The Lantern Festival （also called Yuanxiao Festival）falls on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month，usually in February or March in the Gregorian calendar. Yuan literally means first，while Xiao refers to night. yuanxiao is the first time when we see the full moon in the new year.It is traditionally a time for family reunion. As early as the Western Han Dynasty （206 BC-AD 25），it had become a festival with great significance. This days important activity is watching lanterns. There are many different beliefs about the origin of the Lantern Festival. One legend tells us that it was a time to worship Taiyi， the God of Heaven in ancient times.
The belief was that the God of Heaven controlled the destiny of the human world. He had sixteen dragons at his beck and call and he decided when to inflict drought，storms，farmine or pestilence upon human beings. Beginning with Qinshihuang，the first emperor to unite the country， all subsequent emperors ordered splendid ceremonies each year. The emperor would ask Taiyi to bring favorable weather and good health to him and his people. Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty directed special attention to this event.In 104 BC，he proclaimed it one of the most important celebrations and the ceremony would last throughout the night.
Yesterday is the Lantern Festival, can be noisy! According to the traditional Chinese folk, the day of the magnificent on brand night, people points up lights all light, to show celebration. Go out the moon, burning lamp burning, happy event put lantern riddle quiz, were yuanxiao, have a family reunion, the backdrop of the festival, feel happy.
At 7:00 in the evening, I just have a meal, the sky sounded the ZhaLei general noise, and bam! Bam! Bam! Each a barrage of put up the fireworks! I hurried stop chopsticks, rushed out of dining room and father, brother ran upstairs to watch the fireworks to! Because my home in this area are of high buildings! I stand on top of the panoramic view of all the scenery! Fireworks rose! Some like a blooming chrysanthemums! Some like the dancing like fireflies, some like a snow mountain blasted general! The most beautiful to a few big fireworks, is likely the volcanic eruption, purples, green, yellow, a mountain even a mountain out! Like a meteor scattered, lined with black night, gorgeous and dazzing! The dark of night as a bright
Read other peoples fireworks, my brother and I also put their fireworks take out to put! I took out ChongTianBao, lit, like a meteor shot out, trailing behind a long tail! Colorful! Brother took out the Christmas tree, sent out a powerful sparks! Color various kind! Like a fountain, moving short, when light dark! Sparks from the day and drop, like countless pearls hung in the sky! Like heaven fell in the Milky Way. Shine! Still put yuhua is like fairy scattering flower, fell from the sky, and sometimes flower heart still open little, such as flower general. Theres like UFO flash in the past, speed eyes cant keep up, some like a gyroscope general crazy rotating............. In the night
Finally put out the fireworks, about the quiet down, and to see this beautiful fireworks, reminds me of the xin qijis jade case yuan xi, he found in the thousands of degrees, suddenly look back, that person but in, fire dim. Yuan xiao party is over, but the happiness and laughter, a long time to curl up in our window...
