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Lantern
Festival
元宵节的由来英文介绍
Lantern
Festival The 15th day of the 1st lunar month
The 15th day of
the 1st lunar month is the Chinese Lantern
Festival because the first
lunar month
is called yuan-month and in the ancient times
people called night Xiao. The
15th day
is the first night to see a full moon. So the day
is also called Yuan Xiao Festival in
China.
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 for people to appreciate. At
this time, people will try to solve the puzzles on
the
lanterns and eat yuanxiao
(glutinous rice ball) and get all their families
united in the joyful
atmosphere.
元宵节正月十五吃元宵的的习俗由来已久，元宵也叫
“
汤圆
”
、
“
圆子
”
。据说元宵象征
合
家团圆，吃元宵意味新的一年合家幸福、万事如意。
元宵节闹花灯的习俗起源于道教的
“
三元说
”
；
正月十五日为上元节，七月十五日为中元
节，十月十五日为下元节。主管上、中、下三元
的分别为天、地、人三官，天官喜乐，故上
元节要燃灯。
元宵节
的节期与节俗活动，
是随历史的发展而延长、
扩展的。
就节期长短而言，
汉代才一天，到唐代已为三天，
宋代则长达五天，
明代更是自初八点灯，一直到正月十七的
夜
里才落灯，整整十天。与春节相接，白昼为市，热闹非凡，夜间燃灯，蔚为壮观。特别是
那精巧、
多彩的灯火，
更使其成为春节期间娱乐活动的高潮。<
/p>
至清代，
又增加了舞龙、
舞狮、
跑旱船、踩高跷、扭秧歌等
“
百戏
”
内容，只是节期缩短为四到五天。
History
Until 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
（节日的，
庆祝的）
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
（宵禁令）
,
allowing the people to
enjoy the
festive lanterns day and night. It is not
difficult to find Chinese poems which
describe this happy scene.
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. Colorful glass and even
jade were used to
make lanterns, with
figures from folk tales painted on the lanterns.
However, the
largest Lantern Festival celebration took place in
the early part of the
15th century. The
festivities continued for ten days. Emperor
Chengzu had the downtown
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area set aside as a center
for displaying the lanterns. Even today, there is
a place in
Beijing called Dengshikou.
In Chinese, Deng means lantern and Shi is market.
The area
became a market where lanterns
were sold during the day. In the evening, the
local
people would go there to see the
beautiful lighted lanterns on display.
Today, the displaying of
lanterns is still a big event on the 15th day of
the first lunar
month throughout China.
People enjoy the brightly lit night. Chengdu in
Southwest China's
Sichuan Province, for
example, holds a lantern fair each year in the
Cultural Park. During
the Lantern
Festival, the park is literally an ocean of
lanterns! Many new designs attract
countless visitors. The most eye-
catching lantern is the Dragon Pole. This is a
lantern in
the shape of a golden
dragon, spiraling up a 27-meter -high pole,
spewing fireworks from
its mouth. It is
quite an impressive sight!
元宵节是中国的传统节日，早在
20
00
多年前的西汉就有了，元宵赏灯始于东汉明帝时
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。
在汉文帝时
，已下令将正月十五定为元宵节。汉武帝时，
“
太一神
”
的祭祀活动定在正月
十五。（太一：主宰宇宙
一切之神）。司马迁创建
“
太初历
”<
/p>
时，就已将元宵节确定为重大节
日。
另有一说是元宵燃灯的习俗起源于
道教的
“
三元说
”
；正月十五日为上元节，七月十五日
为中元节，
十月十五日
为下元节。
主管上、
中、
下三元的分别
为天、
地、
人三官，
天官喜乐，
故上元节要燃灯。
元宵节的节期与节俗活动，
是随历史
的发展而延长、
扩展的。就节期长短而言，汉代才
一天，
到唐代已为三天，
宋代则长达五天，明代更是自初八点灯，
一直到正月十七的夜里才
落灯，
整整十天。
与春节相接，
白昼为市，
热闹非凡，
夜间燃灯，
蔚为壮观。
特别是那精巧、
多彩的灯火，
更使其成为春节期间娱乐活动的高潮。
至清代，
又增加了舞龙、
舞狮、
跑
旱船、
踩高跷、扭秧歌等
“
百戏
”
内容，只是节期缩短为四到五天。
Origin
There are many different beliefs about
the origin of the Lantern Festival. But one thing
for sure is that it had something to do
with religious worship.
One legend tells us that it was a time
to worship Taiyi, the God of Heaven in ancient
times. The belief was that the God of
Heaven controlled the destiny of the human world.
He had sixteen dragons at his beck and
call and he decided when to inflict drought,
storms, famine or
pestilence
（瘟疫）
upon human
beings. Beginning with Qinshihuang, the
first emperor to unite the country, all
subsequent emperors ordered splendid ceremonies
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