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关于元宵节的英语口语介绍
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.
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.
essential part of the Festival. 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.