In the daytime of the Festival, performances such as a dragon lantern dance, a lion dance, a land boat dance, a yangge dance, walking on stilts and beating drums while dancing will be staged. On the night, except for magnificent lanterns, fireworks form a beautiful scene. Most families spare some fireworks from the Spring Festival and let them off in the Lantern Festival. Some local governments will even organize a fireworks party. On the night when the first full moon enters the New Year, people become really intoxicated by the imposing fireworks and bright moon in the sky.
随着时间的推移，元宵节的活动越来越多，白天有耍龙灯、耍狮子、踩高跷、划旱船扭秧歌、打太平鼓等传统民俗表演。到了夜晚，除了五颜六色的美花灯之外，还有艳丽多姿的烟火。大多数家庭会在春节时留下一些烟花等到元宵节这天燃放，而一些地方政府也会举办烟花大会，当新年的第一个月圆之夜在盛大的烟火表演中来临时，人们都陶醉在这令人难忘了烟花与皎洁的明月中。
The Lantern Festival and the Valentine’s Day coincide on February, 14th, 20xx, which makes people discuss heatedly which festival to celebrate that day. It is not wrong for us to adopt some western festivals, however, it is more important for us to learn how to celebrate our Chinese festivals.
In my perspective, as a Chinese, it is a custom as well as a responsibility for us to celebrate the Chinese traditional festivals. On the one hand, all the traditional festivals date back to hundreds of years ago, which is a symbol of our culture and civilization. Not only should we celebrate the Chinese festivals for fun, but also we should have a better knowledge of their background and origins. Therefore, various activities should be organized to add to the atmosphere of the festivals. On the other hand, all of the Chinese people should take the responsibility to pass our culture down from one generation to another, so that our future generations can also learn what to do in those traditional festivals, just as we do today.
To sum up, Chinese tradition should be preserved and promoted. Nobody expects such a consequence that our priceless heritage of our ancestors is replaced by western traditions. So let’s join hands to keep Chinese tradition.
This day's important ACTivity is watching lanterns. Throughout the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), Buddhism flourished in China. One emperor heard that Buddhist monks would watch sarira, or remains from the cremation of Buddha's body, and light lanterns to worship Buddha on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, so he ordered to light lanterns in the imperial palace and temples to show respect to Buddha on this day. Later, the Buddhist rite developed into a grand festival among common people and its influence expanded from the Central Plains to the whole of China.
元宵主要的活动就是看灯。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。该节经历了由宫廷到民间，由中原到全国的发展过程。
-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.
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.
Today is the fifteenth day of the month, that is, the Lantern Festival. Afternoon, our family came to the square waiting for the night's fireworks show!
The black velvet night covered the blue sky, the stars blinked in the moonlight, and they seemed to be taking a break from urging those who had been tired for a day, but they were disappointed. Because of the more colorful lights on the ground, look! No matter the street, the fork in the road, in front of the store, next to the stalls, are lit countless lights. There are fiery red lanterns; there are colorful small bulbs; Yingying shiny fluorescent lamp, there are always changing color neon lights. The square at this time became the world of lights, the sea of lights. People here enjoy talking, playing, seems to be under, you will forget the day's fatigue.
We are still feeling very much at the end of the fireworks and hopefully we will be better next year!
Lantern Festival night, my father and mother and his party went to the square to see fireworks. Along the way, more people can see the lights, men and women have both, they happily said and laugh, the whole city festive atmosphere.
Suddenly, a "missiles" jet flew to the sky like an airplane, exploding in the sky, colorful parachutes floating in the air and disappeared as soon as it reached the ground. Several "meteors" across the sky, watching, that meteor shiny, flying to the clouds, then there have been numerous small fireworks, small fireworks crackling sound scared my brother quickly covered his ears, while a small fireworks disappeared Without a trace.
The night can be bustling Lantern Festival, the crowds of people to see the lights, people laugh open by word, I think this is a dream, but this is indeed true.
the 15-day celebration of chinese new year.
the first day of the lunar new year is "the weling of the gods of the heavens and earth."many people abstain from meat on the first day of the new year because it is believed that this will ensure long and happy lives for them.
on the second day, the chinese pray to their ancestors as well as to all the gods. they are extra kind to dogs and feed them well as it is believed that the second day is the birthday of all dogs.
the third and fourth days are for the sons-in-laws to pay respect to their parents-in-law.
the fifth day is called po woo. on that day people stay home to wele the god of wealth. no one visits families and friends on the fifth day because it will bring both parties bad luck.
on the sixth to the 10th day, the chinese visit their relatives and friends freely. they also visit the temples to pray for good fortune and health.
the seventh day of the new year is the day for farmers to display their produce. these farmers make a drink from seven types of vegetables to celebrate the occasion. the seventh day is also considered the birthday of human beings. noodles are eaten to promote longevity and raw fish for success.
on the eighth day the fujian people have another family reunion dinner, and at midnight they pray to tian gong, the god of heaven.
the ninth day is to make offerings to the jade emperor.
the 10th through the 12th are days that friends and relatives should be invited for dinner. after so much rich food, on the 13th day you should have simple rice congee and mustard greens (choi sum) to cleanse the system.
the 14th day should be for preparations to celebrate the lantern festival which is to be held on the 15th night.
The Lantern Festival night, mother and I went to the most prosperous street square is watching lanterns.
One out of the door, I saw the street crowded, many shop doorway the blazing exuberant. People all around each side by a warm hand, while talking about. The trees on both sides of the road hung a beautiful lights, YiZhanZhan small lights like the stars twinkle, I as if into the world of fairy tales. Each lantern is various, the store has a long, there are round, and automatic rotation. All these form a festive and peaceful yuanxiao nights.
We went to the square, the square was a sea of people, the north side of the square built a grand palace decorated gateway, decorated gateway variety were pictured on the dragon, there are many spirited rabbit, under the light reflect, they come in all shapes, lifelike. The south of the square is a curtain of blue, so the light "waterfall" waterfall, inlaid with a few red big word: "I wish the original people's happy life" lights flash, falls as if to flow, I can't help but the superb artistry of gasp in admiration for the designers.
All of a sudden, listen to "bang" sound, I looked inside, see a beam of light into the sky, and then opened the colorful fireworks. This a fireworks such as call to arms, all of the fireworks lit the sky suddenly turned into another splendid stage, colours, shapes, just look at this one, another rose again, make a person dazzling. Thunder is heard, asing if is hammering in melee, the people can't help expletives, yuanxiao nights to the climax stage!
Fireworks over, I rubbed his acid trapped neck and mom returned home reluctantly and sick at this how happy Lantern Festival!
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!
The Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festival. It's a Chinese custom to eat lanterns. After dinner, I came to the lantern party with my father and mother.
I took my father and mother's hands and came to the Lantern Festival. The lights were bright and the crowd was like a tide. The first thing that comes into our eyes is the civilization gate. There are all kinds of lanterns on the left and right sides of the civilization gate. One of my favorite is "peacock open screen". Its beautiful big tail is one by one, which is very vivid and realistic. There are two or three cranes on both sides and the big ship. When I see the big ship, I feel like I'm sailing and sailing on the sea.
Some people buy snacks and eat snacks while resting on the roadside. Some children buy fluorescent sticks and fluorescent balls and play in the street. We took several photos as a souvenir.
What a beautiful night! I like beautiful lanterns.
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, was originally 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 did swallow many of the beasts of prey on earth that also harrassed people and their domestic animals from time to time.
In his sleep, I was suddenly a burst of nose smell "called" wake up, I will with the fastest speed to put on clothes, jumped out of bed and ran into the kitchen down the fragrance, saw mother is boiled dumplings!
Yuan xiao like each one grownup at "karaoke" jump beautiful dance, let a person see the's saliva dc, very anxious to swallow it bite into the belly, at this moment, mom found me, said: "little lazier, soon can eat yuan xiao!" Sure enough, after a while, the fragrant rice dumplings out of the pot, I can't wait to eat a small yuan xiao, "ah! Burned to death." I jumped three feet high, mother in the kitchen heard the call, hurriedly ran out, anxiously shouted: "what? What's the matter? When she saw that I was flushed, my mother knew what was going on, and I poured a glass of cold water for me to drink, and it was better.
In the evening, I went to see the lanterns with my mother, wow! Good beauty! The lantern has yellow, red, pink and so on, let a person see really colorful, beautiful! Walking forward, I saw a small lantern hanging on a tree. Inside, a child was carrying a lantern as if to say, "happy Lantern Festival! Happy Lantern Festival! There was a riddle next to him, and my eyes turned, and I thought of the answer.
Lantern Festival is the fifteenth day of the first month. It is a happy holiday. The main thing about the festival is the lantern show and the lion dance.
On the night of the Lantern Festival, people go shopping with all kinds of colorful lanterns and enjoy dancing dragon lions, guessing lantern riddles and playing games under the full moon.
Yuan xiao is a food that must be eaten for the Lantern Festival. It is also a special food for the Lantern Festival. It is very sweet, with black sesame seeds and peanuts.
I like to eat sweet yuan xiao, like to see colorful lanterns, like to do fun, fun games, more like to guess on the lantern riddles, more like this happy Lantern Festival.
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 it's 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 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.
The first day of the Lunar New Year is "the welcoming of the gods of the heavens and earth."Many people abstain from meat on the first day of the new year because it is believed that this will ensure long and happy lives for them.
On the second day, the Chinese pray to their ancestors as well as to all the gods. They are extra kind to dogs and feed them well as it is believed that the second day is the birthday of all dogs.
The third and fourth days are for the sons-in-laws to pay respect to their parents-in-law.
The fifth day is called Po Woo. On that day people stay home to welcome the God of Wealth. No one visits families and friends on the fifth day because it will bring both parties bad luck.
On the sixth to the 10th day, the Chinese visit their relatives and friends freely. They also visit the temples to pray for good fortune and health.
The seventh day of the New Year is the day for farmers to display their produce. These farmers make a drink from seven types of vegetables to celebrate the occasion. The seventh day is also considered the birthday of human beings. Noodles are eaten to promote longevity and raw fish for success.
On the eighth day the Fujian people have another family reunion dinner, and at midnight they pray to Tian Gong, the God of Heaven.
The ninth day is to make offerings to the Jade Emperor.
The 10th through the 12th are days that friends and relatives should be invited for dinner. After so much rich food, on the 13th day you should have simple rice congee and mustard greens (choi sum) to cleanse the system.
The 14th day should be for preparations to celebrate the Lantern Festival which is to be held on the 15th night.
Yuan xiao is the first full moon night of the year. Yuan xiao has the name yuan xiao. At the time of the Lantern Festival, all the people were happy as if they were happy. In this yuan xiao nights, the most attractive country "fireworks", because the fireworks not only good-looking, and it makes people see the colorful feel mood delectation, emotional annoyed and opened my arms.
This day we eat very early, all because want to see the firework, the evening I have had a meal, immediately rushed down the building, find a friend together to see dazzling.
Every time the fireworks exploded, I yelled, except for applause. At the end of the day, the fireworks were one by one, but the fireworks were much faster and much bigger than what I had just seen. All of a sudden, there were fireworks on all sides, and all of them were fireworks that shone like gold, and they shone more brightly around them than during the day. Suddenly, another set of fireworks opened under the golden "scarf". After that, the fireworks disappeared.
Though the fireworks ended quietly in our cheers, the fireworks, which had just been lit, would be forever in my perfect memory.
This days important activity is watching lanterns. Throughout the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), Buddhism flourished in China. One emperor heard that Buddhist monks would watch sarira, or remains from the cremation of Buddhas body, and light lanterns to worship Buddha on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, so he ordered to light lanterns in the imperial palace and temples to show respect to Buddha on this day. Later, the Buddhist rite developed into a grand festival among common people and its influence expanded from the Central Plains to the whole of China.
Till today, the lantern festival is still held each year around the country. Lanterns of various shapes and sizes are hung in the streets, attracting countless visitors. Children will hold self-made or bought lanterns to stroll with on the streets, extremely excited. "Guessing lantern riddles"is an essential part of the Festival.
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 it's 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.
Today is the fifteenth day of the month, that is, the Lantern Festival. Afternoon, our family came to the square waiting for the nights fireworks show!
The black velvet night covered the blue sky, the stars blinked in the moonlight, and they seemed to be taking a break from urging those who had been tired for a day, but they were disappointed. Because of the more colorful lights on the ground, look! No matter the street, the fork in the road, in front of the store, next to the stalls, are lit countless lights. There are fiery red lanterns; there are colorful small bulbs; Yingying shiny fluorescent lamp, there are always changing color neon lights. The square at this time became the world of lights, the sea of lights. People here enjoy talking, playing, seems to be under, you will forget the days fatigue.
Late at night, the square boiled, a bunch of beam fireworks skyrocketed, lit the night, lit the "black velvet." How beautiful! Red, green, purple, blue, all kinds of colors together, formed a variety of patterns, its beautiful shame stars closed their eyes, shame the moon to hide in the clouds. The fireworks danced higher and farther, replacing the light of the moon instead of the stars, attracting curious eyes, proudly laughing, jumping, and black velvet Night .
We are still feeling very much at the end of the fireworks and hopefully we will be better next year!
The Lantern Festival is a festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunisolar year in the lunar calendar marking the last day of the lunar New Year celebration. During the Lantern Festival, children go out at night to temples carrying paper lanterns and solve riddles on the lanterns .It officially ends the Chinese New Year celebrations.
It is not to be confused with the Mid-Autumn Festival; which is sometimes also known as the "Lantern Festival" in locations such as Singapore and Malaysia.
In ancient times, the lanterns were fairly simple, and only the emperor and noblemen had large ornate ones .
[citation needed] In modern times, lanterns have been embellished with many complex designs. For example, lanterns are now often made in the shape of animals. The lanterns can symbolize the people letting go of their past selves and getting new ones, which they will let go of the next year. The lanterns are almost always red to symbolyze good fortune.
In Hong Kong, it is commercialized as the Chinese equivalent of Valentines Day.
In the daytime of the Festival, performances such as a dragon lantern dance, a lion dance, a land boat dance, a yangge dance, walking on stilts and beating drums while dancing will be staged. On the night, except for magnificent lanterns, fireworks form a beautiful scene. Most families spare some fireworks from the Spring Festival and let them off in the Lantern Festival. Some local governments will even organize a fireworks party. On the night when the first full moon enters the New Year, people become really intoxicated by the imposing fireworks and bright moon in the sky.
This year, the Lantern Festival will be active, looking very lively and full of joyful scenery.
There are many different kinds of animal lanterns in the cultural park, including Mickey Mouse, horse, giraffe, 101 loyal dog, giant panda, dragon... Wait, the flower lamp is in the adorn of colorful lamplight, really beautiful, let me be like in the world of fairy tale dream, see everybody all grab a group photograph, like the machine is flashing ceaselessly.
On the grass in the park, there are many children carrying lanterns and playing with fairy sticks. There are also people in the sky lamp, the sky light with the light wind slowly rising, like a lot of little stars, in the dark flash, very beautiful; There are also many people in the fireworks, the colorful fireworks display the night sky the colorful, my ear also from time to time came the peoples sigh!
On the way home, I saw the fireworks in the sky on the hanlin bridge, reflected in the water of the stream, and the glittering change of the golden light was charming. It was really a happy Lantern Festival.
The annual Lantern Festival arrived, and I came to my grandma's house with a happy mood.
My grandmother had already prepared the lantern for me and my sister, and I was a smiling piggy, with a lovely appearance and a little belly. Sister's is a small dragonfly, its wings are like real, able to move back and forth. Before dinner, grandma asked me and my sister to shine a lantern on the granary and corner, and grandma said that the place would not be a worm in the four seasons.
After dinner, we again outside fireworks, daddy is holding a big fireworks, in the middle of the yard, a ignition, scratching, see flames, the fireworks into a golden ball, flying in all directions, so beautiful, my sister and I the excited jumped down.
How happy I was on the fifteenth day of the first month!
According to the Chinese tradition，at the very beginning of a new year， when there is a bright full moon hanging in the sky， there should be thousands of colorful lanterns hung out.
During the Lantern Festival， people will try to solve the puzzles on the lanterns and eat yuan xiao (glutinous rice ball).
In the Sui Dynasty in the sixth century， Emperor Yangdi invited envoys from other countries to China to see the colorful lighted lanterns and enjoy the gala performances.
By the beginning of the Tang Dynasty in the seventh century， the lantern displays would last three days. The emperor also lifted the curfew， allowing the people to enjoy the festive lanterns day and night.
In the Song Dynasty， the festival was celebrated for five days and the activities began to spread to many of the big cities in China.
Today，3the displaying of lanterns is still a big event on the 15th day of the first lunar month throughout China.
The fillings inside the dumplings or Yuansiao are either sweet or salty. Sweet fillings are made of sugar，Walnuts，sesame，osmanthus flowers，rose petals，or jujube paste etc. A single ingredient or any combination can be used as the filling . The salty variety is filled with minced meat，vegetables etc.
Today is the Lantern Festival. In the evening, as usual, we are going to watch the annual fireworks and exhibited.
Some people on the road at the fireworks, we looked for a moment. So late, but the fireworks will not wait for us. When we have begun to set off fireworks. We picked a good place, began to read. Put the fireworks from the palace of. These beautiful fireworks night as like day, colorful fireball ascended, continuous, cheng bloom of fireworks in the sky. These fireworks like contend in fragance and fascination with each other in the spring of a flower, a feast for the eyes. Golden rain drops of the night sky and the earth open each yinhua collected a sea of joy. Some of fireworks, the appearance of the peacock. Some fireworks is round, with hole in the day, like the stars blink blink ah.
On the Lantern Festival is not only the world of light, but also people sea. Countless lights together with people, form the scenery strange lights and the crowds. These lights, having a unique style, glistening pearls. I saw a lantern show picture is an old woman and strong cattle, cattle dance left shaking right sway, bobbing ears very cow. The old woman dancing wind more cattle than cattle. In this way, we enjoy in our guanding sea.
This year the Lantern Festival is happy.
Tangyuan is made from glutinous rice flour. You can prepare glutinous rice flour in a bowl and slowly add hot water until they mix into dough. Then you can pinch off the dough and roll them into small balls.
Then you can fill tangyuan with either sweet or savoury fillings. Sweet fillings are often made from peanut butter, black sesame seeds or red beans. But some people prefer the savoury fillings made from meat, mushroom and green vegetables.
Then try to enwrap all the fillings into glutinous rice dough.
You can make different forms for different fillings.
Ready? Then you can drop these balls into boiling water and cook them for about 8 minutes until they float. Okay, Just enjoy them!
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, was originally 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 did swallow many of the beasts of prey on earth that also harrassed people and their domestic animals from time to time.