Great China, blooming flower of carved 56 nationalities. Different regions, different customs are memorable, whether the Tibetan sholton, or yi people s torch festival.
The han nationality of the Lantern Festival is the most let I addicted.
It has more than two thousand years of history, in today s China popular is of no doubt.
The Lantern Festival of its name, because its festival and customs activities in the first month in a year on the fifteenth day of night to hold.
The Lantern Festival, the first great achievement of the nature is yuan xiao. No matter the south north, to the fifteenth day this day, men, women and children around the table and to end on a few bowl of steaming glutinous balls, the steam in a small house and now and then the clouded spread a few happy laughter sound.
The chinese new year is now popularly known as the spring festival because it starts from the begining of spring (the first of the twenty-four terms in coodination with the changes of nature). its origin is too old to be traced. several explanations are hanging around. all agree, however, that the word nian, which in modern chinese solely means year, was originally the name of a monster beast that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of a new year.
One legend goes that the beast nian had a very big mouth that would swallow a great many people with one bite. people were very scared. one day, an old man came to their rescue, offering to subdue nian. to nian he said, i hear say that you are very capable, but can you swallow the other beasts of prey on earth instead of people who are by no means of your worthy opponents? so, it did swallow many of the beasts of prey on earth that also harrassed people and their domestic animals from time to time.
Till today,the lantern festival is still held each year around the country.Lanterns of various shapes and sizes are hung in the streets,attracting countless visitors."Guessing lantern riddles"is an essential part of the Festival.People will eat yuanxiao,or rice dumplings,on this day,so it is also called the "Yuanxiao Festival."Yuanxiao also has another name,tangyuan.Tangyuan can be boiled,fried or steamed.It tastes sweet and delicious.
he Lantern Festival is a very busy day. On the Lantern Festival this year, I went to the small square with my mom and dad to watch the Lantern Festival. When we walk on the road, I see the small square is a sea of people, very lively. I can't wait to get a small square, where the lights are all kinds of pagoda shaped, with lights, big fish shaped lamps, saw a whoosh, a fireworks into the sky, in the sky from colorful light.
One of the lanterns slowly rising into the sky and gradually drifted toward the east.
After watching the lights and returning home, I decided that next year's Lantern Festival would also go to the small square to see the lights. I believe that the Lantern Festival next year will be more lively than this year.
In the firecrackers, ushered in the traditional festival the Lantern Festival in China.
The Lantern Festival, of course, in the morning should eat a bowl of steaming hot dumplings. Dumplings made with sticky dough rub, powder white, thin, on the pot steamed for a while. Cooked dumplings, like a lovely baby. A bite, very hot hot black sesame roll like water flowing into the lungs and mouth is filled with thick sesame flavor, emotions and thoughts on the tip of the tongue with that kind of sweet honey and taste, represents a HeHeMuMu life.
In the evening, I go play outside, streets are decorated, the most beautiful is the moat. City moat lights, thronged. I wander in the light of the world, watch carefully, lifelike gold fish lamp, image lifelike lotus lamp, of primitive simplicity and elegant palace lantern, all kinds of lights elegant, exquisite decoration, fine workmanship, really make a person dazzling, breathtaking. In a calm river, which reflects the light shadow, as if under the river also lit a lamp. There was a slight breeze, surface ripples, light shadow followed the wobbly.
"Good!" Attracted by a burst of cheers me, turned out to be nearby someone guess riddles. I also want to guess in the past, but we had too many people, formed a "person" wall, enclosed as the stage of guess riddles. I stand outside the 'people' wall, listening to the sounds of laughter from inside. The host began to say lantern riddle: "a man a mouth (guess a word)." I thought to myself: what is that? I'm thinking of, an old man raised his hand, replied: "is a 'or' word." The host and smiling said: "congratulations to you, right." The words sound just fell and around there was a thunderous applause.
The Lantern Festival, the boisterous festival, in the laughter of people in the end.
The fillings inside the dumplings or Yuansiao are either sweet or salty. Sweet fillings are made of sugar，Walnuts，sesame，osmanthus flowers，rose petals，or jujube paste etc. A single ingredient or any combination can be used as the filling . The salty variety is filled with minced meat，vegetables etc.
"Tangyuan dumplings dumplings, sweet sweet dumpling is round and round..." And this is a sing "tangyuan" yuanxiao. Because, we all said to eat dumplings, the dream is round, so the aunt to sing, sing uncle, uncle sing, we sing.
In a few days off, I am the most happy day, is the Lantern Festival. That day, uncle came to my house to have a meal, uncle had just sat down and asked me: "whoever, you pass the fireworks?" I replied: "let go once or twice." Uncle went on to say: "that you want to put on a?" I said: "of course! But mother partial about fireworks are dangerous! Don't let me more." Uncle said: "don't be afraid, I told your mother, she will agree!" I jumped for joy "three thousand feet", I shouted: "can fireworks again! Can fireworks again!" I turned to uncle said, "or uncle loves me!" Uncle smiled to me, looking back at his newspaper again.
After dinner, uncle gave me a big bag of fireworks, and three incense sticks, let my mother and I went downstairs to put. Stone chair beside the downstairs, I put the fireworks pipe on the ground first, then the fireworks near the tube with a lit incense probe, lighting, before long, the fireworks "sou" like a rocket, fly in the sky, then, "touch" with a scattered in the sky, just like a flower! Later, I took a look, there are red, have yellow, with purple, with green and various different variety, really good-looking!
Later, I got home, my mother brought me a bowl of dumplings to eat, ah! I really like your Lantern Festival!
I like the Lan tern Festival.
probably more food is consumed during the new year celebrations than any other time of the year. vast amounts of traditional food is prepared for family and friends, as well as those close to us who have died.
on new year's day, the chinese family will eat a vegetarian dish called jai. although the various ingredients in jai are root vegetables or fibrous vegetables, many people attribute various superstitious aspects to them.
other foods include a whole fish, to represent togetherness and abundance, and a chicken for prosperity. the chicken must be presented with a head, tail and feet to symbolize completeness. noodles should be uncut, as they represent long life.
in south china, the favorite and most typical dishes were nian gao, sweet steamed glutinous ricepudding and zong zi, another popular delicacy.
in the north, steamed-wheat bread (man tou) and small meat dumplings were the preferred food. the tremendous amount of food prepared at this time was meant to symbolize abundance and wealth for the household.
Today, is the Lantern Festival, we all watch a flower to the moon, but flowers are fireworks.
The moon is round, like a big rice balls, put in the sky in the big KB. Moonlight hazy, because the moon girl shy to by the veil.
The air, fireworks bloomed, colorful was so much beauty, some like chrysanthemum blossom a layer of countless petals, some like little snake winding to extend to the middle of sky, and like a fountain and spitting out of countless colorful waves, the whole sky is a beautiful big garden, is also a big concert hall pleasant sounding rolled out a tune, listen to!
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Like most Chinese festivals, the Lantern Festival has its own special food, called “tang yuan”. These are round, glutinous rice dumplings with sweet or spicy fillings.
The dumplings are said to symbolize both the first full moon and family utility and completeness. Part of the lantern festival tradition involves a game to guess riddles attached to the lanterns.
In the old days the riddles were obscure literary allusions to the Chinese classics and so were mainly the preserve of the educated classes. Stilt-walking, drumming and dragon and lion dancing are the main entertainment forms of the Lantern Festival.
Today, is the traditional Chinese festival - Lantern Festival. Eating yuanxiao, the meaning of the lanterns is tuan tuan yuan yuan, harmony and beauty. After dinner, my mother and I went to the square to see the lantern show.
Come to the square, ho, people many ah, really lively! These lights are vivid and lifelike, with 12 zodiac lanterns, corn lights, jack-o-lanterns, lotus lanterns, lei yue lanterns... It's beautiful. There was a lamp that impressed me the most, it was the moon, and there were some lovely twinkling stars.
I hope the next Lantern Festival will come soon.
The 15th day of the 1st lunar month is the Chinese Lantern Festival because 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.
According to the Chinese tradition, at the very beginning of a new year, when there is a bright full moon hanging in the sky, there should be thousands of colorful lanterns hung out for people to appreciate. At this time, people will try to solve the puzzles on the lanterns and eat yuanxiao (glutinous rice ball) and get all their families united in the joyful atmosphere.
There was a sea of people, and the lanterns were gathered together like a meeting. It's hilarious. The lantern dazzled me. The lamp has big, small, color is different, the shape is strange. The most interesting thing is the golden pig lamp. Let me introduce you!
The golden pig lamp was made of several pieces of wire, and the body was made of a few golden sponges. A few smiles on her face. Really cute! It looks like running. The pig tail of the golden pig had a note on it, which said: happy Lantern Festival.
After watching the eye-catching golden pig lamp, go to the green light!
Two hands came out from below, beside the woods and meadows. There is also an o line "stream", "brook" water is really "clear see low" ah. You can think of it as a mirror! There are two bamboo rafts in the "stream" of the word "stream". I think they must be looking at the scenery! How is it? It's beautiful!
New Year is the biggest festival for Chinese people. After about half a month, there is a traditional festival, it is the Lantern Festival, which is also important. The first round moon day in the New Year is special. People continue to celebrate the New Year and enjoy the time with their families.
The coming of Lantern Festival is various. Some people said that it is related with Buddha. When the Buddhas meditated, they need light in front of them, so the light can drive away monster for people. Today, in some areas, people light up lanterns to beg for a son from god. No matter what the story is, the traditional festival is favored by people and the government pays special attention to remind this tradition.
There are many activities on Lantern Festival, and the most traditional game is the riddle. People can read some riddles that are written in the lanterns. They can get prizes if they know the answers. I love riddle so much, because when I figure out the answers, I will be very proud of myself, at the same time, I can learn some funny knowledge.
This day's important ACTivity is watching lanterns. Throughout the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), Buddhism flourished in China. One emperor heard that Buddhist monks would watch sarira, or remains from the cremation of Buddha's body, and light lanterns to worship Buddha on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, so he ordered to light lanterns in the imperial palace and temples to show respect to Buddha on this day. Later, the Buddhist rite developed into a grand festival among common people and its influence expanded from the Central Plains to the whole of China.
元宵主要的活动就是看灯。东汉明帝时期，明帝提倡佛教，听说佛教有正月十五日僧人观佛舍利，点灯敬佛的做法，就命令这一天夜晚在皇宫和寺庙里点灯敬佛，令士族庶民都挂灯。以后这种佛教礼仪节日逐渐形成民间盛大的节日。该节经历了由宫廷到民间，由中原到全国的发展过程。
After the annual Lantern Festival is the most, people took to the streets to see lanterns from all directions, there are many a variety of lanterns on the street, there are lights, lanterns and lights, but my favorite is the headlights. Because on the 15th day of the first month, people will eat yuanxiao, so it is called "yuanxiao festival".
On the day of the Lantern Festival, the family gather together to eat the reunion dinner, and also eat tangyuan together. The tangyuan symbolizes the round circle of the family, and I like to eat the bean paste. The funniest of all is the flower lamp, the street is full of all kinds of lanterns. I saw a twinkle in the sky, I look carefully, originally is kong light ah! When my mother looked at me so much, she bought me one.
The Lantern Festival is such a fun, exciting and unforgettable day!
On this day, I read the poem "Kyoto yuxi", which reminds me of last years Lantern Festival.
That night, my mother cooked the dumplings, which were white, green and purple... Its nice. Its sticky, sweet and delicious.
After eating the dumplings, my father and I went to the peoples park. When we got to the park, I saw all kinds of lanterns, including rabbit lights, lantern lights, and carp lanterns... These lights are colorful, red, yellow, green... Its like a sea of lights.
I saw a lot of people around, and it was very strange. Approaching, they were guessing lantern riddles. I also followed to guess, the first lantern riddle is "from one to ten," I thought for a long time, could not guess, have to ask dad, dad said: "dont understand, this is a" sit "word." I thought, yeah! "Sit" does not have a "from" a "one" and "ten"? Then I looked at the next lantern riddle, "more than half," and I guessed it, it was "xi". I told my dad the answer, and dad complimented me on my intelligence.
The time passed quickly, it was very late, father said: "lets go back!" I had to go home reluctantly.
The first day of the Lunar New Year is "the welcoming of the gods of the heavens and earth."Many people abstain from meat on the first day of the new year because it is believed that this will ensure long and happy lives for them.
On the second day, the Chinese pray to their ancestors as well as to all the gods. They are extra kind to dogs and feed them well as it is believed that the second day is the birthday of all dogs.
The third and fourth days are for the sons-in-laws to pay respect to their parents-in-law.
The fifth day is called Po Woo. On that day people stay home to welcome the God of Wealth. No one visits families and friends on the fifth day because it will bring both parties bad luck.
On the sixth to the 10th day, the Chinese visit their relatives and friends freely. They also visit the temples to pray for good fortune and health.
The seventh day of the New Year is the day for farmers to display their produce. These farmers make a drink from seven types of vegetables to celebrate the occasion. The seventh day is also considered the birthday of human beings. Noodles are eaten to promote longevity and raw fish for success.
On the eighth day the Fujian people have another family reunion dinner, and at midnight they pray to Tian Gong, the God of Heaven.
The ninth day is to make offerings to the Jade Emperor.
The 10th through the 12th are days that friends and relatives should be invited for dinner. After so much rich food, on the 13th day you should have simple rice congee and mustard greens (choi sum) to cleanse the system.
The 14th day should be for preparations to celebrate the Lantern Festival which is to be held on the 15th night.
It was the Lantern Festival, and my parents took me to the Confucius temple to see the Lantern Festival. Along the way, it was drizzling. One to the Confucius temple, the eyes are all lights, as if into the light of the sea. The lotus lantern on the left, the advertising lamp on the right, looks like two soaring dragons.
After that, my parents took me to the lantern market to buy lanterns. What a lot of lanterns! There are rabbit lights, pigeon lights, and dog lights... I looked back and forth several times. It was dazzling. I was dazzled, didn't know which to buy? Finally, I bought an antique candle lamp.
Then mom and dad took me to the pedal boat. Because of the festival, so many people, lined up a long team. We chose a goose boat, my father and mother pedaled, and I held the rudder. We had a happy Lantern Festival.
Today is the fifteen Lantern Festival on the first moon, and the Lantern Festival is also a day of reunion. After dinner, my sister and my brother, accompanied by an adult, went to the yard to look at the fireworks. As soon as he arrived in the yard, he saw all kinds of beautiful lanterns in his friend's hand. There is a rabbit lamp, a butterfly lamp, a goldfish lamp, and the beautiful goldfish lamp, like a living goldfish, swings its beautiful tail.
The fireworks of the moment, looked upward, in the sky some fireworks bloom like the golden chrysanthemum; some like fireflies fluttering all over the sky; some like colorful gems; it is a beautiful picture!
After seeing the fireworks, my aunt went home to us and my brother and sister to cook the dumpling.
In the morning, I was produced crackling of guns to awaken, turns out today isThe Lantern Festivalah, I climb up quickly, and her mother went home's feast.
In the home's, my mother and I spent a happy day.
Go home at night, fresh out of's home, my mother and I were sudden sound of guns surrounded, mother scared to cover your ears hiding in a small car back, and I was excited straight forward blunt, when guns small bit of time, my mother just slowly explore successful in career, I a pull a mother's hand to the gate ran, and made an effort, we just escaped from the gun battalion, we took a taxi, this just breathe a sigh of relief.
The Lantern Festival is really exciting!
Tomorrow is the fifteen Lantern Festival, on this day, all have held a grand festival, lantern riddles, eating lantern, lamp, kids playing lanterns, can be happy. I look up the history of the Lantern Festival and learn from all of you. I wish you a happy holiday!
The Lantern Festival has two thousand years of history in Chinese, also known as the "Lantern Festival", also known as the "Lantern Festival" or "Dengxi". According to Chinese ancient custom, "Yuan" means the moon circle, a year in the so-called "three yuan" the fifteen known as the "spring" in July fifteen, known as the "ghost", in October fifteen called "Yuan"; the fifteen is the year the first full moon night, is also one yuan the return of the night, Spring returns to the earth, people have to celebrate and celebrate the Spring Festival and Lantern Festival, also known as the "spring festival". "The night" is also the night, so the Lantern Festival also has the meaning of the first round night of the year.
The 15thday of the 1st lunar month is the Chinese Lantern Festival. At the very beginning of a new year, there should be thousands of colorful lanterns hungout.
During the Lantern Festival,people will try to solve the puzzles on the lanterns and eat yuan xiao.
In the SuiDynasty in the sixth century, Emperor Yangdi used to see the colorful ligh te dlanterns and enjoy the gala performances.
By the be ginning of the Tang Dynasty, the lantern displays would last three days.
In the Song Dynasty, the festival was celebrated for five days and the activities began to spread to many of the big cities in China.
Today, the displaying of lanternsis still a big event on the 15th day of the first lunar month throughout China.
After the Spring Festival, here comes the Lantern Festival. In China, people celebrate it on the lunar calendar fifteen. It symbolizes the short rest has come to an end after the spring festival; people need to get back to work with their best wishes in the brand-new year. We all celebrated this festival with plenty of food and fun. The most important and traditional food on the Lantern Festival is Tang-yuan. With sweet and soft rice outside and peanuts or sesame inside, this little rice ball stand for the happy reunion, and the best wish for the whole families. Apart from having dinner with parents and relatives, there are also lots of activities on that day. The Lantern shows as well as guessing riddles are part of the Lantern Festival; and the most interesting part of the show is that the riddles are written on the Lantern. After dinner, the whole families go to the lantern fair, to enjoy the happiness in this moment.
The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, usually in February or March in the Gregorian calendar. As early as the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25), it had become a festival with great significance.
This day's important activity is watching lanterns. Throughout the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), Buddhism flourished in China. One emperor heard that Buddhist monks would watch sarira, or remains from the cremation of Buddha's body, and light lanterns to worship Buddha on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, so he ordered to light lanterns in the imperial palace and temples to show respect to Buddha on this day. Later, the Buddhist rite developed into a grand festival among common people and its influence expanded from the Central Plains to the whole of China.
Till today, the lantern festival is still held each year around the country. Lanterns of various shapes and sizes are hung in the streets, attracting countless visitors. Children will hold self-made or bought lanterns to stroll with on the streets, extremely excited. "Guessing lantern riddles"is an essential part of the Festival.
Yuan xiao is the first full moon night of the year. Yuan xiao has the name yuan xiao. At the time of the Lantern Festival, all the people were happy as if they were happy. In this yuan xiao nights, the most attractive country "fireworks", because the fireworks not only good-looking, and it makes people see the colorful feel mood delectation, emotional annoyed and opened my arms.
This day we eat very early, all because want to see the firework, the evening I have had a meal, immediately rushed down the building, find a friend together to see dazzling.
Every time the fireworks exploded, I yelled, except for applause. At the end of the day, the fireworks were one by one, but the fireworks were much faster and much bigger than what I had just seen. All of a sudden, there were fireworks on all sides, and all of them were fireworks that shone like gold, and they shone more brightly around them than during the day. Suddenly, another set of fireworks opened under the golden "scarf". After that, the fireworks disappeared.
Though the fireworks ended quietly in our cheers, the fireworks, which had just been lit, would be forever in my perfect memory.
The first day of the Lunar New Year is "the welcoming of the gods of the heavens and earth."Many people abstain from meat on the first day of the new year because it is believed that this will ensure long and happy lives for them.
On the second day, the Chinese pray to their ancestors as well as to all the gods. They are extra kind to dogs and feed them well as it is believed that the second day is the birthday of all dogs.
The third and fourth days are for the sons-in-laws to pay respect to their parents-in-law.
The fifth day is called Po Woo. On that day people stay home to welcome the God of Wealth. No one visits families and friends on the fifth day because it will bring both parties bad luck.
On the sixth to the 10th day, the Chinese visit their.
Today is the Lantern Festival, I am very happy, morning, crackling firecrackers woke me up, I got up to see, my mother bought me a lantern yesterday? My lantern can be beautiful, and the music, singing a song: good luck, I wish you good luck, good luck, happiness and love, I love you! I also ate a sweet and round lantern. Mother told me: according to the traditional Chinese folk, in the night of the Lantern Festival on this day, people start to spend thousands of lanterns, in order to celebrate. Enjoying the moonlight, like fireworks, flower lantern riddles, yuan xiao, family reunion enjoyable. So my mom and Dad promised me to see the lantern with my brother at night. Id like to go now.
I wish teachers and classmates happy Lantern Festival!
On the night of the Lantern Festival, my parents and I went to the square to see the fireworks. Along the way, there are many people, both men and women, old and young, they laugh and laugh, and the whole city has a festive atmosphere. The composition
Suddenly a "missile" flew into the sky like a plane, exploding in the sky, and the colorful "paratroopers" fell. When it gets to the ground, it disappears. A few "meteors" streaked through the sky, looking at the meteor, flashing and flying toward the clouds. Then there were countless little fireworks, and the noise of the small gift of thunder scared me and my brother to cover my ears, and in a few moments the little flower was gone.
The night of the Lantern Festival is lively, the people who look at the lights are people, people are smiling, I thought it was a dream, but this is really true.
Tangyuan is made from glutinous rice flour. You can prepare glutinous rice flour in a bowl and slowly add hot water until they mix into dough. Then you can pinch off the dough and roll them into small balls.
Then you can fill tangyuan with either sweet or savoury fillings. Sweet fillings are often made from peanut butter, black sesame seeds or red beans. But some people prefer the savoury fillings made from meat, mushroom and green vegetables.
Then try to enwrap all the fillings into glutinous rice dough.
You can make different forms for different fillings.
Ready? Then you can drop these balls into boiling water and cook them for about 8 minutes until they float. Okay, Just enjoy them!
Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festival,the first month of the Lunar New Year celebration of the fifteenth day.Lantern Festival is one of the largest festivals.A few days before the arrival of the Lantern Festival,people begin to make lanterns,animals,vegetables,fruits,all kinds of all,there are riddles.
The eve of the Lantern Festival,all the lanterns are hung.Lantern Festival,one look at the lanterns and riddles,wonderful folk performances,Dragon Dance and Younger.
Probably more food is consumed during the new year celebrations than any other time of the year.
Vast amounts of traditional food is prepared for family and friends, as well as those close to us who have died.
On new year's day, the chinese family will eat a vegetarian dish called jai.
Although the various ingredients in jai are root vegetables or fibrous vegetables, many people attribute various superstitious aspects to them.
Other foods include a whole fish, to represent togetherness and abundance, and a chicken for prosperity.
The chicken must be presented with a head, tail and feet to symbolize completeness.
Noodles should be uncut, as they represent long life.
In south china, the favorite and most typical dishes were nian gao, sweet steamed glutinous rice pudding and zong zi (glutinous rice wrapped up in reed leaves), another popular delicacy.
In the north, steamed-wheat bread (man tou) and small meat dumplings were the preferred food.
The tremendous amount of food prepared at this time was meant to symbolize abundance and wealth for the household.
If it is the Lantern Festival in my hometown, yangcheng, you will feel the real yuanxiao. In addition to the dazzling, colorful lanterns and fireworks, the most attractive is the street art performance.
The performance began at nine o 'clock in the morning. On both side of the street was a sea of people, the whole street was flowing stage, bring their best talents each villages and towns that have dancing, bohanchuan, they wear colourful clothes, hand color variegated silks fan dance, twisting the spirit... The weifeng gongs and drums stood on the high, decorated a new color car, the sound of gong and drum beat; Five or six year old children dressed up as the characters in the drama, the grown-ups on the head, really amazing, tell you, this is our yangcheng traditional program -- top story; Walking on stilts is even more exquisite. On stilts, about seven or eight feet high, performers "jump double stool" and "big splits" make you sweat for them.
With all that said, you must be in a hurry. It's all right. Welcome to yangcheng for the Lantern Festival. I'll be your guide.
Today, it is our country's annual traditional festival -the Lantern Festival. Tangyuan stands for reunion.
During the day, my family and I went to shopping park in xintiandi. The shopping mall is full of everything. Customers are happy to buy things they like.
The people at the amusement park were also enjoying themselves. Some are sitting on a mountain dragon: some are sitting on a revolving cup: some are sitting in a flying chair; My favorite bumper cars lined up.
In the evening, we went to the victory park to enjoy the ice lanterns and guess the fans. The park was ablaze with lights and voices. Back at home, the family ate dumplings together. Mother said that she did not have so much fun, good-looking, now living standards and the strength of the motherland is inseparable. I will study hard and contribute my strength to the prosperity of our motherland.