用英语写元宵节的由来(汇集20篇)

元宵节是中国的一个传统节日。通常在阴历年的第一个月的第十五天庆祝。元宵节是中国最大的节日之一。在元宵节到来的几天前，人们就开始做灯笼，有的被做成动物，有的被做成蔬菜，有的被做成水果，各种样式都有。做灯笼时，人们通常在上面写上谜语。在元宵节前夜，所有的灯笼都被挂起来。

在元宵节这天，人们都出来看灯笼和猜灯谜，也许你还能看见一些精彩的民间表演龙舞和秧歌。每件事都很有趣，每个人都很高兴，我们的生活丰富多彩。

元宵节的英语作文

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

I,antern 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.

农历正月十五：January 15 on the lunar calendar

元宵节：Lantern Festival

元宵：Yuanxiao

the rice glue ball

Sweet dumplings of glutinous rice flour

sweet dumplings

汤圆：glutinous rice balls

glue pudding

sweet dumplings

rice dumpling

sweet soup balls

灯谜：riddles written on lanterns

灯具：lamps and lanterns

灯花：snuff

灯笼：lantern scaldfish

灯塔：beacon lighthouse pharos

灯语：lamp signal

灯油：kerosene lamp oil

人们通常怎么庆祝元宵节?

How celebrate people the Lantern Festival, usually?

元宵节时，很多人会提灯笼，去参加猜灯谜大会。

On the Lantern Festival, many people will carry colorful lanterns and attend the riddle-guessing contests.

为庆祝元宵节，也是标志过年结束，元宵/汤圆是家家必备的传统应景食物。

On the Lantern Festival, which marks the end of the celebrations of the Lunar New Year, rice glue balls/glutinous rice balls are a traditional must-have for everybody.

人们通常会在元宵节吃元宵。

People usually eat rice glue balls on Lantern festival.

人们通常会在元宵节吃元宵。

People usually eat rice glue balls on Lantern festival.

元宵节时，很多人会提灯笼，去参加猜灯谜大会。

On the Lantern Festival, many people will carry colorful lanterns and attend the riddle-guessing contests.

从世界各地来看，读书节已成为当代社会的文化景观，而且是最近20年的新风潮。不过，现代意义上的第一个“读书节”，最早可追溯到1926年西班牙国王首次设立的“西班牙自由节”，并把伟大作家塞万提斯的生日10月7日作为这个节日的庆祝日。

From all over the world, Reading Festival has become the cultural landscape of contemporary society, and it is a new trend in recent 20 years. However, the first "Reading Festival" in the modern sense, the earliest can be traced back to 1926, the king of Spain for the first time to set up a "Spanish freedom festival", and the great writer Cervantess birthday in October 7th as a celebration of the holiday.

1930年庆祝活动移到4月23日――塞万提斯的忌日，碰巧这一天也是加泰罗尼亚地区大众节日“圣乔治节”。传说中勇士乔治屠龙救公主，并获得了公主回赠的礼物――一本书，象征着知识与力量。每到这一天，加泰罗尼亚的妇女们就给丈夫或男朋友赠送一本书，男人们则会回赠一枝玫瑰花。由此相沿成习，如今每到这一天，书籍减价10%，玫瑰花的价格则陡然上涨。

Celebration on 1930 to April 23rd -- the anniversary of the death of Cervantes, to this day is also the Catalonia area public holiday "St. Georges day". The legend goes that the knight George slew a dragon and saved a princess, and was granted a gift in return: a book, representing knowledge and power. Every year on this day, Catalonia women will give a book to their husband or boyfriend, the men will give a rose. Thus become a custom through long time usage, and now every day, the book price by 10%, prices rose sharply rise.

世界读书日就来源于此。巧合的是，这天是著名作家塞万提斯、莎士比亚、维加3位著名文学大师的辞世纪念日，又是美国作家纳博科夫、法国作家莫里斯・德鲁昂、冰岛诺贝尔文学奖得主拉克斯内斯等多位文学家的生日。巧合之外，则是人们对书籍的热爱和对阅读重要性的深层认识。主旋律都是一样的：无论是年老还是年轻，无论是贫穷还是富有，无论是患病还是健康，都能享受阅读的乐趣，都能尊重和感谢为人类文明作出巨大贡献的文学、文化、科学思想大师们，都能保护知识产权。

World Book Day comes from this. Coincidentally, this is the famous writer Cervantes died, Shakespeare Vega, 3 famous literary masters of the day, and Nabokov, French writer USA writer Maurice de Rouen, Iceland Nobel prize winner Laks Ness and many other writers day. Coincidentally, is that people love of books and a deep understanding of the importance of reading. The main theme is the same: whether old or young, whether rich or poor, whether it is sick or healthy, can enjoy the pleasure of reading, respect and gratitude can make great contributions to human civilization, literature, culture, scientific thinking gurus, can protect the intellectual property rights.

Today, I am very happy! Because its the Dragon Boat Festival today! No matter where you go, you can ask for a smell of zongzi. The streets, everywhere to buy dumplings: a small meat meat, meat, egg yolk, meat dumplings, dumplings red dates......

When asked about the fragrance of zongzi, I realized that I was hungry. "Dad! Give me a big meat!" I said. "I want it too, I want it, too!" My sister said. " Dad said, "OK!" Ok! One person, all right. " "Eee!" I said to my sister.

"Well, hmmm! This is delicious, this one is delicious! " I, mom and dad and sister repeatedly praised. Mom said, "now you eat too much, do you want to eat at noon?" I said, "hee - hee, see it at noon." "Its no way to take you!" Linda! Ha ha! " After eating, we went to play badminton.

How happy today it is! I like the Dragon Boat Festival! Oh Yeah!

元宵节英语作文_第1篇：

The annual Lantern Festival finally arrived, on this day, every family hangs red lanterns and set off firecrackers before they can eat, of course, dinner is different also, want to eat yuanxiao.

About the continuing, "how could still not dinner." I said on the side. At this time, the father said to the floor devolved firecrackers, I will go and have a look. Dad hang off firecrackers on the branches, picked up the cigarette lighter. "Villager, firecrackers sound. "Dinner, dinner." Mother cried. I set up a bowl of yuanxiao, taste, a kind of let me delicious smell delicious. After eating yuanxiao, I came to the LiShan park to watch the fireworks, came to the scene, has yet to start, we waited a while again, fireworks are finally starting to put, because too far away, cant see clearly, I also crammed into the crowd, suddenly, a child said a word, to see. I looked up to, I saw there are a lot of stars twinkle in the sky, oh, no, the stars which have so many colors, this is the fireworks, about five to six seconds past, sings the fireworks down like a meteor. Wow, thats really too realistic. Look at the street, it is very lively, traffic.

Ten o clock, I also should go home, but look at the dazzling fireworks, or dont have the heart to go, again over the past five or six minutes, I must be off just unwilling LiShan park.

一年一度的元宵节终于到了，每到这一天家家户户门前都挂着红灯笼，而且吃饭之前还要放鞭炮，当然，晚饭也和以前不一样，要吃元宵。

大约五六点了，“怎没还不开饭呀。”在一旁的我说道。这时，爸爸说到楼下放鞭炮去，我便去看一看。爸爸把鞭炮挂到树枝上，拿起了打火机。“噼里啪啦”，鞭炮声响了起来。“开饭了，开饭了。”妈妈喊道。我端起了一碗元宵，品尝了一个，那种香喷喷的气味让我回味无穷。吃完元宵后，我便来到了厉山公园去看烟花，来到现场，还没有开始，我们又等了一会儿，烟花终于开始放了，因为离得太远了，看不清楚，我也挤进了人群之中，忽然，一位小孩子说了一个字，看。我仰起头来，只见天空中有很多一闪一闪的星星，噢，不对，星星哪有那么多颜色，这是烟花，大约五六秒过去了，颗颗流星般的烟花落了下来。哇，真是太逼真了。再看看大街上，真是好不热闹，车水马龙。

十点了，我也该回家了，但看着耀眼的烟花，还是不忍心走，又过去了五六分钟，我才依依不舍得离开了厉山公园。

元宵节英语作文_第2篇：

The fifteenth day of the first, is the Lantern Festival. The the flashing kongmin light in the sky. Beautiful fireworks, the joy of children on the ground, filled with smiling faces of the adults, let a person festive atmosphere of a festival...

Street people mountain people sea, waves sweet laughter came, I saw a dark sky, a flash of flap "stars", turned out to be that is people put kongmin light. From the ground, looked at it a little bit of rose in the sky, seem to want to hurry up arms into the sky. "I want to buy a kongmin light." I thought to myself, and for my mothers opinion, she agreed. So I went to buy a lamp.

The tiantai, I quickly put kongmin light. There is a saying: "write down their wishes on kongmin light, will be a dream come true." I hasten to write his pen, sweet, beautiful, to the elder brother, help me a candle on, just light is gone with the wind. Put before or large, but the sky is a little small.

Kongmin light flew away, with my wishes, gradually disappeared in the sky...

Lantern Festival was wonderful! The street, alley everyone chatting, really busy. Really want to under a Lantern Festival came to quickly, that it would be great!

正月十五，正是元宵佳节。天上那闪烁的孔明灯。美丽的烟花，地上那欢乐的儿童，满怀笑脸的大人们，都让人萌生一种节日的喜庆气氛……

大街上人山人海，传来一阵阵甜甜的笑声，我看到漆黑的天空，有着闪烁的会飘动的“星星”，原来是那是人们放的孔明灯。望着它，从地上一点点的升上天空，好像很想快点的投入到天空中的怀抱里。“真想买个孔明灯哟。”我心里想，并争取妈妈的意见，妈妈同意了。於是我去买了一盏。

到了天台，我急忙把孔明灯展开。有一个说法：“在孔明灯上写上自己的愿望，会美梦成真的。”我赶紧拿起笔甜甜美美的写上了自己的愿望，找来了哥哥，帮我点上蜡烛，刚刚点亮就飘上去了。放之前还是大的，可到了天空中却一点点变小了。

孔明灯飞走了，寄托着我的愿望，渐渐的消失在天空中……

元宵佳节可真好啊!大街上，小巷里大家聊着，可真是热热闹闹的。真想下一个元宵佳节快快来到，那该有多好啊!

At night, today is the annual Lantern Festival, people happily walked to square, see yuanxiao 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 cant see, mother picked up me, I see, is surrounded by a piece of boundless, it is estimated that there are thousands of!!!!

Yuanxiao 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.

Yuanxiao party today, what a linger.

今天是一年一度的元宵佳节，晚上，人们兴高采烈地向广场走去，看元宵晚会，看烟花。

广场上真可以说是人山人海，摩肩接踵。人们的脸上像笑成了一朵灿烂的鲜花。我和妈妈也前来观看，我看不着，妈妈便抱起了我，我一看，周围是一片人海茫茫，估计有十几万人吧!

元宵晚会开始了，第一个节目是耍龙灯，你看，两条巨龙在互相挑逗、嬉戏，那个场面像是活的一样。第二个节目是舞蹈，只见他们穿着绿裙，左转一圈，右转一圈，动作整齐、漂亮、敏捷，就像蜻蜓飞舞。

烟花开始放了，嘿!各种烟花千姿百态、瞬息万变。有的烟花像一块宝石，有的烟花像一个“中”字，还有的烟花像灯笼。哦!

烟花还可以瞬息万变。眼前的烟花刚刚还是一个，转眼间就变开成了千万朵烟花。明明是一个普通的烟花，一瞬间就变成了像流星一样的小点。

今天元宵晚会，真令人流连忘返。

"Fifteenth day Lantern Festival, is booming too small to years." The annual Lantern Festival coming 啦!

This year Mom and Dad took me to the Nanjing Confucius Temple to see the lanterns into the Confucius Temple Wende Bridge, greeted not only by imposing and vigorous figure-wai tiger lanterns, but also snow-white rabbit lamp, auspicious pigeon light, golden yellow Orange light ... ... really all kinds, rich and colorful. The whole night, according to the Nanjing Confucius Temple, as the Lantern Festival the same day.

Lantern Exhibition Center is more beautiful, dazzling array of lanterns here, people get confused by it all, but come to see. Look at peach light pink background, peach sharp point on the painted red, peach at the end there is a large green leaves really are beautiful and simple. Look at that tiger lamp, after making a good framework, with shiny gold frame with paper to live, so that a life-like tiger immediately displayed before the eyes. Look at that dragon, chasing Sarah writhed up and down the whole body glittering scales, the dragons tail kept swinging. Watch People can not help but shout: "Long live 啦! Long live 啦!" There are really hard to describe ... ... ah!

Out of the Confucius Temple, firecrackers exploding in the air, as if the sky ripped a hole in the sky look at the stars from the sky Caesar down. Quick look ah! Colorful fireworks far away from heaven, suddenly lit up outside the city of Nanjing.

Back to the home is evening Shidianzuoyou, my mother gave us each a bowl of cooked glutinous rice balls. We are a family of three eating glowing of sweet rice balls, a real insight into the round and round affection.

Ah, the Lantern Festival, really happy!

“正月十五闹元宵，红红火火过小年”。一年一度的元宵节来临啦！

今年爸爸妈妈带我到南京夫子庙看花灯，走进夫子庙文德桥，映入眼帘的不仅有虎虎生威的虎灯笼，而且还有雪白的兔子灯、吉祥的鸽子灯、金黄色的橘灯……真是各式各样、丰富多彩。把整南京夫子庙元宵节夜晚照的如同白天一样。

花灯展示中心更为漂亮，这儿琳琅满目的花灯使人眼花缭乱，看都看不过来。看那桃灯，粉红的底色，桃尖上涂点红色，桃底有翠绿的大叶子，真是既漂亮又简单。再看那虎灯，制作好框架后，用闪闪发亮的金纸糊住框架，这样，一只栩栩如生的老虎就立刻展现在了眼前。再看那龙灯，追着宝珠上下翻腾，全身的鳞片金光闪闪，龙的尾巴不停地摆动。观看的人们情不自禁地喊：“龙活啦！龙活啦！”还有……真是一言难尽啊！

走出夫子庙，爆竹在空中炸响，仿佛把天空炸开了一个洞，满天的星星从天空一下撒了下来。快看啊！远处五彩缤纷的烟花从天而降，一下子照亮了南京城外。

回到家里已是晚上十点左右，妈妈给我们每人煮了一碗汤圆。我们一家三口吃着白白胖胖的汤圆，真正体会到了团团圆圆的亲情。

啊，元宵节，真快乐！

Yesterday is the lantern festival, can be noisy! according to the traditional chinese folk, the day of the magnificent on brand night, people points up lights all light, to show celebration. go out the moon, burning lamp burning, happy event put lantern riddle quiz, were yuanxiao, have a family reunion, the backdrop of the festival, feel happy.

At 7:00 in the evening, i just have a meal, the sky sounded the zhalei general noise, and bam! bam! bam! each a barrage of put up the fireworks! i hurried stop chopsticks, rushed out of dining room and father, brother ran upstairs to watch the fireworks to! because my home in this area are of high buildings! i stand on top of the panoramic view of all the scenery! fireworks rose! some like a blooming chrysanthemums! some like the dancing like fireflies, some like a snow mountain blasted general! the most beautiful to a few big fireworks, is likely the volcanic eruption, purples, green, yellow, a mountain even a mountain out! like a meteor scattered, lined with black night, gorgeous and dazzing! the dark of night as a bright

Read other peoples fireworks, my brother and i also put their fireworks take out to put! i took out chongtianbao, lit, like a meteor shot out, trailing behind a long tail! colorful! brother took out the christmas tree, sent out a powerful sparks! color various kind! like a fountain, moving short, when light dark! sparks from the day and drop, like countless pearls hung in the sky! like heaven fell in the milky way. shine! still put yuhua is like fairy scattering flower, fell from the sky, and sometimes flower heart still open little, such as flower general. theres like ufo flash in the past, speed eyes cant keep up, some like a gyroscope general crazy rotating............. in the night

Finally put out the fireworks, about the quiet down, and to see this beautiful fireworks, reminds me of the xin qijis jade case yuan xi, he found in the thousands of degrees, suddenly look back, that person but in, fire dim. yuan xiao party is over, but the happiness and laughter, a long time to curl up in our window...

Looking forward to, look forward to, look forward to the stars, looking forward to the moon, the annual Lantern Festival, eventually came in the evening, the family after dinner, I took mother and fathers hand, clamouring for mom and dad took me out to see lanterns.

Came to the pedestrian street, here was the lantern ocean, looked up and there are lifelike monkey lamp, small and exquisite rabbit lamp, looks very fierce tiger lamp... It is vivid, very spectacular.

Suddenly, I dont know whats wrong, your feet do not seem to work, follow the crowd, we are living have to squeeze into the pipeline. On the second floor, we saw a group of people around together excitedly, as if in riddles, and riddles but my specialty skills, why not let me show my bad? I took mom dads hand and squeezed into the crowd, also immersed in the happiness of riddles.

Im taking it from the above a, title is: once a heart can be lasting. (guess a word) ha ha, guess the riddle is my specialty talents. I think "a" and "denier" may be a word, read it carefully, and saw the word "heart", think "heart" can be written as "忄" ah, so, the answer to this question I want to come out, this word is "constant" word, with perseverance can last. Sure enough that I expected, so the answer is "constant".

Time is the past, like is playing much, look at the time, god, at nine o clock, we reluctantly left, however, through our efforts, and won many prizes!

Looked up at the sky, the moon is so bright, it seems smile to us, and together we revel in the joy of the holiday.

盼啊，盼啊，盼星星，盼月亮，终于盼来了一年一度的元宵节，晚上，全家吃完晚饭，我便拉着爸爸妈妈的手，嚷着要爸爸妈妈带我出去看花灯。

来到步行街，这儿简直成了灯笼的海洋，抬头一看，有活灵活现的猴灯，小巧玲珑的兔灯，看起来无比凶猛的虎灯……简直是栩栩如生，无比壮观。

忽然，我不知怎么了，自己的脚似乎不听使唤，跟着人群，我们被活生生得挤进了步步高。上了二楼，我们看见一群人兴奋地围在一块儿，仿佛在猜谜语，猜谜语可是我的拿手绝活，为什么不让我显现我的厉害呢?我拉着妈妈爸爸的手，挤进了人群中，也沉浸在猜谜语的快乐中。

我从上面取下一支，题目是：一旦有心便能持久。(猜一个字)哈哈，猜字谜可更是我的拿手绝活。我想“一”和“旦”或许可以组成一个字，仔细阅读一番，看见“心”字的时候，想“心”可以写成“忄”啊，所以，这题的答案我便想出来了，这个字就是“恒”字，有了恒心便可以持久。果然不出我的所料，答案果然是“恒”字。

时间流水般的过去了，正玩儿的起劲的时候，看看时间，天呐，九点啦，我们依依不舍的离开了，不过，经过我们的努力，还是赢了不少奖品呢!

抬头看着天上，月亮好亮啊，它仿佛在向我们微笑，和我们一起陶醉在节日的欢乐中。

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.

in every city, there are always a main street known for its lantern fair,

on that special day, the street will become as bright as daylight in the night

with myriads of lanterns and streams of spectators. at this moment, the

happiness in the heart is beyond all deion. by watching various lanterns, eating

sweet tang yuan, and hanging out with the people we love, thinking of the bright

future in front of us. it’s worth everything.

happy lantern festival!

春节过后，就迎来了元宵节。在中国，人们在正月十五庆祝元宵节。这一天意味着短暂的新年假日结束了。在这新的一年，人们会带着最好的祝愿回到他们的工作岗位上。在这个节日里，吃的玩的都是十分丰富而且有趣的。汤圆，是最重要也是最传统的食品——外面包裹着甜软的糯米皮，而里面填满了花生或芝麻馅料。这个小小的糯米球象征着阖家团圆，及对家庭最美好的祝愿。除了和父母亲戚一起吃饭之外，还有许许多多的活动等着你。看花灯、猜谜语是元宵节的传统组成部分。最有趣的是谜语都写在花灯上。晚饭过后，一家人就高高兴兴的去大街上看花灯，猜谜语，享受着这幸福的时光。

在每个城市，都有条大街作为花灯展的主会场。在这个特别的日子，各式各样的巨大花灯发出像白昼一样的光芒，照亮了赏灯的人们，也照亮了漆黑的夜。在这一刻，任何言语都不能表达心中的喜悦之情。赏花灯，猜谜语，吃汤圆，和我们爱的人在一起，想着美好的未来，所有的一切，都值得了。

元宵节快乐!

On Friday, is we Chinese festival, the Lantern Festival.

Our school has carried out a special guessing. "Guessing will start! Guessing will start!" Cao Laoshi shouted loudly. We ran out of the classroom in a hurry. We soon arrived at guessing location - great lawn. The teacher said to us with relish the first rule, then quiz will ring began with a roar.

I hurried to guess animals, meticulously to guess. Soon, a small fish bait, the effect is the "birth is black, grow up is green". I racked my brains to think, "ah! I know, the answer is a frog!" I hastened to write "the frog" the two words in the notebook I ran to the tickets confident said: "no. Two hundred, the frog!" The big sister said: "no. Two hundred, the frog - right!" The big sister gave me a knock on the two poles. Im happy to jump three feet high. Its so happy today.

How time flies! Unknowingly ended, I think the guessing game will be very interesting.

星期五，是我们中国人的节日——元宵节。

我们的学校开展了一次别开生面的猜谜会。“猜谜会开始了!猜谜会开始了!”曹老师大声地喊着。我们匆匆从教室里跑出来。我们很快就到达了猜谜会的地点——大草坪。老师先津津有味地给我们说了一下规矩，接着猜谜会就随着一声令响就开始了。

我急忙跑到猜动物的地方，一丝不苟地猜起来了。不一会，一条“小鱼”上钩了，大意是这样的“生出来是黑的，长大了是绿的”。我绞尽脑汁地想着，“啊!我知道了，谜底是青蛙!”我急忙把“青蛙”这俩字写在了本子上我跑到兑奖处信心满满的说：“二百号!青蛙!”那位大姐姐说：“二百号，青蛙——正确!”那位大姐姐给我敲上了两个极点。我高兴得一蹦三尺高。今天太开心了。

时间过得真快呀!不知不觉就结束了，我觉得这场猜迷会非常有趣。

1889年7月14日,由各国马克思主义者召集的社会主义者代表大会,在法国巴黎隆重开幕.这次大会上,法国代表拉文提议：把1886年5月1日美国工人争取八小时工作制的斗争日,定为国际无产阶级的共同节日.与会代表一致同意,通过了这项具有历史意义的决议.从此,“五一”国际劳动节诞生了.

The origin of Labour DayJuly 14,1889,convened by the national socialists Marxist congress opened in Paris,France.

The General Assembly,the representative of France Lavin proposal:to May 1st,1886 for eight-hour day American workers struggle on,as the common festival of international proletariat.

The participants unanimously agreed,adopted the historic resolution.Since then,the "51"

[五一劳动节的由来小学英语作文

The Lantern Festival is a festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunisolar year in the lunar calendar marking the last day of the lunar New Year celebration. During the Lantern Festival, children go out at night to temples carrying paper lanterns and solve riddles on the lanterns .It officially ends the Chinese New Year celebrations.

It is not to be confused with the Mid-Autumn Festival; which is sometimes also known as the "Lantern Festival" in locations such as Singapore and Malaysia.

In ancient times, the lanterns were fairly simple, and only the emperor and noblemen had large ornate ones .

[citation needed] In modern times, lanterns have been embellished with many complex designs. For example, lanterns are now often made in the shape of animals. The lanterns can symbolize the people letting go of their past selves and getting new ones, which they will let go of the next year. The lanterns are almost always red to symbolyze good

fortune.

In Hong Kong, it is commercialized as the Chinese equivalent of Valentines Day.

Fifteenth day Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festival。

People will eat during the Lantern Festival， the South and the North are different， so theres to eat glutinous rice balls， which have a literary reference， saying it was Yuan feel Lantern with "Yuan Consumers" So the Lantern named Tangyuan。

Hanging lanterns in the streets on both sides。 That is festive， but also lively。

Lantern Festival is also known as Chinese Valentines Day， the young men and women get along with fireworks， dancing folk dance and lantern making。

Lantern Festival this day， people walking on the street， watching lanterns， guess riddles。 People are immersed in an atmosphere of joy。

Fifteenth day after the Lantern Festival， people began the new years work。

Today is the Lantern Festival, my grandfather took me to the Ocean Park, he

said: "Ocean Park, there are many fish", then unable to buy a ticket and went

in.

Grandpa and I started a dolphin show that take the door, we are at the

dolphin show place and my grandfather chose a place to sit down, dolphin show

started in the first place is to let the dolphins jump up, and then throw a

small hoop to go in the water, with the beginning of a wonderful! Uncle have a

jump into the water and the dolphin show, uncle dolphins swim with the top of

the head with his feet, and uncle special fast, uncle came to like

skateboarding, on the back of the dolphin when uncle dolphins and put him on the

top, the audience all applaud for them, show is over I went out and grandpa. Out

grandpa and I saw a couple of milk to eat only fish, so I just bought a bottle

for fish, once a big fish to the dropped the bottle mouth down into the water, I

went to pick it up quickly.

I also found there yellow snakes, lobster, shell, dinosaur bones, the great

white whale, jellyfish, turtle, octopus, polar bear, arctic Wolf, penguins, sea

snakes, grass carp,... I also see! Time the bell rang at noon I and grandpa to

go, I really want to see for a while.

今天是元宵节，爷爷带我去了海洋公园他说：“海洋公园有许多的鱼类”，然后无门就买票进去了。

我和爷爷一进门海豚表演就开始了，我们到了海豚表演处就和爷爷选了一个位置坐下来了，海豚表演开始了首先是让海豚跳上来，然后就是把一个小小呼啦圈扔到水里面去，精彩的开始啦!有一位叔叔跳到水里和海豚表演，叔叔游泳的的时候海豚用头顶着他的脚，于是叔叔游得特别的快，过来的时候叔叔才在海豚的背上和滑板一样，叔叔上来的时候海豚又把他顶上来了，观众全为他们鼓掌，表演结束了我就和爷爷出去了。出去的时候我和爷爷看见了好几只吃奶的鱼，所以我就买了一个奶瓶给鱼味，有一次一只大鱼来了把奶瓶叼下去掉到了水里，我赶快就把它捡起来了。

我在那里还发现了黄蛇、龙虾、贝壳、恐龙骨、大白鲸、水母、海龟、章鱼、北极熊、北极狼、企鹅、海蛇、草鱼、……，真还看呀!中午时间的铃响了我和爷爷要走了，我真想再看一会儿。

The fifteenth day of the Lantern Festival, the whole city is immersed in a happy festive atmosphere.

Night after eating fragrant osmanthus dumplings, my parents and I go to wushan square lanterns. Along the way I see the decorated on both sides of the road, even on both sides of the river lane street, are full of red lanterns, a shop which is the gate and the eaves hang bamboo lanterns, as if returned to the song dynasty. Look at these I think the song dynasty yuanxiao also lanterns to do so?

In a short time, arrived at wushan square. The people here like the tide come in. A gate into the square on both sides of the arrangement of all kinds of lights, I saw the six groups in off the large lights, theme is "lights" eight horses, a symbol of the rides are always fit. Next to several groups of lights fuwa, carp, carp as a symbol of fish every year, and the fuwa symbolizes on horseback, happy immediately. A lot of people in the crowd waved a sparkling glo-sticks, let whole square emits light extraordinary splendour.

With joy the yuanxiao, is really a happy happy holiday!

正月十五元宵节，整个城市都沉浸在欢天喜地的过节气氛中。

晚上吃过香喷喷的桂花汤圆后，我和爸爸妈妈一起去吴山广场赏花灯。一路上我看见马路两边都张灯结彩，连河坊街两侧挂满了红灯笼，其中有一家店的大门口和屋檐下挂的是竹灯笼，仿佛又回到了宋代。看着这些我想是不是宋代过元宵也要如此挂满灯笼?

不一会儿，来到了吴山广场。这里的人就像潮水一样涌进来。一进广场大门两侧都布置了各式各样的彩灯，走到里面我看见了六组大型彩灯，主题是“八匹骏马灯”象征着策马扬鞭飞腾之意。旁边几组彩灯有福娃、鲤鱼，鲤鱼象征着年年有鱼，而那福娃开心骑在马背上象征着马上有福。人群中有不少人挥舞着闪闪发亮的荧光棒，让整个广场散发着流光异彩。

欢欢喜喜闹元宵，真是快乐开心的一个节日啊!

The annual Lantern Festival finally arrived, on this day, every family hangs red lanterns and set off firecrackers before they can eat, of course, dinner is different also, want to eat yuanxiao.

About the continuing, "how could still not dinner." I said on the side. At this time, the father said to the floor devolved firecrackers, I will go and have a look. Dad hang off firecrackers on the branches, picked up the cigarette lighter. "Villager, firecrackers sound. "Dinner, dinner." Mother cried. I set up a bowl of yuanxiao, taste, a kind of let me delicious smell delicious. After eating yuanxiao, I came to the LiShan park to watch the fireworks, came to the scene, has yet to start, we waited a while again, fireworks are finally starting to put, because too far away, cant see clearly, I also crammed into the crowd, suddenly, a child said a word, to see. I looked up to, I saw there are a lot of stars twinkle in the sky, oh, no, the stars which have so many colors, this is the fireworks, about five to six seconds past, sings the fireworks down like a meteor. Wow, thats really too realistic. Look at the street, it is very lively, traffic.

Ten o clock, I also should go home, but look at the dazzling fireworks, or dont have the heart to go, again over the past five or six minutes, I must be off just unwilling LiShan park.

一年一度的元宵节终于到了，每到这一天家家户户门前都挂着红灯笼，而且吃饭之前还要放鞭炮，当然，晚饭也和以前不一样，要吃元宵。

大约五六点了，“怎没还不开饭呀。”在一旁的我说道。这时，爸爸说到楼下放鞭炮去，我便去看一看。爸爸把鞭炮挂到树枝上，拿起了打火机。“噼里啪啦”，鞭炮声响了起来。“开饭了，开饭了。”妈妈喊道。我端起了一碗元宵，品尝了一个，那种香喷喷的气味让我回味无穷。吃完元宵后，我便来到了厉山公园去看烟花，来到现场，还没有开始，我们又等了一会儿，烟花终于开始放了，因为离得太远了，看不清楚，我也挤进了人群之中，忽然，一位小孩子说了一个字，看。我仰起头来，只见天空中有很多一闪一闪的星星，噢，不对，星星哪有那么多颜色，这是烟花，大约五六秒过去了，颗颗流星般的烟花落了下来。哇，真是太逼真了。再看看大街上，真是好不热闹，车水马龙。

十点了，我也该回家了，但看着耀眼的烟花，还是不忍心走，又过去了五六分钟，我才依依不舍得离开了厉山公园。

每年元宵节的时候，我们总会吃饺子和汤圆，意味团团圆圆，美美满满。在老家，家家户户都有田地，农民靠土地为生。所以，每逢元宵，每家的奶奶们总会炒花生，炒瓜子，这一习俗叫做“炒虫”，愿望来年的田地能没有虫子，五谷丰收。炒熟了，花生，瓜子的香味弥漫在屋子里，孩子们总是笑着，抢着，给节日增添了不少乐趣。

又到了元宵节，虽然身在异地他乡，可过节的气氛却不见减。家家户户都做了或者买了五颜六色的汤圆儿，妈妈也亲手给我们包了黑芝麻汤圆。妈妈先把糯米面用开水烫一下，然后搅拌均匀，搓成一个大大的面团儿，接着揪出一个个的小团，将小团按扁，用勺子舀上黑芝麻馅儿，包成圆，一个就完成了。接着，将水放入沸腾的水中，直到汤圆漂浮在水面上，捞出。一个个色香味俱全的汤圆就出锅了。我们吃着汤圆，一股别样的心情顿生心头。

到了晚上，鞭炮的轰隆声伴着礼花上升绽放的声音，萦绕在耳畔。爸爸也买了鞭炮和烟花，我心血来潮，叫上弟弟，一起去点鞭炮，沾点儿喜气。导火线呲呲的冒着，我们赶紧跳到一边，捂上耳朵。“啪啪啪啪啪——”，热闹极了！

我爱元宵节，爱元宵节的汤圆儿，爱元宵节的热闹，更爱元宵节家家户户溢发的浓浓亲情！

五一国际劳动节源于美国芝加哥城的工人大罢工。1886年5月1日，芝加哥的216816名工人为争取实行八小时工作制而举行大罢工，经过艰苦的流血斗争，终于获得了胜利。为纪念这次伟大的工人运动，1889年7月，在恩格斯组织召开的第二国际成立大会上宣布将每年的五月一日定为国际劳动节。

Five one Workers International Labor Day from the city of Chicago in the United States strike. In May 1, 1886, 216816 workers in Chicago to fight for the eight hour working day strike held, after a bloody struggle, finally achieved victory. To commemorate the great labor movement in July, 1889, Engels organized the second international meeting of the founding declared May 1st each year as the international labor day.

这一决定立即得到世界各国工人的积极响应。1890年5月1日，欧美各国的工人阶级率先走向街头，举行盛大的示威游行与集会，争取合法权益。从此，每逢这一天世界各国的劳动人民都要集会、游行，以示庆祝，并公众放假。

This decision immediately positive response from workers around the world. In May 1, 1890, Europe and the United States to lead the working class to the streets, held a grand demonstrations and rallies, fighting for the legal rights and interests. From then on, every day working people of all countries in the world to rally, parade, to show to celebrate, and public holidays.

中国人民庆祝劳动节的活动可追溯至1918年。这一年，一些革命的知识分子在上海、苏州、杭州、汉口等地向群众散发介绍“五一”的传单。新中国成立以后，中央人民政府政务院于1949年12月将5月1日定为法定的劳动节，

The Chinese people celebrate the Labor Day activities can be traced back to 1918. This year, a number of revolutionary intellectuals in Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Hankou and other places distributed to the masses in the "five one". After the founding of new China, the Central Peoples Government Administration Institute in 1949 December to May 1st as a statutory labor day,

全国放假一天。每年的这一天，举国欢庆，人们换上节日的盛装，兴高采烈地聚集在公园、剧院、广场，参加各种庆祝集会或文体娱乐活动，并对有突出贡献的劳动者进行表彰。

National Day holiday. Every year on this day, celebrating the country, people put on costumes, be jubilant to gather in the park, theater, Plaza, celebrate the meetings or participate in various recreational activities, and the workers have made outstanding contributions for.

There are many different beliefs about the origin of the Lantern Festival.

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 year.

One legend tells us that it was a time to worship Taiyi, the God of Heaven

in ancient times. The belief was that the God of Heaven controlled the destiny

of the human world. He had sixteen dragons at his beck and call and he decided

when to inflict drought, storms, famine or pestilence upon human beings.

Beginning with Qinshihuang, the first emperor to unite the country, all the

emperors ordered splendid ceremonies each year. The emperor would ask Taiyi to

bring favorable weather and good health to him and his people. Emperor Wudi of

the Han Dynasty directed special attention to this event. In 104 BC, he

proclaimed it as one of the most important celebrations and the ceremony would

last throughout the night. They clean it all up in the morning.

Another legend associates the Lantern Festival with Taoism. Tianguan is the

Taoist god responsible for good fortune. His birthday falls on the 15th day of

the first lunar month. It is said that Tianguan likes all types of

entertainment, so followers prepare various kinds of activities during which

they pray for good fortune.

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 villagers. This angered the Jade Emperor in Heaven because

the bird was his favorite one. Therefore, he planned a storm of fire to destroy

the village on the 15th lunar day. The Jade Emperors daughter heard of this

plan, and warned the villagers of her father’s plan to destroy their village.

The village was in turmoil because nobody knew how should they escape their

imminent destruction.

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 days. This would give the

village the appearance of being on fire to the Jade Emperor. 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 Emperor. Satisfied, the Jade Emperor decided not to burn down the village.

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

fireworks.

There are many stories on how this festival was created. One other story is

about a maid. In the Han Dynasty, Mr. Eastern was a favorite advisor of the

emperor. One winter day, he went to the garden and heard a little girl crying

and getting ready to jump into a well to commit suicide. Mr. Eastern stopped her

and asked why. She said she was a maid in the emperors palace and her name was

Yuan-Xiao.

She never had the chance to meet her family after she started worked at the

palace. She missed them so much every 12th lunar month. If she couldnt have the

chance to show her filial piety in this life, she would rather die. Mr. Eastern

promised her to find a way so she could reunion with her family. Mr. Eastern

left the palace and set up a fortune-telling stall on the street and disguised

himself as a fortuneteller. Because of his reputation, many people asked for

their fortunes.

But every one got the same prediction - a severe fire accident on the 15th

lunar day. The rumor spread quickly. Everyone was worried about the future and

asked Mr. Eastern for help. Mr. Eastern said, "On the 13th lunar day, the God of

Fire will send a fairy lady in red to burn down the city. If you see a lady in

red wearing green pants riding a black horse on that day, you should ask for her

mercy." On that day, Yuan-Xiao pretended to be the red fairy lady. When people

asked for her help, she said, "Im the messenger of the God of Fire and came to

check on the city and Im going to set up fire on 15th. This is an order from

Jade Emperor. He will watch from the heavens.

I will give you a copy of the imperial decree from the God of Fire. You

should go to ask your emperor to find a way out." After she left, people went to

the palace to show the emperor the decree which reads "The capital city is in

trouble. Fire burns on the palace, and fire from Heaven burns all night long on

the 15th." The emperor of Han Dynasty was very shocked. He called and asked Mr.

Eastern for advice. After pondering for a while, Mr. 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 Tang-Yuan.

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 time. Also, deliver another order to ask every house in the city to hang

red lantern and explode fire crackers. Lastly, everyone in the palace and people

outside the city should carry their lanterns on the street to watch the lantern

decoration and fireworks. If everything goes this way, the Jade Emperor would be

deceived.

Then everyone can avoid the fire accident." The emperor happily followed

the plan. Lanterns were everywhere in the capital city on the night of the 15th

lunar day. People were walking on the street. Fire crackers kept making lots of

noise. It looked like the entire city was on fire. Yuan-Xiaos parents went into

the palace to watch the lantern decorations, and Yuan-Xiao made a big lantern

and wrote her name on the lantern. They happily reunited together after her

parents called her name. Everybody was safe during the night. The emperor of Han

Dynasty had a new order that people should do the same thing every year. Since

Yuan-Xiao cooked the best Tan-Yuan, people called the day Yuan-Xiao

Festival.

Young people were chaperoned in the streets in hopes of finding love.

Matchmakers acted busily in hopes of pairing couples. The brightest lanterns

were symbolic of good luck and hope. As time has passed, the festival no longer

has such implications.

Those who do not carry lanterns often enjoy watching informal lantern

parades. 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 love.

Today is the Lantern Festival, my grandfather took me to the Ocean Park, he said: "Ocean Park, there are many fish", then unable to buy a ticket and went in.

Grandpa and I started a dolphin show that take the door, we are at the dolphin show place and my grandfather chose a place to sit down, dolphin show started in the first place is to let the dolphins jump up, and then throw a small hoop to go in the water, with the beginning of a wonderful! Uncle have a jump into the water and the dolphin show, uncle dolphins swim with the top of the head with his feet, and uncle special fast, uncle came to like skateboarding, on the back of the dolphin when uncle dolphins and put him on the top, the audience all applaud for them, show is over I went out and grandpa. Out grandpa and I saw a couple of milk to eat only fish, so I just bought a bottle for fish, once a big fish to the dropped the bottle mouth down into the water, I went to pick it up quickly.

I also found there yellow snakes, lobster, shell, dinosaur bones, the great white whale, jellyfish, turtle, octopus, polar bear, arctic Wolf, penguins, sea snakes, grass carp,... I also see! Time the bell rang at noon I and grandpa to go, I really want to see for a while.

今天是元宵节，爷爷带我去了海洋公园他说：“海洋公园有许多的鱼类”，然后无门就买票进去了。

我和爷爷一进门海豚表演就开始了，我们到了海豚表演处就和爷爷选了一个位置坐下来了，海豚表演开始了首先是让海豚跳上来，然后就是把一个小小呼啦圈扔到水里面去，精彩的开始啦!有一位叔叔跳到水里和海豚表演，叔叔游泳的的时候海豚用头顶着他的脚，于是叔叔游得特别的快，过来的时候叔叔才在海豚的背上和滑板一样，叔叔上来的时候海豚又把他顶上来了，观众全为他们鼓掌，表演结束了我就和爷爷出去了。出去的时候我和爷爷看见了好几只吃奶的鱼，所以我就买了一个奶瓶给鱼味，有一次一只大鱼来了把奶瓶叼下去掉到了水里，我赶快就把它捡起来了。

我在那里还发现了黄蛇、龙虾、贝壳、恐龙骨、大白鲸、水母、海龟、章鱼、北极熊、北极狼、企鹅、海蛇、草鱼、……，真还看呀!中午时间的铃响了我和爷爷要走了，我真想再看一会儿。