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篇一：Spring Festival(英文版春节介绍)

Spring Festival

1. Tale of Nian

We call the Spring Festival Nian, but did you know that Nian was once the name of a terrible, scary monster? A long time ago, the monster Nian lived in the mountains. It looked like an ugly dragon, and got angry easily.

Nian ate animals. But in winter, it could not find food. So it came to many villages and ate people. People were so afraid of Nian that they locked their doors before evening came during the winter.

One day, an old man came to a village. He told people there that Nian was afraid of three things—red color, fire and noise. He told people to play drums and gongs (铜锣), make big fires and set off fireworks (放鞭炮) to make Nian go away.

On a moonless, cold night, Nian went to the village again. As soon as it opened its big mouth, people made loud noises and made fires. Nian was really afraid and ran away. Wher-ever it went, there was noise and fire. When Nian was tired and could not run anymore, people killed the monster.

After that, on the coldest day of winter, people beat drums and gongs, and set off fire-works to celebrate the death of the monster of Nian. They put up red lanterns (灯笼) and have a big dinner without sleeping during the night, and greet each other happily in the next morning.

2. Brief Introduction of Spring Festival

The Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese people and is when all family members get together, just like Christmas in the West. All people living away from home go back, becoming the busiest time for transportation systems of about half a month from the Spring Festival. Airports, railway stations and long-distance bus stations are crowded with home returnees.

The Spring Festival falls on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month. 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 next year. Of them, the most important days are Spring Festival Eve and the first three days. The Chinese government now stipulates people have seven days off for the Chinese Lunar New Year.

3. Preliminary Customs

Many customs accompany the Spring Festival. Some are still followed today, but others have weakened.

On the 8th day of the 12th lunar month, many families make laba porridge, a delicious kind of porridge made with rice，glutinous rice（糯米）, millet（小米）, coix seed（薏仁）, jujube berries（枣泥）, lotus seeds(莲子), beans, longan（桂圆） and gingko（白果）.

The 23rd day of the 12th lunar month is called Preliminary Eve. At this time, people offer sacrifice to the kitchen god. Now however, most families make delicious food to enjoy themselves.

After the Preliminary Eve, people begin preparing for the coming New Year. This is called "Seeing the New Year in".

Store owners are busy then as everybody goes out to purchase necessities for the

New Year. Materials not only include edible oil, rice, flour, chicken, duck, fish and meat, but also fruit, candies and kinds of nuts. What's more, various decorations, new clothes and shoes for the children as well as gifts for the elderly, friends and relatives, are all on the list of purchasing.

Before the New Year comes, the people completely clean the indoors and outdoors of their homes as well as their clothes, bedclothes and all their utensils（器具）.

Then people begin decorating their clean rooms featuring an atmosphere of rejoicing（喜悦） and festivity（欢庆）. All the door panels will be pasted with Spring Festival couplets（春联）, highlighting Chinese calligraphy with black characters on red paper. The content varies from house owners' wishes for 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 welcome peace and abundance（富足）.

The Chinese character "fu" (meaning blessing or happiness) is a must. The character put on paper can be pasted normally or upside down, for in Chinese the "reversed fu" is homophonic（谐音） with "fu comes". What's more, two big red lanterns can be raised on both sides of the front door. Red paper-cuttings can be seen on window glass and brightly colored New Year paintings with auspicious（吉利的） meanings may be put on the wall.

People attach great importance to Spring Festival Eve. At that time, all family members eat dinner together. The meal is more luxurious than usual. Dishes such as chicken, fish and bean curd cannot be excluded, for in Chinese, their pronunciations, respectively "ji", "yu" and "doufu," mean auspiciousness（吉利）, abundance and richness. After the dinner, the whole family will sit together, chatting and watching TV. In recent years, the Spring Festival party broadcast on China Central Television Station (CCTV) is essential entertainment for the Chinese both at home and abroad. According to custom, each family will stay up to see the New Year in.

4. New Year’ Customs

Waking up on New Year, everybody dresses up. First they extend greetings to their parents. Then each child will get money as a New Year gift, wrapped up in red paper. People in northern China will eat jiaozi, or dumplings, for breakfast, as they think "jiaozi" in sound means "bidding farewell to the old and ushering（迎接） in the new". Also, the shape of the dumpling is like gold ingot from ancient China. So people eat them and wish for money and treasure.

Southern Chinese eat niangao (New Year cake made of glutinous rice flour) on this occasion, because as a homophone, niangao means "higher and higher, one year after another." The first five days after the Spring Festival are a good time for relatives, friends, and classmates as well as colleagues to exchange greetings, 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 evil spirits. However, such an activity was completely or partially forbidden in big cities once the government took security, noise and pollution factors into consideration. As a replacement, some buy tapes with firecracker sounds to listen to, some break little balloons to get the sound too, while others buy firecracker handicrafts to hang in the

living room.

The lively atmosphere not only fills every household, but permeates to streets and lanes. A series of activities such as lion dancing, dragon lantern dancing, lantern festivals and temple fairs will be held for days. The Spring Festival then comes to an end when the Lantern Festival is finished.

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Spring Festival Words春节实用词汇

农历lunar calendar

正月lunar January (the first month by lunar calendar )

除夕eve of lunar New Year

元宵节The Lantern Festival

春联Spring Festival couplets (two successive rhyming lines in poetry)

剪纸paper-cuts

年画New Year paintings

守岁staying-up

买年货special purchases for the Spring Festival

敬酒propose a toast

灯笼lantern: a portable light

烟花fireworks

爆竹firecrackers (People scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.)

红包red packets (cash wrapped up in red paper, symbolize fortune and wealth in the coming year.)

舞狮lion dance (The lion is believed to be able to dispel evil and bring good luck.) 舞龙dragon dance (to expect good weather and good harvests)

戏曲traditional opera

杂耍variety show

灯谜riddles written on lanterns

灯会exhibit of lanterns

拜年pay New Year's call; give New Year's greetings; New Year's visit

禁忌taboo

去晦气get rid of the ill- fortune

祭祖宗offer sacrifices to one's ancestors

压岁钱gift money; money given to children as a lunar New Year gift

辞旧岁bid farewell to the old year

扫房spring cleaning; general house-cleaning

年糕Nian-gao; rise cake; New Year cake

团圆饭family reunion dinner

年夜饭the dinner on New Year's Eve

饺子Jiao-zi; Chinese meat ravioli

汤圆Tang-yuan;( dumplings made of sweet rice, rolled into balls and stuffed with either sweet or spicy fillings )

八宝饭eight treasures rice pudding

糖果盘candy tray:

什锦糖assorted candies - sweet and fortune

蜜冬瓜candied winter melon - growth and good health 西瓜子red melon seed - joy, happiness, truth and sincerity 金桔cumquat - prosperity

糖莲子candied lotus seed - many descendents to come 糖藕candied lotus root - fulfilling love relationship 红枣red dates - prosperity

花生糖peanut candy - sweet

篇二：Spring festival in china

Spring festival in china The Spring Festival, Chinese New Year, is the most important festival for all of us. Before the festival coming, all the families will clean their house. Then the family members get together on New Year's Eve to have a big meal and watch the spring festival celebrating TV program. At about 12 o'clock, some parents and children light firecracker. The whole sky is lighted brightly. We may watch the fireworks excitedly. How busy it is! The Chinese New Year lasts fifteen days. And each day has its own food, such as dumplings, noodles, rice glue ball and so on. During the fifteen days, we always visit our relatives from door to door. At that time, children are the happiest because they can get many red packets form their parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts and so on.

I like Spring Festival best. It’s the most important and popular festival in China. We Chinese people usually clean and decorate our houses before Spring Festival. And we go shopping before Spring Festival. Adult usually give lucky money to children during Spring Festival. And people get together and have a big dinner. Do you like Spring Festival?

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篇三：春节习俗 Spring Festival Traditions

春节习俗 Spring Festival Traditions

过年 Guo-nian; have the Spring Festival

对联 poetic couplet: two successive rhyming lines in poetry

春联 Spring Festival couplets

剪纸 paper-cuts

年画 New Year paintings

买年货 special purchases for the Spring Festival ; do Spring Festival shopping

敬酒 propose a toast

灯笼 lantern: a portable light

烟花 fireworks

The Spring Festival is the most important festival in China.People usually

decorate the doors and windows with red papercuts.becouse red means good luck.People usually clean house too.becouse they want to sweep away bad luck.Children can get some new clothes or presents from their parents and grandparents.

On New Year's Eve,family always have a big dinner.Everybody are watch TV and talk.In the midnight,there usually fairworks.

On New Year's Day,people usually put on their new clothes and visit their femily and friends.They usually say:"Happy New Year's Day."

The Spring Festival finishes at the Lantern Festival after two weeks.People usually eat a kind of rice dumpling called yuanxiao.It can take people good luck all the year round.

The origin of the spring festival

Chinese New Year is the most important festival in China. It marks the new beginning of the year. It is normally between 20th January and 20th February according to the Chinese Lunar Calendar. New Year is a good beginning. Fireworks are let off at the midnight of the New Year Day, and those bad and unhappy things will disappear, for ever.

There are many stories, traditions and ceremonies about New Year

celebrations and they are different from north to south in China. Lion & Dragon Dance together with a special festive marketare are always part of the program to welcome the Chinese New Year.

篇四：Chinese Spring Festival

Chinese Spring , also called Lunar New Year, has more than 4,000 years of history. Being one of the traditional Chinese festivals, it is the grandest and the most important festival for Chinese people. It is also the time for the whole families to get together, which is similar with Day to the

westerners. Originating during the Shang Dynasty (about 17th - 11th century BC), Spring Festival, which celebrates family reunion, is full of rich and colorful activities, and hopes with the advent of spring and flowers blossoming. People from different regions and different ethnic groups celebrate it in their unique ways.

Festival Time

It comes on the first day of Chinese lunar calendar and lasts for almost half of a month. But in folk custom, this traditional holiday lasts from the 23rd day of the twelfth month to the 15th day of the first month (Lantern Festival) in the lunar calendar. Among these days, the New Year’s Eve and the first day of the New Year is the peak time. The exact days are different in every year according to the lunar calendar. Schedule of Spring Festival in recent years is offered in the following table.

History

It is said that the custom of Spring Festival started in when people offered sacrifice to ancestors in the last month of Chinese lunar calendar. At that time, people prepared the sacrifice by doing thorough cleaning, having bathes and so on. Later, people began to worship different deities as well on that day. It is the time that almost all the farm works were done and people have free time. The sacrificing time changed according to the farming schedule and was not fixed until the Han Dynasty (202BC-220AD). The customs of worshipping deities and ancestors remains even though the ceremonies are not as grand as before. It is also the time that spring is coming, so people held all kinds of ceremonies to welcome it. Legends

There are many legends about Spring Festival in Chinese culture. In folk culture, it is also called “guonian” (meaning “passing a year”). It is said that the “nian” (year) was a strong monster which was fierce and cruel and ate one kind of animal including human being a day. Human beings were scared about it and had to hide on the evening when the “nian” came out. Later, people found that “nian” was very scared about the red color and fireworks. So after that, people use red color and fireworks or firecrackers to drive away “nian”. As a result, the custom of using red color and setting off fireworks remains.

Festivities Schedule

Preparing the New Year starts 7 days before the New Year’s Eve. According to Chinese lunar calendar, people start to clean the house on Dec. 24, butcher on Dec. 26th and so on. People have certain things to do on each day. These activities will end Jan. 15th of the lunar calendar.

Customs and Practices

Every family does a thorough house cleaning and purchases enough food, including fish, meat, roasted nuts and seeds, all kinds of candies and fruits, etc, for the festival period. Also, new clothes must be bought, especially for children. Red scrolls with complementary poetic couplets, one line on each side of the gate, are pasted at every gate. The Chinese character 'Fu' is pasted on the center of the door and paper-cut pictures adorn windows.

Taboos

The Spring Festival is a start for a new year, so it is regarded as the omen of a year. People have many taboos during this period. Many bad words related to “death”, “broken”, “killing”, “ghost” and “illness” or “sickness” are forbidden during conversations. In some places, there are more specific details. They consider it unlucky if the barrel of rice is empty, because they think they will have nothing to eat in the

next year. Taking medicine is forbidden on this day, otherwise, people will have sick for the whole year and take medicine constantly.

Festival Food

Food during this happy event has its characteristics, which is the representative of Chinese festival food culture. Dumplings and the reunion dinner are indispensable at this time. Cold and hot dishes are all served. Fish is always an important dish then, which expresses people’s hope of having a wealthy year. Best Places to Go

In China, different places have their own traditions and activities to celebrate the Spring Festival. Beijing, Guangzhou, Xian and Pingyao are some good places to go if one intends to come during the time period. If one does not want to travel so long, but still want to enjoy the atmosphere of Chinese New Year, the local Chinatown is the best place.

中国春节又名农历新年，已有四千多年历史。作为传统中国节日之一，春节是中国人最盛大、最重要的节日。春节与西方的圣诞节类似，是全家相聚的日子。春节起源于商朝（公元前17至前11世纪），旨在庆祝全家团圆，节日期间活动丰富多样，满溢着春暖花开的美好憧憬。不同地区、不同民族的人们以各种独特的方式庆祝春节。

历史

中国人在农历最后一个月祭祀祖先，据说春节习俗由此而来。当时，人们在准备祭祀时会进行大清扫、洗澡等。后来，人们也开始在那一天祭拜不同的神 灵。此时几乎所有的农活都已收尾，人们有了空闲时间。祭祀时间随耕种时间而变，直到汉代才固定下来（公元前202年至公元220年）。祭祀神灵和祖先的习 俗至今仍有，但是并没有以前那么盛大。又因为此时正值冬春交际之时，所以人们会举办各种庆祝活动迎接春天的到来。

传说

中国文化中关于春节的传说有很多。在中国民间文化中，春节又被称为“过年”（意为“过了一年”）。据说“年”是一头凶猛残忍的强大的怪兽，每天都会吃一种动物，包括人类。人们都很害怕它，晚上“年”出来活动时，大家都不得不躲起来。后来，人们发现“年”很怕红色和烟花。所以人们从此都用红色和烟 花或鞭炮来驱赶“年”。因此，使用红色和放烟花的习俗就流传了下来。

节日安排

春节的准备开始于大年三十前的第七天。按照中国农历，人们在12月24号扫屋，26号杀猪割年肉。人们每天都有特定的事做。各种活动在农历1月15号结束。

习俗惯例

每家每户都会全面地打扫房子，并采购足够的食物包括鱼、猪肉、炒货、各种糖果等，供节日所用。同时，还要办置新衣，尤其是小孩的新衣。大门两侧贴着写有对联的红色横幅，每个门上都有一副对联。门正央贴着汉字“福”字，窗上装饰着剪纸。

禁忌

春节是一年的开始，被认为预示着一年的运气。节日期间有很多禁忌。很多与“死”、“破碎”、“杀”、“鬼”和“病”有关的不吉利的话都是禁止谈 到的。一些地方的禁忌更为具体。在那些地方，空米桶被认为不吉利，因为他们觉得来年将无米可食。吃药也是禁止的，否则整年都会生病、都得吃药。

节日食物

春节的食物有自己的特色，是中国节日食物文化的代表。团圆饭必定离不开饺子，冷盘热菜皆有。鱼一直是一道重要的菜，体现了人们希望来年有余的愿望。

最值得一去的地方

在中国，不同的地方有各自的传统和庆祝春节的活动。如果想在春节期间游中国，北京、广州、西安和平遥是值得一去的几个地方。如果无缘来中国，但仍然想感受中国春节气氛的话，当地的唐人街是不错的地方。

篇五：Chinese Spring Festival

Chinese Spring Festival

中国的春节

The Chinese Spring Festival, also known as Chinese New Year and Lunar New Year, is 中国的春节，又叫做中国年或阴历新年，被认为是中国最重要的传统节日。现在人们普遍称之为农历新年，因为它主要依据中国传统的农历历法

If you are just joining a Chinese family or cultural situation, it is critical for you to learn New Year customs and celebrate them properly. This is the most significant way for you to integrate socially with Chinese friends and family members, since New Year is the most important time of the year in China.

如果你有幸接触华人家庭或是华人文化传统。你就必须要学一些中国风俗正确地庆祝农历新年。这也是你融入华人社团的最有意义的方法，因为农历新年在中国是最重要的时刻。

The tradition usually starts on the 1st day based on the first Chinese month, in their calendar, and it ends with the Lantern Festival which is, on the other hand, on the 15th day of (转载于:www.smhaida.com 海 达 范 文网:spring,festival)the month. The origin of this tradition in China is already centuries old and has gained significance in relation to their traditions and myths. In fact, the ancient Chinese New Year has become a reflection of how the people believed and in what things they believed the most.

中国人庆祝农历新年的传统从农历正月初一开始一直到正月十五元宵节，也就是说整整半个月的时间。这种传统已经保持了几个世纪的时间。在传统和神话方面有着很深的意义。事实上，古老的中国新年反应了人们的一种信仰和他们心中最深的情结。

②It is a fact that within China, a variety of ways on how the New Year is celebrated are to purchase decorations, materials, clothing, presents, and food. A part of the tradition, the families will also clean the whole house, thoroughly and systematically, so that they will drive any bad luck or ill-fortune away, therefore hoping for the cleanliness to make way for incoming good luck and prosperity.

实际上，在中国不同地区有着各种各样的庆祝新年的传统。每到年底，中国人都会买装饰品、新衣服、礼品、美食等各种年货。作为庆祝新年的一部分，各家各户都会系统地，有条不紊地打扫房子，以便能将一年的霉运清理出去并为新年的好运和繁荣做准备。

In most house, you will see windows and doors that are decorated with paper-cuts and couplets with red color; all these with themes of "wealth," "longevity," and "happiness." On the Chinese New Year Eve, a family supper is considered a feast. Ducks, sweet delicacies, pigs, and chicken usually decorated the tables. Then before the night ends, they will be having a display of firecrackers; all the children are expected to greet everybody, especially their parents, and wish them not just a happy but a healthy New Year, and in turn, they will receive money placed in red Chinese paper envelopes.

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③It is also a common belief that the Chinese New Year is a tradition that usually reconciles

中国人普遍认为中国新年是一个传统佳节，它能够使家庭和睦，让他们忘记一年中的不快，并让他们满怀新一年的家庭美满幸福的美好希望。

重点单词：

calendar ['k?l?nd?(r)] n. 日历；历法；日程表

Lunisolar [lju:ni?s?ul?] adj. 日与月的，由于日月的引力的

properly [?pr?p?l?] adv. 适当地；恰当地；正确地

integrate ['?nt?ɡre?t] vt.；使结合成为整体

lantern [?l?nt?n] n. 灯笼；灯塔；灯罩；灯饰

myth [m?θ] n. 神话；

regional [?ri:d??nl] adj. 地区的，区域的；

couplet [?k?pl?t] n对联

longevity [l?n?d?ev?ti] n. 长寿；

精彩短语/亮点句式：

1. It has been usually called "Lunar New Year," since it has based on the Chinese calendar known as lunisolar.

现在人们普遍称之为农历新年，因为它主要依据中国传统的农历历法.

Since 与以往我们学过的since的意思不同，这里的since引导原因状语从句翻译成“既然”

例如：I'm forever on a diet, since I put on weight easily.

我永远都在减肥，因为我很容易长胖。

2. It is a fact that within China, a variety of ways on how the New Year is celebrated are based on their regional traditions and customs.

实际上，在中国不同地区有着各种各样的庆祝新年的传统

该句子比较复杂，需要做句子分析。首先是it is fact that…句型，其中it 做形式主语，that引导的从句做真正主语。其次，从句主语为 a variety of ways are based on their regional traditions and customs，从句主干为a variety of ways 。how 引导的从句做介词on 的宾语从句。

3. It is also a common belief that the Chinese New Year is a tradition that usually reconciles families, making them forget all the past grudges, and offering sincere wishes of happiness and peace for everyone in the coming New Year.

中国人普遍认为中国新年是一个传统佳节，它能够使家庭和睦，让他们忘记一年中的不快，并让他们满怀新一年的家庭美满幸福的美好希望。

该句有一个句型it is a common belief that...，其中it做形式主语，that引导的从句做真正主语。例如：

It is a common belief that China is playing an important role in the world.

人们普遍认为中国在世界扮演者重要角色。

名句背诵：

The man who has made up his mind to win will never say “impossible”.----Napoleon

凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说”不可能”的.----拿破仑

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