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中国四大传统节日：春节，中秋节，端午节，清明节
元宵节
The Lantern Festival ( 元宵节) is the last day of the Chinese New Year celebration. This day is for the last moment for setting off fireworks, the last excuse for eating a big feast and the last chance for family getting together before the “年”
celebrations are over. (Latern Festival is also a traditional time of celebration for foreigners who live in China).
The Lantern Festival, the 15th of the first month of the lunar calendar, is the first full moon of the year. Celebrations and traditions on this day date back to the Western Han Dynasty.
Traditions for this festival: as the name indicates, hanging and looking at
lanterns is the main tradition. Lanterns of various shapes and sizes are displayed on trees, or along river banks.
Parents often take their children to Lantern Fairs and sometimes lucky kids
even get a mini toy lantern.
Another tradition is guessing lantern riddles. These are riddles that are hung on lanterns for people to shoot down and solve. The riddles are usually short, wise, and sometimes humorous. The answer to a riddle can be a Chinese character, a famous person's name, a place name or a proverb. This tradition has become a popular game with serious staying power even as social development changes other traditions.
Other than that, the most important thing to do today is to eat sweet
dumplings. In northern China, sweet dumplings made of glutinous rice flour are
. Typical sweet while in southern part they are called “汤圆” called “元宵” dumplings
are filled with black sesame sauce, sweetened bean paste, or hawthorn.
today is like a game or an activity, so it's seldom done without a Making “元宵” reason and a group of friends or family present to help out.
端午节The Dragon Boat Festival, also called the Duanwu Festival, is celebrated on the fifth
day
of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. For thousands of years, the festival wrapped to form a pyramid using has been marked by eating zong zi （glutinous rice （糯米）boats. racing or bamboo dragon reed leaves） and southern in The festival is best known for the its dragon-boat especially races, commemorates the （赛舟会）provinces where there are many rivers and lakes. Thisregattadeath of Qu Yuan , an honest minister who is said to have committed suicide by drowning himself in a river. Qu was a minister of the State of Chu situated in present-day Hunan and was He （战国时期）Period（475-221BC）Hubei provinces, during theWarring States . upright, loyal and highly esteemed for his wise counsel that brought peace and prosperity to the state. However, when a dishonest and corrupt prince vilified Qu, he was disgraced and dismissed from office. Realizing that the country was now in the hands of evil and corrupt officials, Qu grabbed a large stone and leapt into the Miluo River on the fifth day of to unable him but were rushed over to try and save the fifth month. Nearby fishermen even recover his body. Thereafter, the state declined and was eventually conquered by Qin. of the State
The people of Chu who mourned the death of Qu threw rice into the river to feed his ghost every year on the fifth day of the fifth month. But one year, the spirit of Qu appeared and told the mourners that a hugereptile （爬行动物）in the river had stolen the rice. The
spirit then advised them to wrap the rice in silk and bind it with five different-colored threads before tossing it into the river.
to is eaten During the Duanwu Festival, a glutinous rice pudding called zong zi
莲seeds （the symbolize rice offerings to Qu. Ingredients such as beans,lotus
,pork fat and the golden yolk of a salted duck egg are often added （栗子）子）,chestnutsto the glutinous rice. The pudding is then wrapped with bamboo leaves, bound with a kind hours. salt water for of raffia and boiled in
Qu's and to rescue The dragon-boat races symbolize the many attempts recover
body. A typical dragon boat ranges from 50-100 feet in length, with a beam of about 5.5 side. by seated side feet, accommodating two paddlers
