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 bcad 25) it had become a festival with great significance this day's important activity is watching lanterns throughout the han dynasty (206 bcad 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
年农历正月十五日春节刚迎中国传统节日元宵节元宵活动灯东汉明帝时期明帝提倡佛教听说佛教正月十五日僧观佛舍利点灯敬佛做法命令天夜晚皇宫寺庙里点灯敬佛令士族庶民挂灯种佛教礼仪节日逐渐形成民间盛节日该节历宫廷民间中原全国发展程
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 selfmade or bought lanterns to stroll with on the streets extremely excited guessing lantern riddlesis an 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 (9601279) as riddle guessing is interesting and full of wisdom it has become popular among all social strata
直天元宵点灯俗然中国流传式样美丽花灯天会点亮孩子提着制灯笼走街串巷非常高兴猜灯谜元宵节项重活动花灯会谜面写灯笼挂门口果猜中礼物
项活动早起源宋谜语启迪智慧饶兴趣流传程中深受社会阶层欢迎
people will eat yuanxiao or rice dumplings on this day so it is also called the yuanxiao festivalyuanxiao also has another name tangyuan 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 filling tangyuan can be boiled fried or steamed it tastes sweet and delicious what’s more tangyuan in chinese has a similar pronunciation with tuanyuan meaning reunion so people eat them to denote union harmony and happiness for the family
民间元宵节吃元宵俗元宵糯米制成实心带馅馅豆沙白糖山楂类果料等食时煮煎蒸炸皆起初种食物浮圆子汤团汤圆名称团圆字音相取团圆意象征全家团团圆圆睦幸福怀念离亲寄托未生活美愿
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 staged on the night except for magnificent lanterns fireworks form a beautiful scene most families spare some fireworks from the spring festival and let them off in the lantern festival some local governments will even organize a fireworks party 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 sky
着时间推移元宵节活动越越白天耍龙灯耍狮子踩高跷划旱船扭秧歌太鼓等传统民俗表演夜晚五颜六色美花灯外艳丽姿烟火数家庭会春节时留烟花等元宵节天燃放方政府会举办烟花会新年第月圆夜盛烟火表演中时陶醉令难忘烟花皎洁明月中
元宵节词汇
元宵节:festival of lanternslantern festival dumplings
元宵: the rice glue ball
灯谜:riddles written on lanterns
灯具:lamps and lanterns
灯花 snuff
灯笼裤 bloomers galligaskins knickers pantalettes plus fours
灯笼 lantern scaldfish
灯塔 beacon lighthouse pharos
灯语 lamp signal
灯油 kerosene lamp oil
灯心蜻蜓 damselfly
元宵节
lantern festival
the 15th day of the 1st lunar month is the chinese lantern festival because the first lunar month is called yuanmonth 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
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