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1、有关元宵节作文大全:元宵节风俗he 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 bee a festival with great significance.This days important activity is watching lanterns.Throughout the H
2、an 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 te
3、mples to show respect to Buddha on this day.Later, the Buddhist rite developed into a grand festival among mon people and its influence e_panded 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 si
4、zes are hung in the streets, attracting countless visitors.Children will hold self-made or bought lanterns to stroll with on the streets, e_tremely e_cited.Guessing lantern riddlesis an essential part of the Festival.Lantern owners write riddles on a piece of paper and post them on the lanterns.If v
5、isitors 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
6、wisdom, it has bee popular among all social strata.People will eat yuan_iao, or rice dumplings, on this day, so it is also called the Yuan_iao Festival.Yuan_iao 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.Whats more, tang第 页 共 页
