元宵节Lantern Festival
每年的农历正月十五,为农历新年的第一个月圆,象征着春天的到来。 传统新春定义的最后一天,也是春节的结束。活动:吃汤圆、观灯和游行。
元宵节也是古代情人节!
欧阳修《生查子》:
去年元夜时,花市灯如昼。月上柳梢头,人约黄昏后。
今年元夜时,月与灯依旧。不见去年人,泪湿春衫袖。
Last year at the Lantern Festival
The flower-market lights were bright as day;
When the moon mounted to the tops of the willows,
Two lovers kept their tryst after the yellow dusk.
辛弃疾《青玉案之元夕》:
东风夜放花千树,更吹落、星如雨。宝马雕车香满路,凤箫声动,玉壶光转,一夜鱼龙舞。
蛾儿雪柳黄金缕,笑语盈盈暗香去。众里寻他千百度,蓦然回首,那人却在,灯火阑珊处。
Searching the crowds for her again and again along the streets,
With a sudden glance back,
I see her just standing in there,
Where lanterns gleam softly in the trees.