Falling on the 15th day of the first lunar month, Lantern Festival is the first significant feast after Chinese New Year, so called because the most important activity during the night of the event is watching various wonderful Chinese lanterns.
元宵节是农历正月十五，它是春节之后第一个重要的节日，（英文）之所以这样称呼是因为当晚最重要的活动是观赏各种各样美丽的灯笼。
The first lunar month is called yuan-month and in the ancient times people called night ‘Xiao’. The 15th day is the first night to see a full moon. So the day is also called Yuan Xiao Festival in China.
因为正月叫元月，古代称夜为“宵”，正月十五是一年中第一个月圆之夜，所以这一天在中国也被称为元宵节。
For its rich and colorful activities, it is regarded as the most recreational among all the Chinese festivals and a day for appreciating the bright full moon, and family reunion.
元宵节活动丰富多彩，被认为是中国所有节日中最具娱乐性的节日，也是赏月、团聚的日子。
每年农历的一月十五日是中国人的元宵节，它正好在春节之后。
The Lantern Festival is cele/pated everywhere on January 15th of the lunar calendar, right after the Spring Festival.
传统意义上元宵节也是春节活动的一部分。
Traditionally, the Lantern Festival is a part of the Spring Festival.
这天是农历新年里第一个月圆的日子。
This day is always the first full moon in the lunar New Year.
中国各地张灯结彩，家家户户歌舞游乐，人们做元宵、放烟火。
Across China, people cele/pate by hanging up lanterns and festoons, attending dancing and singing performances, making “Yuan Xiao” or sweet rice dumplings and lighting fireworks.
这也是庆祝春节的延续。
This is also a continuation of the Spring Festival cele/pation.
在元宵节之夜，天上明月高照，地上彩灯万盏。
On the Lantern Festival night, the moon illuminates the dark sky while many lanterns shine /pight colors on the earth.
元宵夜观花灯的习俗开始于两千多年前的西汉时期。
The traditions of viewing decorative lanterns on this night began more than two thousand years ago in the Western Han Dynasty.
最早只是在皇宫中点灯祈福。
In the earlier times, those beautiful lanterns were only seen in the imperial palaces.
慢慢地演变成民间最盛大的灯节。
Slowly it evolved into a cele/pation on the grand scale for the ordinary folks everywhere.