TheLanternFestival(元宵节)isthelastdayoftheChineseNewYearcelebration.Thisdayisforthelastmomentforsettingofffireworks,thelastexcuseforeatingabigfeastandthelastchanceforfamilygettingtogetherbeforethe“年”celebrationsareover.(LaternFestivalisalsoatraditionaltimeofcelebrationforforeignerswholiveinChina).
TheLanternFestival,the15thofthefirstmonthofthelunarcalendar,isthefirstfullmoonoftheyear.CelebrationsandtraditionsonthisdaydatebacktotheWesternHanDynasty.
Traditionsforthisfestival:asthenameindicates,hangingandlookingatlanternsisthemaintradition.Lanternsofvariousshapesandsizesaredisplayedontrees,oralongriverbanks.
ParentsoftentaketheirchildrentoLanternFairsandsometimesluckykidsevengetaminitoylantern.
描述元宵节的英文小短文篇2
thelanternfestivaloryuanxiaojieisatraditionalchinesefestival,whichisonthe15thofthefirstmonthofthechinesenewyear.thefestivalmarkstheendofthecelebrationsofthechinesenewyear.
chinesestartedtocelebratethelanternfestivalfromthehandynasty(206bc-221ad).likemostotherchinesefestivals,thereisalsoastorybehindthefestival.itisalsobelievedthatthefestivalhastaoistorigins.
thisisafestivalforpeoplehavingfun.onthenightofthefestival,peoplegoonstreetswithavarietyoflanternsunderthefullmoon,watchinglionsordragondancing,playingchineseriddlesandgames,andlightingupfirecrackers.thereisreallyalotoffunfortheyoungandtheold.
yuanxiao(glutinousriceball)ortangyuanisthespecialfoodforthelanternfestival.itisbelievedthatyuanxiaoisnamedafterapalacemaid,yuanxiao,ofemperorwudiofthehandynasty.yuanxiaoisakindofsweetdumpling,whichismadewithstickyriceflourfilledwithsweetstuffing.