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

解析

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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