元宵节的英语说法

元宵节在英文中是Lantern Festival，“Lantern”原意是灯笼、灯塔的意思

元宵节的英文是the Lantern Festival。

传说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，大权渐渐落在吕后手中．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襄耳中，刘襄为保刘氏江山，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，众臣拥立刘邦的第四个儿子刘恒登基，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”。

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

'汤圆怎么说最贴切

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

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)。