1、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.
2、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.
3、But the other celestial beings disagreed with this course of action, and risked their lives to warn the people of Earth.
4、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.
5、By successfully tricking the Jade Emperor in this way, humanity was saved from extermination.
译文:
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。
扩展资料
元宵节的来源:
正月是农历的元月,古人称夜为“宵”,所以称正月十五为“元宵节”。 当随着社会和时代的变迁,元宵节的风俗习惯早已有了较大的变化,但至今仍是中国民间传统节日。
元宵在早期节庆形成过程之时,只称正月十五日、正月半或月望,隋以后称元夕或元夜。唐初受了道教的影响,又称上元,唐末才偶称元宵。但自宋以后也称灯夕。到了清朝,就另称灯节。在国外,元宵也以The Lantern Festival而为人所知。正月十五这一天晚上,中国人素有赏花灯、吃汤圆、猜灯谜、放烟花等一系列传统民俗活动。