题目内容
你的加拿大网友Roger想了解中国的传统节日，请你给他写一封电子邮件，向他介绍中国的元宵节(the Lantern Festival)。内容如下：
1．时间：正月十五；
2．历史：起源于汉，兴盛于唐，宋朝时成为时间最长的灯节，清朝时规模空前；
3．习俗：赏灯、猜灯谜、吃元宵、耍龙灯、耍狮子、踩高跷(stilt)、划旱船(1and boat)、扭秧歌、打太平鼓等等；
4．意义：正月十五是一年中第一个月圆之夜，也是一年复始，大地回春的夜晚，人们对此加以庆祝，也是庆贺新春的延续。
Dear Roger,
Thank you for your letter. You have said you want to know something about Chinese festivals. And now I’d like to talk about the Lantern Festival.
The Lantern Festival is on the fifteenth day after the Chinese lunar New Year. It can date back to the Han Dynasty. When it came into the Tang Dynasty, the festival became quite popular. In the Song Dynasty, it turned into a festival which lasted for longest time. And in the Qing Dynasty, it developed to be the largest one.
There are quite a lot of traditions for this day. On this festival, we Chinese often enjoy lanterns, guess riddles written on the lanterns, eating yuanxiao(a kind of rice glue ball), step on stilts and row land boats, etc.
As a traditional festival, it has a profound meaning in China. It is the first day when the moon is full round in the Chinese lunar calendar, and it’s also the beginning of the year when spring starts. With celebrating the festival, people also celebrate the lasting of the New Year.
Lovely yours,
Wang Ming
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