与大多数中国节日一样，元宵节同样有自己的特色小吃，成为“汤圆”(也叫“元宵”)。汤圆外形圆圆的，外皮由糯米制成，内陷或甜或辣。人们都说汤圆有两个象征之意，一为农历的第一个月圆，二为家庭团聚圆满。元宵节传统习俗中还有一部分是关于猜灯谜的游戏。在过去，这些谜语大多出自于模糊的文学典故和中国古典文学之中，所以猜灯谜以前多为知识份子的“领地”。踩高跷，敲大鼓和舞龙狮也是元宵节主要的娱乐活动。

　　Like most Chinese festivals, the Lantern Festival has its own special food, called “tang yuan”. These are round, glutinous rice dumplings with sweet or spicy fillings. The dumplings are said to symbolize both the first full moon and family utility and completeness. Part of the lantern festival tradition involves a game to guess riddles attached to the lanterns. In the old days the riddles were obscure literary allusions to the Chinese classics and so were mainly the preserve of the educated classes. Stilt-walking, drumming and dragon and lion dancing are the main entertainment forms of the Lantern Festival.

　　元宵节英文翻译词汇及句子

　　农历正月十五：January 15 on the lunar calendar

　　元宵节：Lantern Festival

　　元宵：Yuanxiao

　　the rice glue ball

　　Sweet dumplings of glutinous rice flour

　　sweet dumplings

　　汤圆：glutinous rice balls

　　glue pudding

　　sweet dumplings

　　rice dumpling

　　sweet soup balls

　　灯谜：riddles written on lanterns

　　灯具：lamps and lanterns

　　灯花：snuff

　　灯笼：lantern scaldfish

　　灯塔：beacon lighthouse pharos

　　灯语：lamp signal

　　灯油：kerosene lamp oil

　　人们通常怎么庆祝元宵节?

　　How celebrate people the Lantern Festival, usually?

　　元宵节时，很多人会提灯笼，去参加猜灯谜大会。

　　On the Lantern Festival, many people will carry colorful lanterns and attend the riddle-guessing contests.

　　为庆祝元宵节，也是标志过年结束，元宵/汤圆是家家必备的传统应景食物。

　　On the Lantern Festival, which marks the end of the celebrations of the Lunar New Year, rice glue balls/glutinous rice balls are a traditional must-have for everybody.

　　人们通常会在元宵节吃元宵。

　　People usually eat rice glue balls on Lantern festival.

　　人们通常会在元宵节吃元宵。

　　People usually eat rice glue balls on Lantern festival.

　　元宵节时，很多人会提灯笼，去参加猜灯谜大会。

　　On the Lantern Festival, many people will carry colorful lanterns and attend the riddle-guessing contests.