元旦英文资料.docx

元旦英文资料

　　　　第一种： New Year cry 抱头痛哭迎新年
　　In India, some regions, people not only did not celebrate the New Year, but cry. Exclaimed perishable, and is said to be shortlived life.
　　印度的一些地区，新年时人们不但不庆贺，反而抱头痛哭。据说是感叹岁月易逝及人生的短暂。
　　第二种：Cups and bowls of debris to send to friends 杯盘碎片送朋友
　　Danish people in New Years Eve, each and every household will usually break the glass fragments collected, to be secretly sent to the dead of night, when a friends house door.
　　New Years Day morning, if the heap of debris in front of someones more, it shows someones friend of more must be very lucky New Year.
　　丹麦人在元旦前夜，家家户户都要将平时打碎的杯盘碎片编写起来，待夜深人静时偷偷地送至朋友家的门前。
　　元旦的早晨，如果谁家门前堆放的碎片越多，则说明他家的朋友越多，新年一定很幸运。
　　第三种 Fixed fireworks to eat cold不动烟火吃冷食
　　Paraguayans five days before the advent of the New Year, from the heads of state, down to the ordinary people, not moving fireworks, eating cold foods, until the New Years Day after the 0:00 bell rang fire cooking food to celebrate the New Years Day.
　　巴拉圭人在新年来临的前五天，上至国家元首，下到普通百姓，都不动烟火，只吃冷食，直到元旦零时钟声敲响后才点火烹煮食物，庆祝元旦。
　　第四种：Throw bottles to fight cans thrown Basin 摔瓶打罐扔脸盆
　　Some parts of Italy, New Years Eve midnight, if you are walking on the road is very safe, because when people wanted to put the house and some broken bottles, tanks, basins and other smashed in order to show the old and welcome.
　　意大利的一些地方，新年前夜午夜时分，如果你在路上行走是很不安全的，因这时人们都要把屋里的一些破瓶、缸、盆等砸碎，以示除旧迎新。
　　第五种：Finished off the fifth liquor luck 喝光余酒交好运
　　Before the arrival of the French in the New Year, individual must bring home all the liquor I drunk, so many people drunk.
　　In their view, the New Year if the house there is still wine, the new year will pay doom.
　　法国人在新年到来之前，各家一定要把家中的余酒全部喝光，以致许多人喝得酩酊大醉。
　　他们认为，新年时如果家中还有剩余的酒，新的一年定交厄运。
　　第六种：Eating grapes in middle of the night 深更半夜吃葡萄
　　Spaniards in the New Years Eve family reunion. To midnight in the interest of church bells as a number, fighting over who gets grapes, every knock about bell, you must eat a grape, but also to a continuous eating 12, indicating the coming year, smooth sailing.
　　西班牙人在元旦前夜全家团聚。到12点时，以教堂钟声为号，争着吃葡萄，每敲一下钟，必须吃下一颗葡萄，而且要连着吃下12颗，表示来年一帆风顺。
　　第七种 : UK英国First Footing新年的.第一次拜访
　　One of the most popular of UK new year traditions still prevalent is called First Footing.
　　According to the custom, a family is blessed with good luck and prosperity if a tall, dark and goodlooking male is the first person to enter through the front door after the new year arrives.
　　Carrying a piece of coal, a loaf and a bottle of Whiskey, the visitor should neither speak to anyone nor be spoken to until he places the coal on fire, puts the loaf on table, serves the drink to the family head and finally wishes everyone a Happy New Year.
　　He should leave the house through the back door to complete the tradition with flying colors.
　　在英国最盛传的一个新年传统到现在都还很流行，根据传统习俗，新年来临的第一天，进入正门的第一个访客是一个又高又黑又好看的男士，那么这家人就会有好运，有财运。
　　第一个访客要带着煤炭，面包和一瓶威士忌到家中拜访，进门后，在没完成把煤放进壁炉、把面包放在桌子上、给主人完敬酒并祝福大家新年快乐之前，不能同任何人讲话，做完这一系列事情后从房子的后门出去，这么做完才能代表他把传统的拜访做得很到位。
　　　　1. Kaisui(beginning of the year): According to the Chinese traditional custom, starting from haishi(9p.m. to 11p.m.)of the last evening of the twelfth lunar month, each family must prepare offering s to deities at the altar. At the same time, they too prepare food for the New Year day: The whole family will then stay awake together to attend to the year(called shou sui).
　　After haishi, zishi(11p.m. to 1a.m.)will come, and this is the arrival of New Year(Yuandan). At this moment, people begin the celebration with fireworks. Vegetarian and sweet foods will then be placed are the altar for offerings, and incense be burned to welcome the deities.
　　In the ancient times, it was believed that haishi connected the two years and thus was called kaisui.
　　At the same night, some families will follow the instruction in Tongshu and place preparing altar in the direction of the fortune deity during the fortune time to receive the deity.
　　If the direction of the fortune deity is at the ill position, people will choose to receive happy deity or noble deity instead.
　　2. There is an apparent difference in the custom of food taking on Yuandan between the Chinese in the northern and southern regions. The northern Chinese has the habit of taking jiao zi(dumpling made of flour with vegetable and meat wrapped inside). Some people may put a sweet or a coin inside jiao zi, hoping to have a sweet year after tasting the sweet and a wealthy year after tasting the coin.
　　on the other hand, the southern Chinese have the taboo for killing on Yuandan. Therefore, they do not take meat in tee morning of Yuandan, so as to avoid bloodshed or mutual slaughter.
　　In order to evade misfortune, they have the first meal of this day without meat. Instead, they take vegetarian food for the sake of virtue.
　　3. What is special during the New Year is that parents or elders will distribute red packets(ang pao or ya sui qian)to the children.
　　People in the ancient times were more particular in giving away the red packets: the distribution took place on the eve of New Year so that the kids could suppress the past year and enter the New Year. Ya sui has the meaning of overcoming the unpredictable future.
　　Representing the wishes for the healthy psychological growth of the children, ya sui qian symbolises the elders hope to see their children overcome all the unpredictable elements brought by the year.

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