星月当空万烛烧，人间天上两元宵，岁岁年年，今又元宵。“元宵节，又称上元节，正月十五是一年中第一个月圆之夜，所以称这一天为‘元宵节’。”按照中国民间的传统，元宵之夜人们要点起彩灯万盏，以示庆贺。还要出门赏月、燃灯放焰、喜猜灯谜、共吃元宵，同庆佳节，其乐融融。

中教老师们利用上周的课间三十分钟，向小朋友们介绍了元宵节的起源、习俗和非同寻常的节日意义。元宵节的很多风俗都属于国家非物质文化遗产，老师希望通过相关内容的讲解，让学生理解元宵节的意义，感受文化遗产留给我们的审美记忆。

随后，在老师的帮助与指导下，孩子们拿着各类卡纸和剪刀，进行折叠、剪裁、粘贴，相互帮助、相互学习，其乐融融，开始了愉快的灯笼制作过程。经过半个小时的努力，一盏盏漂亮的灯笼呈现在大家眼前。孩子们纷纷举起灯笼展示成果，脸上洋溢着幸福的笑容。

除此之外，走廊里也贴满了元宵节灯谜，孩子们利用课间在这些灯谜间漫步，或苦思冥想，或豁然开朗，或喜笑颜开地跟老师说：“我知道谜底了！”不管古代还是今天，人们对知识的好奇心穿越千年，仍然丝毫不减。

通过元宵节活动，孩子们感受传统节日的氛围，感知、了解、喜爱起民俗活动，加深对中国传统节日的认识。无论是PPT的讲解还是灯笼的制作，都能够让中国的传统文化和美德在孩子们身上不断地传承下去，给孩子们留下美好的童年记忆。      

Make Lanterns together, enjoy the Chinese Lantern Festival

The Lantern Festival is also called the Shangyuan Festival. The 15th day of the first lunar month is the first full moon night of the year, so it is called the Yuanxiao Festival. According to Chinese folk tradition, on the night of the Lantern Festival, people light up thousands of colorful lanterns to celebrate. People go out together to enjoy the full moon, light the flame, guess riddles, and eat yuanxiao.

During the 30-minute break last week the Chinese teachers introduced the origin, customs, and significance of the Lantern Festival. Many of the customs of the Lantern Festival are part of Chinese national cultural heritage. The teachers hope that through the explanation of the relevant content, students can understand the significance of the Lantern Festival and appreciate the relevance to cultural heritage.

Then, with the help and guidance of the teachers, the children took cardboard and scissors to fold, cut and paste, help and learn from each other, and began the lantern making process. After half an hour's effort, beautiful lanterns were presented to everyone. The children raised their lanterns to show their achievements with happy smiles on their faces.

Through the Lantern Festival activities, teachers let children feel the atmosphere of traditional festivals. The students were guided to perceive, understand, and love folk activities, as well as deepen the understanding of traditional Chinese festivals.

Let’s have a bite of sweet glutinous rice dumplings and set off for our bright future!

文：王碧涵

校对：刘云平

图片：G1-4班主任

编辑：曲昊睿

文章转载自：【上海星河湾双语学校】