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【雅思口语】口语素材：元宵节
(Lantern
Festival)
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，就命令这个
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.
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