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Lantern: 灯笼
The 15th day of the lunar calendar: 正月十五
Lunar calender: 阴历
Lunar New Year: 春节(Chinese New Year)的另一种英语说法
The Lantern Festival marks the end of the Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year) celebration: 元宵节标志着春节庆祝的尾声。
Dumplings: 饺子、包子、汤圆。。。。。。
Anything wrapped in skin with filling inside can be called a dumpling: 总之，外面有皮包着，里面有馅儿的中式点心都能统称dumpling
Skin/wrapper: 皮
Filling: 内馅儿
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Sticky rice dumplings/soup dumplings: 汤圆
Sticky rice/glutinous rice: 糯米
Black sticky rice: 血糯米
Black sesame: 黑芝麻
Red bean paste: 红豆沙
Purple potato: 紫薯
Taro: 香芋
Sweet: 甜的
Savory: 咸的 （salty的意思是盐太多，所以形容咸的口味，用savory更准确）
Minced pork: 猪肉糜
Ground beef: 牛肉末
通常熟的肉末用minced， 生的用ground。
Innovative flavors: 创新口味
Lantern riddle: 灯谜
Guess the lantern riddle: 猜灯谜
Clue: 谜面
Answer: 谜底
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关于元宵节的英语词汇
the Lantern Festival 元宵节
rice glue ball 元宵
glutinous rice 糯米
lions/dragons dancing 舞龙/舞狮
guess lantern riddles 猜灯谜
play couplets game 对对联
enjoy beautiful lanterns 赏花灯
snuff 灯花
exhibit of lanterns 灯会
dragon lantern dancing 耍龙灯
walking on stilts 踩高跷
land boat dancing 划旱船
yangko/yangge dance 扭秧歌
beating drums while dancing 打太平鼓
drum dance 腰鼓舞
fireworks party 焰火大会
traditional opera 戏曲
variety show/vaudeville 杂耍
Lantern Festival's temple fair 元宵庙会
colored lanterns' temple fair 彩灯庙会
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元宵节的英语：the Lantern Festival。元宵节，又称上元节、小正月、元夕或灯节，为每年农历正月十五日，是中国的传统节日之一。
关于元宵节的英语作文范文
范文一
Eating Yuanxiao
People will eat yuanxiao, or rice dumplings, on the Lantern Festival, so it is aslo called the “Yuanxiao Festival”, Yuanxiao also has another name, tangyuan. It is small dumpling balls made of glutionous rice with rose petals, sesame, bean paste, walnut meat, dried fruit, sugar and edible oil as filling. Tangyuan can be boiled, fried or steamed. It tastes sweet and has the meaning of reunion. So people eat them to denote union, harmony and happiness for the family.
民间过元宵节都会吃元宵。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、炸、蒸皆可。起初，人们把这种食物叫作“浮圆子”，后来又叫汤团或汤圆，这些名称与“团圆”字音相近，取团圆之意，象征全家人团团圆圆和睦幸福。
范文二
Guessing lantern riddles
"Guessing lantern riddles"is an essential part of the Festival. Lantern owners write riddles on a piece of paper and post them on the lanterns. If visitors have solutions to the riddles, they can pull the paper out and go to the lantern owners to check their answer. If they are right, they will get a little gift. The activity emerged during people's enjoyment of lanterns in the Song Dynasty (960-1279).
猜灯谜也是元宵节活动的一个基本组成部分。灯笼的所有者将谜语写在一张纸条上，然后将纸条展示在灯笼上。如果赏灯者猜出谜语，就将纸条取出，然后找灯笼所有者确认答案。答对的话，可以领取一份小礼品。这个活动起源于宋朝(960—1279)。
