写妈妈的英语作文(通用20篇)

I am not a brave girl, I am afraid of losing face in front of my friends

and parents, so I always let the chance go and refuse to try. Once, I have a

chance to take a performance in the Christmas show, but thinking about if I

performed badly, all my friends would laugh at me, so I gave up the chance. But

now, I am tired of letting so many chances to go, I want to try, after seeing my

friends take all the chances to try, I am not going to be the outsider all the

time, I want to live my own life and make some differences. People say failure

is not terrible, the unforgettable thing are to lose the courage to try and then

making all kinds of excuses. Let’s take out our courage and do what we want to

do.

mother s love is the greatest in the world. one evening, it was raining hard and it was very dark outside. suddenly i got a bad headache. my mother felt my head and found that i had a high fever. she was so worried that shi took me on the back to thenearby hospital at once.

at that time, it was about midnight and it was raining even harder. i looked down at my mother andfound that she was walking hard in the heavy rain. i couldn t keep back my tears. when she was too tired to walk on, she letme down. but when she found i could hardly stand, she took me on the back again and went on walking. when we got to the hospital, she was out of breath. the doctor looked me over carefully and let me take some hot water and some medicine.

on the way home, i felt a little better. so i told my mother that could walk slowly by myself. but mother took me in the back without a word. when we got home, mother fell to the floor. she was too tired! the next day i felt much better, but mother got ill.

what a great mother! how great mother s love is !

One day, mother and i went to climb mount huang. when i began to climb, i

felt very easy. but when i climbed the haft way, i was very tired.and quite out

of breath. i asked mother, "can i climb to the top?" mother answered, "as long

as you have courage, you can conquer every mountain,

no matter how high it is! "so i went ahead. half an hour later, i climbed

to the top finally. what a wonderful day i had!

今天是10月1日，我们一家人在电视机前，带着兴奋的心情，观看庆祝新中国成立_周年阅兵式。

首先出阵的是陆兵学员方队、步兵方队、特种兵方队……这些由海、陆、空三军组成的13个方队，迈着整齐和有力的脚步，走过天安门广场。一支支威武的方队走过，如劲风呼啸，如春雷滚地。

然后出现在我们眼前的是机械装备方队，军乐声声，马达隆隆，这25个机械装备方队，他们带着火箭炮、无人机、榴弹炮等各种先进的武器，这些我从来没有见过的武器紧紧地吸引了我的目光。

接下来，空中出现了一道彩虹，那是空中飞行梯队，领队机梯队飞机尾部喷发出五彩缤纷的烟雾，后面紧跟着的11个方队陆陆续续的飞过来。飞机在空中划过的声音，呼啸蓝天，气贯长虹。

最后是群众游和行，一辆辆花车向天安门广场驶来，人们载歌载舞，带着高兴的心情庆祝新中国成立_周年。

看完了阅兵式，我觉得我们中国的军队很强大，中国人民很勤劳、很团结，我为我是一个中国人而自豪，我为我的祖国骄傲！我们祝福祖国明天更美好。

Today, Chinas economy has made the great achievement. More and more

foreign people come to China to seek for cooperation. It is true that peoples

life standard has been improved a lot during the last decades, but the

environment has been polluted badly. When I was very small, I could see the

green trees and clean water around my hometown, but now, the river becomes

smaller and the rubbish can be seen everywhere. I feel so sad about it. We have

sacrificed so much to chase the profit. If we cant save the environment, we

wont live the comfortable life. For us, we should not throw away the rubbish

and plant more trees. The little things we do will make a great difference.

我妈妈长相一般，但在我心目中，绝对可以用一个“美”字来形容。不信？请往下瞧！

穿衣“美”

妈妈在穿衣搭配方面是很讲究的，每次的穿衣组合都很吸引人。比如：穿红色的大衣配深蓝色牛仔裤和红色的高跟鞋、包包。怎样？是不是很时尚？有没有被迷住？

吃饭“美”

妈妈不仅穿衣“美”

走路“美”

妈妈走路也很美，轻轻的迈步，似淑女一般；有时走路屁股一扭一扭的，身边人都以为她是一个模特，马路上的“回头率”是很高的！

妈妈，你所有的“美”已经融入我的生活，你永远是我心中的女神！

In our daily life, we can learn something from some cases. However, from my

point of view, I think that it is essential for us to know ourselves in a right

way. People who have a full awareness of the importance to improve themselves

will discover themselves continuously. Therefore, we can say that if we want to

change ourselves, we must bravely reveal ourselves.

Every coin has two sides, and we are no exception. When we experience some

situations, we will find that there are many advantages of us. Thus, we can have

a huge sense of satisfaction. We may have a little pride, because we are happy

that we can make good use of our advantages to solve more difficult problems in

the future. However, at the same time, we also can realize that there are still

some disadvantages of us. These disadvantages will bring us different

influences. I’d like to point out that people who can bravely accept and remove

their disadvantages will gain a bright future. On the contrary, people who

choose escape or ignorance their disadvantages will indulge themselves, and they

no further progress.

Don’t indulge yourself. If we indulge ourselves, we will meet more terrible

suffering in our later life. I know that when we find our weakness, we may say

that I will never do that again, and regret doing so meaningless thing. I am

such a fool. But when we meet similar situations next time, we will still tell

ourselves that it doesn’t matter that I do it again. Then we will indulge

ourselves to expand our disadvantages. It shows that some people who have no own

principle will fail to realize their promises. When we can overcome our

laziness, we will understand that solving some problems may be not so difficult.

Therefore, we should try our best to control ourselves to pursue higher

development.

There are no any excuses to indulge yourself. We should tell ourselves that

we are capable to overcome our weakness, though it needs much time. However, if

we succeed once, then we will be successful again. Last, we don’t indulge

ourselves. We will become more complete.

Everyone can take actions to improve themselves. Don’t indulge yourself. If

you succeed, you will acquire a huge wealth, and your life will become more

brilliant.

Today is womens day, and also the day I get the scholarship. Look! I made

a chocolate bar for my mother with a scholarship. Although I have paid a lot for

myself, I am very happy in my heart: I can also give my mother a gift, instead

of wrapping around my mother for presents!

But mom is sick and cant eat sweet food. I had to put the chocolate in the

fridge, but after a few days my mother was very ill, and she took a big bite,

and I eagerly asked, "is it good?" She said it was a little sandy. I took a

bite, too. I was a little depressed. But my mother encouraged me, "but its

sweet, its great!" My heart is sweet and happy! I wrote a few words

specifically for my mother, although it was not very good.

“世上只有妈妈好，有妈的孩子想个宝……”每当听起这首歌，我的泪水就从眼角流拉下来。

我妈妈的样子很像中国娃娃。她有一双大而迷人的眼睛，眼睛上有一对精致的眉毛非常的浓。还有长长的眼睫毛。她那鼻子就像一座“小山”又高又挺。下面还有小巧玲珑的嘴巴。我妈妈是一个公司的会计。

我的妈妈虽然只是个普通的会计，但他给我是无私的爱。

记得我5岁时的一个晚上我的妈妈虽然只是个普通的会计，但他给我是无私的爱。，那天我发烧，妈妈和我睡在一起觉得我的身体很烫，就摸了摸我的额头，这时我醒拉，觉得我头晕晕的。我看见妈妈紧张的眼神，好奇的问：“妈妈，咋拉？”“你是不是觉得头晕晕的？”“恩……有点。那是为什么呢？”“啊，你肯定发烧拉！”说完这句话，我妈妈就把爸爸从睡梦中喊醒拉：“邱阳，宣宣发烧拉！”“啊？”爸爸摸了摸我的头，转身就往厕所去。他从厕所里拿拉一盆冷水和一条毛巾。说：“来给宣宣敷上吧！”妈妈拿起毛巾搓拉一下就拿出来拧干敷在我的额头上，我见爸爸上床睡我也就睡拉。第二天早上我看见妈妈在我面前为我换毛巾，我也看见有许多皱纹爬上拉妈妈的面颊，看到着我鼻子就酸拉……在妈妈的精心照料下我的病很快就好拉。

妈妈，我有一件事情要告诉你，因为我做过一件很羞耻的事。今天，我想起做错事情就要主动承认。所以，我才写下这篇作文。

这是两年前我生病住院期间发生的。当时要住院半个月，为了不落下课程，你就让我在家自学补课。有一天，自学不到半小时，我就不想学了。“为什么不玩一会电脑呢?”，犹豫了一会，我就去玩电脑了，玩着玩着，突然听到妈妈开门的声音，我想一定是妈妈回来了，这下可不得了了!就立即关掉电脑回到书桌旁，装出学习的样子。这时我才知道自己做错了。想起你对我多年的爱，还有你用心照顾我的情形，这时我的心就像打鼓一样嘭嘭跳，想着和你道个歉。转念一想：不能说，一说出来的话就肯定被骂死了!……最后，还是将这事情保密起来……

从此以后，它就像一块“大石头”一样压在我的心头。不论走到哪儿我都忘不了这件事情……

至今，我才知道撒谎的心情是很不好的。我决心鼓起勇气把这件事情告诉你。

妈妈，我以后一定会改正的，我以后绝对不随便玩电脑了，你能原谅我吗?

Now more and more bike sharing brands have emerged, such as ofo, Mobai,

Wukong bicycle, Xiaoming bicycle and so on, which are convenient for our travel.

As long as we download a software, we can pay some money to rent a car. However,

since I saw some phenomena, I have asked myself, "is bike sharing convenient or

harmful?"

Bike sharing is very popular recently. Ofo software or other sharing

software can be found in almost all mobile phones of "mobile phone family".

However, once my mother came home full of anger, scared me to speak. I shuddered

and asked, "Mom, what makes you so angry?" She put the bag in her hand on the

table and made a loud "pa -". "Your sister helped me install an ofo software in

my mobile phone. I wanted to make it easy to ride back with good medicine, but

today I rented a" broken car "!" I was puzzled: "ofo still has a broken car

"That is, otherwise, how could my feet be bruised?" She moved her foot to me,

and a black wheel mark was still visible. "When I was riding, the chain was

loose. If it wasnt for my fast braking speed, I would have fallen off!" Since

then, Ive been less fond of bike sharing.

Once I went to a make-up class, I saw two workers sitting on a Mobi

bicycle, shaking and laughing. Dad was very indignant and said: "this kind of

person really does not speak of public morality! Make fun of the public car I

know that they wont do this with their cars. My heart is like bleeding. Why,

they want to "bully" bike sharing.

Once I went out to play. The weather was very good and I was in a good

mood. I look up to the side, really do not see do not know, a look scared. A man

secretly removed the wheel of an ofo and replaced it with a bad one on his own.

After that, he rode off on the ofo wheel. Only the ofo little yellow car was

lying alone, and the wheels were not installed properly. It is like a injured

little girl, whose legs have been taken away, like vanca, can not endure the

sunshine of life. At that time, my tears began to drop. Is bike sharing "shared"

or "exclusive"?

There have been news reports that a boy under 12 years old riding a shared

bicycle was run over by a car and killed. At that time, the boys mother shared

the companys money to compensate for her sons death. Its clearly her sons fault.

He didnt ride a bike before he was 12 years old. I didnt say he deserved it. But

the fact is better than eloquence. The death of her son is not the

responsibility of the sharing company, but his own fault!

I once saw a young man riding ofo without scanning the code. A middle-aged

man pushed ofo into his home. Have you ever seen someone use Mobi without

decoding as fitness equipment? The sound of chain jingling is like a demon with

a chain in his hand crawling out of hell. Thats selfish!

Someone took an image that put the broken ofo and Moby together to fill a

small parking lot. After riding shared bicycles, people park them on the side of

the road at will. As long as a passer-by gently knocks down a car, it will fall

down like a domino.

Have you ever thought that sharing resources is closely related to each of

us, but all the harm they bring is due to selfishness. Bike sharing is just one

example. Ive seen shared bookstores where people leave books on their desks

after reading, so that they cant go home. "Convenience to others, convenience to

oneself." As long as we are convenient for others, we will also benefit

ourselves.

时光飞逝，日月如梭。转眼间，我已经五年级了，在这五年中，唯有那次让我感觉到，我长大了。

那是一个星期天的下午，天气格外明媚，可是我却忙碌的走来走去，因为妈妈今天生病了，妈妈发烧的很厉害。爸爸在外地出差不在家，我要照顾妈妈。

“叮咚、咚、咚、咚、咚”时钟不停的叫着，我也要为妈妈擦拭额头了，我接了一盆冷水，把毛巾浸泡在水里，等它浸泡完之后，我把毛巾拿出来，把水拧干后，跑在床头，把毛巾放在了妈妈的额头上，让她的体温下降。

敷完毛巾后，我又急急忙忙的找妈妈的药，我左翻翻右找找，终于在一个小缝隙里找到了药盒，我从里面取出药瓶，用劲儿想要把它打开，可它却无动于衷，我只好使出吃奶的劲儿来，把瓶盖用牙旋转开来，打开瓶盖的我欣喜万分，立马倒下水把药喂给了妈妈。

吃完药后，我又开始忙碌起来，因为我要给妈妈做饭吃。我按照妈妈的意思，准备做粥喝，因为怕妈妈饿着，我就着急的连米都没有洗，直接把米倒进锅里熬起来。

经过长时间的等待，我终于把饭做好了，我颤颤抖抖地把粥端在妈妈面前，妈妈笑了，她为我感到骄傲，因为在她生病时，我锻炼了自己，照顾了她，在那一拧、一找、一做中，她看出，我从一个小孩成长为会照顾家人的少年了。于是，她拍着我的肩膀，微笑着，和蔼的说：“你长大了，你自己成长起来了!”听了这句话，我高兴地咧开嘴笑，心里就如这笑容一般，甜甜的，是快乐的滋味。

这笑容使我明白，那一刻，我长大了，我真的长大了。

I have a dream, deeply rooted in my mind, that is when I grow up, I want to

be a scientist, although I have no wisdom, no rigorous thinking, also does not

have the accurate judgment, but I still wont give up work. Although this dream

I very far away, but I still wont stop pursuing. Although in the process of

realize the dream, there will be many setbacks and countless hardships, but Im

still not discouraged. Because I believe that only through hell of polish, and

to build to create the power of heaven, only through the blood fingers, to pop

up to the swan song of time; Only through hardships and setbacks, to achieve

your dreams!

Previously, whenever see scientists remarkable achievement, always feel

envy and admiration. Is, they promoted the development of the society; Is, they

make peoples living standards improve, But they, for the development of the

motherland ushered in a brand new tomorrow!

So, I want to be a scientist, become a contribution to the country, to

become the pillars of the country.

Had this dream, I will continue to be so hard, never give up, have the

dream, is to grasp their own life course, will not be lost. Had this dream, like

a lamp, light up my way forward, has been to the pinnacle of victory!

妈妈在我们的生活中有着不同的角色，她既是一名工作努力的上班族，又是一位尽心尽力照顾我们的全职保姆，在我们的眼里，她是无所不能的。周五看到的一张图片上的妈妈让我对她感到十分的惊讶而又敬佩。

图片上描述的是一位妈妈抱着她的女儿行走在蒙蒙细雨中。远看，她一手撑雨伞，一手抱孩子，在雨中有条不紊的走着。近看才发现，她身上的东西十分繁多，手肘上挎着白的皮包，身穿着白衬衫和黑白短裙，脚穿高跟鞋，由此，我们可以知道，她其实是一个上班族。不仅如此，如果我们仔细看的话，就会发现在她的手上还拎着一包蔬菜;她抱着的那个小女孩大概是在上小学的一二年级吧。这位小女孩正趴在母亲那瘦弱的肩膀上向后望着，却一点也不担心会有雨淋到她，因为母亲打着的那把伞已将她遮的严严实实的。在母亲的背后，还背着一个粉红的小书包，由此，我们能够笃定是在放学接他女儿回家。

通过以上这些观察，我们不难想象，这位母亲在辛勤工作了一天后，就拖着疲惫的身躯去买菜，接孩子，回家后还要做饭、洗衣服......妈妈是多么的辛苦啊!但是这不仅仅只是一个妈妈如此，而是大多数的妈妈都是一样的!她们之所以会有着超强的安排能力，不是因为别的，就是因为作为一名母亲所要承受许多许多，这只因为她们是一位妈妈。

就是因为这一张小小的图片，让我重新认识了妈妈，让我明白了她们的艰辛，明白了她们的不易，她们一切的辛苦，只因为她是一位妈妈。

dear dick,

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

best wishes.

yours,

li hua

妈妈，我想对您说

妈妈，您要照顾妹妹，又要打扫卫生，忙得不可开交，我几次想给您提点儿建议，可都没时间，那就让我以作文的方式一吐为快吧!

妈妈，您从来不让我做任何事。有一次，我看见面黄肌瘦的您，心就像扎了针般难受。于是，我便悄悄地收起碗筷来，:“铛...铛...:”碗筷震动而发出的声音吵醒了您，马上您一个箭步跑来，说:“天啊!你在做什么?”“我想帮你的忙。”我转过身去说。可您却跟我唱反调:“小孩子，帮什么忙，越帮越忙!快回去复习功课!”我的眼神顿时灰暗了，但又不敢违抗“圣旨”，只好怏怏地走回房间……

妈妈，您事事都要让我们姐妹俩先。那次，去逛街，您看见心爱的一条连衣裙，我看得出来您内心强烈地跳动着，本想掏钱去买，可一看价格，您的表情突然发生了变化，好像一大盆凉水倒在了您的头上。天呐，那么贵!口袋里的钱只有那么点，怎么办呢?如果买了，孩子们的衣服就泡汤了!我看见那犹豫不绝的您，就说:“妈妈，您就买吧!我们的衣服家里已经成堆，而您……”“好了”!您突然打断我的话，“小孩子应该打扮的漂亮点，而我呀，老了，穿的好不好都没关系!”最后，您还是恋恋不舍的走了……

有人说过:“一粒花种，追随自己的愿望就能开出一个春天;一株树苗追随自己的愿望就能长成一片森林。”妈妈，您知道我和妹妹宁愿自己苦点也不愿看见你那么得疲劳。妈妈，请让我们为您分担一些我们力所能及的事吧!使您也可以享受一个属于自己的春天，妈妈，我爱您!

她，有着古铜般的肤色。一对弯弯的柳叶眉下面嵌着宝石般的眼眸。精致的脸庞，一笑起来，就漾起一对深深的酒窝。这可不是人人都有的噢！

她就是我的妈妈。她不仅漂亮，还很有趣。

记得那天，舅妈送来两条大黑鱼，放在水池里养着。妈妈给鱼换水时，不料，一条鱼猛然跃起，咬了她一大口。气急败坏的妈妈不管三七二十一，忍住疼痛，抡起木榔头，立即反击，嘴里大声喝道：“胆儿肥了你，没吃你，反倒是吃起人来了！成精了吧！”

你说，鱼能听懂人话吗？

“五一”放假那天，妈妈心血来潮，想给我理发。我的头发又密又粗，妈妈对付得了吗？她按住我的头捣鼓来捣鼓去，还一再安慰我：“你放心，我包你满意哦！”

我默默祈祷着，想象着……

我忍耐了差不多一个小时，才听到妈妈说：“好了，好了，你照镜子看看，还满意不？”我对着镜子左瞅瞅右瞧瞧，只觉得自己的头发像是被狗啃过，又像是个特大号的土豆，真是滑稽！看着我一脸的失落，妈妈只好领我去理发店了！

唉，妈妈呀，没有金刚钻，别揽那瓷器活呀！其实吧，我也没那么在意自己的发型啦，倒是觉得也挺凉快的。

怎么样，你也喜欢我的“趣多多”妈妈吗？她真的非常非常可爱！

The man I respect most is my mother, my favorite person is my mother, is the mother gave me life, taught me to be the truth, my mother gave me selfless love, let me grow.

My mother with a thick head of hair, round face, my mothers face like a red apple. Curved eyebrows, bright eyes, red lips, of medium height, very slim, about 30 years old, my mother is wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. My mother looks very beautiful, gentle, natural and graceful, has the compassion, careful, have what good things to me first.

One day, my mother and I at the gore silk on the way home saw a grandpa in selling small fish, I hurriedly ran over and saw the ground with a variety of aquarium, fish tank are: the parrot fish, guppy, golden dragon fish, fish, etc. I said: "mom, lets buy a few small fish." Mother said: "well, buy a few?" I say: "buy six fish!" We bought six guppy, careful, happily back home with the fish.

Mother brush the fish tank clean, then I will gently put little fish in the fish tank, little fish into the fish tank, is happy to swim in the water, the mother said: "after that let you to raise a few small fish!" I say: "ha ha, good!" I know this is mom in training me, patience, love of animals, in the future be a useful person in society.

Mother brought me a wonderful life, I have good good study, day day up and thanked my mothers support, there is only a mother good, have mama of children like a treasure.

我最尊敬的人是我的妈妈，我最爱的人也是妈妈，是妈妈给予我生命，教给我做人的道理，妈妈把无私的爱都给了我，让我茁壮成长。

我妈妈长着一头浓密的长发，圆圆的脸，我妈妈的脸像一个红苹果。弯弯的眉毛，明亮的眼睛，红红的嘴唇，中等身材，很苗条，我妈妈大约三十来岁，戴着一副金丝眼镜。我妈妈长得非常漂亮，性格温柔、落落大方、有爱心、细心，有什么好东西都先给我。

有一天，我和妈妈在学完葫芦丝回家的路上看见有一位老爷爷在卖小鱼，我连忙跑过去，只见地上摆放着各种各样的鱼缸，鱼缸里有：鹦鹉鱼、孔雀鱼、金龙鱼、金鱼等。我说：“妈妈，咱们买几条小鱼吧。”妈妈说：“好吧，买几条呢?”我说：“买六条鱼吧!”我们买了6条孔雀鱼，小心翼翼、高高兴兴的拎着小鱼回了家。

妈妈把鱼缸刷得干干净净，然后我就轻轻地把小鱼儿放进鱼缸里，小鱼儿一进鱼缸，就快活的在水中游来游去，妈妈说：“以后这几条小鱼让你来养吧!”我说：“哈哈，太好了!”我知道这是妈妈在培养我，对小动物的耐心、爱心，将来做一个对社会有用的人。

妈妈给我带来了美好的生活，我一定好好学习、天天向上，报答妈妈的养育之恩，世上只有妈妈好，有妈的孩子像个宝。

It`s one of the traditional Festivals of Chinese.And it `s a day in honour

to Quyuan,who is one of the greatest poet in China.Qingming is also one of the

24seasonal division points in China.It is may 5th on April in every year.On that

day,people will free of work or school that in memory of their ancestors.Besides

parents will take their children to the countryside,where they may have a

picinc.As the festival is in spring,It`s warm and comfortable,families often go

to parks to fly the kites.

This is the Qingming Festival,I hope you can come here next year during

Qingming Festival.

When I learned English, I had no idea why would I learn it, but as I was in

high school, my English teacher showed me many things about the foreign country,

then I came to know what the foreign country was like. They are so different

from China, the world is so big, I must travel abroad someday, I want to see the

other countries, having access to their tradition. I am very interested in the

culture, I know our country’s culture well, I want to know more beyondChina. I

learn thatParisis very fashionable,Egyptis an old city with its famous

tower,Veniceis a water city, all of there are so interesting to me. English is a

basic tool that I can communicate with the world, so I must learn English well,

making enough money and realize my dream.

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.