人们不仅制作出各种漂亮的灯笼供大家观赏，还设计出许多有趣的谜语。

The Chinese people not only craft many types of beautiful lanterns for the others to appreciate, but also create many interesting riddles.

传统的灯谜是直接写在灯笼上的。

The traditional riddles are written on the lanterns.

现在，人们在灯笼的下面贴上写了谜语的纸条，供观灯的人猜。

Today, many people glue a slip of paper with the riddle at the bottom of the lanterns for the viewers to solve.

那些猜中的人还会得到出谜者赠送的小奖品。

Those who solve the riddles correctly will receive a prize from the riddle’s creator.

和其他的中国传统节日一样，元宵节也有自己的节日食品——“元宵”。

Just like China’s other traditional holidays, the Lantern Festival also has its own special dish —“Yuan Xiao”, or sweet dumpling soup.

虽然“元宵”在南北两地叫法不同，做法也不同，但它们都是用糯米粉做皮儿。

Although the sweet dumplings differ in name and recipe from the North and South, they are always made with glutinous rice flour as the outside.

里面包上各种果仁和糖做成的馅儿。

The filling is usually composed of different kinds of fruit kernels and sugar.

包出来的形状是一样的——圆圆的、白白的，因为它和元宵夜的圆月一样，代表着团圆。

The sweet dumplings are always round and white, as it represents the moon on the night of the Lantern Festival.

元宵

Sweet Dumplings Soup

团圆

reunion

灯谜

lantern riddles