春節(jié)和生肖知識英文版

1、Spring Festival春節(jié)As you know, Spring Festivalis the most important Chinese festival. Mythology of Spring Festival春節(jié)的來歷Whats the origin of Spring Festival? According to tales and legends, the beginning of the Spring Festival started with a mythical beast called “HYPERLINK /wiki/Nian o NianNian”. Beas

2、t “Nian” Nian would eat villagers at the last day of year, especially children. All family members would get together, and close all the doors and windows when the day became dark. a lot of delicious food dumplings fish and chicken Ma Jiang One day, a villager decided to get revenge on the Nian. A g

3、od visited him. When it was almost New Year, the villagers would wear red clothes.red clothes red lanterns red HYPERLINK /wiki/Chinese_paper_cutting o Chinese paper cutting paper-cuts couplets HYPERLINK /wiki/Red_envelope o Red envelope red paper envelopes . Villagers also used fireworks and firecra

4、ckers to frighten away Nian. From then on, And Nian never came to the village again. Fireworks firecrackers frighten away NianPeople were so happy and said “Guo nian hao! 過年好！” “Guo nian hao! 過年好！” HYPERLINK /wiki/Dragon_(zodiac) o Dragon (zodiac) Dragondance and lion dance This is the origin of Spr

5、ing Festival. annualreunion dinner. Chinese zodiac 生肖Has anybody seen the poster here? Why there is a monkey on it? Whats the relationship between monkey and year 2016?So, what is Chinese Zodiac? The Chinese Zodiac,known as Sheng Xiao(生肖) in Chinese language, isbased on a twelve-year cycle, each yea

6、r in thatcycle relates to an animal sign. They are Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig. What is the Chinese Zodiac used for? Why are age of 12,24,36,48,60,72,84special for Chinese people? Why is it unlucky? Its said that the people during their own zodiac years easily encounter Tai Sui who is the legendary God in charge of peoples fortune. What are the taboos of your zodiac year?In general, marriage, moving house, travel, starting a business, Investment, and job-hopping are not suggested. How