元宵节英语介绍

元宵节英语介绍：

The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar.

The main activity of yuanxiao is watching lanterns.

During the period of Emperor Mingdi of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Mingdi advocated Buddhism. He heard that on the 15th day of the first lunar month, Buddhist monks would view the relics of Buddha and light lanterns in worship of Buddha. He ordered that on this day, lanterns should be lit in the palaces and temples to worship Buddha, so that all the common people of the literate families would hang lanterns.

After this Buddhist ritual festival gradually formed a grand folk festival.

This section has experienced from the court to the folk, from the Central Plains to the development of the whole country.

译文：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。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。

Until today, the custom of Lantern Festival is still spread throughout China. Lanterns of all kinds and beauty are lit on this day. Children carry self-made lanterns to walk around the streets, very happy.

Guessing lantern riddles is also an important part of the Festival. Lantern owners write riddles on the lanterns and post them on the door. If someone can solve the riddles correctly, they will get a small gift.

The activity originated in the Song Dynasty (979 ~ 979 AD) and became popular among all social strata as riddles were both enlightening and interesting.

译文：直到今天，元宵点灯的习俗仍然在中国的各地流传的，各式各样美丽的花灯在这一天都会点亮，孩子们提着自制的灯笼走街串巷，非常高兴。猜灯谜也是元宵节的一项重要活动，花灯的主人会将谜面写在灯笼上，挂在门口，如果有人可以猜中，就能得到小小的礼物。这项活动最早起源于宋朝，因为谜语能启迪智慧又饶有兴趣，所以流传过程中深受社会各阶层的欢迎。

people will eat yuanxiao, or rice dumplings, on this day, so it is also called the "yuanxiao festival."yuanxiao also has another name, tangyuan. it is small dumpling balls made of glutinous rice flour with rose petals, sesame, bean paste, jujube paste, walnut meat, dried fruit, sugar and edible oil as filling. tangyuan can be boiled, fried or steamed. it tastes sweet and delicious. what’s more, tangyuan in Chinese has a similar pronunciation with "tuanyuan”, meaning reunion. so people eat them to denote union, harmony and happiness for the family.

译文：人们会在这一天吃元宵或汤圆，所以这一天也被称为“元宵节”。元宵还有另一个名字——汤圆。它是用糯米粉做馅，玫瑰花瓣、芝麻、豆沙、枣泥、胡桃肉、干果、糖和食用油做成的小丸子。汤圆可以煮、炸或蒸。它尝起来又甜又好吃。更重要的是，汤圆在中国与“团圆”的发音相似，意味着团圆。所以人们吃饺子来象征家庭的团圆、和谐和幸福。