On the 15th annual Lunar New Year, Chinese New Year has just passed, and usher in the Chinese traditional festival - the Lantern Festival.
Lantern main activities is to look at lights.the Eastern Han period, Buddhistadvocate, I heard that on the 15th day of Buddhist monks have Buddha relic concept, lightingpractice, on the order of the day night at the Imperial Palace and templeslight a lamp, so that common people are hanging lights gentry. After this Buddhist ritual folk festivals gradually formed a grand holiday. The section has undergone by the court to civil, from the Central Plains to the country's development process.
Even today, the custom of lighting Lantern Festival is still in China spread all over, a wide range of beautiful lanterns will be lit on this day, the children carry lanterns made at the street level, very happy.
Guess lantern Lantern Festival is also an important activity, the owner of lanterns will be written on lanterns on谜面, hanging at the door, if someone can guess, they will have a small gift. The event originated in the Song Dynasty, because intelligence riddle can also inspire interest, so spread the process by all sectors of society welcome.
Civil society had the custom of the Lantern Festival Lantern eat. Lantern manufactured from glutinous rice, or solid, or with stuffing. Have red bean paste filling, sugar, hawthorn, various materials such as fruit, edible when cooked, fried, steamed, fried can. At first, people to this kind of food called "floating", later known as or "dumpling", these names, "Reunion" a divergence in pronunciation is similar to check the reunion and symbolizes the whole family round the round, harmonious well-being, people also This memory of separation of loved ones, pinned on the future of all of us desire.
Over time, the activities of the Lantern Festival, more and more have played the dragon during the day, playing the Lions, zoned, playing drums and other traditional folk Taiping performances. By night, apart from the beauty of colorful lanterns, there is great variety and beautiful fireworks. The majority of families will be left behind some of the Spring Lantern Festival fireworks on that day until discharge, and some local governments have also organized a fireworks display, when the New Year the first full moon night in the grand pyrotechnic performances comes, people are reveling in the This is a memorable fireworks and bringing in the bright moon.
每年农历的正月十五日，春节刚过，迎来的就是中国的传统节日--元宵节。
元宵主要的活动就是看灯。东汉明帝时期，明帝提倡佛教，听说佛教有正月十五日僧人观佛舍利，点灯敬佛的做法，就命令这一天夜晚在皇宫和寺庙里点灯敬佛，令士族庶民都挂灯。以后这种佛教礼仪节日逐渐形成民间盛大的节日。该节经历了由宫廷到民间，由中原到全国的发展过程。
直到今天，元宵点灯的习俗仍然在中国的各地流传的，各式各样美丽的花灯在这一天都会点亮，孩子们提着自制的灯笼走街串巷，非常高兴。
猜灯谜也是元宵节的一项重要活动，花灯的主人会将谜面写在灯笼上，挂在门口，如果有人可以猜中，就能得到小小的礼物。这项活动最早起源于宋朝，因为谜语能启迪智慧又饶有兴趣，所以流传过程中深受社会各阶层的欢迎。
民间过元宵节吃元宵的习俗。元宵由糯米制成，或实心，或带馅。馅有豆沙、白糖、山楂、各类果料等，食用时煮、煎、蒸、炸皆可。起初，人们把这种食物叫“浮圆子”，后来又叫“汤团”或“汤圆”，这些名称“团圆”字音相近，取团圆之意，象征全家人团团圆圆，和睦幸福，人们也以此怀念离别的亲人,寄托了对未来生活的美好愿望。
随着时间的推移，元宵节的活动越来越多，白天有耍龙灯、耍狮子、踩高跷、划旱船扭秧歌、打太平鼓等传统民俗表演。到了夜晚，除了五颜六色的美花灯之外，还有艳丽多姿的烟火。大多数家庭会在春节时留下一些烟花等到元宵节这天燃放，而一些地方政府也会举办烟花大会，当新年的第一个月圆之夜在盛大的烟火表演中来临时，人们都陶醉在这令人难忘了烟花与皎洁的明月中。