初三元宵节英语作文（精选33篇）
the festival of lanterns takes place at the end of the chinese new year celebration, on the fifteenth day of the first moon. lanterns have been part of chinese life for centuries so it's not surprising to see a festival of lanterns. people usually hang lanterns in the gardens, outside the houses, and on the boats. these lanterns are signposts to guide guests and spirits of ancestors to the lunar celebration. after a sumptuous fifteen-day feast, these lanterns light the way for the spirits back to the world beyond. silk, paper and plastic lanterns vary in shape and size and are usually multi-colored. some are in the shapes of butterflies, birds, flowers, and boats.
other are shaped like dragon, fruit and animal symbols of that year. the most popular type of lantern is special food for the lantern festival is yuen sin or tong yuen. these are round dumplings made with sticky rice flour. they can be filled and served as a sweet snack or made plain and cooked in a soup with vegetables, meat and dried shrimp. the round shape of the dumpling is a symbol of wholeness, completeness and unity.
the lantern festival is an occasion for families to get together and for everyone--young, old, rich and poor to have fun.
Today is the Lantern Festival, I am very happy, morning, crackling firecrackers woke me up, I got up to see, my mother bought me a lantern yesterday? My lantern can be beautiful, and the music, singing a song: good luck, I wish you good luck, good luck, happiness and love, I love you! I also ate a sweet and round lantern. Mother told me: according to the traditional Chinese folk, in the night of the Lantern Festival on this day, people start to spend thousands of lanterns, in order to celebrate. Enjoying the moonlight, like fireworks, flower lantern riddles, yuan xiao, family reunion enjoyable. So my mom and Dad promised me to see the lantern with my brother at night. Id like to go now.
I wish teachers and classmates happy Lantern Festival!
The Lantern Festival night, mother and I went to the most prosperous street square is watching lanterns.
One out of the door, I saw the street crowded, many shop doorway the blazing exuberant. People all around each side by a warm hand, while talking about. The trees on both sides of the road hung a beautiful lights, YiZhanZhan small lights like the stars twinkle, I as if into the world of fairy tales. Each lantern is various, the store has a long, there are round, and automatic rotation. All these form a festive and peaceful yuanxiao nights.
We went to the square, the square was a sea of people, the north side of the square built a grand palace decorated gateway, decorated gateway variety were pictured on the dragon, there are many spirited rabbit, under the light reflect, they come in all shapes, lifelike. The south of the square is a curtain of blue, so the light "waterfall" waterfall, inlaid with a few red big word: "I wish the original people's happy life" lights flash, falls as if to flow, I can't help but the superb artistry of gasp in admiration for the designers.
All of a sudden, listen to "bang" sound, I looked inside, see a beam of light into the sky, and then opened the colorful fireworks. This a fireworks such as call to arms, all of the fireworks lit the sky suddenly turned into another splendid stage, colours, shapes, just look at this one, another rose again, make a person dazzling. Thunder is heard, asing if is hammering in melee, the people can't help expletives, yuanxiao nights to the climax stage!
Fireworks over, I rubbed his acid trapped neck and mom returned home reluctantly and sick at this how happy Lantern Festival!
In the firecrackers, ushered in the traditional festival the Lantern Festival in China.
The Lantern Festival, of course, in the morning should eat a bowl of steaming hot dumplings. Dumplings made with sticky dough rub, powder white, thin, on the pot steamed for a while. Cooked dumplings, like a lovely baby. A bite, very hot hot black sesame roll like water flowing into the lungs and mouth is filled with thick sesame flavor, emotions and thoughts on the tip of the tongue with that kind of sweet honey and taste, represents a HeHeMuMu life.
In the evening, I go play outside, streets are decorated, the most beautiful is the moat. City moat lights, thronged. I wander in the light of the world, watch carefully, lifelike gold fish lamp, image lifelike lotus lamp, of primitive simplicity and elegant palace lantern, all kinds of lights elegant, exquisite decoration, fine workmanship, really make a person dazzling, breathtaking. In a calm river, which reflects the light shadow, as if under the river also lit a lamp. There was a slight breeze, surface ripples, light shadow followed the wobbly.
"Good!" Attracted by a burst of cheers me, turned out to be nearby someone guess riddles. I also want to guess in the past, but we had too many people, formed a "person" wall, enclosed as the stage of guess riddles. I stand outside the 'people' wall, listening to the sounds of laughter from inside. The host began to say lantern riddle: "a man a mouth (guess a word)." I thought to myself: what is that? I'm thinking of, an old man raised his hand, replied: "is a 'or' word." The host and smiling said: "congratulations to you, right." The words sound just fell and around there was a thunderous applause.
The Lantern Festival, the boisterous festival, in the laughter of people in the end.
Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festival,the first month of the Lunar New Year celebration of the fifteenth day.Lantern Festival is one of the largest festivals.A few days before the arrival of the Lantern Festival,people begin to make lanterns,animals,vegetables,fruits,all kinds of all,there are riddles.
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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. "Guessing lantern riddles"is an essential part of the Festival.
On this day, I read the poem "Kyoto yuxi", which reminds me of last years Lantern Festival.
That night, my mother cooked the dumplings, which were white, green and purple... Its nice. Its sticky, sweet and delicious.
After eating the dumplings, my father and I went to the peoples park. When we got to the park, I saw all kinds of lanterns, including rabbit lights, lantern lights, and carp lanterns... These lights are colorful, red, yellow, green... Its like a sea of lights.
I saw a lot of people around, and it was very strange. Approaching, they were guessing lantern riddles. I also followed to guess, the first lantern riddle is "from one to ten," I thought for a long time, could not guess, have to ask dad, dad said: "dont understand, this is a" sit "word." I thought, yeah! "Sit" does not have a "from" a "one" and "ten"? Then I looked at the next lantern riddle, "more than half," and I guessed it, it was "xi". I told my dad the answer, and dad complimented me on my intelligence.
The time passed quickly, it was very late, father said: "lets go back!" I had to go home reluctantly.
There was a sea of people, and the lanterns were gathered together like a meeting. It's hilarious. The lantern dazzled me. The lamp has big, small, color is different, the shape is strange. The most interesting thing is the golden pig lamp. Let me introduce you!
The golden pig lamp was made of several pieces of wire, and the body was made of a few golden sponges. A few smiles on her face. Really cute! It looks like running. The pig tail of the golden pig had a note on it, which said: happy Lantern Festival.
After watching the eye-catching golden pig lamp, go to the green light!
Two hands came out from below, beside the woods and meadows. There is also an o line "stream", "brook" water is really "clear see low" ah. You can think of it as a mirror! There are two bamboo rafts in the "stream" of the word "stream". I think they must be looking at the scenery! How is it? It's beautiful!
Tangyuan is made from glutinous rice flour. You can prepare glutinous rice flour in a bowl and slowly add hot water until they mix into dough. Then you can pinch off the dough and roll them into small balls.
Then you can fill tangyuan with either sweet or savoury fillings. Sweet fillings are often made from peanut butter, black sesame seeds or red beans. But some people prefer the savoury fillings made from meat, mushroom and green vegetables.
Then try to enwrap all the fillings into glutinous rice dough.
You can make different forms for different fillings.
Ready? Then you can drop these balls into boiling water and cook them for about 8 minutes until they float. Okay, Just enjoy them!
It was the Lantern Festival, and my parents took me to the Confucius temple to see the Lantern Festival. Along the way, it was drizzling. One to the Confucius temple, the eyes are all lights, as if into the light of the sea. The lotus lantern on the left, the advertising lamp on the right, looks like two soaring dragons.
After that, my parents took me to the lantern market to buy lanterns. What a lot of lanterns! There are rabbit lights, pigeon lights, and dog lights... I looked back and forth several times. It was dazzling. I was dazzled, didn't know which to buy? Finally, I bought an antique candle lamp.
Then mom and dad took me to the pedal boat. Because of the festival, so many people, lined up a long team. We chose a goose boat, my father and mother pedaled, and I held the rudder. We had a happy Lantern Festival.
Today is the fifteen Lantern Festival on the first moon, and the Lantern Festival is also a day of reunion. After dinner, my sister and my brother, accompanied by an adult, went to the yard to look at the fireworks. As soon as he arrived in the yard, he saw all kinds of beautiful lanterns in his friend's hand. There is a rabbit lamp, a butterfly lamp, a goldfish lamp, and the beautiful goldfish lamp, like a living goldfish, swings its beautiful tail.
The fireworks of the moment, looked upward, in the sky some fireworks bloom like the golden chrysanthemum; some like fireflies fluttering all over the sky; some like colorful gems; it is a beautiful picture!
After seeing the fireworks, my aunt went home to us and my brother and sister to cook the dumpling.
Today is the Lantern Festival. The Lantern Festival is being held everywhere.
We xiamen is no exception, held a large flower lantern show. The lantern show has improved and improved significantly compared to the past, such as security, order, security measures and guards. I entered the zhongshan park from the south gate, and I saw the colorful and colorful lanterns in my eyes. But the soaring shenzhou vi and the big, mighty golden dragon stood out. As far as I know, the big golden dragon was made up of 28,000 small chrysanthemum plants. You said that it was not surprising and the success of shenzhou 6 was a symbol of the increasing technological level in China. Then, I again to go by boat, tour of the water lanterns, see a station of the five fuwa lanterns, Im curious: fuwa are some graceful, some happy, there are strong. Fuwa wish the Beijing 20__ Olympic Games a complete success. Finally, I left zhongshan park reluctantly.
Today, I have learned a lot about extracurricular knowledge by watching lanterns, and I still have a great harvest.
finally arrived, and finally to the lantern festival. from over the years, i have been waiting for this day.
lantern festival, the festival has to be taken seriously since the western han dynasty period, jun, and become a folk customs, people carry on for hundreds of years of tradition, to admire the lanterns, guess riddles, dragon dance, lion dance, twist dayangge, very lively, with the development of science and technology now and create a new folk to watch the fireworks.
today, the whole family gather together, waiting for the yuan get to midnight snack, it just dark down, you can hear "bang hua" of firecrackers.
at night, i walk in the street, with the family is full of "boom" sound, the sky is the fireworks, although not as good as the day, but it is also illuminated. walking up and down the street, looking at people, listening to the deafening firecrackers; feel the lively gas; my heart also could not help being alert and cheerful. along the way, all the stores a lantern festival color, roadside lights flash new moon, full moon in the sky upon the earth, is "with no lights light there is not a beauty, japan is not spring".
condensed out of the accident, my eyes and in the fireworks in the sky above, like will soon open the flower of the hail, suddenly open, scattered pieces of the blossom. everywhere is the flowers open, as if spring mei fang and hail in full bloom.
today busy angry, also let me feel though years have passed, but the yuan snack than eve also. lively.
If it is the Lantern Festival in my hometown, yangcheng, you will feel the real yuanxiao. In addition to the dazzling, colorful lanterns and fireworks, the most attractive is the street art performance.
The performance began at nine o 'clock in the morning. On both side of the street was a sea of people, the whole street was flowing stage, bring their best talents each villages and towns that have dancing, bohanchuan, they wear colourful clothes, hand color variegated silks fan dance, twisting the spirit... The weifeng gongs and drums stood on the high, decorated a new color car, the sound of gong and drum beat; Five or six year old children dressed up as the characters in the drama, the grown-ups on the head, really amazing, tell you, this is our yangcheng traditional program -- top story; Walking on stilts is even more exquisite. On stilts, about seven or eight feet high, performers "jump double stool" and "big splits" make you sweat for them.
With all that said, you must be in a hurry. It's all right. Welcome to yangcheng for the Lantern Festival. I'll be your guide.
This year, the Lantern Festival will be active, looking very lively and full of joyful scenery.
There are many different kinds of animal lanterns in the cultural park, including Mickey Mouse, horse, giraffe, 101 loyal dog, giant panda, dragon... Wait, the flower lamp is in the adorn of colorful lamplight, really beautiful, let me be like in the world of fairy tale dream, see everybody all grab a group photograph, like the machine is flashing ceaselessly.
On the grass in the park, there are many children carrying lanterns and playing with fairy sticks. There are also people in the sky lamp, the sky light with the light wind slowly rising, like a lot of little stars, in the dark flash, very beautiful; There are also many people in the fireworks, the colorful fireworks display the night sky the colorful, my ear also from time to time came the peoples sigh!
On the way home, I saw the fireworks in the sky on the hanlin bridge, reflected in the water of the stream, and the glittering change of the golden light was charming. It was really a happy Lantern Festival.
Today is the Lantern Festival. In the evening, as usual, we are going to watch the annual fireworks and exhibited.
Some people on the road at the fireworks, we looked for a moment. So late, but the fireworks will not wait for us. When we have begun to set off fireworks. We picked a good place, began to read. Put the fireworks from the palace of. These beautiful fireworks night as like day, colorful fireball ascended, continuous, cheng bloom of fireworks in the sky. These fireworks like contend in fragance and fascination with each other in the spring of a flower, a feast for the eyes. Golden rain drops of the night sky and the earth open each yinhua collected a sea of joy. Some of fireworks, the appearance of the peacock. Some fireworks is round, with hole in the day, like the stars blink blink ah.
On the Lantern Festival is not only the world of light, but also people sea. Countless lights together with people, form the scenery strange lights and the crowds. These lights, having a unique style, glistening pearls. I saw a lantern show picture is an old woman and strong cattle, cattle dance left shaking right sway, bobbing ears very cow. The old woman dancing wind more cattle than cattle. In this way, we enjoy in our guanding sea.
This year the Lantern Festival is happy.
Today, is the Lantern Festival, we all watch a flower to the moon, but flowers are fireworks.
The moon is round, like a big rice balls, put in the sky in the big KB. Moonlight hazy, because the moon girl shy to by the veil.
The air, fireworks bloomed, colorful was so much beauty, some like chrysanthemum blossom a layer of countless petals, some like little snake winding to extend to the middle of sky, and like a fountain and spitting out of countless colorful waves, the whole sky is a beautiful big garden, is also a big concert hall pleasant sounding rolled out a tune, listen to!
Finally, we put a kongmin light, it took us ?
Great china, blooming flower of carved 56 nationalities. different regions, different customs are memorable, whether the tibetan sholton, or yi people‘s torch festival. the han nationality of the lantern festival is the most let i addicted.
It has more than two thousand years of history, in today‘s china popular is of no doubt.
The lantern festival of its name, because its festival and customs activities in the first month in a year (yuan) on the fifteenth day of night (night) to hold.
The lantern festival, the first great achievement of the nature is yuanxiao. no matter the south north, to the fifteenth day this day, men, women and children around the table and to end on a few bowl of steaming glutinous balls, the steam in a small house and now and then the clouded spread a few happy laughter sound.
The Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festival. It's a Chinese custom to eat lanterns. After dinner, I came to the lantern party with my father and mother.
I took my father and mother's hands and came to the Lantern Festival. The lights were bright and the crowd was like a tide. The first thing that comes into our eyes is the civilization gate. There are all kinds of lanterns on the left and right sides of the civilization gate. One of my favorite is "peacock open screen". Its beautiful big tail is one by one, which is very vivid and realistic. There are two or three cranes on both sides and the big ship. When I see the big ship, I feel like I'm sailing and sailing on the sea.
Some people buy snacks and eat snacks while resting on the roadside. Some children buy fluorescent sticks and fluorescent balls and play in the street. We took several photos as a souvenir.
What a beautiful night! I like beautiful lanterns.
In the morning, I was produced crackling of guns to awaken, turns out today isThe Lantern Festivalah, I climb up quickly, and her mother went home's feast.
In the home's, my mother and I spent a happy day.
Go home at night, fresh out of's home, my mother and I were sudden sound of guns surrounded, mother scared to cover your ears hiding in a small car back, and I was excited straight forward blunt, when guns small bit of time, my mother just slowly explore successful in career, I a pull a mother's hand to the gate ran, and made an effort, we just escaped from the gun battalion, we took a taxi, this just breathe a sigh of relief.
The Lantern Festival is really exciting!
Probably more food is consumed during the new year celebrations than any other time of the year.
Vast amounts of traditional food is prepared for family and friends, as well as those close to us who have died.
On new year's day, the chinese family will eat a vegetarian dish called jai.
Although the various ingredients in jai are root vegetables or fibrous vegetables, many people attribute various superstitious aspects to them.
Other foods include a whole fish, to represent togetherness and abundance, and a chicken for prosperity.
The chicken must be presented with a head, tail and feet to symbolize completeness.
Noodles should be uncut, as they represent long life.
In south china, the favorite and most typical dishes were nian gao, sweet steamed glutinous rice pudding and zong zi (glutinous rice wrapped up in reed leaves), another popular delicacy.
In the north, steamed-wheat bread (man tou) and small meat dumplings were the preferred food.
The tremendous amount of food prepared at this time was meant to symbolize abundance and wealth for the household.
New Year is the biggest festival for Chinese people. After about half a month, there is a traditional festival, it is the Lantern Festival, which is also important. The first round moon day in the New Year is special. People continue to celebrate the New Year and enjoy the time with their families.
The coming of Lantern Festival is various. Some people said that it is related with Buddha. When the Buddhas meditated, they need light in front of them, so the light can drive away monster for people. Today, in some areas, people light up lanterns to beg for a son from god. No matter what the story is, the traditional festival is favored by people and the government pays special attention to remind this tradition.
There are many activities on Lantern Festival, and the most traditional game is the riddle. People can read some riddles that are written in the lanterns. They can get prizes if they know the answers. 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 knowledge.
Today is the fifteenth lunar month - the Lantern Festival. Lantern Festival has many customs: eating Lantern Festival, watching lights, watching fireworks.
In the evening, Mom and Dad go with me to view the lights of General Plaza and Riverfront Park. Street lights colorful, every family covered with lanterns. Place the square, Zuo Quan general was withered lifelike. Square, there are: God of Wealth, people say good scenery in Shanxi, literary drama, turn lights, lifelike Fortuna headlights, there are people kneeling burning incense it. Although not many, but very attractive.
Riverside Park, the lights are brilliant, the tree in the park as a light of the world, I think the best lights are: 24 filial piety, introduces the filial piety of Chinese culture, Liaoyang eight landscape introduced Zuoquan tourist attractions, Wutai Mountain Main Hall, Dacheng Hall each of them has its own unique character, with lights hanging on the road, lanterns and beautiful verses on the lamp.
Today is the fifteenth day of the Lantern Festival, according to Chinese tradition, the family to get together and eat dumplings, our family is no exception.
Mother and grandmother in the kitchen busy along while, finally, steaming relish and tangyuan end on the table, white rice balls wrapped in the white sugar,, hawthorn fruit, peanut, eat in the mouth sweet, sour, sweet, contains our family in the New Year, happy HeHeMeiMei, best wishes.
After dinner, our family went to the street, I saw on the street is full of people on both sides and a variety of lanterns. Is a symbol of the geely festive lantern, there are all kinds of bright palace lantern, star light, circular lamp, firecrackers light... There are many shops, unit designed for their lights, keyboard switch, switch has a mobile phone, including the shape of bank card! So many beautiful lamp, see me dazzling. But I like our school or by making lanterns. It is made up of rows cute piggy lanterns, background is the teaching building of our school. Every pigs stomach, the small lights, they kept spinning, and at the same time also sent a beautiful voice, as if in said to us: "the pig happiness, study progress!"
On the way home, we saw a round moon, slowly grow up in the east, the bright moonlight, according to upon the earth with us. Mother said: "today, the moon, the earth, all in the same line, without any shade, also special it." We are enveloped in the moonlight, carrying lanterns, my little cat briskly back to the home.
Out of the window from time to time there are fireworks, firecrackers ring, our laughter through the unforgettable Lantern Festival.
At night, today is the annual Lantern Festival, people happily walked to square, see yuan xiao party, watch the fireworks.
Have people mountain people sea, in the square heads. The faces of people like smile became a bright flower. My mother and I to watch, I can't see, mother picked up me, I see, is surrounded by a piece of boundless, it is estimated that there are thousands of!
Yuan xiao party began, the first show is the dragon, you see, the two dragons in tease each other, play, the scene like live. The second program is the dance, see them wearing a green skirt, turn left, turn right, neat, beautiful, fast, like a dragonfly flying.
The fireworks began to put, hey! All kinds of fireworks various, rapidly changing. Fireworks fireworks like a gem, like a "in" word, and fireworks as lanterns. Oh!
Fireworks can also rapidly changing. In front of the fireworks is a just now, suddenly becomes open into millions of fireworks. Clearly is an ordinary fireworks, a flash becomes like a meteor.
Yuan xiao party today, what a linger.
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, was originally 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 did swallow many of the beasts of prey on earth that also harrassed people and their domestic animals from time to time.
The annual Lantern Festival has finally arrived. On this day, people will eat dumplings, watch lanterns and set off fireworks to celebrate this happy festival together. We are no exception.
On this day, our whole family went out of the house early to watch various forms of street art performances, including lion dance, dragon dance, stilt walking, dry boat running, etc. you see, the energetic and enthusiastic performances of the actors welcomed bursts of admiration from the audience.
In the evening, the street is brightly lit, as if walking into the ocean of lights. Look! There are dazzling dragon lights, lovely rabbit lights, and my favorite cartoon character lights, which are really dazzling. Eh! Not far ahead, what are we doing together? My mother and I crowded into the crowd and guessed the lantern riddle! Unfortunately, I didn't guess the first one. My mother was about to tell me the answer. Suddenly, with a loud noise, fireworks appeared in the sky, flying in the air like dancing butterflies. It's really a lively ocean.
At this moment, everyone was fascinated by the colorful world and refused to leave for a long time.
Today is the fifteenth day of the month, that is, the Lantern Festival. At night shower, I was attracted to the balcony by a cheering sound. I quickly ran over, looked up, sky full of fireworks, the original is the Lantern Festival fireworks. My sister and my mother, aunt, uncle, father to watch the fireworks together.
The fireworks are like the lotus flowers in full bloom; some are like the open lilies, a bit like an open fan; more like a small lamp illuminates the sky like a meteor shower, , Colorful. This is the most beautiful fireworks I've ever seen.
I really like this moment of brilliant. I really hope Grandpa can see such a beautiful fireworks.
Tomorrow is the fifteen Lantern Festival, on this day, all have held a grand festival, lantern riddles, eating lantern, lamp, kids playing lanterns, can be happy. I look up the history of the Lantern Festival and learn from all of you. I wish you a happy holiday!
The Lantern Festival has two thousand years of history in Chinese, also known as the "Lantern Festival", also known as the "Lantern Festival" or "Dengxi". According to Chinese ancient custom, "Yuan" means the moon circle, a year in the so-called "three yuan" the fifteen known as the "spring" in July fifteen, known as the "ghost", in October fifteen called "Yuan"; the fifteen is the year the first full moon night, is also one yuan the return of the night, Spring returns to the earth, people have to celebrate and celebrate the Spring Festival and Lantern Festival, also known as the "spring festival". "The night" is also the night, so the Lantern Festival also has the meaning of the first round night of the year.
The Lantern Festival which occurs on the 15-th day of the First Month of the Chinese Year marks the end of the New Year's Holidays.
Lanterns are everywhere. A most interesting tradition is the posting of riddles called 'Lantern Riddles.' Riddles are written on pieces of paper and posted on lanterns or wall. Any one solving the riddle is awarded a prize. And the food for lantern festival is Tang Yuan i have made some Tang Yuan in a ginger soup my wife got a serious cold so i cooked a pot of ginger soup for her. I look forward to the next spring festival.
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.
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.
the 15 th day of the 1st lunar month is the chinese lantern festival.
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.
during the lantern festival, people will try to solve the puzzles on the lanterns and eat yuan xiao .
in 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 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, allowing the people to enjoy the festive lanterns day and night.
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.
today, the displaying of lanterns is still a big event on the 15th day of the first lunar month throughout china.
the fillings inside the dumplings or yuan siao are either sweet or salty. sweet fillings are made of sugar, walnuts, sesame, osmanthus flowers, rose petals, or jujube paste etc. a single ingredient or any combination can be used as the filling . the salty variety is filled with minced meat, vegetables etc.