关于元宵节的英文介绍

关于元宵节的英文介绍

the lantern festival falls on the 15th day of the

1st lunar month, usually in february or march in the

gregorian calendar. as early as the western han dynasty

(206 bc-ad 25), it had become a festival with great

significance. 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.

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

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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。

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.

lantern riddles

lantern owners write riddles on a piece of paper and post

them on the lanterns. if visitors have solutions to the

riddles, they can pull the paper out and go to the lantern

owners to check their answer. if they are right, they will

get a little gift. the activity emerged during people's

enjoyment of lanterns in the song dynasty (960-1279). as

riddle guessing is interesting and full of wisdom, it has

become popular among all social strata.

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