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.
The chinese new year is now popularly known as the spring festival because it starts from the begining of spring (the first of the twenty-four terms in coodination with the changes of nature). its origin is too old to be traced. several explanations are hanging around. all agree, however, that the word nian, which in modern chinese solely means year, was originally the name of a monster beast that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of a new year.
One legend goes that the beast nian had a very big mouth that would swallow a great many people with one bite. people were very scared. one day, an old man came to their rescue, offering to subdue nian. to nian he said, i hear say that you are very capable, but can you swallow the other beasts of prey on earth instead of people who are by no means of your worthy opponents? so, it did swallow many of the beasts of prey on earth that also harrassed people and their domestic animals from time to time.
the chinese new year is now popularly known as the spring festival because it starts from the begining of spring (the first of the twenty-four terms in coodination with the changes of nature). its origin is too old to be traced. several explanations are hanging around. all agree, however, that the word nian, which in modern chinese solely means year, was originally the name of a monster beast that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of a new year.
one legend goes that the beast nian had a very big mouth that would swallow a great many people with one bite. people were very scared. one day, an old man came to their rescue, offering to subdue nian. to nian he said, i hear say that you are very capable, but can you swallow the other beasts of prey on earth instead of people who are by no means of your worthy opponents? so, it did swallow many of the beasts of prey on earth that also harrassed people and their domestic animals from time to time.
Today is the fifteenth day of the Lantern Festival, according to Chinese tradition, the family to get together and eat dumplings, our family is no exception.
Mother and grandmother in the kitchen busy along while, finally, steaming relish and tangyuan end on the table, white rice balls wrapped in the white sugar,, hawthorn fruit, peanut, eat in the mouth sweet, sour, sweet, contains our family in the New Year, happy HeHeMeiMei, best wishes.
After dinner, our family went to the street, I saw on the street is full of people on both sides and a variety of lanterns. Is a symbol of the geely festive lantern, there are all kinds of bright palace lantern, star light, circular lamp, firecrackers light... There are many shops, unit designed for their lights, keyboard switch, switch has a mobile phone, including the shape of bank card! So many beautiful lamp, see me dazzling. But I like our school or by making lanterns. It is made up of rows cute piggy lanterns, background is the teaching building of our school. Every pigs stomach, the small lights, they kept spinning, and at the same time also sent a beautiful voice, as if in said to us: "the pig happiness, study progress!"
On the way home, we saw a round moon, slowly grow up in the east, the bright moonlight, according to upon the earth with us. Mother said: "today, the moon, the earth, all in the same line, without any shade, also special it." We are enveloped in the moonlight, carrying lanterns, my little cat briskly back to the home.
Out of the window from time to time there are fireworks, firecrackers ring, our laughter through the unforgettable Lantern Festival.
the 15 th day of the 1st lunar month is the chinese 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.
during the lantern festival, people will try to solve the puzzles on the lanterns and eat yuan xiao .
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, the 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 yuan siao 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.
Today is the fifteenth day of the month, that is, the Lantern Festival. At night shower, I was attracted to the balcony by a cheering sound. I quickly ran over, looked up, sky full of fireworks, the original is the Lantern Festival fireworks. My sister and my mother, aunt, uncle, father to watch the fireworks together.
The fireworks are like the lotus flowers in full bloom; some are like the open lilies, a bit like an open fan; more like a small lamp illuminates the sky like a meteor shower, , Colorful. This is the most beautiful fireworks I've ever seen.
I really like this moment of brilliant. I really hope Grandpa can see such a beautiful fireworks.
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.
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.
festival of lanterns.i spent the festival of lanterns with my grandparents this year.
my family went to my grandparents‘ home and had dinner with them.we had lots of sweet dumpl ins. after the dinner, my grandparents and i went out to play fireworks.
we had a very good time together.
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.
Tomorrow is the fifteen Lantern Festival, on this day, all have held a grand festival, lantern riddles, eating lantern, lamp, kids playing lanterns, can be happy. I look up the history of the Lantern Festival and learn from all of you. I wish you a happy holiday!
The Lantern Festival has two thousand years of history in Chinese, also known as the "Lantern Festival", also known as the "Lantern Festival" or "Dengxi". According to Chinese ancient custom, "Yuan" means the moon circle, a year in the so-called "three yuan" the fifteen known as the "spring" in July fifteen, known as the "ghost", in October fifteen called "Yuan"; the fifteen is the year the first full moon night, is also one yuan the return of the night, Spring returns to the earth, people have to celebrate and celebrate the Spring Festival and Lantern Festival, also known as the "spring festival". "The night" is also the night, so the Lantern Festival also has the meaning of the first round night of the year.
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.
Tangyuan is made from glutinous rice flour. You can prepare glutinous rice flour in a bowl and slowly add hot water until they mix into dough. Then you can pinch off the dough and roll them into small balls.
Then you can fill tangyuan with either sweet or savoury fillings. Sweet fillings are often made from peanut butter, black sesame seeds or red beans. But some people prefer the savoury fillings made from meat, mushroom and green vegetables.
Then try to enwrap all the fillings into glutinous rice dough.
You can make different forms for different fillings.
Ready? Then you can drop these balls into boiling water and cook them for about 8 minutes until they float. Okay, Just enjoy them!
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.
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.
he Lantern Festival is a very busy day. On the Lantern Festival this year, I went to the small square with my mom and dad to watch the Lantern Festival. When we walk on the road, I see the small square is a sea of people, very lively. I can't wait to get a small square, where the lights are all kinds of pagoda shaped, with lights, big fish shaped lamps, saw a whoosh, a fireworks into the sky, in the sky from colorful light.
One of the lanterns slowly rising into the sky and gradually drifted toward the east.
After watching the lights and returning home, I decided that next year's Lantern Festival would also go to the small square to see the lights. I believe that the Lantern Festival next year will be more lively than this year.
Today, it is our country's annual traditional festival -the Lantern Festival. Tangyuan stands for reunion.
During the day, my family and I went to shopping park in xintiandi. The shopping mall is full of everything. Customers are happy to buy things they like.
The people at the amusement park were also enjoying themselves. Some are sitting on a mountain dragon: some are sitting on a revolving cup: some are sitting in a flying chair; My favorite bumper cars lined up.
In the evening, we went to the victory park to enjoy the ice lanterns and guess the fans. The park was ablaze with lights and voices. Back at home, the family ate dumplings together. Mother said that she did not have so much fun, good-looking, now living standards and the strength of the motherland is inseparable. I will study hard and contribute my strength to the prosperity of our motherland.
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 yuanxiao. 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.
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.
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 evening of the Lantern Festival, my parents and I a line of six people went to the square to see fireworks together.Along the way, the lamp can be more people, men and women, old and young, they happily juggle said laughing, the whole city is a festival atmosphere.
Suddenly, a "missile" spray a fly to the sky, almost like flying, exploded in the sky, the colorful paratroopers float however, disappeared when fast to the ground.A few "meteor across the sky," see, the meteor shine, fly to the clouds, then there is countless small fireworks, small fireworks scratching noise frighten my brother quickly cover your ears, for a while, small fireworks then vanished without a trace.
Lantern Festival can be noisy at night, watching lanterns people mountain people sea, people laugh by words, I thought it was dreaming, but it is indeed true.
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.
Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festival, embodying the wisdom of the Chinese people and the emotion, thousands of words also couldn't say for sure, I will say today I of the Lantern Festival.
We want to eat dumplings every year, and the moral of dumplings is a reunion, as long as the family together the feeling of happiness like in filling sweetness, let people never forget! As long as the family reunion is better than thousands of gifts, as long as the family can gather together a cup of the celebration, eliminates the loneliness of the New Year, this is more than the countless blessings must warm!
Suddenly The New Year's bell sounded, suddenly boiling city! Than the fireworks into the sky, such as silver arrows, such as meteor, more like a small ball of fire into the night, they through the night, fireworks together, then exploded, painted on the sky the bright flowers, light interweave together, for the night paint a beautiful picture. And then introduced into our ears, a deafening explosion that were eliminated, at this time in the coming year the New Year passed from fireworks explosions!
The Lantern Festival, blended in the festival of the Chinese emotions, let all people never forget!
Lantern Festival is the fifteenth day of the first month. It is a happy holiday. The main thing about the festival is the lantern show and the lion dance.
On the night of the Lantern Festival, people go shopping with all kinds of colorful lanterns and enjoy dancing dragon lions, guessing lantern riddles and playing games under the full moon.
Yuan xiao is a food that must be eaten for the Lantern Festival. It is also a special food for the Lantern Festival. It is very sweet, with black sesame seeds and peanuts.
I like to eat sweet yuan xiao, like to see colorful lanterns, like to do fun, fun games, more like to guess on the lantern riddles, more like this happy Lantern Festival.
The 15th day of the 1st lunar month is the Chinese 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.During the Lantern Festival, people will try to solve the puzzles on the lanterns and eat yuanxiao (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, the 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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Like most Chinese festivals, the Lantern Festival has its own special food, called “tang yuan”. These are round, glutinous rice dumplings with sweet or spicy fillings.
The dumplings are said to symbolize both the first full moon and family utility and completeness. Part of the lantern festival tradition involves a game to guess riddles attached to the lanterns.
In the old days the riddles were obscure literary allusions to the Chinese classics and so were mainly the preserve of the educated classes. Stilt-walking, drumming and dragon and lion dancing are the main entertainment forms of the Lantern Festival.