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元宵节介绍英文版
The Lantern Festival
(
元宵节
) is the last day of the
Chinese New Year celebration. This day
is for the last moment
for setting off
fireworks, the last excuse for eating a big
feast and the last chance for family
getting together before
the “年”
celebrations
are over. (Latern Festival
is also a
traditional time of
celebration for foreigners who live in
China).
The Lantern Festival, the
15th of the first month of the
lunar
calendar, is the first full moon of the year.
Celebrations and traditions on this day
date back to the
Western Han
Dynasty.
Traditions for this
festival
:
as the name
indicates,
hanging and looking at
lanterns is the main tradition.
Lanterns of various shapes and sizes
are displayed on trees,
or along river
banks.
Parents often take their children to
Lantern Fairs and
sometimes lucky kids
even get a mini toy lantern.
Another
tradition is guessing lantern riddles. These are
riddles that are hung on lanterns for
people to shoot down
and solve. The
riddles are usually short, wise, and sometimes
humorous. The answer to a riddle can be
a Chinese character,
a famous person's
name, a place name or a proverb. This
tradition has become a popular game
with serious staying
power even as
social development changes other
traditions.
Other than that, the most important
thing to do today is
to eat sweet
dumplings. In northern China, sweet dumplings
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