TheLanternFestival元宵节英语介绍学习课程

1、General IntroductionThe Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month. This is the first full moon of the new year, symbolizing unity and perfection. The Lantern Festival is an important part of Spring Festival , and marks the official end of the long holiday.第1页/共12页第一页，编辑于星期日：点 二

2、十分。第2页/共12页第二页，编辑于星期日：点 二十分。The most important activity is watching lanterns. Diffierent kinds of lanterns are hung in the streets. Children will hold self-made or bought lanterns. 第3页/共12页第三页，编辑于星期日：点 二十分。There are many other performances , such as a dragon dance, a lion dance, long dragon lanterns

3、 and fireworks.第4页/共12页第四页，编辑于星期日：点 二十分。BlessingVisiting each other第5页/共12页第五页，编辑于星期日：点 二十分。People do something in memory of their ancestors.第6页/共12页第六页，编辑于星期日：点 二十分。Lantern owners write riddles on a piece of paper and post them on the lanterns. If visitors have solutions to the riddles, they can pu

4、ll the paper out and go to the lantern owners to check their answer. If they are right, they will get a little gift.第7页/共12页第七页，编辑于星期日：点 二十分。 Eating rice dumplings (yuanxiao) .People will eat yuanxiao, or rice dumplings on this day. Yuanxiao also has another name, tangyuan. Tangyuan in Chinese has a

5、 similar pronunciation with “tuanyuan”, meaning reunion. It tastes sweet and delicious. 第8页/共12页第八页，编辑于星期日：点 二十分。Chinese people also eat those things in the Lantern Festivalniangaonoodles第9页/共12页第九页，编辑于星期日：点 二十分。 Setting off fireworksMost families spare some fireworks from the Spring Festival and let them off in the Lantern Festival. On the night when the first full moon enters the New Year, people become really excited by the fireworks and bright moon in the sky.第10页/共12页第十页，编辑于星期日：点 二十分。Lets get to know more about Chinese traditional culture, because it is the