农历正月十五日，是我国传统节日元宵节。正月是农历的元月，古人称夜为“宵”，而十五日又是一年中第一个月圆之夜，所以称正月十五为元宵节。又称为小正月、元夕或灯节，是春节之后的第一个重要节日。以下是小编帮大家整理的元宵节的来历英语版，欢迎大家借鉴与参考，希望对大家有所帮助。
元宵节的来历英语版一
The 15thday of the 1st lunar month is the Chinese Lantern Festival. At the verybeginning of a new year, there should be thousands of colorful lanterns hungout.
During the Lantern Festival,people will try to solve the puzzles on the lanterns and eat yuanxiao.
In the SuiDynasty in the sixth century, Emperor Yangdi used to see the colorful lightedlanterns and enjoy the gala performances.
By thebeginning of the Tang Dynasty, the lantern displays would last three days.
In theSong Dynasty, the festival was celebrated for five days and the activitiesbegan to spread to many of the big cities in China.
Today, the displaying of lanternsis still a big event on the 15th day of the first lunar month throughout China.
元宵节的来历英语版二
The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, usually in February or March in the Gregorian calendar. As early as the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25), it had become a festival with great significance.
This days important activity is watching lanterns. Throughout the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), Buddhism flourished in China. One emperor heard that Buddhist monks would watch sarira, or remains from the cremation of Buddhas body, and light lanterns to worship Buddha on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, so he ordered to light lanterns in the imperial palace and temples to show respect to Buddha on this day. Later, the Buddhist rite developed into a grand festival among common people and its influence expanded from the Central Plains to the whole of China.
Till today, the lantern festival is still held each year around the country. Lanterns of various shapes and sizes are 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"is an essential part of the Festival.
Lantern owners write riddles on a piece of paper and post them 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 is interesting and full of wisdom, it has become popular among all social strata.
People will eat yuanxiao, or rice dumplings, on this day, so it is also called the "Yuanxiao Festival."Yuanxiao also has another name, tangyuan. It is small dumpling balls made of glutinous rice 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 steamed. It tastes sweet and delicious. What’s 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.
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.
元宵节的习俗
1. Eat "Yuanxiao (Filled round balls made of glutinous rice-flour for Lantern Festival)"
Eating Yuanxiao (Filled round balls made of glutinous rice-flour for Lantern Festival) on the 15th day of the first month is a long-standing custom in China. Yuanxiao (Filled round balls made of glutinous rice-flour for Lantern Festival), or "rice dumpling", has different ingredients and flavors, but eating Yuanxiao (Filled round balls made of glutinous rice-flour for Lantern Festival) represents the same meaning. Representing reunion, harmony, and beauty, the days have become increasingly prosperous. As the saying goes, harmony brings wealth. The harmony and reunion of a family are crucial factors for a complete family. Therefore, we must have "Yuanxiao (Filled round balls made of glutinous rice-flour for Lantern Festival)" with our families on Yuanxiao (Filled round balls made of glutinous rice-flour for Lantern Festival) Festival.
2. "Sending Flower Lanterns"
"Sending flower lanterns", abbreviated as "sending lanterns", actually means sending children lanterns. That is, before the Yuanxiao (Filled round balls made of glutinous rice-flour for Lantern Festival) Festival, the parents sent lanterns to the newly married daughters house, or ordinary relatives and friends sent lanterns to the newly married and sterile house in order to add Ding Jizhao, because "lamp" is homophonic with "Ding". I hope my daughter will have a bright future after marriage and have a baby named Linzi early; If your daughter is pregnant, in addition to the big palace lamp, you should also give one or two pairs of small lanterns as a gift, wishing your daughter a safe pregnancy.
3. Playing dragon lanterns
The dragon is a totem of China, and the Chinese nation worships the dragon as a symbol of auspiciousness. The festive atmosphere of singing and dancing with dragon lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month has been passed down in many places.
4. Dancing Lion
Lion dance, also known as "lion dance," "lion lantern," or "lion dance," is often performed during festivals and festive events. In the eyes of the Chinese people, lions are considered auspicious beasts, symbolizing good luck and good luck. Therefore, in lion dance activities, they embody the peoples desire to eliminate disasters and seek blessings.
5. Guessing lantern riddles
Every Yuanxiao (Filled round balls made of glutinous rice-flour for Lantern Festival), riddles are played everywhere. I hope this year will be happy and peaceful. Because riddles can inspire wisdom and have great interest, they are highly popular among various social classes during their transmission. During the Tang and Song dynasties, various acrobatic skills began to emerge in the lantern market. In addition to lantern riddles and traditional Chinese opera performances, the lantern markets of the Ming and Qing dynasties also included traditional Chinese opera performances.
6. Step on stilts
Stilts are usually organized by the masses spontaneously. Starting from the 11th and 12th of the first lunar month, people will step on the streets, symbolizing that among the many folk flower festivals, they will sign up this year. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, it officially goes on the streets until the end of the eighteenth square.
7. Viewing Lights
Watching lanterns is a traditional folk activity of the Han nationality during the Yuanxiao (Filled round balls made of glutinous rice-flour for Lantern Festival). During the Yongping period of Emperor Ming of Han (58-75 AD), due to Emperor Mings advocacy of Buddhism, Cai Yin returned from India to seek Buddhism. He claimed that every 15th day of the first lunar month in the country of Mahayana in India, monks gather to pay their respects to the Buddhas relics, making it an auspicious day to visit the Buddha. In order to promote Buddhism, Emperor Ming of Han ordered the burning of lanterns in the palace and temples on the fifteenth night of the first lunar month. Since then, the custom of Yuanxiao (Filled round balls made of glutinous rice-flour for Lantern Festival) has spread to the Han people from being held only in the palace. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, both aristocrats and commoners would hang lanterns, and urban and rural areas would be brightly lit overnight.
8. Walking through various diseases
"Walking through all kinds of illnesses", also known as "traveling through all kinds of illnesses", "dispersing all kinds of illnesses", "grilling all kinds of illnesses", "walking bridges", etc., is an activity of eliminating disasters and praying for health. On the night of Yuanxiao (Filled round balls made of glutinous rice-flour for Lantern Festival), women go out together and travel together. When they see the bridge, they will cross it. They think it can cure diseases and prolong life.
9. Yingzi Gu
Zi Gu, also known as Qi Gu, is commonly referred to as Toilet Gu or Pit San Gu in the north. In ancient folk customs, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, one should welcome the toilet god Zigu and offer sacrifices, perform divination of silkworm and mulberry, and take care of various affairs. On the night of welcoming Zigu, people use straw, cloth, and other materials to tie up a portrait of Zigu in the size of a real person, and worship her in the pig pen in the restroom at night. Truly reflecting the thoughts and emotions of hardworking people who are kind, loyal, and sympathetic to the weak.
10. Chasing mice
The rat hunt is held on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Silkworm farmers cook a large pot of sticky Congee on the 15th day of the first lunar month. Some of them cover it with a layer of meat, put the Congee in a bowl, put it on the ceiling where mice haunt, in the corner of the wall, and recite while putting it in their mouth. They curse the mice that they will not die if they eat the silkworm babies again. Legend has it that by doing so, this years mice will not be able to eat silkworms.