第 3 页精品文档---下载后可任意编辑全国喜迎元宵：传统习俗还保存多少？ 全国喜迎元宵：传统风俗还保存多少？ Colorful lanterns are lighting up Chinas night sky, as activities begin across the country to celebrate Lantern Festival today. 多彩的灯笼照亮中国的半边天,今日,全国各地已经开头庆祝元宵节。 In Quanzhou city, southeast Chinas Fujian Province, the lantern shows began on Thursday night. Xinmen Street was decorated by 805 traditional hand-made lanterns embroidered with beautiful patterns. 在中国东南部福建省的泉州市,灯笼秀在周四晚上就开头了。新门街上装饰了805 个图案各异的手工灯笼。 "While enjoying the shows, some people walk around with a small lantern in hand, making the atmosphere especially festive,' Mai Binbin, a local resident, said. 当地市民马彬彬说:"很多人一边看灯,一边手里拿着小灯笼,特别有过节气氛。' At the Confucius Temple, a tourist spot in Nanjing city, in 第 4 页精品文档---下载后可任意编辑eastern Chinas Jiangsu Province, tens of thousands of colorful lanterns for a grand lantern show are creating a sea of lights to attract tourists. 在华东的江苏省,南京的旅游景点孔庙,进展了宏大的灯笼秀,元宵灯笼的海洋吸引了大批游客前来观赏。 Local resident Mao Mingjuan took her son to the temple to watch the lanterns on Thursday evening, saying she hoped her son would now better understand the history of the festival and the temple. 当地市民茂明娟周四晚上带着儿子来看灯,她说期望通过这样的活动,让儿子理解元宵节和孔庙的文化历史。 Dating back to the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25), the Lantern Festival is held on the 15th day of the first lunar month to mark the first full moon of the lunar new year. 元宵节始于西汉(公元前 206 年-公元 25 年),与每年正月十五月圆时进展。 第 5 页精品文档---下载后可任意编辑 You Guoqing, a folk custom expert in Tianjin Municipality, said the Lanter...
