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1、关于元宵节的英文资料 anotherlegendassociatesthelanternfestivalwithtaoism.tianguanisthetaoistgodresponsibleforgoodfortune.hisbirthdayfallsonthe15thdayofthefirstlunarmonth.itissaidthattianguanlikesalltypesofentertainment.sofollowerspreparevariouskindsofactivitiesduringwhichtheyprayforgoodfortune. thethirdstorya
2、bouttheoriginofthefestivalislikethis.buddhismfirstenteredchinaduringthereignofemperormingdioftheeasternhandynasty.thatwasinthefirstcentury.however,itdidnotexertanygreatinfluenceamongthechinesepeople.oneday,emperormingdihadadreamaboutagoldmaninhispalace.attheverymomentwhenhewasabouttoaskthemysterious
3、figurewhohewas,thegoldmansuddenlyrosetotheskyanddisappearedinthewest.thenextday,emperormingdisentascholartoindiaonapilgrimage（朝圣）tolocatebuddhistscriptures.afterjourneyingthousandsofmiles,thescholarfinallyreturnedwiththescriptures.emperormingdiorderedthatatemplebebuilttohouseastatueofbuddhaandservea
4、sarepositoryforthescriptures.followersbelievethatthepowerofbuddhacandispeldarkness.soemperormingdiorderedhissubjectstodisplaylightedlanternsduringwhatwastobeethelanternfestival. yuanxiao besidesentertainmentandbeautifullanterns,anotherimportantpartofthelanternfestival,oryuanxiaofestivaliseatingsmall
5、dumplingballsmadeofglutinousriceflour.wecalltheseballsyuanxiaoortangyuan.obviously,theygetthenamefromthefestivalitself.itissaidthatthecustomofeatingyuanxiaooriginatedduringtheeasternjindynastyinthefourthcentuty,thenbecamepopularduringthetangandsongperiods. thefillingsinsidethedumplingsoryuansiaoaree
6、ithersweetorsalty.sweetfillingsaremadeofsugar,walnuts（胡桃）,sesame,osmanthusflowers（桂花）,rosepetals,sweetenedtangerinepeel,beanpaste,orjujubepaste（枣泥）.asingleingredientoranybinationcanbeusedasthefilling.thesaltyvarietyisfilledwithmincedmeat,vegetablesoramixture. thewaytomakeyuanxiaoalsovariesbetweennor
7、thernandsouthernchina.theusualmethodfollowedinsouthernprovincesistoshapethedoughofriceflourintoballs,makeahole,insertthefilling,thenclosetheholeandsmoothoutthedumplingbyrollingitbetweenyourhands.innorthchina,sweetornonmeatstuffingistheusualingredient.thefillingsarepressedintohardenedcores,dippedligh
8、tlyinwaterandrolledinaflatbasketcontainingdryglutinousriceflour.alayeroftheflourstickstothefilling,whichisthenagaindippedinwaterandrolledasecondtimeinthericeflour.andsoitgoes,likerollingasnowball,untilthedumplingisthedesiredsize. origin therearemanydifferentbeliefsabouttheoriginofthelanternfestival.
9、butonethingforsureisthatithadsomethingtodowithreligiousworship. onelegendtellsusthatitwasatimetoworshiptaiyi,thegodofheaveninancienttimes.thebeliefwasthatthegodofheavencontrolledthedestinyofthehumanworld.hehadsixteendragonsathisbeckandcallandhedecidedwhentoinflictdrought,storms,famineorpestilence（瘟疫
10、）uponhumanbeings.beginningwithqinshihuang,thefirstemperortounitethecountry,allsubsequentemperorsorderedsplendidceremonieseachyear.theemperorwouldasktaiyitobringfavorableweatherandgoodhealthtohimandhispeople.emperorwudiofthehandynastydirectedspecialattentiontothisevent.in104bc,heproclaimeditoneofthem
11、ostimportantcelebrationsandtheceremonywouldlastthroughoutthenight. anotherlegendassociatesthelanternfestivalwithtaoism.tianguanisthetaoistgodresponsibleforgoodfortune.hisbirthdayfallsonthe15thdayofthefirstlunarmonth.itissaidthattianguanlikesalltypesofentertainment.sofollowerspreparevariouskindsofact
12、ivitiesduringwhichtheyprayforgoodfortune. thethirdstoryabouttheoriginofthefestivalislikethis.buddhismfirstenteredchinaduringthereignofemperormingdioftheeasternhandynasty.thatwasinthefirstcentury.however,itdidnotexertanygreatinfluenceamongthechinesepeople.oneday,emperormingdihadadreamaboutagoldmaninh
13、ispalace.attheverymomentwhenhewasabouttoaskthemysteriousfigurewhohewas,thegoldmansuddenlyrosetotheskyanddisappearedinthewest.thenextday,emperormingdisentascholartoindiaonapilgrimage（朝圣）tolocatebuddhistscriptures.afterjourneyingthousandsofmiles,thescholarfinallyreturnedwiththescriptures.emperormingdi
14、orderedthatatemplebebuilttohouseastatueofbuddhaandserveasarepositoryforthescriptures.followersbelievethatthepowerofbuddhacandispeldarkness.soemperormingdiorderedhissubjectstodisplaylightedlanternsduringwhatwastobeethelanternfestival. yuanxiao besidesentertainmentandbeautifullanterns,anotherimportant
15、partofthelanternfestival,oryuanxiaofestivaliseatingsmalldumplingballsmadeofglutinousriceflour.wecalltheseballsyuanxiaoortangyuan.obviously,theygetthenamefromthefestivalitself.itissaidthatthecustomofeatingyuanxiaooriginatedduringtheeasternjindynastyinthefourthcentuty,thenbecamepopularduringthetangand
16、songperiods. thefillingsinsidethedumplingsoryuansiaoareeithersweetorsalty.sweetfillingsaremadeofsugar,walnuts（胡桃）,sesame,osmanthusflowers（桂花）,rosepetals,sweetenedtangerinepeel,beanpaste,orjujubepaste（枣泥）.asingleingredientoranybinationcanbeusedasthefilling.thesaltyvarietyisfilledwithmincedmeat,vegetablesoramixture. thewaytomakeyuanxiaoalsovariesbetweennorthernandsouthernchina.theusu
