The 15th day of the 1st lunar month is the Chinese Lantern Festival because the first lunar monthis 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.

　　说完了起源，咱们说说习俗，元宵节我们做什么呢？我们赏花灯（colorful lanterns）、猜灯谜（solve the puzzles）、吃元宵（yuanxiao，glutinousrice ball）。

　　元宵有甜的也有咸的，甜的通常会用糖（sugar）、胡桃（Walnuts）, 芝麻（sesame）,桂花（osmanthus flowers）, 玫瑰（rose petals）、枣泥（jujube paste）等东西做馅. 咸的就可能会用肉馅（mincedmeat）或者蔬菜做馅了。

　　最后，再给老外来上一首诗词，你就等着被夸吧。背什么？这里有一首很有名的宋词哦。

　　青玉案·元夕

　　——辛弃疾

　　东风夜放花千树，

　　更吹落，星如雨。

　　宝马雕车香满路。

　　凤箫声动，玉壶光转，

　　一夜鱼龙舞。

　　蛾儿雪柳黄金缕，

　　笑语盈盈暗香去。

　　众里寻他千百度，

　　蓦然回首，那人却在，

　　灯火阑珊处。

　　怕老外听不懂？没关系，咱再解释一遍：

　　night lights a thousand trees in bloom

　　a shower of stars blown

　　by the east wind

　　ornatecarriages drawn by gallanthorses

　　filled the boulevardswith a sweet fragrance

　　voice of the magic flute flowing

　　luster of the jade white urn turning

　　all night the fishes and the dragons danced

　　butterflies, willows, charms of gold

　　gone -- that angeliclaughter, that subtle perfume

　　in the crowds for her I’d searched a thousand times

　　perchance I turned

　　and there she was

　　where lights were few and dim.