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元宵节神话故事英语版及翻译there are many stories on how this festival was created. one other story is about a maid. in the han dynasty, mr. eastern was a favorite advisor of the emperor. on e e winter da y y, he went t o the gard e e n and hear d d a little g g irl crying and gettin g g ready to j ump into a well to co m m mit suicid e e. mr. east e e rn stopped her and as k k ed why. sh e e said she w w as a maid i n the empe r or’s palac e e and her n a a me was yua n n-xiao.
she never had t he chance t o meet her family aft e e r she star t ed worked a a t the pala c c e. she mis s s ed them so much every12th lunar month. if s s he couldn’t have the c c hance to s h h ow her fil i al piety i n n this life,she would rather die. mr. easte r n promised her to fin d d a way so s s he could r e e union with her family. mr. easte r n left the palace and set up a f o o rtune-tell i ng stall o n n the stree t and disgu i sed himsel f as a fort u u neteller. b b ecause of h h is reputat i on, many p e e ople asked for their f ortunes.干锅鸭头
b u u t every on e e got the s a a me predict i on - a sev e e re fire a
c c c ident on t h h e 15th lun a a r day. the rumor spre a a
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f u u ture and a s s ked mr. ea s s tern for h e e lp. mr. ea s s tern said,“on the 13t h lunar da y y,
美国感恩节the god o o f fire wil l send a fa i ry lady in red to bur n n down the c c ity. if yo u u see a lad y y in red we a a ring green pants ridi n n g a black h h orse on th a a t day, you should ask for her me r cy.” on th a a t day, yua n n-xiao pret e e nded to be the red fa i ry lady. w h h en people a a sked for h e e r help, sh e e said, “i’m m the messe n n ger of the god of fir e e and came t o check on the city a n n d i’m goin g g to set up fire on 15t h. this is an order f r om jade em p p eror. he w i ll watch f r om the hea v v ens.
i wil l give you a a copy of t h h e imperial decree fro m m the god o f fire. you should go t o ask your emperor to find a way out.” afte r she left,people wen t to the pa l ace to sho w w the emper o o r the decr e e e which re a a ds “the ca p p ital city i s in troub l e. fire bu r ns on the p p alace, and fire from h h eaven burn s s all night long on th e e15th.” th e e emperor o f han dynas t y was very shocked. h e e called an d d asked mr. eastern fo r advice. a f ter ponder i ng for a w h h ile, mr. e a a stern said, “i heard t hat the go d d of fire l i kes to eat tang-yuan . does yuan-xiao often cook tang-y y uan for yo u u? on the 155th lunar d a a y, let yua n n-xiao make tang-yuan.
your majest y y will take charge of t he worship p p ing ceremo n n y and you w w ill give a n n order to e e very house to prepare tang-yuan t o worship t he god of f ire at the same
time.also, deli v v er another order to a s s k every ho u u se in the c c ity to han g g red lante r n and expl o o de fire cr a a ckers. las t ly, everyo n n e in the p a a lace and p e e ople outsi d d e the city should car r y their la n n terns on t h h e street t o o watch the lantern de c c oration an d d fireworks. if everyt h h ing goes t h h is way, th e e jade empe r or would b e e deceived.
then every o o ne can avo i d the fire accident.”the empero r happily f o o llowed the plan. lant e e rns were e v v erywhere i n n the capit a a l city on t he night o f the 15th l unar day. p p eople were walking on the street. fire crac k k ers kept m a a king lots o o f noise. i t looked li k k e the enti r e city was on fire. y u u an-xiao’s p p arents wen t into the p p alace to w a a tch the la n n tern decor a a tions, and yuan-xiao m m ade a big l antern and wrote her n n ame on the lantern. t h h ey happily reunited t o o gether aft e e r her pare n n ts called h h er name. e v v erybody wa s s safe duri n n g the nigh t. the empe r or of han d d ynasty had a new orde r that peop l e should d o o the same t hing every year. sinc e e yuan-xiao cooked the best tan-y u u an, people called the day yuan-x i ao festiva l.
追寻历史这一则传说与吃元宵宵的习俗有关：相传汉武帝帝有个宠臣名叫东方朔，他他善良又风趣。有一年冬天天，下了几天大雪，
东方方朔就到御花园去给武帝折折梅花。刚进园门，就发现现有个宫女泪流满面准备投投井。东方朔慌忙上前搭救救，并问明她要自杀的原因因。原来，这个宫女名叫元元宵，家里还有双亲及一个个妹妹，自从她进宫以后，，就再也无缘东方朔与与元宵姑娘的传说和家人见见面，每年到了腊尽春来的的时节，就比平常更加的思思念家人。觉得不能在双亲亲跟前尽孝，不如一死了之之。东方朔听了她的遭遇，，深感同情，就向她保证，，一定设法让她和家人团聚聚。一天，东方朔朔出宫在长安街上摆了一个个占卜摊。不少人都争着向向他占卜求卦。不料，每个个人所占所求，都是“正月月十六火焚身”的签语。一一时之间，长安里起了很大大恐慌。人们纷纷求问解灾灾的办法。东方朔就说：“正月十五日傍晚，火神君君会派一位赤衣神女下凡查查访，她就是奉旨烧长安的的使者，我把抄录的偈语给给你们，可让当今天子想想想办法。”说完，便扔下一一张红帖，扬长而去。老百百姓拿起红帖，赶紧送到皇皇宫去禀报皇上。汉武帝接过来一看，只见见上面写着：“长安在劫，，火焚帝阙，十五天火，焰焰红宵夜”，他心中大惊，，连忙请来了足智多谋的东东方朔。东方朔假意的想了了一想，就说：“听说火神神君最爱吃汤圆，宫中的元元宵不是经常给你做汤圆吗吗？十五晚上可让元宵做好好汤圆。万岁焚香上供，传传令京都家家都做汤圆，一一齐敬奉火神君。再传谕臣臣民一起在十五晚上挂灯，，满城点鞭炮、放烟火，好好像满城大火，这样就可以以瞒过玉帝了。此外，通知知城外百姓，十五晚上进城
城观灯，杂在人中消灾解解难”。武帝听后，十分高高兴，就传旨照东方朔的办办法去做。到了正正
月十五日长安城里张灯结结彩，游人熙来攘往，热闹闹非常。宫女元宵的父母也也带着妹妹进城观灯。当他他们看到写有”元宵”字样样的大宫灯时，惊喜的高喊喊：“元宵！元宵！”，元宵听到喊声，终于和家家里的亲人团聚了。如此热闹了一夜，长安安城果然平安无事。汉武帝帝大喜，便下令以后每到正正月十五都做汤圆供火神君君，正月十五照样全城挂灯灯放烟火。因为元宵做的汤汤圆最好，所以这天叫做元元宵节。关于元宵节的资料
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翎组词the history of lantern fe s s tival a c c cording to the chines e e tradition，，at the ver y y beginning of a new y e e ar，when t h h ere is a b r ight full m m oon hangin g g in the sk y y，there sh o o uld be tho u u sands of c o o lorful lan t erns hung o o ut. 根据中国国的传统，新年伊始，当空空中出现一轮明亮的圆月时时，成千的彩灯就会被悬挂挂出来。dur i ng the lan t ern festiv a a l，people w w ill try to solve the p p uzzles on t he lantern s s and eat y u u anxiao 。在元宵节期间，人们会会试着猜灯谜，吃汤圆。in the s s ui dynasty in the six t h century，emperor ya n n gdi invite d d envoys fr o o m other co u u ntries to c c hina to se e e the color f ul lighted lanterns a n n d enjoy th e e gala perf o o rmances. 在六世纪的隋朝，当时时的隋炀帝邀请他国