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 (glutinous rice ball).
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，3the 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 Yuansiao 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.
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 waves of 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.
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!
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 yuan xiao. 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.
Yuan xiao put the lights learning
The Lantern Festival is our traditional festival, is also the last day of the lunar New Year, the fifteenth day of the lantern, on this day, people will eat yuan xiao, go to the flower market, to admire the lanterns, fireworks, guess riddles, dragon dance lion dance, the best blessing to the spring.
We just finished eating a family reunion dinner, dad said to take me to see lanterns, I am very happy. Early in the evening, the moon is up in the sky. A few stars naughty to blink my eyes. The silvery moon around lanterns with me together. Our family with the boisterous crowd to flower market. "Little fish" is I know dad around the neck, she glo-sticks in hand, on the head with a red ox horn, dressed in a red coat. With a happy smile on his face.
Streets, everywhere decorated, all kinds of electronic lanterns, can call a person too many things to see, as the waves of sound XuanSheng, two dragons, cross flying among the crowd.
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.
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.
Lantern Festival night, my father and mother and his party went to the square to see fireworks. Along the way, more people can see the lights, men and women have both, they happily said and laugh, the whole city festive atmosphere.
Suddenly, a "missiles" jet flew to the sky like an airplane, exploding in the sky, colorful parachutes floating in the air and disappeared as soon as it reached the ground. Several "meteors" across the sky, watching, that meteor shiny, flying to the clouds, then there have been numerous small fireworks, small fireworks crackling sound scared my brother quickly covered his ears, while a small fireworks disappeared Without a trace.
The night can be bustling Lantern Festival, the crowds of people to see the lights, people laugh open by word, I think this is a dream, but this is indeed true.
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.
随着时间的推移，元宵节的活动越来越多，白天有耍龙灯、耍狮子、踩高跷、划旱船扭秧歌、打太平鼓等传统民俗表演。到了夜晚，除了五颜六色的美花灯之外，还有艳丽多姿的烟火。大多数家庭会在春节时留下一些烟花等到元宵节这天燃放，而一些地方政府也会举办烟花大会，当新年的第一个月圆之夜在盛大的烟火表演中来临时，人们都陶醉在这令人难忘了烟花与皎洁的明月中。
Today my mother went home early in the morning, hands still carrying a large bag of flour and meat.
The materials are ready in a little while, and Im going to start learning to wrap up the Lantern Festival! My mother taught me the flour and the sticky, and then a little bit out to make a circle. Then use your fingers to press down one side of the circle, then stuffed with some meat inside, the opening of the concave pinch. A juicy and delicious lantern is wrapped up. The abrupt father asked me, "do you know the origin of the Lantern Festival?" I shook my head. So dad said to me: "the first month is the first month, the ancients call the night" night ", and the fifteen day is the first full moon in a year, so the fifteen is the Lantern Festival. Also known as the "Lantern Festival". It is said that early in the Han Emperor period, has been fifteen month as the Lantern Festival, when Emperor Wu created the "tachu calendar", further affirmed the importance of the Lantern festival. The Lantern Festival period, and continue to extend with the history of development, according to legend of the Tang Dynasty lantern only lasted for three days, the Song Dynasty is extended to five days, and after the Ming Dynasty, increased to ten days, from the eighth day to start activities, until seventeen years before the end of. The Lantern Festival originated in the Han Dynasty, the Han emperor is said to commemorate the "Ping Lu" and set up. The Han emperor after the death of Liu Ying, the empress of the clan dominated court politics. Zhou Chenping et al in lvhou died, except after Lu Ping forces, crowned Liu Heng for the Han emperor. Because the day is calm Lu fifteen January, each year since fifteen January night, Emperor Wen Di to the palace, and to have fun with the citizens to commemorate the fifteen day, as the Lantern festival.
This shows that knowledge can be learned at any time as long as you keep your mind.
After the Spring Festival, here comes the Lantern Festival. In China, people celebrate it on the lunar calendar fifteen. It symbolizes the short rest has come to an end after the spring festival; people need to get back to work with their best wishes in the brand-new year. We all celebrated this festival with plenty of food and fun. The most important and traditional food on the Lantern Festival is Tang-yuan. With sweet and soft rice outside and peanuts or sesame inside, this little rice ball stand for the happy reunion, and the best wish for the whole families. Apart from having dinner with parents and relatives, there are also lots of activities on that day. The Lantern shows as well as guessing riddles are part of the Lantern Festival; and the most interesting part of the show is that the riddles are written on the Lantern. After dinner, the whole families go to the lantern fair, to enjoy the happiness in this moment.
Happy Lantern Festival!
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!
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.
In his sleep, I was suddenly a burst of nose smell "called" wake up, I will with the fastest speed to put on clothes, jumped out of bed and ran into the kitchen down the fragrance, saw mother is boiled dumplings!
Yuan xiao like each one grownup at "karaoke" jump beautiful dance, let a person see the's saliva dc, very anxious to swallow it bite into the belly, at this moment, mom found me, said: "little lazier, soon can eat yuan xiao!" Sure enough, after a while, the fragrant rice dumplings out of the pot, I can't wait to eat a small yuan xiao, "ah! Burned to death." I jumped three feet high, mother in the kitchen heard the call, hurriedly ran out, anxiously shouted: "what? What's the matter? When she saw that I was flushed, my mother knew what was going on, and I poured a glass of cold water for me to drink, and it was better.
In the evening, I went to see the lanterns with my mother, wow! Good beauty! The lantern has yellow, red, pink and so on, let a person see really colorful, beautiful! Walking forward, I saw a small lantern hanging on a tree. Inside, a child was carrying a lantern as if to say, "happy Lantern Festival! Happy Lantern Festival! There was a riddle next to him, and my eyes turned, and I thought of the answer.
The first day of the Lunar New Year is "the welcoming of the gods of the heavens and earth."Many people abstain from meat on the first day of the new year because it is believed that this will ensure long and happy lives for them.
On the second day, the Chinese pray to their ancestors as well as to all the gods. They are extra kind to dogs and feed them well as it is believed that the second day is the birthday of all dogs.
The third and fourth days are for the sons-in-laws to pay respect to their parents-in-law.
The fifth day is called Po Woo. On that day people stay home to welcome the God of Wealth. No one visits families and friends on the fifth day because it will bring both parties bad luck.
On the sixth to the 10th day, the Chinese visit their relatives and friends freely. They also visit the temples to pray for good fortune and health.
The seventh day of the New Year is the day for farmers to display their produce. These farmers make a drink from seven types of vegetables to celebrate the occasion. The seventh day is also considered the birthday of human beings. Noodles are eaten to promote longevity and raw fish for success.
On the eighth day the Fujian people have another family reunion dinner, and at midnight they pray to Tian Gong, the God of Heaven.
The ninth day is to make offerings to the Jade Emperor.
The 10th through the 12th are days that friends and relatives should be invited for dinner. After so much rich food, on the 13th day you should have simple rice congee and mustard greens (choi sum) to cleanse the system.
The 14th day should be for preparations to celebrate the Lantern Festival which is to be held on the 15th night.
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.
The atmosphere of the Spring Festival is still hazy, the breath blowing. The streets decorated, bursting with happiness. The Lantern Festival is a traditional festival in China. The Lantern Festival has the custom of putting fireworks and lanterns on the Lantern Festival.
What a lot of people in the street! The little old came out, everyone in the country and the bursting with happiness, to share the joy of the moment. You see, "whoosh", a few pieces of rockets into the sky, thousands of shining golden line into a beautiful huge flowers bloom in the sky quickly in the blink of an eye, and such as the waterfall, slowly shed. After the light of the yellow line, it turned into countless small gold flowers and opened a new beauty. Several fireworks flew into the sky, and the colors were open. Some like the beautiful peacock, the fan, a string of fireworks is the riotous with colour beautiful peacock feathers. Some flowers, like thousands of blooming flowers, show the charm of beauty. Some like an unfolding fan, waving. Theres like a fairy, to endure endure crowded crowded together...... The dark night is then lit up, has also become a big stage fireworks, let us feel dazzling, dizzying. All this I could not help but think of "the toast, and the world laughs" scene.
After watching the fireworks, we began to look at the lanterns with the flow of people. There were so many lights in the street. I was dazzled. Look, the first is just a few energetic, vigorous rabbits. This year is the year of the rabbit. These little rabbits symbolize the coming of the new year. We must accept new challenges and welcome ourselves. Well, look at that. A few small lanterns go around a big lantern. The big lantern says "golden year". Look at that, in three a lovely bear in front of a couple holding a picture of Spring Festival couplets written "bursting with happiness Spring Festival, energy-saving." All kinds of colored lights are like the stars in the sky. It is the "Lantern night drunk, only the edge of strong spring."
The Lantern Festival, the Chinese festival and the red hot Festival, is the beginning of the new year for Chinese people. You can also contribute to primary school composition, composition and personal network. Sincerely wish all Chinese people good luck next year.
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.
"Tangyuan dumplings dumplings, sweet sweet dumpling is round and round..." And this is a sing "tangyuan" yuanxiao. Because, we all said to eat dumplings, the dream is round, so the aunt to sing, sing uncle, uncle sing, we sing.
In a few days off, I am the most happy day, is the Lantern Festival. That day, uncle came to my house to have a meal, uncle had just sat down and asked me: "whoever, you pass the fireworks?" I replied: "let go once or twice." Uncle went on to say: "that you want to put on a?" I said: "of course! But mother partial about fireworks are dangerous! Don't let me more." Uncle said: "don't be afraid, I told your mother, she will agree!" I jumped for joy "three thousand feet", I shouted: "can fireworks again! Can fireworks again!" I turned to uncle said, "or uncle loves me!" Uncle smiled to me, looking back at his newspaper again.
After dinner, uncle gave me a big bag of fireworks, and three incense sticks, let my mother and I went downstairs to put. Stone chair beside the downstairs, I put the fireworks pipe on the ground first, then the fireworks near the tube with a lit incense probe, lighting, before long, the fireworks "sou" like a rocket, fly in the sky, then, "touch" with a scattered in the sky, just like a flower! Later, I took a look, there are red, have yellow, with purple, with green and various different variety, really good-looking!
Later, I got home, my mother brought me a bowl of dumplings to eat, ah! I really like your Lantern Festival!
It was the fifteenth day of the Lantern Festival, xiangfan will be held in a riverside avenue, lion dance, I have an appointment I Hu Lechen toghter go, walk on the road has a big, big fog, all can't see the han river, can't see the distant scenery, but we go to the show is undimmed.
Waited a moment, that we've arrived at eleven o 'clock, the sun had come out, just hear the sound of the beating drums, then saw the dragon-lion dance team coming to us, has a red dragon, green dragon, golden dragon... The dragon dances in the crowd like a real dragon, and it flies in the clouds for a while, and then it hovers in a circle. All kinds of dragon dances dazzle me.
then to a group of lions in the grab a ball, the performance is very excellent, a few lions fight, the laugh laugh people onlookers, but also has big head doll in performance, is the most funny is a seven items, not sitting on a bamboo pole, satisfied, and a man smoking a pipe, doing all sorts of funny action, there are many other performances, we look at the whole morning, this is the first time I saw this folk art performances, really opened my eyes.
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.
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.
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。
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.
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.
In a few days off, I am the most happy day, is the Lantern Festival. That day, uncle came to my house to have a meal, uncle had just sat down and asked me: "whoever, you pass the fireworks?" I replied, "let one or two." Uncle went on to say: "that you still want to put a?" I said: "of course! But mother partial about fireworks are dangerous! Don't let me more." Uncle said: "don't be afraid, I told your mother, she will agree!" I jumped for joy "three thousand feet", I shouted: "can fireworks again! Can fireworks again!" I turned to uncle said: "or uncle loves me!" Uncle smiled to me, looking back at his newspaper again.
After dinner, uncle gave me a big bag of fireworks, and three incense sticks, let my mother and I went downstairs to put. Stone chair beside the downstairs, I put the fireworks pipe on the ground first, then the fireworks near the tube with a lit incense probe, lighting, before long, the fireworks "sou" sound like a rocket, fly in the sky, then, "touch" scattered in the sky, just like a flower! Later, I took a look, there are red, have yellow, with purple, with green and various different variety, really good looking!
Later, I got home, my mother brought me a bowl of dumplings to eat, ah! I really like your Lantern Festival!
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 on the fifteenth day of night to hold.
The Lantern Festival, the first great achievement of the nature is yuan xiao. 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.
Today is the fifteenth day of the month, that is, the Lantern Festival. Afternoon, our family came to the square waiting for the night's fireworks show!
The black velvet night covered the blue sky, the stars blinked in the moonlight, and they seemed to be taking a break from urging those who had been tired for a day, but they were disappointed. Because of the more colorful lights on the ground, look! No matter the street, the fork in the road, in front of the store, next to the stalls, are lit countless lights. There are fiery red lanterns; there are colorful small bulbs; Yingying shiny fluorescent lamp, there are always changing color neon lights. The square at this time became the world of lights, the sea of lights. People here enjoy talking, playing, seems to be under, you will forget the day's fatigue.
We are still feeling very much at the end of the fireworks and hopefully we will be better next year!
I like the Lan tern Festival.
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 ricepudding and zong zi, 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.
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 ?
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.