, theｆｅｓtival wasｃelebratｅｄfoｒfive dａｙs and tｈe aｃｔivitieｓｂegaｎto sprｅad to mａny ofthe bｉgcｉties iｎChｉna. Colorful gｌaｓs aｎｄeｖeｎｊade were uｓed to make lanｔerns,ｗith figｕres fｒｏmfolｋｔalesｐainｔed on thｅ ｌantｅrns．
Ｈｏwever,ｔheｌargestＬａｎternFestival celebratｉｏn tookplace in tｈeｅarlyｐａrt oｆthe 15thｃentury. The festivities contiｎuedｆoｒ ｔｅnｄays. EmperorＣhengzuｈaｄtheｄｏwntoｗnａrea set asideａs aｃenｔer fｏr diｓpｌaｙing thelantｅrｎs．Ｅven tｏdａｙ,thｅreｉs a plａｃe inBeijｉnｇcalledＤｅngshｉkｏｕ. In Chiｎｅse，Ｄｅngｍｅans lanternand Shiｉsｍarｋｅｔ. Thｅaｒeaｂecame a markｅtｗｈereｌaｎｔｅrnsｗeｒｅsoldｄuringｔｈeｄay. In the eｖeniｎｇ，tｈeｌocａl peoｐlｅwoｕld goｔhｅreｔo seｅ ｔhｅbeaｕtifullighｔedlanｔerｎs oｎdisplay．
Aｃｃｏrdingtｏｔｈe Chineｓe tｒａdｉtｉｏn, attheｖeｒy begｉnningofａnewｙear, wｈeｎtｈeｒe is a bright fullｍoon hangｉｎg in theｓky，there shouldｂｅ ｔhousanｄｓof colorfullanｔeｒns huｎgｏut fｏrpeopleｔoａｐprecｉａｔe. At thiｓtime，peopｌｅｗilltｒyｔoｓolve thｅpuzzlｅｓoｎtheｌanｔerｎsａnd eａtyuaｎxiａo (gｌutinous riｃｅball) aｎｄgｅｔalｌtheirfamiliｅsunitedｉnｔｈejｏyful aｔmoｓphere.
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UntｉlｔhｅSuｉDynaｓｔyiｎthe siｘｔh century，Emｐｅror Yaｎｇdiinvｉtedeｎvｏys frｏmoｔｈercoｕntrｉｅｓto Chiｎatｏ ｓee theｃolorfｕｌｌiｇhｔeｄｌanternｓand eｎｊoｙthegalａ（节日的，庆祝的）ｐerformａnces.
The15th dayｏf tｈｅ1st lunａrｍonth is tｈｅChineseLａnteｒn Feｓｔiｖａｌbeｃauseｔhｅfｉrｓtｌunaｒmonｔh is caｌｌed yuan-monｔhａｎd inｔhｅａncienｔtｉmespｅople caｌｌed nｉghｔXｉao.The 15tｈｄａy isthefiｒsｔniｇhtto seea fｕｌl moon． Ｓo tｈeｄaｙｉs aｌｓo caｌｌeｄYｕan XｉaｏFestival inChina.
ByｔheｂｅｇinnｉnｇofｔhｅTang Dyｎasｔy inthｅｓeｖenthｃentury, the lantｅｒn displａys woｕlｄlasttｈｒｅｅdays.Theｅmpｅｒｏrａlsｏ ｌiｆtｅｄthｅcｕrfew(宵禁令),ａllowingｔhe pｅｏｐｌe toｅｎjｏy the fｅstｉvelanterns day aｎd nｉght． Ｉt is noｔdｉffｉculｔtｏfindChｉｎeｓepoeｍsｗhich describｅthｉs happy scｅne．
元宵节正月十五吃元宵的的习俗由来已久,元宵也叫“汤圆”、“圆子”。据说元宵象征合家团圆，吃元宵意味新的一年合家幸福、万事如意。
元宵节闹花灯的习俗起源于道教的“三元说”;正月十五日为上元节，七月十五日为中元节,十月十五日为下元节。主管上、中、下三元的分别为天、地、人三官，天官喜乐,故上元节要燃灯。元宵节的节期与节俗活动，是随历史的发展而延长、扩展的。就节期长短而言,汉代才一天，到唐代已为三天,宋代则长达五天，明代更是自初八点灯，一直到正月十七的夜里才落灯，整整十天。与春节相接,白昼为市，热闹非凡,夜间燃灯,蔚为壮观。特别是那精巧、多彩的灯火，更使其成为春节期间娱乐活动的高潮。至清代，又增加了舞龙、舞狮、跑旱船、踩高跷、扭秧歌等“百戏”内容，只是节期缩短为四到五天。
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Lantern Ｆeｓtivaｌ 元宵节的由来英文介绍
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