吃元宵英語作文及翻譯

中國的傳統佳節——元宵節就要到了。正月是農曆的元月，古人稱夜爲“宵”，所以稱正月十五爲元宵節。正月十五日是一年中第一個月圓之夜，也是一元復始，大地回春的夜晚，人們對此加以慶祝，也是慶賀新春的.延續。元宵節又稱爲“上元節”。按中國民間的傳統，在這天上皓月高懸的夜晚，人們要點起彩燈萬盞，以示慶賀。出門賞月、燃燈放焰、喜猜燈謎、共吃元宵，閤家團聚、同慶佳節，其樂融融。

Eating Yuanxiao--吃元宵

Yuanxiao is the special food for the Lantern Festival. It is believed that Yuanxiao is named after a palace maid, Yuanxiao, of Emperor Wu Di of the Han Dynasty. Yuanxiao is a kind of sweet dumpling, which is made with sticky rice flour filled with sweet stuffing. And the Festival is named after the famous dumpling. It is very easy to cook - simply dump them in a pot of boiling water for a few minutes - and eaten as a dessert.

元宵是元宵節的特色食品。據說，元宵是因漢武帝時期的一位名叫元宵的宮女而得名。元宵是一種帶餡兒的甜食，是由糯米粉加上甜的餡料製成。元宵節就是因此食品得名。元宵的烹製方法非常簡單，將元宵倒入裝滿沸水的鍋中煮幾分鐘就可以了。