The Lantern Festival is cele/pated everywhere on January 15th of the lunar calendar, right after the Spring Festival.raditionally, the Lantern Festival is a part of the Spring Festival.
This day is always the first full moon in the lunar New Year.Across China, people cele/pate by hanging up lanterns and festoons, attending dancing and singing performances, making “Yuan Xiao” or sweet rice dumplings and lighting fireworks.
The Lantern Riddle is a special word-game played by the Chinese people.The Chinese people not only craft many types of beautiful lanterns for the others to appreciate, but also create many interesting riddles.
The traditional riddles are written on the lanterns.Today, many people glue a slip of paper with the riddle at the bottom of the lanterns for the viewers to solve.Those who solve the riddles correctly will receive a prize from the riddle’s creator.
中英互译：
每年农历的一月十五日是中国人的元宵节，它正好在春节之后。传统意义上元宵节也是春节活动的一部分。这天是农历新年里第一个月圆的日子。中国各地张灯结彩，家家户户歌舞游乐，人们做元宵、放烟火。
猜灯谜是中国特有的文字游戏。人们不仅制作出各种漂亮的灯笼供大家观赏，还设计出许多有趣的谜语。传统的灯谜是直接写在灯笼上的。现在，人们在灯笼的下面贴上写了谜语的纸条，供观灯的人猜。那些猜中的人还会得到出谜者赠送的小奖品。
贝贝克2011
