初三的元宵节英语作文（通用30篇）
The 15th day of the 1st lunar month is the Chinese Lantern Festival because the first lunar month is called yuan-month and in the ancient times people called night Xiao. The 15th day is the first night to see a full moon. So the day is also called Yuan Xiao Festival in China.
According to the Chinese tradition, at the very beginning of a new year, when there is a bright full moon hanging in the sky, there should be thousands of colorful lanterns hung out for people to appreciate. At this time, people will try to solve the puzzles on the lanterns and eat yuanxiao (glutinous rice ball) and get all their families united in the joyful atmosphere.
The fifteenth day of the first arrived, my family and I go to the lantern.
Can be busy in the street, people mountain people sea. At seven o 'clock is very to, start with fireworks, "bang..." Voice rings, the fireworks are green, red, yellow, purple, colorful, colorful. Look, a "super-sized" fireworks fly the sky, and then with a roar, and fireworks sprayed out of the little one was full of the sky, sometimes like a bauhinia, sometimes like a chrysanthemum. Some township, bine... "Bang! Bang" rang again, and some bread with a small bee in fireworks, after the blast, emit the light of fireflies. The colorful decorated enveloped the entire lijin county. See gold waterfall flows down, every gold falls and shiny golden flowers covered with earth. As the tang dynasty poet li bai have cloud: "plunges three thousand feet, suspected galaxy nine days."
Watching the fireworks, we go to see the lanterns again, we saw the Chinese zodiac, they seemed to be waving to us, the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse,... In the said the New Year's blessing to tourists. Further on, we saw the Disneyland, the inside of the Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, such as "master", they are playing Musical Instruments, are thriving, a happy New Year! We also see "three kingdoms" lamp, zhang fei and guan yu, liu bei, three people, they in taoyuan sworn brother, I seem to hear them say: "although we can't born in the same year on the same day, I wish we are in the same year on the same day to death." And drums, gongs, it sounds really beautiful melody.
I had a really happy today.
In his sleep, I was suddenly a burst of nose smell "called" wake up, I will with the fastest speed to put on clothes, jumped out of bed and ran into the kitchen down the fragrance, saw mother is boiled dumplings!
Yuan xiao like each one grownup at "karaoke" jump beautiful dance, let a person see the's saliva dc, very anxious to swallow it bite into the belly, at this moment, mom found me, said: "little lazier, soon can eat yuan xiao!" Sure enough, after a while, the fragrant rice dumplings out of the pot, I can't wait to eat a small yuan xiao, "ah! Burned to death." I jumped three feet high, mother in the kitchen heard the call, hurriedly ran out, anxiously shouted: "what? What's the matter? When she saw that I was flushed, my mother knew what was going on, and I poured a glass of cold water for me to drink, and it was better.
In the evening, I went to see the lanterns with my mother, wow! Good beauty! The lantern has yellow, red, pink and so on, let a person see really colorful, beautiful! Walking forward, I saw a small lantern hanging on a tree. Inside, a child was carrying a lantern as if to say, "happy Lantern Festival! Happy Lantern Festival! There was a riddle next to him, and my eyes turned, and I thought of the answer.
Yuan xiao is the first full moon night of the year. Yuan xiao has the name yuan xiao. At the time of the Lantern Festival, all the people were happy as if they were happy. In this yuan xiao nights, the most attractive country "fireworks", because the fireworks not only good-looking, and it makes people see the colorful feel mood delectation, emotional annoyed and opened my arms.
This day we eat very early, all because want to see the firework, the evening I have had a meal, immediately rushed down the building, find a friend together to see dazzling.
Every time the fireworks exploded, I yelled, except for applause. At the end of the day, the fireworks were one by one, but the fireworks were much faster and much bigger than what I had just seen. All of a sudden, there were fireworks on all sides, and all of them were fireworks that shone like gold, and they shone more brightly around them than during the day. Suddenly, another set of fireworks opened under the golden "scarf". After that, the fireworks disappeared.
Though the fireworks ended quietly in our cheers, the fireworks, which had just been lit, would be forever in my perfect memory.
It was the fifteenth day of the Lantern Festival, xiangfan will be held in a riverside avenue, lion dance, I have an appointment I Hu Lechen toghter go, walk on the road has a big, big fog, all can't see the han river, can't see the distant scenery, but we go to the show is undimmed.
Waited a moment, that we've arrived at eleven o 'clock, the sun had come out, just hear the sound of the beating drums, then saw the dragon-lion dance team coming to us, has a red dragon, green dragon, golden dragon... The dragon dances in the crowd like a real dragon, and it flies in the clouds for a while, and then it hovers in a circle. All kinds of dragon dances dazzle me.
then to a group of lions in the grab a ball, the performance is very excellent, a few lions fight, the laugh laugh people onlookers, but also has big head doll in performance, is the most funny is a seven items, not sitting on a bamboo pole, satisfied, and a man smoking a pipe, doing all sorts of funny action, there are many other performances, we look at the whole morning, this is the first time I saw this folk art performances, really opened my eyes.
the chinese new year is now popularly known as the spring festival because it starts from the begining of spring (the first of the twenty-four terms in coodination with the changes of nature). its origin is too old to be traced. several explanations are hanging around. all agree, however, that the word nian, which in modern chinese solely means year, was originally the name of a monster beast that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of a new year.
one legend goes that the beast nian had a very big mouth that would swallow a great many people with one bite. people were very scared. one day, an old man came to their rescue, offering to subdue nian. to nian he said, i hear say that you are very capable, but can you swallow the other beasts of prey on earth instead of people who are by no means of your worthy opponents? so, it did swallow many of the beasts of prey on earth that also harrassed people and their domestic animals from time to time.
Probably more food is consumed during the new year celebrations than any other time of the year.
Vast amounts of traditional food is prepared for family and friends, as well as those close to us who have died.
On new year's day, the chinese family will eat a vegetarian dish called jai.
Although the various ingredients in jai are root vegetables or fibrous vegetables, many people attribute various superstitious aspects to them.
Other foods include a whole fish, to represent togetherness and abundance, and a chicken for prosperity.
The chicken must be presented with a head, tail and feet to symbolize completeness.
Noodles should be uncut, as they represent long life.
In south china, the favorite and most typical dishes were nian gao, sweet steamed glutinous rice pudding and zong zi (glutinous rice wrapped up in reed leaves), another popular delicacy.
In the north, steamed-wheat bread (man tou) and small meat dumplings were the preferred food.
The tremendous amount of food prepared at this time was meant to symbolize abundance and wealth for the household.
The 15thday of the 1st lunar month is the Chinese Lantern Festival. At the very beginning of a new year, there should be thousands of colorful lanterns hungout.
During the Lantern Festival,people will try to solve the puzzles on the lanterns and eat yuan xiao.
In the SuiDynasty in the sixth century, Emperor Yangdi used to see the colorful ligh te dlanterns and enjoy the gala performances.
By the be ginning of the Tang Dynasty, the lantern displays would last three days.
In the Song Dynasty, the festival was celebrated for five days and the activities began to spread to many of the big cities in China.
Today, the displaying of lanternsis still a big event on the 15th day of the first lunar month throughout China.
Lantern Festival is our traditional festival, the Lantern Festival every year to eat dumplings, fireworks.
Mom cooked dumplings, I can't wait to pick up the one in your mouth, mom shout; "Be careful, don't burn yourself. Bite on the filling flow out slowly, sticky. Sweet taste is great!
The Lantern Festival without watching lanterns. Finish eat yuanxiao, dad and I arrived Yang head square. There were so many lanterns here! There is "running" tiger. "Eat grass" rabbit. And "swimming" in the fish. Is a multifarious! All became light of the ocean. The world of light! Dad bought me a rabbit lanterns. As long as one click button. Deer will be singing a happy song. I hurriedly took my tiger lamp join make lanterns, after my father and I go to fireworks.
Fireworks can be interesting. So many kinds of fireworks! Some on the left of the gun... People are respect, suddenly, a naughty kid threw jilt cannons, people scared hiding; I followed papa fired cannons sky it spray flame, 1 of "pa" exploded and emits the colorful flowers.
The Lantern Festival is really interesting!
Tangyuan is made from glutinous rice flour. You can prepare glutinous rice flour in a bowl and slowly add hot water until they mix into dough. Then you can pinch off the dough and roll them into small balls.
Then you can fill tangyuan with either sweet or savoury fillings. Sweet fillings are often made from peanut butter, black sesame seeds or red beans. But some people prefer the savoury fillings made from meat, mushroom and green vegetables.
Then try to enwrap all the fillings into glutinous rice dough.
You can make different forms for different fillings.
Ready? Then you can drop these balls into boiling water and cook them for about 8 minutes until they float. Okay, Just enjoy them!
Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festival, embodying the wisdom of the Chinese people and the emotion, thousands of words also couldn't say for sure, I will say today I of the Lantern Festival.
We want to eat dumplings every year, and the moral of dumplings is a reunion, as long as the family together the feeling of happiness like in filling sweetness, let people never forget! As long as the family reunion is better than thousands of gifts, as long as the family can gather together a cup of the celebration, eliminates the loneliness of the New Year, this is more than the countless blessings must warm!
Suddenly The New Year's bell sounded, suddenly boiling city! Than the fireworks into the sky, such as silver arrows, such as meteor, more like a small ball of fire into the night, they through the night, fireworks together, then exploded, painted on the sky the bright flowers, light interweave together, for the night paint a beautiful picture. And then introduced into our ears, a deafening explosion that were eliminated, at this time in the coming year the New Year passed from fireworks explosions!
The Lantern Festival, blended in the festival of the Chinese emotions, let all people never forget!
finally arrived, and finally to the lantern festival. from over the years, i have been waiting for this day.
lantern festival, the festival has to be taken seriously since the western han dynasty period, jun, and become a folk customs, people carry on for hundreds of years of tradition, to admire the lanterns, guess riddles, dragon dance, lion dance, twist dayangge, very lively, with the development of science and technology now and create a new folk to watch the fireworks.
today, the whole family gather together, waiting for the yuan get to midnight snack, it just dark down, you can hear "bang hua" of firecrackers.
at night, i walk in the street, with the family is full of "boom" sound, the sky is the fireworks, although not as good as the day, but it is also illuminated. walking up and down the street, looking at people, listening to the deafening firecrackers; feel the lively gas; my heart also could not help being alert and cheerful. along the way, all the stores a lantern festival color, roadside lights flash new moon, full moon in the sky upon the earth, is "with no lights light there is not a beauty, japan is not spring".
condensed out of the accident, my eyes and in the fireworks in the sky above, like will soon open the flower of the hail, suddenly open, scattered pieces of the blossom. everywhere is the flowers open, as if spring mei fang and hail in full bloom.
today busy angry, also let me feel though years have passed, but the yuan snack than eve also. lively.
The fillings inside the dumplings or Yuansiao are either sweet or salty. Sweet fillings are made of sugar，Walnuts，sesame，osmanthus flowers，rose petals，or jujube paste etc. A single ingredient or any combination can be used as the filling . The salty variety is filled with minced meat，vegetables etc.
Today, is the Lantern Festival, we all watch a flower to the moon, but flowers are fireworks.
The moon is round, like a big rice balls, put in the sky in the big KB. Moonlight hazy, because the moon girl shy to by the veil.
The air, fireworks bloomed, colorful was so much beauty, some like chrysanthemum blossom a layer of countless petals, some like little snake winding to extend to the middle of sky, and like a fountain and spitting out of countless colorful waves, the whole sky is a beautiful big garden, is also a big concert hall pleasant sounding rolled out a tune, listen to!
Finally, we put a kongmin light, it took us ?
In the daytime of the Festival, performances such as a dragon lantern dance, a lion dance, a land boat dance, a yangge dance, walking on stilts and beating drums while dancing will be staged. On the night, except for magnificent lanterns, fireworks form a beautiful scene. Most families spare some fireworks from the Spring Festival and let them off in the Lantern Festival. Some local governments will even organize a fireworks party. On the night when the first full moon enters the New Year, people become really intoxicated by the imposing fireworks and bright moon in the sky.
随着时间的推移，元宵节的活动越来越多，白天有耍龙灯、耍狮子、踩高跷、划旱船扭秧歌、打太平鼓等传统民俗表演。到了夜晚，除了五颜六色的美花灯之外，还有艳丽多姿的烟火。大多数家庭会在春节时留下一些烟花等到元宵节这天燃放，而一些地方政府也会举办烟花大会，当新年的第一个月圆之夜在盛大的烟火表演中来临时，人们都陶醉在这令人难忘了烟花与皎洁的明月中。
Today is the fifteen Lantern Festival on the first moon, and the Lantern Festival is also a day of reunion. After dinner, my sister and my brother, accompanied by an adult, went to the yard to look at the fireworks. As soon as he arrived in the yard, he saw all kinds of beautiful lanterns in his friend's hand. There is a rabbit lamp, a butterfly lamp, a goldfish lamp, and the beautiful goldfish lamp, like a living goldfish, swings its beautiful tail.
The fireworks of the moment, looked upward, in the sky some fireworks bloom like the golden chrysanthemum; some like fireflies fluttering all over the sky; some like colorful gems; it is a beautiful picture!
After seeing the fireworks, my aunt went home to us and my brother and sister to cook the dumpling.
If it is the Lantern Festival in my hometown, yangcheng, you will feel the real yuanxiao. In addition to the dazzling, colorful lanterns and fireworks, the most attractive is the street art performance.
The performance began at nine o 'clock in the morning. On both side of the street was a sea of people, the whole street was flowing stage, bring their best talents each villages and towns that have dancing, bohanchuan, they wear colourful clothes, hand color variegated silks fan dance, twisting the spirit... The weifeng gongs and drums stood on the high, decorated a new color car, the sound of gong and drum beat; Five or six year old children dressed up as the characters in the drama, the grown-ups on the head, really amazing, tell you, this is our yangcheng traditional program -- top story; Walking on stilts is even more exquisite. On stilts, about seven or eight feet high, performers "jump double stool" and "big splits" make you sweat for them.
With all that said, you must be in a hurry. It's all right. Welcome to yangcheng for the Lantern Festival. I'll be your guide.
Abortion in window ", the fifteenth day of the first like year, the family is not only to reunite and then eat dinner, evening also particularly lively, a rally playing dragon lantern and lion dance, and guess riddles, fireworks and other community activities.
The fifteenth day of the first in the north also have very busy, as the fourteenth year eat meal again, and then continue to three days after years (for small the first 15 and 16 for small 2, 17 for small 3). Until the 18th day, people began to put into normal production work.
Regardless of the south north, the fifteenth day of this day have a family reunion to eat yuanxiao. "Yuanxiao" name of the food, is said to have appeared in the early yuan dynasty, because people are used to eat it in the night of the Lantern Festival.
Yuanxiao, like the rice cakes of the Spring Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival dumplings are festive food. Yuanxiao is symbol of family reunion like full moon, good wishes of the people for the future life. Yuanxiao "tangyuan" "mariko" and "water circle" "soup pill" "floating mariko" lactose mariko ", "business" wing "is the name a person, is made from glutinous rice, or solid, or with stuffing. Fillings such as bean paste, sugar, hawthorn, boiled, Fried, steamed, Fried can.
the lantern festival falls on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, usually in february or march in the gregorian calendar. as early as the western han dynasty (206 bc-ad 25), it had become a festival with great significance. this day's important activity is watching lanterns. throughout the han dynasty (206 bc-ad 220), buddhism flourished in china. one emperor heard that buddhist monks would watch sarira, or remains from the cremation of buddha's body, and light lanterns to worship buddha on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, so he ordered to light lanterns in the imperial palace and temples to show respect to buddha on this day. later, the buddhist rite developed into a grand festival among common people and its influence expanded from the central plains to the whole of china.
till today, the lantern festival is still held each year around the country. lanterns of various shapes and sizes are hung in the streets, attracting countless visitors. children will hold self-made or bought lanterns to stroll with on the streets, extremely excited. "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. 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. the activity emerged during people's enjoyment of lanterns in the song dynasty (960-1279).
as riddle guessing is interesting and full of wisdom, it has become popular among all social strata.
people will eat yuanxiao, or rice dumplings, on this day, so it is also called the "yuanxiao festival."yuanxiao also has another name, tangyuan. it is small dumpling balls made of glutinous rice flour with rose petals, sesame, bean paste, jujube paste, walnut meat,dried fruit, sugar and edible oil as filling. tangyuan can be boiled, fried or steamed. it tastes sweet and delicious.
what’s more, tangyuan in chinese has a similar pronunciation with "tuanyuan”, meaning reunion. so people eat them to denote union, harmony and happiness for the family.
in the daytime of the festival, performances such as a dragon lantern dance, a lion dance, a land boat dance, a yangge dance,walking on stilts and beating drums while dancing will be staged. on the night, except for magnificent lanterns, fireworks form a beautiful scene. most families spare some fireworks from the spring festival and let them off in the lantern festival. some local.
The chinese new year is now popularly known as the spring festival because it starts from the begining of spring (the first of the twenty-four terms in coodination with the changes of nature). its origin is too old to be traced. several explanations are hanging around. all agree, however, that the word nian, which in modern chinese solely means year, was originally the name of a monster beast that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of a new year.
One legend goes that the beast nian had a very big mouth that would swallow a great many people with one bite. people were very scared. one day, an old man came to their rescue, offering to subdue nian. to nian he said, i hear say that you are very capable, but can you swallow the other beasts of prey on earth instead of people who are by no means of your worthy opponents? so, it did swallow many of the beasts of prey on earth that also harrassed people and their domestic animals from time to time.
Lantern Festival is a China's traditional festival. It is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar year.
I,antern Festival is one of the biggest holidays in China. Several days before Lantern Festival, people begin to make lanterns. Lanterns are made in the shape of different animals, vegetables, fruits and many, other things. While making lanterns people usually write riddles on lanterns. On the eve of Lantern Festival, all the lanterns are hung up.
On Lantern Festival people go outside to have a look at the lanterns and guess the riddles on the lanterns. Perhaps you call see some wonderful folk performances,Dragon Dance and Yangko. Everything is very interesting and everyone is very happy. Our life is rich and varied.
When the Lantern Festival arrived, my mother carried me to the car (because my leg was hurt and I couldn't walk down the road). When the fireworks were set, the traffic police blocked the road and allowed no traffic. Then I took my aunt's electric car and arrived at my destination. A: it's not easy for me to see a firework!
The fireworks began to set off. Ah! How beautiful it is! There are colorful spheres rushing up into the sky. With a loud bang, fireworks explode in the air, some like a round smile, some like a red star, and some like Numbers. I was dazzled. The best of all was the red lanterns that waddled in the sky for a long time. What a happy day!
The Lantern Festival, also known as Shang yuan Festival, is celebrated on January 15th on Chinese lunar calendar.It is the first full moon night in Chinese lunar year, symbolizing the coming back of the spring.The Lantern Festival is deemed as a good day for family get together.
According to the custom of China, people on that night will carry nice lanterns and go out to appreciate the moon, light fireworks, guess lantern riddles, and eat sweet dumplings to celebrate the festival.Some places even have folk performances such as playing dragon lanterns, lion dance and stilt walking.
The Lantern Festival, an important traditional Chinese festival which has been in existence for over 2,000 years, is still very popular in China, even overseas.And any place in which Chinese people live will experience busy activities on that day.
Today is the fifteenth lunar month - the Lantern Festival. Lantern Festival has many customs: eating Lantern Festival, watching lights, watching fireworks.
In the evening, Mom and Dad go with me to view the lights of General Plaza and Riverfront Park. Street lights colorful, every family covered with lanterns. Place the square, Zuo Quan general was withered lifelike. Square, there are: God of Wealth, people say good scenery in Shanxi, literary drama, turn lights, lifelike Fortuna headlights, there are people kneeling burning incense it. Although not many, but very attractive.
Riverside Park, the lights are brilliant, the tree in the park as a light of the world, I think the best lights are: 24 filial piety, introduces the filial piety of Chinese culture, Liaoyang eight landscape introduced Zuoquan tourist attractions, Wutai Mountain Main Hall, Dacheng Hall each of them has its own unique character, with lights hanging on the road, lanterns and beautiful verses on the lamp.
Today is the fifteenth day of the month, that is, the Lantern Festival. At night shower, I was attracted to the balcony by a cheering sound. I quickly ran over, looked up, sky full of fireworks, the original is the Lantern Festival fireworks. My sister and my mother, aunt, uncle, father to watch the fireworks together.
The fireworks are like the lotus flowers in full bloom; some are like the open lilies, a bit like an open fan; more like a small lamp illuminates the sky like a meteor shower, , Colorful. This is the most beautiful fireworks I've ever seen.
I really like this moment of brilliant. I really hope Grandpa can see such a beautiful fireworks.
This days important activity is watching lanterns. Throughout the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), Buddhism flourished in China. One emperor heard that Buddhist monks would watch sarira, or remains from the cremation of Buddhas body, and light lanterns to worship Buddha on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, so he ordered to light lanterns in the imperial palace and temples to show respect to Buddha on this day. Later, the Buddhist rite developed into a grand festival among common people and its influence expanded from the Central Plains to the whole of China.
Till today, the lantern festival is still held each year around the country. Lanterns of various shapes and sizes are hung in the streets, attracting countless visitors. Children will hold self-made or bought lanterns to stroll with on the streets, extremely excited. "Guessing lantern riddles"is an essential part of the Festival.
The moon is round, the earth is round, everything is round! The flowers are good, the scenery is good, the mood is better! Wish you and your family a happy Lantern Festival!
On the fifteenth day of the first month, the moon represents my heart! Let the moon take my blessing to you: happy Lantern Festival!
I will make you the happiest person tonight, when the light is day and we are all together.
At this moment, I have the deepest thoughts, let the cloud send to full blessing, adorn your sweet dream, wish you have a happy Lantern Festival.
The sound of drums and gongs and drums of fire, fireworks and lights, and Februarys wisps of light breeze into your heart, strings of hope to wish you: happy Lantern Festival!
Fifteenth day Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festival.
People will eat during the Lantern Festival, the South and the North are different, so there's to eat glutinous rice balls, which have a literary reference, saying it was Yuan feel Lantern with "Yuan Consumers" So the Lantern named Tangyuan. Hanging lanterns in the streets on both sides. That is festive, but also lively.
Lantern Festival is also known as Chinese Valentine's Day, the young men and women get along with fireworks, dancing folk dance and lantern making.
Lantern Festival this day, people walking on the street, watching lanterns, guess riddles. People are immersed in an atmosphere of joy.
Fifteenth day after the Lantern Festival, people began the new year's work.
On New Years Day, the Chinese family will eat a vegetarian dish called jai. Although the various inGREdients in jai are root vegetables or fibrous vegetables, many people attribute various superstitious aspects to them.
Other foods include a whole fish, to represent togetherness and abundance, and a chicken for prosperity. The chicken must be presented with a head, tail and feet to symbolize completeness. Noodles should be uncut, as they represent long life.
In south China, the favorite and most typical dishes were nian gao, sweet steamed glutinous rice pudding and zong zi (glutinous rice wrapped up in reed bleaves), another popular delicacy.
In the north, steamed-wheat bread (man tou) and small meat dumplings were the preferred food. The tremendous amount of food prepared at this time was meant to symbolize abundance and wealth for the household.
The 15 Day Celebration of Chinese New Year.
The first day of the Lunar New Year is "the welcoming of the gods of the heavens and earth."Many people abstain from meat on the first day of the new year because it is believed that this will ensure long and happy lives for them.
On the second day, the Chinese pray to their ancestors as well as to all the gods. They are extra kind to dogs and feed them well as it is believed that the second day is the birthday of all dogs.
The third and fourth days are for the sons-in-laws to pay respect to their parents-in-law.
The fifth day is called Po Woo. On that day people stay home to welcome the God of Wealth. No one visits families and friends on the fifth day because it will bring both parties bad luck.
On the sixth to the 10th day, the Chinese visit their relatives and friends freely. They also visit the temples to pray for good fortune and health.
The seventh day of the New Year is the day for farmers to display their produce. These farmers make a drink from seven types of vegetables to celebrate the occasion. The seventh day is also considered the birthday of human beings. Noodles are eaten to promote longevity and raw fish for success.
On the eighth day the Fujian people have another family reunion dinner, and at midnight they pray to Tian Gong, the God of Heaven.
The ninth day is to make offerings to the Jade Emperor.
The 10th through the 12th are days that friends and relatives should be invited for dinner. After so much rich food, on the 13th day you should have simple rice congee and mustard GREens (choi sum) to cleanse the system.
The 14th day should be for preparations to celebrate the Lantern Festival which is to be held on the 15th night.
The Lantern Festival which occurs on the 15-th day of the First Month of the Chinese Year marks the end of the New Year's Holidays.
Lanterns are everywhere. A most interesting tradition is the posting of riddles called 'Lantern Riddles.' Riddles are written on pieces of paper and posted on lanterns or wall. Any one solving the riddle is awarded a prize. And the food for lantern festival is Tang Yuan i have made some Tang Yuan in a ginger soup my wife got a serious cold so i cooked a pot of ginger soup for her. I look forward to the next spring festival.