SpringFestival春節(jié)的英文介紹

1、Sp ri ng Fe sti val is th e m o st i m por tan t f e sti val in Chi n a春 節(jié) 是 中 國 最 重 要 的 節(jié) 日11 s t o celeb rate t h e lunar cale ndar s new year .它 是 為 了 慶 祝 農(nóng) 歷 新 年In the evening before the Spring Festival families get together and haveab i gmeal.在春節(jié)前夜，家人聚在一起享用豐盛的一餐I nmanyplacespeople在許多地方D um p l

2、in g s ar et h e餃子是最人們還放鞭炮mostt r a d i ti o n a 1food.傳統(tǒng)的食物like to set off firecrackersChildren like the festival very much ,because they can have delicious food and wear new clothes孩子們非常喜歡春節(jié)，因為他們可以吃好吃的東西和穿新衣服They can also g e t some money from their pare nts.他 們 也 可 以 領(lǐng) 到 壓 歲 錢This money i s give

3、n t o child re n for good luck .給孩子的這些錢是為了 （來年的）好運氣People put New Year scrolls on the wall for good fortune人們也用貼年畫 的方式來乞求好運The S p r ingFesti v a l1 lastsabout1 5dayslong .春節(jié)持續(xù)近15天People visit relatives and frie nds with the words“ Have all your wishes人們拜訪親戚朋友時會送上一句萬事如意People enjoy the Spring Festiv

4、al ,during this time they can have a good rest人們享受春節(jié)，在這段時間他們可以好好休息一下The Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese peopleand is when all family members get together, just like Christmas in theWest. All people liv ing away from home go back, beco ming the busiesttime for tran spor

5、tati on systems of about half a month from the SpringFestival. Airports, railway stations and Iong-distaneebus stations are The Spring Festival falls on the 1st day of the 1st l unar mon th, ofte n onecrowd e dwithhomer e t u rn e e smonth later than the Gregorian calendar. It originatedin the Shang

6、Dynasty (c. 1600 BC-c. 1100 BC) from the people s sacrifice to gods and an cestors at the end of an old year and the beg inningof a new one.Strictly speaking, the Spring Festival starts every year in the early days of the 12th lunar month and will last till the mid 1st lunar month of the n ext year.

7、 Of them, the most importa nt days are Spring Festival Eve and the first three days. The Chinese government now stipulates people have s e v e n days off for t h e C h i nese Lunar New Year.Many customs accompany the Spring Festival. Some are still followed today, b u t others have w e a k e nedOn t

8、he 8th day of the 12th lunar mon th, many families make laba porridge, a delicious kind of porridge made with glutinous rice, millet, seeds of Job s tears, jujube berries, lotus seeds, beans, longan and gingkoThe 23rd day of the 12th lunar month is called Preliminary Eve. At this time, people offer

9、sacrifice to the kitchen god. Now however, most families make delicious food t o en joy th emselves.After the Prelimi nary Eve, people beg in prepari ng for the coming NewYear. This i s called See ing t h e New Year inStore owners are busy then as everybodygoes out to purchasen ecessities for the Ne

10、w Year. Materials not only in clude edible oil, rice, flour, chicke n, duck, fish and meat, but also fruit, can dies and kinds of nuts. What s more, various decorations, new clothes and shoes for the childre n as well as gifts for the elderly, frie nds and relatives, are all on the listo fp u r c h

11、a s ingBefore the New Year comes, the people completely clea n the in doors and outdoors of their homes as well as their clothes, bedclothes and all their utensiIsThen peoplebeg indecorati ng their clea n roomsfeaturi nganatmosphere of rejoici ng and festivity. All the door pan els will be pasted wi

12、th Spring Festival couplets, highlighting Chinese calligraphy with black characters on red paper. The content varies from house owners wishesfor a bright future to good luck for the New Year. Also, pictures of the god of doors and wealth will be posted on front doors to ward off evil spirits and wel

13、come peace and abundan c e .The Chin ese character fu (mea ning bless ing or happ in ess) is a must.The character put on paper can be pasted no rmally or upside dow n, for in Chin ese the reversed fu is homoph onic with fu comes, both being pronounced as fudaole. What s more, two big red lanterns ca

14、n be raised on both sides of the front door. Red paper-cutt ings can be see n on win dow glass and brightly colored NewYear paintings with auspiciousmea nings may b e p u t on t h e wall.People attach great importance to Spring Festival Eve. At that time, all family members eat dinner together. The

15、meal is more luxurious than usual. Dishes such as chicke n, fish and bea n curd cannot be excluded, for in Chin ese, their pronun ciati on s, respectively ji, yu and doufu, mean auspiciousness,abundance and richness. After the dinner, the wholefamily will sit together,chatting and watching TV. In re

16、cent years, theSpring Festival party broadcast on Chi na Cen tral Televisi on Stati on (CCTV) is essential entertainmentfor the Chinese both at home and abroad.According to custom, each family will stay up to see the New Year in.Waking up on New Year, everybody dresses up. First they extend greet in

17、gs to their pare nts. The n each child will get money as a New Year gift, wrapped up in red paper. People in no rther n China will eat jiaozi, or dumpli ngs, for breakfast, as they thi nk jiaozi i n sound means biddi ng farewell to the old and ushering in the new. Also, the shape of the dumpli ng is

18、 like gold in got from ancient China. So people eat them and wish for money and t r e a s u reSouthern Chinese eat niangao (New Year cake made of glutinous rice flour) on this occasi on, because as a homoph one, nian gao means higher and higher, one year after another. The first five days after theS

19、pring Festival are a good time for relatives, friends, and classmates as well as colleagues to excha ngegreet in gs, gifts and chat leisurely.Burning fireworks was once the most typical custom on the Spring Festival. People thought the spluttering sound could help drive away evilspirits. However, such an activity was completely or partially forbidden in big cities once the government took security, noise and pollution fac