描寫元宵節的英語作文

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　　XXX篇一

　　The Lantern Festival, which occurs on the 15-th day of the First Month of the Chinese Year, marks the end of the New Year's Holidays.

　　Lanterns are everywhere. A most interesting tradition is the posting of riddles called 'Lantern Riddles.'

　　Riddles are written on pieces of paper and posted on lanterns or wall. Any one solving the riddle is awarded a prize.

　　And the food for lantern festival is Tang Yuan, i have made some Tang Yuan in a ginger soup, my wife got a serious cold, so i cooked a pot of ginger soup for her.

　　I look forward to the next spring festival.

　　XXX篇二

　　Lantern Festival is a China's traditional festival. It is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar year.

　　I,antern Festival is one of the biggest holidays in China. Several days before Lantern Festival, people begin to make lanterns.

　　Lanterns are made in the shape of different animals, vegetables, fruits and many, other things. While making lanterns people usually write riddles on lanterns.

　　On the eve of Lantern Festival, all the lanterns are hung up.

　　On Lantern Festival people go outside to have a look at the lanterns and guess the riddles on the lanterns.

　　Perhaps you call see some wonderful folk performances,Dragon Dance and Yangko. Everything is very interesting and everyone is very happy.

　　Our life is rich and varied.

　　XXX篇三

　　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.

　　XXX篇四

　　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 rice pudding and zong zi ***glutinous rice wrapped up in reed leaves***, 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.