【正文】 remains from the cremation of Buddha39。s 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 , the Buddhist rite developed into a grand festival among mon people and its influence expanded from the Central Plains to the whole of ，春節(jié)剛過，迎來的就是中國的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日元宵節(jié)。元宵主要的活動就是看燈。東漢明帝時期，明帝提倡佛教，聽說佛教有正月十五日僧人觀佛舍利，點燈敬佛的做法，就命令這一天夜晚在皇宮和寺廟里點燈敬佛，令士族庶民都掛燈。以后這種佛教禮儀節(jié)日逐漸形成民間盛大的節(jié)日。該節(jié)經(jīng)歷了由宮廷到民間，由中原到全國的發(fā)展過程。Till today, the lantern festival is still held each year around the of various shapes and sizes are hung in the streets, attracting countless will hold selfmade or bought lanterns to stroll with on the streets, extremely excited.“Guessing lantern riddles”is an essential part of the owners write riddles on a piece of paper and post them on the visitors have solutions to the riddles, they can pull the paper out and go to the lantern owners to check their they are right, they will get a little activity emerged during people39。s enjoyment of lanterns in the Song Dynasty(9601279).As riddle guessing is interesting and full of wisdom, it has bee popular among all social ，元宵點燈的習俗仍然在中國的各地流傳的，各式各樣美麗的花燈在這一天都會點亮，孩子們提著自制的燈籠走街串巷，非常高興。猜燈謎也是元宵節(jié)的一項重要活動，花燈的主人會將謎面寫在燈籠上，掛在門口，如果有人可以猜中，就能得到小小的禮物。這項活動最早起源于宋朝，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。People will eat yuanxiao, or rice dumplings, on this day, so it is also called the “Yuanxiao Festival.”Yuanxiao also has another name, 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 can be boiled, fried or tastes sweet and ’s more, tangyuan in Chinese has a similar pronunciation with tuanyuan”, meaning people eat them to denote union, harmony and happiness for the 。元宵由糯米制成，或?qū)嵭?，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”，后來又叫“湯團”或“湯圓”，這些名稱“團圓”字音相近，取團圓之意，象征全家人團團圓圓，和睦幸福，人們也以此懷念離別的親人,寄托了 1對未來生活的美好愿望。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 the night, except for magnificent lanterns, fireworks form a beautiful families spare some fireworks from the Spring Festival and let them off in the Lantern local governments will even organize a fireworks the night when the first full moon enters the New Year, people bee really intoxicated by the imposing fireworks and bright moon in the ，元宵節(jié)的活動越來越多，白天有耍龍燈、耍獅子、踩高蹺、劃旱船扭秧歌、打太平鼓等傳統(tǒng)民俗表演。到了夜晚，除了五顏六色的美花燈之外，還有艷麗多姿的煙火。大多數(shù)家庭會在春節(jié)時留下一些煙花等到元宵節(jié)這天燃放，而一些地方政府也會舉辦煙花大會，當新年的第一個月圓之夜在盛大的煙火表演中來臨時，人們都陶醉在這令人難忘了煙花與皎潔的明月中。元宵節(jié)詞匯元宵節(jié)：festival of lanterns，lantern festival dumplings元宵：the rice glue ball燈謎：riddles written on lanterns燈具：lamps and lanterns燈花snuff燈籠褲 bloomers galligaskins knickers pantalettes plus fours燈籠lantern scaldfish燈塔beacon lighthouse pharos燈語lamp signal燈油kerosene lamp oil燈心蜻蜓 damselfly元宵節(jié)的由來Lantern FestivalThe 15th day of the 1st lunar month is the Chinese Lantern Festival because the first lunar month is called yuanmonth and in the ancient times people called night 15th day is the first night to see a full the day is also called Yuan Xiao Festival in 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 for people to this time, people will try to solve the puzzles on the lanterns and eat yuanxiao(glutinous rice ball)and get all their families united in the joyful atmosphere.