元宵節Lantern Festival
每年的農曆正月十五,為農曆新年的第一個月圓,象征著春天的到來。 傳統新春定義的最後一天,也是春節的結束。活動:吃湯圓、觀燈和遊行。
元宵節也是古代情人節!
歐陽修《生查子》:
去年元夜時,花市燈如晝。月上柳梢頭,人約黃昏後。
今年元夜時,月與燈依舊。不見去年人,淚濕春衫袖。
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.
東風夜放花千樹,更吹落、星如雨。寶馬雕車香滿路,鳳簫聲動,玉壺光轉,一夜魚龍舞。
蛾兒雪柳黃金縷,笑語盈盈暗香去。眾裏尋他千百度,驀然回首,那人卻在,燈火闌珊處。
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.