看花灯的。我们看到了许多花灯，五颜六色、不同形状，有的是奥运福娃做成的花灯、有的是可爱的小老鼠做成的花灯、有的用纸做的老虎花灯――太多了，太多了，我还是第一次看到这么多漂亮的花灯，看的我眼花燎乱。

爸爸妈妈也给我买了一个，是我自己挑选的。一个很漂亮的轮船小花灯：红色的手柄下挂着一个可爱红色的心，底下串联的是黄色的轮船，轮船两边还有两个船浆。打开电开关，小轮船花灯还发出黄色美丽的灯光，最让我兴奋的是发出“小叮铛”音乐，实在太美妙，太动听了。我一路走，她一路在唱歌。如果拉下她的小屁股，小轮船就开始在地上行驶起来，乐得我不停地在后面追跑。

在回家的路上，我还观看了许多烟花，真是五彩缤纷!一串串烟花飞上天空，发出美丽的图案，像一个大火球，像一个大圆盘发出许多美丽的花辫!路上很多人也和我一样停下来看，我们足足看了十几分钟，看到了有十多个放完了的烟花盒。爸爸说可能是那个烟花店的老板卖不完了，就在今天一齐放掉。妈妈说可能是有钱的老板今天要开张了就在今天拼命庆祝。我不管这些，我只知道今天他们放烟花就是用来庆祝元宵节的。

最后，我们还去信江河边，把过年时没有放完的烟花和鞭炮一齐放了。

Recently, a Chinese student who studied abroad delivered a speech at the

graduate ceremony. Her speech soon became the hot issue, because she criticized

Chinese air pollution, which was a great threat to her health. Though her speech

had exaggerated the problem, it is true that China has faced many pollution

problems. The haze in Beijing is famous around the world, which is the

punishment for human to ruin the environment. It needs time to fix the problem,

but there is no need to deny our country. Even for the developed countries, they

have once faced such problem before. We can do something in the daily life to

protect it, such as do not throw away the rubbish.

Tourism in China

Recent years have seen a tendency in China that tourism is growing faster. According to a recent survey made by some experts, about 47% urban residents travel regularly, and 28% rural residents also make their tour across the country. The survey also shows that more people are interested in tourism, and will join the army in the future.

Facing this tendency, we can’t help exploring some underlying factors that are responsible. In the very first place, with the policy of reform and opening up, Chinese people’s living standard has been greatly improved, and therefore, most of them can afford to travel around. What’s more, it is believed that people now take a more positive attitude to tourism, and regard it as a life style. In addition, tourism facilities are becoming better and better. For example, transportation develops fast, and many scenic spots are available now.

中国旅游

最近几年，在中国的趋势，旅游业增长较快。根据最近的一项调查显示一些专家认为，约47%城镇居民定期作出旅行，28%的农村居民，也使他们的全国巡演。该调查还显示，更多的人在旅游有兴趣，并会在将来加入。

面对这一趋势，我们不能不说是负责任的开发一些潜在因素。在第一个地方，随着改革开放政策，对中国人民的生活水平有了很大提高，因此，他们大多数都不能周游。更重要的是，它相信，人们现在更积极的态度，旅游业，把它作为一种生活方式。此外，旅游设施正在变得越来越好。例如，交通运输发展迅速，许多景点都已经上市。

Dear editor,

I’m writing to tell you about the discussion we have had about whether an entrance fee should be charged for parks. 60% of us schoolmates think that an entrance fee do not meet people’s expectations, for a park is considered to be a place where the public can have a good time when they are not busy either at home or at work. If an entrance fee must be paid by the visitors for a park, it will be necessary to build a gate and surrounding walls. In the end a city will take on a bad look. 40% of us schoolmates think that an entrance fee can be accepted, but it must not be too expensive. The money from ticket selling can be used for paying the gardeners in the park and buying some other kinds of flowers and trees.

With regard to myself, I think an entrance fee is useful, for it can be used to protect a park. Do we share the same opinion, dear editor?

Yours truly,

Li Hua

I had a great time throughout my may day holiday.

On monday, i went bbq with my classmates who threw a celebration party at our middle school principles flat. our parents were invited to the party. everybody was excited about the holiday. i ate a lot of delicious food at that time.

On tuesday, i went visiting my uncles family with my parents. we went to celebrate our good time at a fancy restaurant in shanghai. later that day, we sang karaoke in my uncles house. we stayed for the night.

On wednesday, i went shopping with my cousins. we bought some brand name t-shirts and pants. in the afternoon, my cousins gave me a fun ride on the city highway. they also taught me how to drive their fancy car, so i tried to do some turning and parking. it was not easy first. but i learnt quick.

on thursday, we returned home with many gifts from our trip. i tried to get some rest. at night, i chatted with my classmates on the phone, and i watched cctv before going to bed.

From friday on, i started to finish up my homework assignments on my personal laptop. some of my assignments were quite boring. after i finished the homework, i emailed them to my teachers. that was the end of it. i started to prepare things for school on this coming monday.

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英语范文一：

On summer holiday my parents took me to Beijing. We stayed at Huabei Hotel. On the first day, we went to the Great Wall. The Great Wall is very long and old. It has millions of bricks. Each brick is very big and heavy. Lots of people from different countries like climbing the Great Wall. We felt very tired when we climbed to the top of the Great Wall.

We also went to the Palace Museum. The Palace Museum has 9999 palaces. It has a very long history. I bought a lot of souvenirs of the Palace Museum. What nice palaces these are! I visited the Palace Museum and felt excited. If you want to know more about the Palace Museum, you can go to Beijing and have a look. The following days, we went to the Summer Palace, Tian Tan, North Lake and Xiang Hill. I now know more about the history of China. I also like modern Beijing. The 2008 Olympic Games will be held in Beijing.

Later, I went back with my parents by train. I really enjoyed the trip to Beijing. I like this trip!

英语范文二：

From the great wall. Those made me feel that I was proud to be a Chinese. there were many antiques which we could espy the great culture ，.It was a wonderful trip，

We all had a great time，,it was a well-known wonder in the is made of big stones which was too heavy to bring even uesing it to buil a construction of ruggedization。!We went to see the Imperial Palace and the great wall 。.

The Imperial Palace noted the historyLast summer holiday I have been to Beijing with my friends for a travel。

Since I go to high school, I live in the school and stay away from my parents. I have three roommates, at the beginning, we have trouble in staying in the same room, but now we have got used to it.

One of my roommates impresses me so much, since she comes to our room, she keeps the habit of reading the novel when we go to bed. She told me that when she lived with her parents, she dared not to read it because her mother would blame her for sleeping late. Now she is very happy that she is out of control, it seems that she is free.

But I feel sorry for her, because she is short-sighted now, what’s more, she is lagging behind other students in the study. Staying away from her parents, she is not strong enough to behave herself. We should have the strong will and behave ourselves.

自从我上了高中，我就住在学校，远离父母。我有3个室友，刚开始，我们不习惯同处一室，但是如今，我们已经习惯了。有一个室友让我印象很深刻，自从她住进我们的房间，她就在我们睡觉的时候保持看小说的习惯。她告诉我们在她和父母住在一起的时候，她不敢看小说，因为她妈妈会责怪她那么晚睡觉。如今她很高兴再也不受控制了，似乎她得到了自由。但是我为她感到遗憾，因为她现在已经近视，而且，在学习方面也落后于其他同学。离开了父母，她不够强大，无法自律。我们应该有坚强的意志，并且自律。

[高中英语作文：坚强的意志

What is art? When people think about this question, they will naturally

think about all kinds of musical instruments or the great paintings in the art

museums. Art seems to so far away from the ordinary people, but I don’t think

so. Art is everywhere. For example, the delicious food that is made by our

parents is the great art, and the value of the food is to bring people the great

joy when they have a taste of it. The scenery around us is the visible art, when

we appreciate it, our mood become eased. Art is something that brings people the

positive value for me, so art is around everybody. If we take time to slow down

our pace, then we can enjoy art from life and feel the comfortable

lifestyle.

The Festival of Lanterns takes place at the end of the Chinese New Year Celebration, on the fifteenth day of the first moon. Lanterns have been part of Chinese life for centuries so its not surprising to see a festival of lanterns.

People usually hang lanterns in the gardens, outside the houses, and on the boats. These lanterns are signposts to guide guests and spirits of ancestors to the Lunar celebration. After a sumptuous fifteen-day feast, these lanterns light the way for the spirits back to the world beyond.

Silk, paper and plastic lanterns vary in shape and size and are usually multi-colored. Some are in the shapes of butterflies, birds, flowers, and boats. Other are shaped like dragon, fruit and animal symbols of that year. The most popular type of lantern is the horse-racing one, in which figures or animals rotate around the vertical axis of the lantern.

The special food for the Lantern Festival is Yuen Sin or Tong Yuen. These are round dumplings made with sticky rice flour. They can be filled and served as a sweet snack or made plain and cooked in a soup with vegetables, meat and dried shrimp. The round shape of the dumpling is a symbol of wholeness, completeness and unity.

The Lantern Festival is an occasion for families to get together and for everyone--young, old, rich and poor to have fun.