中国的习俗英语

春节习俗 Customs of the Spring FestivalThe Spring Festival is a traditional Chinese festival and also the most important one of the whole year. Through the evolvement of thousands of years, a series of customs are spreading far and wide.Sweeping the Dust“Dust” is homophonic with “chen”（尘）in Chinese, which means old and past. In this way, “sweeping the dust” before the Spring Festival means a thorough cleaning of houses to sweep away bad luck in the past year. This custom shows a good wish of putting away old things to welcome a new life. In a word, just before the Spring Festival comes, every household will give a thorough cleaning to bid farewell to the old year and usher in the new.Pasting Spring Couplets“The Spring Couplet”, also called “couplet” and “a pair of antithetical phrases”, is a special form of literature in China. The Spring Couplet is composed of two antithetical sentences on both sides of the door and a horizontal scroll bearing an inscription, usually an auspicious phrase, above the gate. The sentence pasting on the right side of the door is called the first line of the couplet and the one on the left the second line. On the eve of the Spring Festival, every household will paste on doors a spring couplet written on red paper to give a happy and prosperous atmosphere of the Festival. In the past, the Chinese usually wrote their own spring couplet with a brush or asked others to do for them, while nowadays, it is common for people to buy the printed spring couplet in the market.

1. Eat rice cakes. Cake, glutinous rice balls, fried egg, large meatballs, whole fish, wine, blessing orange, apple, peanuts, melon seeds, candy, tea, etc. 2. Whisk dust, wash bedding, prepared New Year, couplets, paste pictures (goalkeeper Zhong Kui) 3. Paste paper-cut, paste bars and paste the word blessing, candles, point stir, fireworks, stay up, to the lucky money, New Year, 4. Relatives, sent in ceremony, on the graves, visiting the flower market, downtown fire agency, such as Zhong Kui jump 5. Linked to Chinese knot

Chinese New Year has a very interesting and unique history. According to the Chinese legends, there was a giant beast Nian who used to swallow humans in a single bite. Relief from the horrifying beast came only when people realized that Nian was scared of red color and loud noises. They started bursting crackers and used red color to scare the beast. Since then, this day was named as GuNian meaning "Pass over the Nian". Chinese considered the day an auspicious one as it brought new life for them and celebrated it as a New Year.中国的新年有个很有趣及独特的历史。根据传说,有一个巨大的怪兽人类曾在一个咬吞下。解脱了恐怖的兽,只有当人们意识到年怕红色的颜色和喧吵的噪音。他们开始破裂饼干和使用红色来吓跑这些兽。从此,这一天被命名为GuNian意为“过去年”。中国被认为是一种吉祥的日子作为它的一个为他们带来了新的生活和庆祝它作为一种新的一年。

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1、拜岁

Worship, is one of the ancient customs activities.

(拜岁，是古老的年俗活动之一。)

Welcome the New Year in the morning of the first year of the year, worship worship worship "year god".

(在岁首早上迎新岁，奉祀斋菜拜祭“岁神”。)

"Year" is also known as "xiti", "taisui", for the ancient era star name, is also the folk belief of the gods.

(“岁”又名为“摄提”、“太岁”，为上古纪元星名，也是民间信仰的神灵。)

2、拜年

New Year call is a way to visit friends and relatives to celebrate the New Year.

（拜年，即是新年期间走访亲朋好友互贺新年的一种方式。）

New Year greetings is an important activity during the Spring Festival. It is a way for people to express good wishes to each other.

（拜年是春节里的一项重要活动，是人们相互表达美好祝愿的一种方式。）

Visit relatives to see friends, each other, New Year greetings, say some congratulations, happy New Year, and so on.

（走亲戚看朋友，相互拜年，道贺祝福，说些恭贺新喜、过年好等话。）

We call the Chinese New Year the Spring Festival. It is the first day of the lunar calendar. Before New Year’s Day, people are busy shopping and cleaning their houses. On New Year’s Eve, every family has a delicious feast. All the family stays up late to welcome the Festival and people burn firecrackers to greet it. On the first day of the Spring Festival, people put on their new clothes and visit their relatives and friends. When meeting, they say “Good luck” and other greetings to each other. And children are very happy because they can get the lucky money from their parents and relatives. On the Festival, there are lion dances and some other activities, which last at least three days. People usually have a very good time during the festival.

Spring Festival is the most important festival in China .In the evening before the Spring Festival ,families get together and have a big meal .In many places people like to set off firecrackers .Dumplings are the most traditional food .Children like the festival very much ,because they can have delicious food and wear new clothes .They can also get some money from their parents. This money is given to children for good luck . People put New Year scrolls on the wall for good fortune . 春节是中国最最重要的节日，春节前一天的晚上，一家人都聚在一起吃晚饭。许多人都喜欢(在这时候)放炮竹。饺子是传统的食物。小孩子非常喜欢这个节日，因为他们能吃到很多美味的食物，穿漂亮的衣服，他们还能收到父母给的压岁钱，这些钱能给孩子带来好运。人民也会把新年的画挂在墙上,为了来年的好运。