Chapter 1: Shopping for lanterns
Shopping for lanterns on the 15th day of the first lunar month is one of our country’s traditional customs. No, as soon as night fell tonight, I couldn’t wait to come to the Garden Expo. Visit the Lantern Festival held here for the first time.
The lantern festival is full of all kinds of lanterns, which is overwhelming. Look at this "A bumper harvest to welcome the New Year", which vividly portrays the image of farmers celebrating a good harvest. Look at the "joyful brows" again, showing the joy of the people living a better life. There are also "lots of fruits", which reflects the fruitful results Xiamen has achieved since its reform and opening up. Seeing these exquisite lanterns, I couldn't help but think: Since the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Xiamen Special Economic Zone, Xiamen has undergone earth-shaking changes: patches of barren land have turned into bustling markets in an instant, and patches of tidal flats have transformed in an instant. Countless high-rise buildings have been erected, every family lives in a new house, and every household has a new car. Without the party's reform and opening up policy, how could the people's living standards improve so quickly?
It was getting late, and countless colored lights were twinkling with the stars in the sky. We began to walk back slowly. I suddenly felt that the garden city of Xiamen was not just a big lantern show that would never end. Every building in the city was a huge lantern. Xiamen people visited the lanterns every day and enjoyed the new scenery of the special zone that was changing with each passing day.
Chapter 2: Shopping for lanterns
The Lantern Festival is coming soon, so Wei and his father went to the Garden Expo to watch the lanterns.
As soon as I arrived at the entrance of the Garden Museum, I couldn't help but be stunned: the huge square was dark and filled with all kinds of cars. The lantern festival tonight must be very lively. Entering the gate of the Garden Museum, a huge golden dragon wrapped around a big tree and raised its head to the sky suddenly came into my eyes. Its posture about to fly seemed to indicate a bright future in the Year of the Dragon.
What comes into view is a large arch, with six large lanterns hanging on it. From left to right, the lanterns read "Xia, Men, Yuan, Xiao, Deng, Hui". A big character, fluttering in the wind. Looking inside, there were two dragons playing with pearls. They welcomed us warmly with their most beautiful dances. Then we walked through the arch. On both sides of the road were the twelve zodiac animals holding lanterns with the words "Safe Xiamen" to congratulate us on the new year. The road In the middle, there is a giant dragon hovering on the big tree, looking up at the sky and eager to leap into the sky.
In addition, there are the Dragon King of the Four Seas, who are more than a year old, monkeys fishing for the moon, playing the piano to cows and other lanterns, all of which are lifelike and lifelike!
Chapter 3: Shopping for lanterns
Waiting, looking forward! The annual Lantern Festival is here again! Today is the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. In the evening, I made an appointment with my classmate Xiao Li to go shopping for lanterns in Miancheng.
When walking in the Lantern Festival in Miancheng, you can see strings of various kinds of Lantern Festival lanterns: grape lanterns, lotus lanterns, pine cone lanterns, apple lanterns... There are oval lights, round lights, and triangular lights...
We were dazzled. As we continued walking, the crowd became more and more crowded. Suddenly I saw a stage in front of me on the left. On the stage were written three characters "Guessing Lantern Riddles". People gathered around there, scrambling to raise their hands to guess the riddles. I said to Xiao Li: "Shall we give it a try too?" Xiao Li said: "Okay!" Taking advantage of our small size, we quickly got into the crowd on the three outer and inner floors and came to the stage. forward. At first glance, the lantern riddles on the stage were really difficult: some were guessing medicines, some were guessing place names...
We watched for a long time, but we couldn't guess any of them. We looked at each other, and I said: "Our knowledge is too little, let's wait until we have more knowledge!" Xiao Li nodded.
The Lantern Festival is really a happy festival!