第一篇：实用英语：传统节日介绍 元宵节的由来
Lantern Festival falls on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.This is the first full moon of the new year, symbolizing unity and perfection.Lantern Festival is an important part of Spring Festival , and marks the official end of the long holiday.元宵节是农历正月的第十五天，这是新年的第一次满月，象征着和睦和团圆。元宵节是春节的一个重要组成部分，也象征着春节长假的正式结束。
There are many legends concerning the origins of Lantern Festival.关于元宵节的来历有很多传说。
According to one legend, once in ancient times, a celestial swan came into the mortal world where it was shot down by a hunter.The Jade Emperor, the highest god in Heaven, vowed to avenge the swan.He started making plans to send a troop of celestial soldiers and generals to Earth on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, with orders to incinerate all humans and animals.But the other celestial beings disagreed with this course of action, and risked their lives to warn the people of Earth.As a result, before and after the fifteenth day of the first month, every family hung red lanterns outside their doors and set off firecrackers and fireworks, giving the impression that their homes were already burning.By successfully tricking the Jade Emperor in this way, humanity was saved from extermination.有一个传说是这样的，在古代，有一位神界天鹅闯入人间被猎手误杀。天界最高的神玉皇大帝因此发誓为这只天鹅报仇。他开始制定计划，派出一支天兵天将于农历正月十五来到人间，命令他们火烧所有的人和动物。但是其他神仙并不赞同这一计划，他们冒着生命危险提醒人间的人们。结果，在正月十五这一天前后，每一个家庭在门外挂起灯笼，并燃放烟花爆竹，给天兵天将造成各家各户起火的假象。通过这种方式，人们成功骗过了玉皇大帝，人类也因此逃过灭绝的危险。
According to another legend, during the time of Emperor Han Wudi of the Han Dynasty , a palace woman named Yuanxiao was prevented from carrying out her filial duty of visiting her parents on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.Distraught, she said she would kill herself by jumping into a well.In order to help Yuanxiao fulfill her duty as a filial daughter, the scholar Dongfang Shuo came up with a scheme.He told Emperor Han Wudi that the Jade
Emperor, the highest god in Heaven, had ordered the Fire God to burn down the capital city of Chang'an on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month.Anxious to find a way to save his city, the emperor asked Dongfang Shuo what he should do.Dongfang Shuo replied that the Fire God loved red lanterns
more than anything.He advised that the streets be hung with red lanterns, and the emperor, empress, concubines, and court officials come out of the palace to see them.In this way, the Fire God would be distracted and disaster averted.The emperor followed Dongfang Shuo's advice, and while everyone was out viewing the lanterns, Yuanxiao was able to sneak out of the palace and be reunited with her parents.另外一个传说发生在汉武帝时期。一位名叫元宵的宫女因身处深宫，没法在正月十五与父母团聚尽孝。为此，她欲跳井自尽。为了帮助元宵姑娘为父母尽孝，智者东方朔想出了一个计划。他告诉汉武帝，天界最高的神——玉皇大帝下令在正月十六火烧长安都。为了拯救长安城，汉武帝问东方朔该怎么办。东方朔回答说火神最爱大红灯笼。他建议在街道上悬挂大红灯笼，皇帝、皇后、六宫嫔妃和朝廷大臣都要外出观赏灯笼。这样，火神的注意力就会被分散，灾难也就可以避免了。皇帝采纳了东方朔的建议，当所有人都外出赏灯时，元宵得以有机会溜出皇宫，和家人团圆。
Although the above stories are quite fantastical, it is sure that the origins of Lantern Festival are related to ancient humanity's use of fire to celebrate festivals and avert disaster.Since Lantern Festival involves making offerings to the deities and is celebrated at night, it is natural that fire would play an important role.Over time, Lantern Festival gradually evolved into its present form.When Buddhism was introduced to China during the Eastern Han Dynasty , the emperor decreed that on the night of the full moon of the first lunar month, lanterns should be lit to honor Buddha, adding yet another level of significance to Lantern Festival.And according to Daoism, Lantern Festival is associated with the primordial deities of Heaven and Fire, who were born on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.虽然上述的传说很神奇，但可以确定的是元宵节的起源必定跟古代人们使用火来庆祝节日、躲避灾难有关。元宵节活动包括逃避邪神，且是在晚上庆祝，所以很自然地，火就扮演了很重要的角色。随着时间的流逝，元宵节逐渐演变为今天的形式。东汉时期，佛教传入中国，皇帝下令，在正月第一个满月的晚上，必须点亮灯笼敬佛，这也使元宵节更增添了一份意义。而在道教里，元宵节是与掌管天界和火的元神紧密相连的，因为他们就诞生在正月十五。
Eating yuanxiao(sweet dumplings made with glutinous rice flour)is one of the special traditions of Lantern Festival.Lantern Festival is also called Yuanxiao Festival.Another name for yuanxiao is tangyuan, which literally means “boiled spheres.”
吃元宵（由糯米粉制成的甜馅儿食物）是元宵节一个特别传统，而元宵节也因这种食物得名。元宵的另一种叫法是汤圆，字面意思就是“煮熟的圆球状食品”。
第二篇：元宵节由来英文介绍
Lantern Festival 元宵节的由来英文介绍
Lantern Festival The 15th day of the 1st lunar month
The 15th day of the 1st lunar month is the Chinese Lantern Festival
because the first lunar month is called yuan-month and in the ancient times people called night Xiao.The 15th day is the first night to see a full moon.So the day is also called Yuan Xiao Festival in China.According to the Chinese tradition, at the very beginning of a new year, when there is a bright full moon hanging in the sky, there should be thousands of colorful lanterns hung out for people to appreciate.At this time, people will try to solve the puzzles on the lanterns and eat yuanxiao(glutinous rice ball)and get all their families united in the joyful atmosphere.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。
History
Until the Sui Dynasty in the sixth century, Emperor Yangdi invited envoys from other countries to China to see the colorful lighted lanterns and enjoy the gala（节日的，庆祝的）performances.By the beginning of the Tang Dynasty in the seventh century, the lantern displays would last three days.The emperor also lifted the curfew（宵禁令）, allowing the people to enjoy the festive lanterns day and night.It is not difficult to find Chinese poems which describe this happy scene.In the Song Dynasty, the festival was celebrated for five days and the
activities began to spread to many of the big cities in China.Colorful glass and even jade were used to make lanterns, with figures from folk tales painted on the lanterns.However, the largest Lantern Festival celebration took place in the early part of the 15th century.The festivities continued for ten days.Emperor Chengzu had the downtown area set aside as a center for displaying the
lanterns.Even today, there is a place in Beijing called Dengshikou.In Chinese, Deng means lantern and Shi is market.The area became a market where lanterns were sold during the day.In the evening, the local people would go there to see the beautiful lighted lanterns on display.Today, the displaying of lanterns is still a big event on the 15th day of the first lunar month throughout China.People enjoy the brightly lit night.Chengdu in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, for example, holds a lantern fair each year in the Cultural Park.During the Lantern Festival, the park is literally an ocean of lanterns!Many new designs attract countless visitors.The most eye-catching lantern is the Dragon Pole.This is a lantern in the shape of a golden dragon, spiraling up a 27-meter-high pole, spewing fireworks from its mouth.It is quite an impressive sight!
元宵节是中国的传统节日，早在2000多年前的西汉就有了，元宵赏灯始于东汉明帝时期，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。
在汉文帝时，已下令将正月十五定为元宵节。汉武帝时，“太一神”的祭祀活动定在正月十五。（太一：主宰宇宙一切之神）。司马迁创建“太初历”时，就已将元宵节确定为重大节日。
另有一说是元宵燃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。
Origin
There are many different beliefs about the origin of the Lantern Festival.But one thing for sure is that it had something to do with religious worship.One legend tells us that it was a time to worship Taiyi, the God of Heaven in ancient times.The belief was that the God of Heaven controlled the destiny of the human world.He had sixteen dragons at his beck and call and he decided when to inflict drought, storms, famine or pestilence（瘟疫）upon human beings.Beginning with Qinshihuang, the first emperor to unite the country, all subsequent emperors ordered splendid ceremonies each year.The emperor would ask Taiyi to bring favorable weather and good health to him and his people.Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty directed special
attention to this event.In 104 BC, he proclaimed it one of the most important celebrations and the ceremony would last throughout the night.Another legend associates the Lantern Festival with Taoism.Tianguan is the Taoist god responsible for good fortune.His birthday falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month.It is said that Tianguan likes all types of entertainment.So followers prepare various kinds of activities during which they pray for good fortune.The third story about the origin of the festival is like this.Buddhism first entered China during the reign of Emperor Mingdi of the Eastern Han Dynasty.That was in the first century.However, it did not exert any great influence among the Chinese people.one day, Emperor Mingdi had a dream about a gold man in his palace.At the very moment when he was about to ask the mysterious figure who he was, the gold man suddenly rose to the sky and
disappeared in the west.The next day, Emperor Mingdi sent a scholar to India on a pilgrimage（朝圣）to locate Buddhist scriptures.After journeying
thousands of miles, the scholar finally returned with the scriptures.Emperor Mingdi ordered that a temple be built to house a statue of Buddha and serve as a repository for the scriptures.Followers believe that the power of Buddha can dispel darkness.So Emperor Mingdi ordered his subjects to display lighted lanterns during what was to become the Lantern Festival.关于元宵节的来历，民间还有几种有趣的传说：
关于灯的传说
传说在很久以前，凶禽猛兽很多，四处伤害人和牲畜，人们就组织起来去打它们，有一只神鸟困为迷路而降落人间，却意外的被不知情的猎人给射死了。天帝知道后十分震怒，立即传旨，下令让天兵于正月十五日到人间放火，把人间的人畜财产通通烧死。天帝的女儿心地善良，不忍心看百姓无辜受难，就冒着生命的危险，偷偷驾着祥云来到人间，把这个消息告诉了人们。众人听说了这个消息，有如头上响了一个焦雷。吓得不知如何是好，过了好久，才有个老人家想出个法子，他说：“在正月十四、十五、十六日这三天，每户人家都在家里张灯结彩、点响爆竹、燃放烟火。这样一来，天帝就会以为人们都被烧死了”。
大家听了都点头称是，便分头准备去了。到了正月十五这天晚上，天帝往下一看，发觉人间一片红光，响声震天，连续三个夜晚都是如此，以为是大火燃烧的火焰，以中大快。人们就这样保住了自己的生命及财产。为了纪念这次成功，从此每到正月十五，家家户户都悬挂灯笼，放烟火来纪念这个日子。
Yuanxiao
Besides entertainment and beautiful lanterns, another important part of the Lantern Festival,or Yuanxiao Festival is eating small dumpling balls made of glutinous rice flour.We call these balls Yuanxiao or Tangyuan.Obviously, they get the name from the festival itself.It is said that the custom of eating Yuanxiao originated during the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the fourth centuty, then became popular during the Tang and Song periods.The fillings inside the dumplings or Yuansiao are either sweet or salty.Sweet fillings are made of sugar, Walnuts（胡桃）, sesame, osmanthus flowers（桂花）, rose petals, sweetened tangerine peel, bean paste, or jujube paste（枣泥）.A single ingredient or any combination can be used as the filling.The salty variety is filled with minced meat, vegetables or a mixture.The way to make Yuanxiao also varies between northern and southern China.The usual method followed in southern provinces is to shape the dough of rice flour into balls, make a hole, insert the filling, then close the hole and smooth out the dumpling by rolling it between your hands.In North China,sweet or nonmeat stuffing is the usual ingredient.The fillings are pressed into hardened cores, dipped lightly in water and rolled in a flat basket containing dry glutinous rice flour.A layer of the flour sticks to the filling, which is then
again dipped in water and rolled a second time in the rice flour.And so it goes, like rolling a snowball, until the dumpling is the desired size.The custom of eating Yuanxiao dumplings remains.This tradition
encourages both old and new stores to promote their Yuanxiao products.They all try their best to improve the taste and quality of the dumplings to attract more customers.汉文帝时为纪念“平吕”而设
另一个传说是元宵节是汉文帝时为纪念“平吕”而设。汉高祖刘邦死后，吕后之子刘盈登基为汉惠帝。惠帝生性懦弱，优柔寡断，大权渐渐落再吕后手中。汉惠帝病死后吕后独揽朝政把刘氏天下变成了吕氏天下，朝中老臣，刘氏宗室深感愤慨，但都惧怕吕后残暴而敢怒不敢言。
吕后病死后，诸吕惶惶不安害怕遭到伤害和排挤。于是，在上将军吕禄家中秘密集合，共谋作乱之事，以便彻底夺取刘氏江山。
此事传至刘氏宗室齐王刘囊耳中，刘囊为保刘氏江山，决定起兵讨伐诸吕随后与开国老臣周勃，陈平取得联系，设计解除了吕禄，“诸吕之乱”终于被彻底平定。
平乱之后，众臣拥立刘邦的第二个儿子刘恒登基，称汉文帝。文帝深感太平盛世来之不易，便把平息“诸吕之乱”的正月十五，定为与民同乐日，京城里家家张灯结彩，以示庆祝。从此，正月十五便成了一个普天同庆的民间节日——“闹元宵”。
元宵节英语(论坛)词汇
元宵节：festival of lanterns，lantern festival dumplings
元宵： the rice glue ball
灯谜：riddles written on lanterns
灯具：lamps and lanterns
灯花 snuff
灯笼裤 bloomers galligaskins knickers pantalettes plus fours
灯笼 lantern scaldfish
灯塔 beacon lighthouse pharos
灯语 lamp signal
灯油 kerosene lamp oil
灯心蜻蜓 damselfly
第三篇：传统节日七夕节的英语介绍
传统节日七夕节的英语介绍
每年农历七月初七这一天是我国汉族的传统节日七夕节。随着对中国传统节日的重视，越来越多的年轻人也开始关注这个特殊的日子了。商家也要抓住了这个时机哦。
传统节日七夕节的英语介绍
Here in China, some people are gearing up for a special day tomorrow: Qi Xi festival, or Chinese Valentine's day.Traditionally, Qixi festival was a day for women to show off their needlepoint skills and wish for a good husband.But in the past few years, it's been reinvented as China's answer to Valentine's day.February 14th is a big spending spree in China.And retailers also want to cash in on Qixi Festival.But reports say that they're not having much success.It seems Chinese couples are still a lot more eager to celebrate the Western Valentine's day than the Chinese one.But I wanted to find out for myself.So I went down to NanLuoGu alley, which is a trendy and very youth-oriented street in the centre of Beijing…and spoke to business owners and couples about what they're doing for this year's Qixi Festival.I started at Happy Holidays clothing store.It sells matching his-and-hers t-shirts, so obviously lovers' holidays are a big money-maker for them.Lin Luo Luo is the owner:
“Last year at Qixi festival we made almost as much as at Valentines' day.Around Valentines' day we might have made about 100 thousand yuan, and around Qixi festival we might have made, say, 90 thousand.So it's not that big a difference.Qixi festival is definitely still not as important as Valentines' day, but I think it's getting more important.So many of my friends this year have been like, what are you doing for Qixi festival? People are talking about it all over the internet and on their microblogs.I think it's a lot better than it was two years ago.Well as you can imagine I was pretty surprised.I'd heard this festival wasn't a big money-maker!But I went to flower shops and gift shops and pretty much everyone told me the same thing: since last year people have started getting into Qixi festival.Another place I just had to check out was 3A07 cupcakes – their name means LOVE upside down and backwards.And the place is pink and covered in hearts.Kong Ni owns LOVE cupcakes with her boyfriend.And she says they've got big plans for tomorrow.”For couples who come tomorrow night, we'll get the girls to go upstairs and relax, and we'll make the guys stay downstairs.Then we'll give the guys a flower and get them to go upstairs and give it to their girlfriends themselves.Then when they leave we'll get them to take a photo together and they can take it home as a souvenir.I think young people used to be a lot more interested in Valentine's day, but now we're slowly recovering our traditional culture.So I think young people put more importance on Qixi Festival now.But some lovebirds don't need a festival to show they care about one another.Here's Ms.Wang and Mr.Li.“Her: We'll probably watch a movie and hang out together.I don't think we'll spend more money than usual – the most important thing is just being together.Him: Of course Qixi festival is as important as Valentines' Day.Really, they're pretty much the same.Every day is the same – as far as we're concerned, every day is Qixi festival.”
Awww.xiexiebang.commend looking up the legend behind Qixi festival.It involves fairies and cow-herders, so it's pretty much an instant winner in my books.[传统节日七夕节的英语介绍]
第四篇：介绍中国传统节日英语作文
Dear distinguished chief judge;
As the defense attorney of my client, I have made many surveys in secret after I took over the case.According to my client and all the information I have inspected about the case, now I have an deep and comprehensive understanding about the case.Therefore , I want to show my opinions to you, and I hope the chief would accept them..1.The stolen car was found abandoned three hours after the theft with the engine still warm;at the time the car was found, my client was at the airport to meet the flight of a friend who was flying into town.2.Lab analysis of muddy shoe prints on the floor mat of the car indicates that the prints came from a size 27 shoe;your client wears a size 25.3.Lab analysis shows the presence of cigarette smoke in the car, but your client does not smoke.4.The only eyewitness to the crime, who was 20 meters from the car, said the thief “looked like” your client;yet the eyewitness admitted that at the time of the theft she was not wearing her contact lenses, which had been prescribed for improving distance vision.5.The car was stolen at about I p.m.;your client testified that he was in a town 400 kilometers away at 11 a.m.6.In a statement to police, the eyewitness described the thief as tall;your client is short.Because of all the doubtful points , I think it is unfair to found guilty of theft to my client.Moreover, the basic standard of criminal sanction is that taking facts as a basis and laws as the criterion, so I hope the chief judge will give a reasonable judgment to my client finally.That’s all ,thanks.
第五篇：浅谈中国传统节日——元宵节
长·春·理·工·大·学
传统文化调查报告之中国传统节日
The Lantern Festival
年级：1111121
学号：04
姓名：张晓鹏
专业：对外汉语
指导老师：张永明 元宵节
二零一二年六月
传统文化调查报告之话说元宵
中华上下五千年，中国是一个文明的国度，她辉煌的文化，悠久的传统使其经历了几千年的时空变迁依然熠熠生辉。传统节日是社会生活的积淀，是民族文明的精华，下面我来介绍一个中国传统的节日的代表——元宵节。
㈠什么是元宵节
农历正月十五，元宵节，又称为“上元节”（the Lantern Festival）或春灯节，是中国民俗传统节日。正月是农历的元月，古人称其为“宵”，而十五日又是一年中第一个月圆之夜，也是一元复始，大地回春的夜晚，人们对此加以庆祝，也是庆贺新春的延续。又称为小正月、元夕或灯节，是春节之后的第一个重要节日。
按中国民间的传统，在这天上皓月高悬的夜晚，人们要点起彩灯万盏，以示庆贺。出门赏月、燃灯放焰、喜猜灯谜、共吃元宵，合家团聚、同庆佳节，其乐融融。中国幅员辽阔，历史悠久，所以关于元宵节的习俗在全国各地也不尽相同，其中吃元宵、赏花灯、舞龙、舞狮子等是元宵节几项重要民间习俗。
㈡元宵节的起源
元宵节是中国的传统节日，早在2000多年前的西汉就有了，元宵赏灯始于东汉明帝时期，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。在汉文帝时，已下令将正月十五定为元宵节。汉武帝时，“太一神”的祭祀活动定在正月十五。（太一：主宰宇宙一切之神）。司马迁创建“太初历”时，就已将元宵节确定为重大节日。
㈢元宵节的习俗
①张灯结彩
自元宵张灯之俗形成以后，历朝历代都以正月十五张灯观灯为一大盛事。隋炀帝时，每年正月十五举行盛大的晚会，以招待万国来宾和使节。据《隋书·音乐志》记载：元宵庆典甚为隆重，处处张灯结彩，日夜歌舞奏乐，表演者达三万余众，奏乐者达一万八千多人，戏台有八里之长，游玩观灯的百姓更是不计其数，通宵达旦，尽情欢乐，热闹非常。中唐以后，已发展成为全民性的狂欢节。沿至宋朝，张灯由三夜延长至五夜，灯彩以外还放焰火，表演各种杂耍，情景更加热闹。各地同胞欢度元宵节到了明代，朱元璋在金陵即位后，为使京城繁华热闹，又规定正月初八上灯，十七落灯，连张十夜，家家户户都悬挂五色灯彩，鼓乐游乐，喧闹达旦，这是中国最长的灯节。清代，满族入主中原，宫廷不再办灯会，民间的灯会却仍然壮观。日期缩短为五天，一直延续到今天。
②猜灯谜
灯谜“猜灯谜”又叫“打灯谜“。是元宵节后增的一项活动，灯谜最早是由谜语发展而来的，起源于春秋战国时期。它是一种富有讥谏、规戒、诙谐、笑谑的文艺游戏。谜语悬之于灯，供人猜射，开始于南宋。《武林旧事·灯品》记载：”以绢灯剪写诗词，时寓讥笑，及画人物，藏头隐语，及旧京诨语，戏弄行人。“元宵佳节，帝城不夜，春宵赏灯之会，百姓杂陈，诗谜书于灯，映于烛，列于通衢，任人猜度，所以称为”灯谜“。如今每逢元宵节，各个地方都打
出灯谜，希望今年能喜气洋洋的，平平安安的。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。
③舞龙灯（耍龙灯）
耍龙灯，也称舞龙灯或龙舞。它的起源可以追溯上古时代。传说，早在黄帝时期，在一种《清角》的大型歌舞中，就出现过由人扮演的龙头鸟身的形象，其后又编排了六条蛟龙互相穿插的舞蹈场面。见于文字记载的龙舞，是汉代张衡的《西京赋》，作者在百戏的铺叙中对龙舞作了生动的描绘。龙舞流行于中国很多地方。中华民族崇尚龙，把龙作为吉祥的象征。④踩高跷
踩高跷，是民间盛行的一种群众性技艺表演。高跷本属中国古代百戏之一种，早在春秋时已经出现。中国最早介绍高跷的是《列子·说符》篇：“宋有兰子者，以技干宋元。宋元召而使见其技。
⑤舞狮子
舞狮子是中国优秀的民间艺术，每逢元宵佳节或集会庆典，民间都以狮舞前来助兴。这一习俗起源于三国时期，南北朝时开始流行，至今已有一千多年的历史。“舞狮子”始于魏晋，盛于唐，又称“狮子舞”、“太平乐”，一般由三人完成，二人装扮成狮子，一人充当狮头，一人充当狮身和后脚，另一人当引狮人，舞法上又有文武之分，文舞表现狮子的温驯，有抖毛、打滚等动作，武狮表现狮子的凶猛，有腾跃、蹬高、滚彩球等动作。
⑥划旱船
划旱船，民间传说是为了纪念治水有功的大禹的。划旱船也称跑旱船，就是在陆地上模仿船行功作，表演跑旱船的大多是姑娘。旱船不是真船，多用两片薄板，锯成船形，以竹木扎成，再蒙以彩布，套系在姑娘的腰间，如同坐于船中一样，手里拿着桨，做划行的姿势，一面跑，一面唱些地方小调，边歌边舞，这就是划旱船了。有时还另有一男子扮成坐船的船客，搭档着表演，则多半扮成丑角，以各种滑稽的动作来逗观众欢乐。
⑥吃元宵
“元宵”作为元宵节应节食品，在中国也由来已久。下文有详细介绍，此处不再赘述。⑦祭门、祭户
古代有“七祭”，这是其中的两种。祭祀的方法是，把杨树枝插在门户上方，在盛有豆粥的碗里插上一双筷子，或者直接将酒肉放在门前。
⑨送孩儿灯
简称“送灯”，也称“送花灯”等，即在元宵节前，娘家送花灯给新嫁女儿家，或一般亲友送给新婚不育之家，以求添丁吉兆，因为“灯”与“丁”谐音。这一习俗许多地方都有，陕西西安一带是正月初八到十五期间送灯，头年送大宫灯一对、有彩画的玻璃灯一对，希望女儿婚后吉星高照、早生麟子；如女儿怀孕，则除大宫灯外，还要送一两对小灯笼，祝愿女儿孕期平安。
⑾走百病
“走百病”，也叫游百病，散百病，烤百病，走桥等，是一种消灾祈健康的活动。元宵节夜妇女相约出游，结伴而行，见桥必过，认为这样能祛病延年。走百病是明清以来北方的风俗，有的在十五日，但多在十六日进行。这天妇女们穿着节日盛装，成群结队走出家门，走桥渡危，登城，摸钉求子，直到夜半，始归。
⑿偷菜
流行于贵州省黄平一带苗族的偷菜节也是在每年农历正月十五日举行。节日这天，姑娘们便成群结队去偷别人家的菜，严禁偷本家族的，也不能偷同性朋友家的，因为偷菜与她们的婚姻大事有关。所偷的菜仅限白菜，数量够大家吃一顿即可。偷菜不怕被发现，被偷的人家并不责怪。大家把偷来的菜集中在一起，做白菜宴。据说谁吃得最多，谁能早得意中人，同
时所养的蚕最壮，吐出的丝也最好最多。
㈣元宵节之必备美食——话说“元宵”
上文已经提及，“吃元宵”是元宵节的一项庆祝节日的活动形式。下面我们就细细“品一品”——元宵。“元宵”作为应节食品，在中国也由来已久。宋代，民间即流行一种元宵节吃的新奇食品。最早叫“ 浮元子”后称“元宵”，生意人还美其名曰“元宝”。到了唐朝郑望之的《膳夫录》才记载了：“汴中节食，上元油锤”。油锤的制法，据《卢氏杂说》中一则“尚食令”的记载，类似后代的炸元宵。也有人美其名为“油画明珠”。唐朝的元宵节食是面蚕。到南宋时，就有所谓“乳糖圆子”的出现，这应该就是汤圆的前身了。到了明朝，人们就以‘元宵’来称呼这种糯米团子。刘若愚（生于一五四一）的《酌中志》记载了元宵的作法：“其制法，用糯米细面，内用核桃仁、白糖、玫瑰为馅，洒水滚成，如核桃大，即江南所称汤圆也”。清朝康熙年间，御膳房特制的“八宝元宵”，是名闻朝野的美味。
近千年来，元宵的制作日见精致。光就面皮而言，就有江米面、粘高梁面、黄米面和苞榖面。馅料的内容更是甜咸荤素、应有尽有。甜的有所谓桂花白糖、山楂白糖、什锦、豆沙、芝麻、花生等。咸的有猪油肉馅，可以作油炸炒元宵。素的有芥、蒜、韭、姜组成的五辛元宵，有表示勤劳、长久、向上的意思。说到元宵的制作，有必要强调一下，其实“元宵”、“汤团”是两回事。可以说是北方、南方之不同渊源所致。北方的元宵多用箩滚手摇的方法，南方的汤圆则多用手心揉团。元宵可以大似核桃、也有小似黄豆，煮食的方法有带汤、炒吃、油汆、蒸食等。不论有无馅料，都同样的美味可口。现如今，元宵已成了一种四时皆备的点心小吃，随时都可以来一碗解解馋。这也从一个侧面反映了人民生活水平大大提高，正在追求物质满足和精神享受的完美结合。
㈤元宵节在中国
既然是一个全民性的传统节日，那么元宵节在全国各地的庆祝方式也不尽相同。对此我也做了个简单的调查，下面让我带大家一起感受几个地区颇具特色的过法吧！
【北京】
老北京最热闹的节日不是春节，而是元宵节。从农历正月十三到正月十七，北京的老百姓要整整娱乐五昼夜。老北京的元宵节，最重要的活动是赏灯。明代北京的灯市在东城灯市口，元宵夜，街道两旁列市，上至珠宝玉器，下至日用百货，一应俱全，各铺户俱张挂绢纱、烧珠、明角、麦秸、通草制成的各式花灯，供人观赏。到了清代，灯市遍布整个北京城。
【河北省】
永平府元宵节，有病的妇女群聚窑下，称“陶灸”。儿女交错度桥，称“度百厄”。也有人以纸裁剪为九条纸绳，信手打结以卜休咎，称“结羊肠”。又以十二个面盏贮油放入锅中蒸熟，以面盏积水之多寡来预卜该月的晴雨。静海县上元节以大馒头为节食。庆云县元宵节男子请五祖教拳棒，女子请紫姑卜休咎。
【安徽省】
以阜阳为典型，阜阳人民勤劳聪明，在长期的生产和生活实践中，不断发展创造，形成独具特色的群众文化。有形式活泼、内容丰富的曲艺，有独具地域特色的民间舞蹈和戏剧。每年的农历正月十五，这些异彩纷呈的群众文化汇聚成独具特色的阜阳灯会。每年农历正月十五便是传统的灯会，每到这一天，群众都会自发地把自己扎制的花鸟虫鱼兽灯、十二生肖灯等等各种不同造型的彩灯悬挂自家门前。元宵佳节灯会期间还要唱一些大戏，有一台戏或两台以上的戏对唱，又称之为“戏台戏”。
【山东省】
淄博市淄川区的元宵节临水人家多放河灯。泰安市宁阳县的元宵送灯至祖坟。滨州市博兴
县的元宵节有照灯的习俗。男孩子提著灯，绕枣树六圈，口念“嘟佬嘟佬，开花结枣”六遍，就能使枣树丰收。日照市莒（jǔ）县男女老少于正月十六到野外踏青，称之“走老貌”，据说每年走一次可永葆青春年少。
【河南省】
襄城县元宵节吃馄饨汤，称之“团圆茶”，娘家接已嫁的女儿回家过节，县元宵庆灯时，老幼有病者，皆以火灸石龟。本地有河桥的，相率过桥。若无桥，则以木板搭数丈高之“天桥”，即称为“走百病”。
【浙江省】
杭州民间传正月十五为上元天官赐福之辰，多斋素诵经，匍匐至吴山礼拜。海宁县元宵节以精致的菊花灯为最出名。上虞县少於元宵节晚上到戡恃月台上较量武艺。建德县人家有新娶媳妇的，於元宵节设酒祭床。
【云南省】
云龙县於元宵节前迎三崇神，沿街立棚祭祀。弥勒州元宵后一日燃香於桥，投石水中，再取水洗眼，据说可以去疾病。元宵节吃元宵，是全国各地的共同风俗。这种食品最早出现在宋代，诗人姜白石在一首《咏元宵》的诗中写道：”贵客钩帘看御街，市中珍品一时来。“这”市中珍品"即指元宵。宋人周必大也曾写过一首《元宵煮浮圆子》诗：今夕是何夕，团圆事事同。汤官巡旧味，灶婢诧新功。星灿乌云里，珠浮浊水中。岁时编杂咏，附此说家风。
【台湾省】
在台湾，还有未婚女性在元宵夜偷摘葱或菜将会嫁到好丈夫的传统习俗，俗称：“偷挽葱，嫁好尪(wang)”、“偷挽菜，嫁好婿”，希望婚姻美满的女孩，要在元宵之夜到菜园里偷摘葱或青菜，期待未来家庭幸福，唐代的灯市还出现乐舞百戏表演，成千上万的宫女，民间少女在灯火下载歌载舞，叫做行歌、踏歌。
㈥元宵节现状及由此引发的思考
如今，“洋节惹眼，国节失宠”成为中国传统节日面临的一个共同窘境，元宵节也不例外，表现有：节日气氛不浓，反响不大，尤其对于年轻人的吸引力不够强烈。对此，我们必须冷静思考，理想对待，步步推进。我窃以为我们可以这样做：
一、重视传统节日应从政府做起
政府在传统文化的传承和保护上应该起到关键性的作用。关于中国传统节日的宣传、立法问题，政府和立法机关以及宣传部门确实应当立即采取紧急措施予以重现！所有的传统节日都应列入国家法定假日。积极扶植，因为它有利于增强民族的凝聚力，同时，在政策上要明白地表明政府的态度，可以这样过下去。另外，政府应该注意文化的保护。人们在过这个节，那就要通过研究看看这个节日形成的历史、它的发展和对这个民族起到的作用具体是什么样的，这样把它的历史来源搞清楚，把每次活动都记录下来。
二、挖掘文化内涵，加强传统文化宣传与教育
民族的才是世界的。我国传统节日中蕴含着丰富的人文精神，要大力挖掘和宏扬。要想让民族文化资源鲜活永恒，还必须在外在世俗力量的基础上，寻找孕育内在驱动力的平台——教化——国家层面的国民教育和微观层面的个人修行。国民教育让民族文化资源拥有获得广泛认可的社会价值尺度，并成为国家文化价值观的组成部分；而个人化的修身齐家，则让民族文化的因子拥有了潜入百姓日常生活，进而“润物细无声”的通道。
三、传媒应该有系统地宣传和普及民俗文化
传媒首先要重视民俗文化，也要很好地研究它。民俗文化本身就是非文字的东西，非文字的东西怎么样通过传媒把它系统化，使民俗文化的介绍成为系列的、体系化的东西，这都是文化上的积累。通过我们的传媒，把即将消失的东西赶快抢救、拍摄，对还在传承的东西要细心报道、加以引导，这些都是我们传媒应该做的事情，网络化的时代，可以通过多种形式有体系化的进行宣传。
四、年轻人应重新去认识传统文化，增强对自己民族传统文化的自觉保护意识
我们年轻人要做的事情就是通过各种方式重新去认识我们的传统文化，增强对自己民族传统文化的自觉保护意识。元宵节大家依然在过，虽然在过节活动中有一些封建落后的思想，但我们不要盲目地抛弃传统文化，我们应该回过头往后看一看，看看我们的传统的东西，特别是那些优秀的传统文化。年轻人走在时代的前沿，所以更应该主动接受传统的东西，赋予其时代的内涵，新颖的形式。接受她，传播她。
㈥关于元宵节的经典故事
不管这些故事是真是假，经典依旧在传唱。既然通过老百姓口头传说的形式保留了下来，那么它就有存在的意义，至少寄予了一种美好的愿望，丰富了我们的节日文化。
《点彩灯来历》
传说在很久很久以前，凶禽猛兽很多，四处伤害人和牲畜，人们就组织起来打它们，一只神鸟因迷路降落人间，却意外的被不知情的猎人给射死了。
天帝闻听十分震怒，传旨让天兵于正月十五日到人间放火，把人间的人畜财产通通烧死。可天帝的女儿心地善良，不忍心看百姓无辜受难，就冒着生命的危险，偷偷来到人间，把这个消息告诉了人们。众人听说了这个消息，如雷轰顶，不知所措。
过了好久，才有个老人家想出个法子，他说：“在正月十四、十五、十六日这三天，每户人家都在家里张灯结彩、点响爆竹、燃放烟火。这样一来，天帝就会以为人们都被烧死了。” 大家听了都点头称是，便分头准备去了。到了正月十五这天晚上，天帝往下一看，发觉人间一片红光，响声震天，连续三个夜晚都是如此，以为是大火燃烧的火焰，心中大快。人们就这样保住了自己的生命及财产。为了纪念这次成功，从此每到正月十五，家家户户都悬挂灯笼，放烟火来纪念这个日子。
《袁世凯与元宵》
传说，窃国大盗袁世凯篡夺了辛亥革命成果后，一心想复辟登基当皇帝，又怕人民反对，终日提心吊胆。一天，他听到街上卖元宵的人拉长了嗓子在喊：“元——宵。”觉得“元宵”两字谐音“袁消”，有袁世凯被消灭之嫌，联想到自己的命运，于是在1913年元宵节前，下令禁止称“元宵”，只能称“汤圆”或“粉果”。然而，“元宵”两字并没有因他的意志而取消，老百姓不买他的帐，照样在民间流传。最后，让我们共同欣赏唐伯虎的一首诗：
《元 宵》
（明）唐寅
有灯无月不娱人，有月无灯不算春。
春到人间人似玉，灯烧月下月如银。
满街珠翠游村女，沸地笙歌赛社神。
不展芳尊开口笑，如何消得此良辰。
附：为准备本次报告，我借用了很多途径，诸如：上网查阅，涉猎于图书馆，跟同学聊（同学们来自五湖四海，是个不错的资源库），请教老师等等。当然由于时间紧迫，个人能力有限，如有与读者相悖的观点，望不吝赐教。
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