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元宵节的意义
The Lantern Festival, also known as Shangyuan Festival, Xiaozhengmu, Yuanxi or Lantern Festival, is one of the traditional Chinese festivals, which takes place on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar every year.
It is the first full moon of the new year, symbolizing unity and perfection.
它是新的一年的第一次满月,象征着团圆和美。
元宵节的英文表达
权威的《大英百科全书》(Encyclopaedia Britannica)以Lantern Festival收录了元宵节,说它又称Yuan Xiao Festival(“元宵”音译 + 节)。当代的网络百科巨擘维基百科(Wikipedia)也以Lantern Festival收录了元宵节,言其或称Spring Lantern Festival(字面“春天灯笼节”)。卷帙浩繁的《牛津英语词典》(Oxford English Dictionary,简称OED)是英语世界的至尊,没有收录元宵节,却收录了节令食品的yuan hsiao(元宵,威妥玛拼音),并在定义里以Chinese Lantern Festival(字面“华人灯笼节”)指称元宵节。
综上,约定俗成、流通甚广的元宵节英文表达为——Lantern Festival。
元宵:Yuanxiao
the rice glue ball
sweet dumplings
汤圆:glutinous rice balls
glue pudding
sweet dumplings
糯米 glutinous rice
糯米粉 glutinous rice flour
馅料 filling
芝麻馅 sesame paste
花生馅 peanut paste
豆沙馅 bean paste
玫瑰馅 rose petals
笸箩 shallow basket
咸蛋黄馅 salted egg yolk petals
山楂馅 hawthorn petals
2、习俗词汇
舞龙/舞狮: lion / dragon dance
猜灯谜: guess lantern riddles
赏花灯: enjoy beautiful lanterns
灯会: exhibit of lanterns
耍龙灯: dragon lantern dancing
踩高跷: walking on stilts
扭秧歌: yangko/yangge dance
放烟火: let off fireworks
焰火大会: fireworks party
元宵庙会: Lantern Festival's temple fair
和睦团圆: unity and perfection
看烟火: watch fireworks
耍龙灯: a dragon lantern dance
划旱船: land boat dancing
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元宵节的由来
Chinese started to celebrate the Lantern Festival since the Han Dynasty. It was a time when Buddhism flourished. One emperor ordered to light lanterns in the imperial palace and temples to show respect to Buddha on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Later, this Buddhist rite gradually developed into a grand festival among common people and its influence expanded from the Central Plains to the whole of China.
早在汉代(公元前206年~公元221年)中国人就开始庆祝元宵节了。那时佛教非常繁荣,一位皇帝就下令在阴历正月十五在皇宫中点挂灯笼,以此来表达对佛的尊崇。后来,这一佛教仪式慢慢演化成寻常百姓的盛大节日,其影响也从中原扩大到了整个中国。