中国红灯笼英语

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灯笼英文介绍：

Chinese lantern has originated from the Western Han Dynasty. Around the yearly Lantern Festival, people all hang red lanterns up, which are symbols of reunion, to create a festive atmosphere. Lanterns later become a joyous symbol for Chinese.

Chinese lantern synthesizes techniques of painting art, paper cutting, paper bundling and prickseaming. Palace lantern and gauze lantern are the most famous among the lanterns made in ancient China.

Nowadays, lanterns still paly an important role in home decoration, but the material of some lanterns have changed from paper and bamboo to cloth, plastics and iron wire, and their shape and colour have been quite different from traditional ones.

译文

中国的灯笼起源于西汉时期。在每年的元宵节前后，人们都会挂起象征团圆的红灯笼，来营造一种喜庆的气氛，后来，灯笼就成了中国人喜庆的象征。

中国的灯笼综合了绘画艺术、剪纸、纸扎、刺缝等工艺。在中国古代制作的灯笼中，以宫灯和纱灯最为有名。

如今，灯笼在居家装饰上仍扮演者重要的角色，但是有些灯笼的材料由原来的纸、竹子变成了布、塑料、铁线，而且灯笼的形状和颜色与传统也大不相同。

Lanterns, originating from the East Han Dynasty, were first mainly used for lighting.

原题：灯笼起源于东汉，最初主要用于照明。在唐代，人们用红灯笼来庆祝安定的生活。从那时起，灯笼在中国的许多地方流行起来。

灯笼通常用色彩鲜艳的薄纸制作，形状和尺寸各异。在中国传统文化中，红灯笼象征生活美满和生意兴隆，通常在春节、元宵节和国庆节等节日期间悬挂。如今，世界上许多其他地方也能看到红灯笼。

Lanterns, which originated from the the Eastern Han Dynasty, were first primarily used for lighting/illumination.

During the Tang Dynasty, lanterns were used to celebrate the stable life and since then they have been popular in many regions of China. Lanterns of various sizes and shapes are usually made of brightly coloured tissue paper.

In Chinese traditional culture, red lanterns,, often hung during the Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival and the National Day, symbolize happy life and prosperous business. Nowadays, red lanterns can also be seen in many other regions of the world.

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