元宵的介紹英文版範文

　　在經濟全球化的今天，我們要讓外國的朋友們也瞭解我們的元宵節，那麼用英文該如何介紹元宵節呢?下面是小編為大家整理的，希望大家喜歡!

　　元宵的英文介紹

　　The Lantern Festival 元宵節 is the last day of the Chinese New Year celebration. This day is for the last moment for setting off fireworks, the last excuse for eating a big feast and the last chance for family getting together before the “年” celebrations are over. Latern Festival is also a traditional time of celebration for foreigners who live in China.

　　The Lantern Festival, the 15th of the first month of the lunar calendar, is the first full moon of the year. Celebrations and traditions on this day date back to the Western Han Dynasty.

　　Traditions for this festival: as the name indicates, hanging and looking at lanterns is the main tradition. Lanterns of various shapes and sizes are displayed on trees, or along river banks.

　　Parents often take their children to Lantern Fairs and sometimes lucky kids even get a mini toy lantern.

　　Another tradition is guessing lantern riddles. These are riddles that are hung on lanterns for people to shoot down and solve. The riddles are usually short, wise, and sometimes humorous. The answer to a riddle can be a Chinese character, a famous person's name, a place name or a proverb. This tradition has become a popular game with serious staying power even as social development changes other traditions.

　　Other than that, the most important thing to do today is to eat sweet dumplings. In northern China, sweet dumplings made of glutinous rice flour are called “元宵” while in southern part they are called “湯圓”. Typical sweet dumplings are filled with black sesame sauce, sweetened bean paste, or hawthorn. Making “元宵” today is like a game or an activity, so it's seldom done without a reason and a group of friends or family present to help out.

　　漢族元宵節過法

　　正月是農曆的元月，古代漢族稱夜為“宵”，所以稱正月十五為元宵節。正月十五日是一年中第一個月圓之夜，也是一元復始，大地回春的夜晚，人們對此加以慶祝，也是慶賀新春的延續。元宵節又稱為“上元節”。按中國民間的傳統，在這天上皓月高懸的夜晚，人們要點起彩燈萬盞，以示慶賀。出門賞月、燃燈放焰、喜猜燈謎、共吃元宵，閤家團聚、同慶佳節，其樂融融。

　　元宵節也稱燈節，元宵燃燈的風俗起自漢朝，到了唐代，賞燈活動更加興盛，皇宮裡、街道上處處掛燈，還要建立高大的燈輪、燈樓和燈樹，唐朝大詩人盧照鄰曾在《十五夜觀燈》中這樣描述元宵節燃燈的盛況“接漢疑星落，依樓似月懸。”宋代更重視元宵節，賞燈活動更加熱鬧，賞燈活動要進行5天，燈的樣式也更豐富。明代要連續賞燈10天，這是中國最長的燈節了。清代賞燈活動雖然只有3天，但是賞燈活動規模很大，盛況空前，除燃燈之外，還放煙花助興。

　　“猜燈謎”又叫“打燈謎”，是元宵節後增的一項活動，出現在宋朝。南宋時，首都臨安每逢元宵節時制迷，猜謎的人眾多。開始時是好事者把謎語寫在紙條上，貼在五光十色的彩燈上供人猜。因為謎語能啟迪智慧又饒有興趣，所以流傳過程中深受社會各階層的歡迎。

　　民間過元宵節吃元宵的習俗。元宵由糯米制成，或實心，或帶餡。餡有豆沙、白糖、山楂、各類果料等，食用時煮、煎、蒸、炸皆可。起初，人們把這種食物叫“浮圓子”，後來又叫“湯糰”或“湯圓”，這些名稱“團圓”字音相近，取團圓之意，象徵全家人團團圓圓，和睦幸福，人們也以此懷念離別的親人,寄託了對未來生活的美好願望。

　　一些地方的元宵節還有“走百病”的習俗，又稱“烤百病”“散百病”，參與者多為婦女，他們結伴而行或走牆邊，或過橋，走郊外，目的是驅病除災。隨著時間的推移，元宵節的活動越來越多，不少地方節慶時增加了耍龍燈、耍獅子、踩高蹺、劃旱船扭秧歌、打太平鼓等傳統民俗表演。這個傳承已有兩千多年的傳統節日，不僅盛行於海峽兩岸，就是在海外華人的聚居區也年年歡慶不衰。