全国各地庆祝元宵节周四晚上就开始了

are up China’s night sky, as begin the to today.

多彩的灯笼照亮中国的半边天，今日，全国各地已经开始庆祝元宵节。

In city, China’s , the shows began on night. was by 805 hand-made with .

在中国东南部福建省的泉州市，灯笼秀在周四晚上就开始了。新门街上装点了805个图案各异的手工灯笼。

“While the shows, some walk with a small in hand, the ,” Mai , a local , said.

当地市民马彬彬说：“很多人一边看灯，一边手里拿着小灯笼，非常有过节氛围。”

At the , a spot in city, in China’s , tens of of for a grand show are a sea of to .

在华东的江苏省，南京的旅游景点孔庙，举行了宏大的灯笼秀，元宵灯笼的海洋吸引了大批游客前来观赏。

Local Mao took her son to the to watch the on , she hoped her son would now the of the and the .

当地市民茂明娟周四晚上带着儿子来看灯小升初传统节日和习俗，她说希望通过这样的活动，让儿子理解元宵节和孔庙的文化历史。

back to the Han (206 BC-AD 25), the is held on the 15th day of the first lunar month to mark the first full moon of the lunar new year.

元宵节始于西汉（公元前206年-公元25年），与每年正月十五月圆时举行。

You , a folk in , said the was about going out for a than a get .

天津市民俗研究专家由国庆说，元宵节并不是家庭聚会，而是出门看展。

, it is also a day to the full moon, solve , watch art and eat tang yuan, balls made of rice, with sweet .

除了看灯，元宵节也是赏月、猜灯谜、看艺术表演、吃汤圆/元宵的好时候。

The was once also a time for . In times, young women were not to go out , but was an , when young men and women could meet up.

元宵节也曾是恋人相聚的时候。在封建时期，年轻女子不能随便出门小升初传统节日和习俗，但元宵节可以出门看灯，这也就成为青年男女相会的好时机。

Some of the , such as its , are , but still see the as a day to and a to wish for .

虽然元宵节的一些元素（比如浪漫气息）已经渐渐淡化，但人们仍然把它当做庆祝、祈福的节日。

of are still vivid for Yu Le’an, an man from , of China’s Hunan .

余乐安是湖南省会长沙的一位老人，对他来说童年的元宵节记忆犹新。

“It would be a time when we could have new and good to eat,” he said.

他说：“每到元宵节，我们就有新衣服穿、有好吃的可以吃。”

The is a now a of the and .

当代元宵节已经成为传统和现代的结合。

The of Lu in is busy, as of visit to and buy his on the eve of the .

上海手艺人鲁谢庄的工作室最近非常忙碌，因为在元宵节前夜有很多人前来赏灯、买灯笼。

Lu, 63, is glad to see ’s love for the , but she that there is still much to do to the .

鲁谢庄今年63岁，她看到人们对灯笼的热爱感到非常新闻。但她认为，要想让这门传统手工艺流传下去，还需要付出很多努力。

She says “” is key to keep the art alive, and has been the of of and for day .

她说，“创新”是让这一传统艺术活下去的关键。并且她一直在探索和创造现代审美下不同图案、不同样式的灯笼。