Bilingual materials about the Lantern Festival

Bilingual materials about the Lantern Festival

Tangyuan made of glutinous rice flour. We call these balls Yuanxiao or Tangyuan. Obviously, they get their names from the festival itself. It is said that the custom of eating Yuanxiao originated in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and became popular in the Tang and Song Dynasties.

Is the stuffing in jiaozi or Yuanxiao sweet or salty? The sweet stuffing is made of sugar, walnut, sesame, osmanthus fragrans, rose petals, dried tangerine peel, red bean paste or jujube paste. A single ingredient or any net combination can be used as stuffing. Salty fillings include fresh meat, vegetables or a mixture of the two.

The methods of making Yuanxiao are also different in northern and southern China. The common practice in southern provinces is to knead rice noodles into balls, dig a hole, insert stuffing, then close the hole and roll jiaozi flat with both hands. In northern China, Sweden.

Chinese materials of Lantern Festival

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, just after the Spring Festival, the traditional festival Lantern Festival in China was ushered in.

The first month is the first month of the lunar calendar. The ancients called the night "Xiao", so they called the fifteenth day of the first month the Lantern Festival. The fifteenth day of the first month is the night of the first full moon in a year and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty. On the night of Spring Festival, people celebrate this festival and the continuation of the Spring Festival. Lantern Festival is also called "Shangyuan Festival".

According to the folk tradition in China, on this bright night, people light thousands of lanterns to celebrate. Going out to enjoy the moon, lighting and setting fires, enjoying lantern riddles, eating Yuanxiao, family reunion and celebrating festivals are all enjoyment.

Lantern Festival is also called Lantern Festival. The custom of burning lanterns in the Lantern Festival originated in the Han Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, the lantern viewing activities became more prosperous. Lights are hung everywhere in palaces and streets, and tall light wheels, light buildings and light trees have been built. Lu Zeng, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, described the grand occasion of the Lantern Festival in "Watching Lights at Fifteen Nights", saying that "the stars in the Han Dynasty fell, and the balcony was like a hanging moon."

In the Song Dynasty, more attention was paid to the Lantern Festival, and lantern viewing activities became more lively. The lantern viewing activity lasted for five days, and the styles of lanterns were more abundant. In the Ming Dynasty, the Lantern Festival will last 10 days, which is the longest Lantern Festival in China. Although there were only three days to enjoy the lanterns in the Qing Dynasty, the scale of the lantern viewing activities was unprecedented. Besides burning lanterns, fireworks are also set off for entertainment.

"Lantern riddle", also known as "playing riddles", is an activity added after the Lantern Festival, which appeared in the Song Dynasty. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Lin 'an, the capital, made riddles every Lantern Festival, and there were many people in solve riddles on the lanterns. At the beginning, it was a busybody who wrote riddles on paper and posted them on colorful lanterns for people to guess. Because riddles are enlightening and interesting, they are welcomed by all walks of life in the process of communication. Folk custom of eating Yuanxiao on Lantern Festival. Yuanxiao is made of glutinous rice, which can be solid or stuffed. Filled with bean paste, sugar, hawthorn, various fruit materials and so on. You can cook, fry, steam and fry when you eat. At first, people called this kind of food "Floating Zi Yuan", and later they called it "Tangtuan" or "Tangyuan". These names are similar in pronunciation, meaning reunion, symbolizing family reunion, harmony and happiness. People also miss their departed relatives and place their best wishes on their future lives.

In some places, the Lantern Festival also has the custom of "walking away from all diseases", which is also called "roasting all diseases" and "dispersing all diseases". Most of the participants are women. They walk together or against the wall, or across the bridge in the suburbs, in order to drive away diseases and eliminate disasters.

With the passage of time, there are more and more activities in the Lantern Festival, and many local festivals have added traditional folk performances such as playing dragon lanterns, playing lions, walking on stilts, rowing dry boats, dancing yangko and playing Taiping drums. This traditional festival, which has been passed down for more than two thousand years, is not only popular on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, but also celebrated every year in areas where overseas Chinese live in concentrated communities.

Lantern Festival is held on the fifteenth day of the first moon at the end of the celebration of the Lunar New Year. Lanterns have been a part of China people's life for centuries, so it is not surprising to see the Lantern Festival. People usually hang lanterns in gardens, outside houses and on boats. These lanterns are signposts to guide the souls of guests and ancestors to participate in the Lunar New Year celebrations. After the feast of 15 days, these lanterns illuminate the way for the soul to return to the afterlife. Silk, paper and plastic lanterns vary in shape and size, and are usually colored. Some are in the shape of butterflies, birds, flowers and boats. Other shapes are like dragons, fruits and animals symbolizing the year. The most popular lantern is the "horse racing" lantern, in which characters or animals rotate around the vertical axis of the lantern.

The special food of Lantern Festival is Yuanxiao or Tangyuan. These are round jiaozi made of sticky rice noodles. They can be made into fillings, as desserts, or vegetarian dishes, and cooked into soup with vegetables, meat and shrimp. Jiaozi's circle is a symbol of wholeness, integrity and unity. Lantern Festival is a day for family reunion and everyone-young, old, rich and poor-to enjoy themselves.

China New Year celebrations are held at the end of the year, on the day of the first month (65438+ May). Lanterns have been a festival in China for centuries, so it is not surprising. People usually hang lanterns on houses and boats outside the garden. Indicates that the guests of these lights are ancestors' New Year celebrations. 15 They have a big meal two days later. These lanterns illuminate the world after the resurrection. Silk, paper and plastic lanterns come in different shapes and sizes and are usually colorful. There are butterfly-shaped lanterns, birds, flowers and boats. Others are symbols of dragons, fruits and animals. One year, the lantern festival "horse racing" was very popular. People and animals take turns to arrange lanterns along the longitudinal axis, especially the Lantern Festival or the glutinous rice balls of whole grains. The circle symbolizes the integrity, integrity and unity of reunion. Yuanxiao is an opportunity for family reunion, so everyone-young, old, rich and poor-can enjoy the festival.