农历七月十五，既是道教的中元节，也是佛教的盂兰盆会。日暮时分的街巷比往常热闹，儿童们举着花灯，顽皮地边跑边喊：“莲花灯（荷叶灯），莲花灯（荷叶灯），今日点了明日扔。”天色渐晚，一朵朵花灯，顺着水关、泡子河、二闸、积水潭等水域顺流而下，灯光映照于水面，上下皆明，远观如银河、玉带；近观则如繁星点点，似真似幻，带着对先人的思念，消失在天际……

The lunar July 15th was both known as the Zhongyuan Festival of Taoism and also Yulan Buddhist Rites. It became much more bustling around lanes when nightfall came, the kids held the lanterns, naughty shouted as they ran:"Lotus lantern (Lotus leaf lantern), Lotus lantern (Lotus leaf lantern), was lighted tonight and threw tomorrow ." When it got dark, the beautiful festival lanterns floated down the rivers such as Water Gate, Paozi River, Qingfeng Zha and Jishuitan, the lights reflected on the water, and lighted up the water. The lights looked like the Milky Way and a jade belt from distance. While they looked like flashing stars in close distance, seemed so unreal and disappeared in the sky with yearning for ancestors.