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1、Happy Lantern Festival,catalogue,Origin（起源） Legend（传说） Convention（习俗） Food Chinese valentines day,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

2、to see a full moon. So the day is also called Yuan Xiao Festival in China.,Happy Lantern Festival,湖南花木网 wxt205,Origin,关于元宵节的起源有三种说法 1.正月十五在西汉已经受到重视，不过，正月十五真正作为民俗节日是在汉魏之后。,Lantern On the origin of the Festival, there are three claims 1.Lantern Festival has been valued in the We-stern Han Dynasty ， Ho

3、wever, the Lantern Festival is truly a folk festival, after the Han.,Happy 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 for people to appreciate.

4、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.,2.元宵节起源于火把节 3.元宵燃灯的习俗起源于道教的“三元说,2. Lantern Festival ori-ginated in the Torch F-estival 3. Lantern Festival ori-ginated in Taoist prac-

5、tices Enlightening the Three said,legend,汉文帝时为纪念“平吕”而设 东方朔与元宵姑娘 袁世凯与元宵,When Emperor Wen of Han to commemorate the Ping Lu,“ designed Dong fangshuo and Yu-an xiao Yuan shikai and xuanxiao,convention,convention,guess the riddle （猜灯谜）,play the dragon lantern耍龙 灯,lion dance舞狮子,In the daytime of the Fest

6、ival, 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.,Performances in the street,Watching lanterns,This days important activity is watching lanterns. Lanterns of various shapes and sizes a

7、re 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,Guessing lantern riddlesis an essential part of the Festival. Lantern owners write riddleson a piece of paper and post th

8、em on the lanterns. If visitors have solutions to the riddles, they can pull the paper out and go to the lantern owners to check their answer. If they are right, they will get a little gift. The activity emerged during peoples enjoyment of lanterns in the Song Dynasty (960-1279). As riddle guessing

9、is interesting and full of wisdom, it has become popular among all social strata.,the Lantern,元宵节的食品，最早叫“ 浮元子” 后称“元宵” ，生意人还美其名曰“元宝” Lantern Festival food, first called floating Motoko after the Lantern, businessmen also euphemistically called ingot,Yuan Xiao,People will eat yuanxiao, or rice dumplin

10、gs on this day, so it is also called the Yuanxiao Festival.Yuanxiao also has another name, tangyuan. It is small dumpling balls made of glutinousrice flour with rose petals, sesame, bean paste, jujube paste, walnut meat, dried fruit, sugar and edible oil as filling. Tangyuan can be boiled, fried or

11、steamed. It tastes sweet and delicious,Tang Yuan,Whats more, tangyuan in Chinese has a similar pronunciation with tuanyuan”, meaning reunion. So people eat them to denote union, harmony and happiness for the family,the Lantern,Chinese valentines day,traditional society does not allow young girls to

12、go out freely, but they can go ha-nd in hand out of play fes-tivals, the Lantern Festival Flower lights is just the chance of a friendship, unmarried men and women lights the way through the flowers to find objects for their own. So the Lant-ern Festival is typical of Chinese Valentines Day,传统社会的年轻女孩不允许出外自由活动，但是过节却 可以结伴出来游玩，元宵节赏花灯正好是一个交谊 的机会，未婚男女借着赏花灯也顺便可以为自己物色 对象。所以元宵节可以说是地道的中国情人节,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 ev