1、,lantern festival,catalogue,Origin（起源）Legend（传说）Convention（习俗）FoodChinese valentines day,The 15th day of the 1st lunar month is the Chinese Lantern Festival because the first lunar month is called yuan-month and in the ancient times people called night Xiao. The 15th day is the first night to see a
2、full moon. So the day is also called Yuan Xiao Festival in China. According 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 appreciate. At this time, people will
3、try to solve the puzzles on the lanterns and eat yuanxiao (glutinous rice ball) and get all their families united in the joyful atmosphere.,Happy Lantern Festival,Origin,关于元宵节的起源有三种说法1.正月十五在西汉已经受到重视，不过，正月十五真正作为民俗节日是在汉魏之后。,On the origin of the Lantern Festival, there are three claims 1.Lantern Festiv
4、al has been valued in the We-stern Han Dynasty ， However, the Lantern Festival is truly a folk festival, after the Han.,origin,2.元宵节起源于火把节 3.元宵燃灯的习俗起源于道教的“三元说,2. Lantern Festival ori-ginated in the Torch F-estival 3. Lantern Festival ori-ginated in Taoist prac-tices Enlightening the “Three said,LOGO
5、,legend,汉文帝时为纪念“平吕”而设 东方朔与元宵姑娘 袁世凯与元宵,When Emperor Wen of Han to commemorate the “Ping Lu,“ designed Dong fangshuo and Yu-an xiao Yuan shikai and xuanxiao,convention,guess the riddle （猜灯谜）,lion dance舞狮子,play the dragon lantern耍龙 灯,走百病,a land boat dance（划旱船,convention,stilt walk（踩高跷）,逐鼠,This days imp
6、ortant activity is watching lanterns. Lanterns of various shapes and sizes are hung in the streets, attracting countless visitors. Children will hold self-made or bought lanterns to stroll with on the streets, extremely excited. “,Watching lanterns,Guessing lantern riddles,Guessing lantern riddles“i
7、s an essential part of the Festival. Lantern owners write riddleson a piece of paper and post them on the lanterns. If visitors 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
8、emerged during peoples enjoyment of lanterns in the Song Dynasty (960-1279). As riddle guessing is interesting and full of wisdom, it has become popular among all social strata.,In the daytime of the Festival, performances such as a dragon lantern dance, a lion dance, a land boat dance, a yangge dan
9、ce, walking on stilts and beating drums while dancing will be staged.,Performances in the street,On the night, except for magnificent lanterns, fireworks form a beautiful scene. Most families spare some fireworks from the Spring Festival and let them off in the Lantern Festival. Some local governmen
10、ts will even organize a fireworks party. On the night when the first full moon enters the New Year, people become really intoxicated by the imposing fireworks and bright moon in the sky.,fireworks,food,元宵节的食品，最早叫“ 浮元子” 后称“元宵” ，生意人还美其名曰“元宝” Lantern Festival food, first called “floating Motoko“ after
11、“the Lantern“, businessmen also euphemistically called “ingot“,Yuan Xiao,People will eat yuanxiao, or rice dumplings on this day, so it is also called the “Yuanxiao Festival.“Yuanxiao also has another name, tangyuan. It is small dumpling balls made of glutinousrice flour with rose petals, sesame, be
12、an 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, tangyuan in Chinese has a similar pronunciation with “tuanyuan”, meaning reunion. So people eat them to denote union, harmony and ha
13、ppiness for the family.,Tang Yuan,Chinese valentines day,传统社会的年轻女孩不允许出外自由活动，但是过节却可以结伴出来游玩，元宵节赏花灯正好是一个交谊的机会，未婚男女借着赏花灯也顺便可以为自己物色对象。所以元宵节可以说是地道的中国情人节,traditional society does not allow young girls to go out freely, but they can go ha-nd in hand out of play fes-tivals, the Lantern Festival Flower lights
14、 is just the chance of a friendship, unmarried men and women lights the way through the flowers to find objects for their own. So the Lant-ern Festival is typical of Chinese Valentines Day,Hundreds and thousands of times, for her I searched in chaos, suddenly, I turned by chance, to where the lights were waning, and there she stood！,众里寻她千百度，蓦然回首，那人却在灯火阑珊处。,Guess,thanks to viewing,
