Can You Solve English Riddles Written on Lanterns? 元宵节，你会猜英文灯谜吗？

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Tomorrow is the Lantern Festival, one of the traditional activities is solving the riddles written on lanterns. Here are some English riddles, the answer will be post at the end of this article:

猜

灯

谜

明天是元宵节，其中一项传统的活动就是猜灯谜。以下是一些英文灯谜，答案会在文末公布哦：

Why is the letter E so important?

为什么字母E如此重要？

What clothing is always sad?

什么衣服总是很伤心？

What is higher without a head than with a head?

什么东西没有头会比有头的时候要高？

What stays hot even if put in a refrigerator?

什么东西放进冰箱依然很热？

Before Checking the answers, let’s know about the history of the Lantern Festival.

在看答案之前，让我们了解一下元宵节的历史吧。

The Lantern Festival is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunar calendar, and it is the last day of the Lunar Spring Festival (New Year) celebration. During the Lantern Festival, one of the most important activity is to watch different wonderful Chinese Lanterns at nights. Also, children go out at night to temples carrying paper lanterns and solve riddles on the lanterns.

我们在农历正月十五这一天庆祝元宵节，它也是农历春节（农历新年）庆祝的最后一天。元宵节最重要的活动之一就是在晚上欣赏各种漂亮的中国灯笼。另外，孩子们也会在夜晚去寺庙玩纸灯笼和猜灯谜。

The first month of the Lunisolar calendar is called Yuan month, and in older times night was called Xiao in Mandarin. Therefore, the day is called YuanXiao Festival in China. Also, every family eats rice balls named after the festival, YuanXiao (also known as TangYuan). This is a day for appreciating the bright full moon and family reunion.