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单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,春节,An Introduction of the,Chinese New Yar(the Spring Festival),中国新年,春节,春,节,是中,国,最隆重最,热闹,的一,个传统节,日,就像西方的,圣诞节,。,Chinese new year(The Spring Festival)is the most important festival for Chinese people,just like Christmas in the West.,春,节,在,农历,的一月一日,通常比,太阳历,的一月一日晚一,个,多月。,Chinese new year(The Spring Festival)is on 1st lunar January,often later than the Gregorian calendar about one month.,扫尘,Sweeping the Dust,“尘”与“陈”同音(“陈”在汉语中的意思是“旧”的和“过去的”),“Dust”is homophonic with“chen,(,陳,)”,in Chinese,which means old and past.,在春,节,前,扫尘,是指,扫除过,去一年的厄,运,。,“Sweeping the dust”before the Spring Festival means a thorough cleaning of houses to sweep away bad luck in the past year.,此习俗表达了收拾旧事物,欢迎新生活的美好愿望。,This custom shows a good wish of putting away old things to welcome a new life.,守,岁,Staying Up Late on New Years Eve,守岁的传统来自一个有趣的民间故事。在中国古代有一个叫作“年”的怪兽。在春节前的晚上,“年”会从地洞裡出来吃人。,The tradition of staying up late on New Years Eve originated from an interesting folktale.In ancient China,there lived a monster named Year.On New Years Eve,it always went out from its burrow to devour people.,所以在春节前夜,家人们都会聚在一起吃晚饭。晚饭以后也没有人敢睡觉,大家坐在一起聊天壮胆。因此,庆祝春节也被叫作“过年”,春节前夜的这顿饭如今被称,为,“团圆饭”。,Because of the monster Year,every household would have dinner together.,After dinner,no one dared go to sleep,and all the family members would sit together,chatting and emboldening each other.Therefore,“celebrating the Spring Festival”is also called“passing the Year”,and the dinner is called“reunion dinner”now.,春節的傳統美食,Traditional New Year Foods,鱼,fish,“,鱼,”,和,“,富,裕,”,的,“,裕,”,同音。春,节,吃,鱼,代表,“,年年有,余,”,的美好,愿,望。,“,Fish,(魚),”is homophonic with“abundance,(餘),”in Chinese.It symbolizes a wish for abundance in every year.,饺子,dumpling,饺子的形状像中国古代的金元宝,因此人们吃饺子以此来希望财富到来。,The shape of dumpling is like gold ingot from ancient China.,So people eat dumplings in the Spring Festival is wish for money and treasure in New Year.,拜年,New Years Visit,拜年是指新年的第一天每個人都,会,穿上他,们,最漂亮的衣服,,礼节,性地拜,访亲,戚和朋友,祝愿他,们,新的一年中好,运连连,。,On the first day of the Chinese new year,everybody puts on their best clothes and pays ceremonial calls on their relatives and friends,wishing them all the luck in the coming year.,小辈会问候老辈,祝福他们健康长寿,同时老辈会给小辈压岁钱祝福他们来年平安。,Juniors will greet seniors,wishing them health and longevity,while seniors will give juniors some gift money as a wish for their safety in the coming year.,放鞭炮,Setting,off,Firecrackers,贴春联,Pasting Spring Couplets,在,墙,上和門上,贴,“,福,”,字是中國人表,达对,美好生活渴望的普遍,习,俗,。,It is common for Chinese to paste the character“fu,(福)”,on walls and doors in the Spring Festival.It shows peoples yearning toward a good life.,贴,“,福,”,字,Pasting Chinese character“Fu”,一些人甚至倒贴福字来表示福到了,因为在汉语中“倒”是“到”的谐音。,Some people even invert the character“fu,(福)”,to signify that blessing has arrived because“inverted”is a homonym for“arrive”in Chinese.,The End,
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