【元宵节英文】必学的「4大活动」灯会、平溪天灯、台南盐水蜂炮、台东炸邯郸，英文怎么说？

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台湾元宵节4大活动Taiwan Lantern Festival Activities

There are many activities all over Taiwan during Taiwan Lantern Festival.

1. 台湾灯会Taiwan Lantern Festival

The Taiwan Lantern Festival is an annual event hosted by the Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications in Taiwan, and the theme is based on the zodiac animal of that year.

台湾灯会是台湾自1990年起于每年元宵节举行之灯艺节庆活动，由交通部观光局主办，每年以生肖为主题。

重点单字整理
annual event 年度活动
hosted by 由…主办
zodiac animal 生肖

2.平溪「放天灯」 Pingxi (Pingsi) Sky Lantern Festival

The Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival is one of the most colorful activities of the Lantern Festival. During the Taiwan Lantern Festival, thousands of sky lanterns light over Pingxi in Taiwan. 平溪放天灯是元宵节精彩的活动之一，台湾元宵节期间，平溪有数千盏天灯照亮夜空。

As Pingxi is located in a remote area outside of Taipei, the Pingxi sky lanterns were released originally to let others know that the town was safe.
追溯平溪天灯的由来，主要原因是平溪一带因地处偏僻，早年入山开拓者常遭杀害抢劫，为便于通信，所以人们以放天灯的方式来互报平安。

Nowadays, the lanterns do not function as signals anymore but are now used as symbols of peace and good fortune. These lanterns are decorated with wishes and images relating to the owner.
流传至今，平溪放天灯已不再具有互通信息的功能，而演变成元宵夜的一项观光活动，游人天灯放得越高，表示运气越好，成为许愿祈福的象征物。

重点单字整理
sky lantern 天灯，放天灯releasing sky lanterns
be located in 位于
remote area 偏远地区
signal信号
as symbol of 象征

3. 台南盐水「燃蜂炮」Yanshui Fireworks Festival (Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival)

The fireworks display at the God of War Temple in Yanshui, Tainan City, is one of the most popular and anticipated events of the Lantern Festival. Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival is listed as one of the world's three major folk festivals , and is also one of the most significant religious events in Taiwan.
元宵夜除了放天灯之外，台南市盐水区武庙的蜂炮也闻名国内外。 「盐水蜂炮」名列世界三大民俗庆典，为台湾最具代表性的宗教活动之一。

Legend has it that the fireworks originated during the Qing Dynasty as the plague raged in the streets of Yanshui. Victims of the disease multiplied daily, and the locals prayed to Guan Di, the god of war, to save them. Thus on Lantern Festival evening, the Guan Di's palanquin paraded through the streets with multitudes of followers setting off firecrackers behind the deity's holy sedan chair along the road until the break of dawn, and the plague was ended.
相传起源于清朝光绪年间，盐水流行瘟疫，死者日益增加，故祈求关圣帝君解灾救难。关圣帝君指示须于元宵夜由信众随神轿一路燃放鞭炮，绕境大街小巷至天明，将瘟疫扫除。

So the later generations followed this custom, asking Guan Di to patrol the streets on the evening of the Lantern Festival each year.
百姓为感念关圣帝君的神威，遂明订每年元宵节当天燃放烟火，并举行「关帝绕境」。

On Lantern Festival night, the holy sedan chair will depart from Emperor Guan Temple and parade through the streets of Yanshui. Followers along the way will set off firework racks (also called "gun deck" or "gun wall") in front of their doorways.
盐水蜂炮活动在元宵节前夜开始引燃，神轿从武庙出发绕境盐水，沿途信徒会施放自家门口的蜂炮。

The "gun deck" consists of thousands of bottle rockets that ignite all at the same time, creating a deafening, bee-like sound as if hundreds of thousands of bees streaming out of their hives.
「蜂炮」是由数万支冲天炮制作而成，只要点燃其中一个冲天炮，就会带动边上其他冲天炮轰炸，一点燃多个冲天炮连续射出，发出震耳欲聋的声音，仿佛成千上万的蜜蜂从蜂巢中飞出。

People believe that after running through the flying fireworks, you can get rid of calamity and troubles, and have a prosperous and wonderful new year.
人们相信冲入蜂炮阵中，能消灾解难并祈求好运。

重点单字整理
beehive firecrackers 蜂炮(beehive蜂巢)，set off beehive firecrackers 燃蜂炮
popular 受欢迎的
anticipate 期望、盼望
is listed as 被列为
folk festival 民间节庆
religious event 宗教活动
plague 瘟疫
rage 肆虐
palanquin, sedan chair 轿子
deity 神
patrol 巡逻；出巡
bottle rocket 冲天炮
ignite 点燃
get rid of 摆脱，消除
calamity 灾难

4. 台东「炸邯郸」Bombing of Master Han Dan

The main activity in Taitung during the Lantern Festival every year is the Bombing of Master Han Dan . Master Han Dan is a guardian of the celestial treasury and is revered today as a God of Wealth.
每年元宵节台东特有的习俗是炸邯郸，邯郸爷是封神榜中管天库的武财神，对人们来说，祂就是财神爷。相传祂生性怕冷，所以又称「寒单爷」。

When Master Han Dan makes his tour of the earthly world, people along the route of the divine procession prepare offerings of fresh flowers and fruit, and light strings of firecrackers to welcome Master Han Dan and pray for his blessing and for good fortune. The person representing Master Han Dan on the tour shows braveness by only holding a tree branch and wearing a headscarf, mask and pair of red shorts amid the fusillade of firecrackers.
「寒单爷」出巡绕境时，鞭炮齐鸣，家家户户纷纷往他身上扔鲜花、水果以及一串串鞭炮，大家争相迎接，在一年之始祈求吉利。扮「寒单爷」的人，为表现其勇猛威武的精神，他手上只拿着小树枝稍作掩护，赤裸上身扎着头巾并蒙着脸，仅穿件红色短裤，接受民众鞭炮轰击。

Why the people throw firecrackers at Master Han Dan? In one version, Master Han Dan is the God of Rogue and his power grows with the loudness of the firecrackers. It also symbolizes the vent of dissatisfaction ; another version is that legend says Master Han Dan is afraid of the cold, so the people throw firecrackers at him to keep him warm and win his blessing.
为什么用鞭炮轰击「寒单爷」呢？有二种说法，其一是寒单爷系「流氓神」，鞭炮声愈震身，愈意气飞扬，同时也象征不满情绪之渲泄；另一种说法是相传财神爷生性怕寒，人们以鞭炮为他驱除寒冷，以便获得财神爷的保佑。

重点单字整理
bombing of Master Han Dan 炸邯郸
celestial 天国的；earthly 尘世的，世俗的
revere 崇敬
divine procession 神明绕境队伍
fusillade 连续齐射
rogue 流氓
vent of dissatisfaction 不满情绪之渲泄

元宵节英文单字总结

现在我们来总结一下，今天学到跟元宵节有关的单字:

台湾元宵节4大活动Taiwan Lantern Festival Activities

1. 台湾灯会Taiwan Lantern Festival
annual event 年度活动
hosted by 由…主办
zodiac animal 生肖

2. 平溪「放天灯」Pingxi (Pingsi) Sky Lantern Festival
sky lantern 天灯，放天灯releasing sky lanterns
be located in 位于
remote area 偏远地区
signal 信号
as symbol of 象征

3. 台南盐水「燃蜂炮」Yanshui Fireworks Festival (Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival)
beehive firecrackers 蜂炮(beehive蜂巢)，set off beehive firecrackers 燃蜂炮
popular 受欢迎的
anticipate 期望、盼望
is listed as 被列为
folk festival 民间节庆
religious event 宗教活动
plague 瘟疫
rage 肆虐
palanquin, sedan chair 轿子
deity 神
bottle rocket 冲天炮
ignite 点燃
get rid of 摆脱，消除
calamity 灾难

4. 台东「炸邯郸」Bombing of Master Han Dan
celestial 天国的；earthly 尘世的，世俗的
revere 崇敬
divine procession 神明绕境队伍
fusillade 连续齐射
rogue 流氓
vent of dissatisfaction 不满情绪之渲泄

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