Question

 

你的加拿大網友Roger想了解中國的傳統節日，請你給他寫一封電子郵件，向他介紹中國的元宵節(the Lantern Festival)。內容如下：

    1．時間：正月十五；

    2．歷史：起源于漢，興盛于唐，宋朝時成為時間最長的燈節，清朝時規模空前；

    3．習俗：賞燈、猜燈謎、吃元宵、耍龍燈、耍獅子、踩高蹺(stilt)、劃旱船(1and boat)、扭秧歌、打太平鼓等等；

    4．意義：正月十五是一年中第一個月圓之夜，也是一年復始，大地回春的夜晚，人們對此加以慶祝，也是慶賀新春的延續。

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

 Dear Roger,

     Thank you for your letter. You have said you want to know something about Chinese festivals. And now I’d like to talk about the Lantern Festival.

The Lantern Festival is on the fifteenth day after the Chinese lunar New Year. It can date back to the Han Dynasty. When it came into the Tang Dynasty, the festival became quite popular. In the Song Dynasty, it turned into a festival which lasted for longest time. And in the Qing Dynasty, it developed to be the largest one.

There are quite a lot of traditions for this day. On this festival, we Chinese often enjoy lanterns, guess riddles written on the lanterns, eating yuanxiao(a kind of rice glue ball), step on stilts and row land boats, etc.

As a traditional festival, it has a profound meaning in China. It is the first day when the moon is full round in the Chinese lunar calendar, and it’s also the beginning of the year when spring starts. With celebrating the festival, people also celebrate the lasting of the New Year.

                                                           Lovely yours,

                                                           Wang Ming