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Mandarin Master Q&A 3
Category: Education
Duration: 00:05:00
Publish Date: 2016-02-20 21:03:15
Description: The Lantern Festival (元宵节) is the last day of the Chinese New Year celebration. This day is for the last moment for setting off fireworks, the last excuse for eating a big feast and the last chance for family getting together before the “年” celebrations are over. (and also the Lantern Festival is a traditional time of celebration for foreigners who live in China).

At Lantern festival

Eating Yuanxiao 吃元宵
元宵是元宵节的特色食品。据说，元宵是因汉武帝时期的一位名叫元宵的宫女而得名。Yuanxiao is the special food for the Lantern Festival. It is believed that Yuanxiao is named after a palace maid, Yuanxiao, of Emperor Wu Di of the Han Dynasty. 元宵是一种带馅儿的甜食，是由糯米粉加上甜的馅料制成。元宵节就是因此食品得名。Yuanxiao is a kind of sweet dumpling, which is made with sticky rice flour filled with sweet stuffing. And the Festival is named after the famous dumpling.
It is very easy to cook - simply dump them in a pot of boiling water for a few minutes - and eaten as a dessert.

Guessing lantern riddles 猜灯谜
猜灯谜也是元宵节活动的一个基本组成部分。灯笼的主人将谜语写在一张纸条上，然后将纸条展示在灯笼上。"Guessing lantern riddles"is an essential part of the Festival. Lantern owners write riddles on a piece of paper and post them on the lanterns .如果赏灯者猜出谜语，就将纸条取出，然后找灯笼的主人确认答案。打对的话，他们就可以领取一份小礼品。 If visitors have solutions to the riddles, they can pull the paper out and go to the lantern owners to check their answer. If they are right, they will get a little gift.这个活动也是起源于宋朝（960——1279）。猜灯谜活动极富情趣和智慧，因此在全社会广受欢迎。
The activity also emerged during the Song Dynasty (960-1279). As riddle guessing is interesting and full of wisdom, it has become popular among all social strata.
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