关于元宵节的英语作文（1）

The chinese new year is now popularly known as the spring festival because it starts from the begining of spring (the first of the twenty-four terms in coodination with the changes of nature). its origin is too old to be traced.

Several explanations are hanging around.

All agree, however, that the word nian, which in modern chinese solely means year, wasoriginally the name of a monster beast that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of a new year.

One legend goes that the beast nian had a very big mouth that would swallow a great many people with one bite. People were very scared.

One day, an old man came to their rescue, offering to subdue nian.

To nian he said, i hear say that you are very capable, but can you swallow the other beasts of prey on earth instead of people who are by no means of your worthy opponents? so, it didswallow many of the beasts of prey on earth that also harrassed people and their domestic animals from time to time.

关于元宵节的英语作文（2）

Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festival, but also the last day of Chinese New Year, the first month 15 downtown lantern, every day, people are to eat Lantern Festival and stroll through the flower market, flowers light, the ceremony flowers, guess riddles, dragon and lion dances, to sustenance of the spring, best wishes.

We have just finished a family dinner, Dad took me to see the lantern say that I am very happy. In the evening, a moon had been up early on in the sky. A few stars naughty wink to me. Silver-white on children with me to stroll along lantern. We are a lively crowd came as the flower market. My father wearing a red jacket. Face with a happy smile.

The streets, everywhere decorated, a variety of e-lantern, Jiao Ren simply dazzle with wavesof percussion show of sound, two dragon, flying cross the middle of the crowd. At this time,several more loud, beautiful fireworks in the air, opening up one after another, and some, like chrysanthemums, and some like snow in June, and some, like a sky full of stars, and some, like colorful flowers.

Late at night, people in the face of light flowers are filled with satisfaction, happiness, pleasant look and left.

关于元宵节的英语作文（3）

Lantern Festival is a Chinas traditional festival. It is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar year.

Lantern Festival is one of the biggest holidays in China. Several days before Lantern Festival, people begin to make lanterns.

Lanterns are made in the shape of different animals, vegetables, fruits and many, other things. While making lanterns people usually write riddles on lanterns.

On the eve of Lantern Festival, all the lanterns are hung up.

On Lantern Festival people go outside to have a look at the lanterns and guess the riddles on the lanterns.

Perhaps you call see some wonderful folk performances,Dragon Dance and Yangko. Everything is very interesting and everyone is very happy.

Our life is rich and varied.

关于元宵节的英语作文（4）

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 days 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 Buddhas 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.

关于元宵节的英语作文（5）

New Year is the biggest festival for Chinese After about half a month, there is a traditional festival, it is the Lantern Festival, which is also The first round moon day in the New Year is People continue to celebrate the New Year and enjoy the time with their

The coming of Lantern Festival is Some people said that it is related with When the Buddhas meditated, they need light in front of them, so the light can drive away monster for Today, in some areas, people light up lanterns to beg for a son from No matter what the story is, the traditional festival is favored by people and the government pays special attention to remind this

There are many activities on Lantern Festival, and the most traditional game is the People can read some riddles that are written in the They can get prizes if they know the I love riddle so much, because when I figure out the answers, I will be very proud of myself, at the same time, I can learn some funny

关于元宵节的英语作文（6）

The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, usually in February or March in the Gregorian As early as the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25), it had become a festival with great

This day's important activity is watching Throughout the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), Buddhism flourished in 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 Later, the Buddhist rite developed into a grand festival among common people and its influence expanded from the Central Plains to the whole of

Till today, the lantern festival is still held each year around the Lanterns of various shapes and sizes are hung in the streets, attracting countless Children will hold self-made or bought lanterns to stroll with on the streets, extremely "Guessing lantern riddles"is an essential part of the

Lantern owners write riddles on a piece of paper and post them on the If visitors have solutions to the riddles, they can pull the paper out and go to the lantern owners to check their If they are right, they will get a little 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

People will eat yuanxiao, or rice dumplings, on this day, so it is also called the "Yuanxiao "Yuanxiao also has another name, It is small dumpling balls made of glutinous rice flour with rose petals, sesame, bean paste, jujube paste, walnut meat, dried fruit, sugar and edible oil as Tangyuan can be boiled, fried or It tastes sweet and What’s more, tangyuan in Chinese has a similar pronunciation with "tuanyuan”, meaning So people eat them to denote union, harmony and happiness for the

In the daytime of the Festival, performances such as a dragon lantern dance, a lion dance, a land boat dance, a yangge dance, walking on stilts and beating drums while dancing will be On the night, except for magnificent lanterns, fireworks form a beautiful Most families spare some fireworks from the Spring Festival and let them off in the Lantern Some local governments will even organize a fireworks On the night when the first full moon enters the New Year, people become really intoxicated by the imposing fireworks and bright moon in the

关于元宵节的英语作文（7）

There are many different beliefs about the origin of the Lantern But one thing for sure is that it had something to do with celebrating and cultivating positive relationship between people, families, nature and the higher beings they believed were responsible for bringing/returning the light each

One legend tells us that it was a time to worship Taiyi, the God of Heaven in ancient The belief was that the God of Heaven controlled the destiny of the human He had sixteen dragons at his beck and call and he decided when to inflict drought, storms, famine or pestilence upon human Beginning with Qinshihuang, the first emperor to unite the country, all the emperors ordered splendid ceremonies each The emperor would ask Taiyi to bring favorable weather and good health to him and his Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty directed special attention to this In 104 BC, he proclaimed it as one of the most important celebrations and the ceremony would last throughout the They clean it all up in the

Another legend associates the Lantern Festival with Tianguan is the Taoist god responsible for good His birthday falls on the 15th day of the first lunar It is said that Tianguan likes all types of entertainment, so followers prepare various kinds of activities during which they pray for good

Yet another common legend dealing with the origins of the Lantern Festival speaks of a beautiful bird that flew down to earth from heaven, which was hunted and killed by some This angered the Jade Emperor in Heaven because the bird was his favorite Therefore, he planned a storm of fire to destroy the village on the 15th lunar The Jade Emperor's daughter heard of this plan, and warned the villagers of her father’s plan to destroy their The village was in turmoil because nobody knew how should they escape their imminent

However, a wise man from another village suggested that every family should hang red lanterns around their houses, set up bonfires on the streets, and explode firecrackers on the 14th, 15th, and 16th lunar This would give the village the appearance of being on fire to the Jade On the 15th lunar day, troops sent down from heaven whose mission was to destroy the village saw that the village was already ablaze, and returned to heaven to report to the Jade Satisfied, the Jade Emperor decided not to burn down the From that day on, people celebrate the anniversary on the 15th lunar day every year by carrying red lanterns on the streets and exploding firecrackers and

There are many stories on how this festival was One other story is about a In the Han Dynasty, Eastern was a favorite advisor of the One winter day, he went to the garden and heard a little girl crying and getting ready to jump into a well to commit Eastern stopped her and asked She said she was a maid in the emperor's palace and her name was

She never had the chance to meet her family after she started worked at the She missed them so much every 12th lunar If she couldn't have the chance to show her filial piety in this life, she would rather Eastern promised her to find a way so she could reunion with her Eastern left the palace and set up a fortune-telling stall on the street and disguised himself as a Because of his reputation, many people asked for their

But every one got the same prediction - a severe fire accident on the 15th lunar The rumor spread Everyone was worried about the future and asked Eastern for Eastern said, "On the 13th lunar day, the God of Fire will send a fairy lady in red to burn down the If you see a lady in red wearing green pants riding a black horse on that day, you should ask for her " On that day, Yuan-Xiao pretended to be the red fairy When people asked for her help, she said, "I'm the messenger of the God of Fire and came to check on the city and I'm going to set up fire on This is an order from Jade He will watch from the

I will give you a copy of the imperial decree from the God of You should go to ask your emperor to find a way " After she left, people went to the palace to show the emperor the decree which reads "The capital city is in Fire burns on the palace, and fire from Heaven burns all night long on the " The emperor of Han Dynasty was very He called and asked Eastern for After pondering for a while, Eastern said, "I heard that the God of Fire likes to eat Tang-Yuan (Sweet dumpling). Does Yuan-Xiao often cook Tang-Yuan for you? On the 15th lunar day, let Yuan-Xiao make

Your Majesty will take charge of the worshipping ceremony and you will give an order to every house to prepare Tang-Yuan to worship the God of Fire at the same Also, deliver another order to ask every house in the city to hang red lantern and explode fire Lastly, everyone in the palace and people outside the city should carry their lanterns on the street to watch the lantern decoration and If everything goes this way, the Jade Emperor would be

Then everyone can avoid the fire " The emperor happily followed the Lanterns were everywhere in the capital city on the night of the 15th lunar People were walking on the Fire crackers kept making lots of It looked like the entire city was on Yuan-Xiao's parents went into the palace to watch the lantern decorations, and Yuan-Xiao made a big lantern and wrote her name on the They happily reunited together after her parents called her Everybody was safe during the The emperor of Han Dynasty had a new order that people should do the same thing every Since Yuan-Xiao cooked the best Tan-Yuan, people called the day Yuan-Xiao

Young people were chaperoned in the streets in hopes of finding Matchmakers acted busily in hopes of pairing The brightest lanterns were symbolic of good luck and As time has passed, the festival no longer has such

Those who do not carry lanterns often enjoy watching informal lantern In addition to eating tangyuan (simplified Chinese: 汤圆; traditional Chinese: 湯圓; pinyin: tāngyuán), another popular activity at this festival is guessing lantern riddles (which became part of the festival during the Tang Dynasty), which often contain messages of good fortune, family reunion, abundant harvest, prosperity and

关于元宵节的英语作文（8）

Lantern Festival 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 The 15th day is the first night to see a full So the day is also called Yuan Xiao Festival in 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 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