春节作文之春节由来的英语作文
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春节由来的英语作文 【篇一:春节的来历(英文版)】 春节的来历(英文版) the origin of chinese new year 中国春节的来历 the chinese new year is now popularly known as the spring festival because it starts from the begining of spring (the first of the twenty-four terms in coodination with the changes of nature). its origin is too old to be traced. several explanations are hanging around. all agree, however, that the word nian, which in modern chinese solely means year, was originally the name of a monster beast that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of a new year. one legend goes that the beast nian had a very big mouth that would swallow a great many people with one bite. people were very scared. one day, an old man came to their rescue, offering to subdue nian. to nian he said, i hear say that you are very capable, but can you swallow the other beasts of prey on earth instead of people who are by no means of your worthy opponents? so, it did swallow many of the beasts of prey on earth that also harrassed people and their domestic animals from time to time. after that, the old man disappeared riding the beast nian. he turned out to be an immortal god. now that nian is gone and other beasts of prey are also scared into forests, people begin to enjoy their peaceful life. before the old man left, he had told people to put up red paper decorations on their windows and doors at each years end to scare away nian in case it sneaked back again, because red is the color the beast feared the most. from then on, the tradition of observing the conquest of nian is carried on from generation to generation. the term guo nian, which may mean survive the nian becomes today celebrate the (new) year as the word guo in chinese having both the meaning of pass-over and observe. the custom of putting up red paper and firing fire-crackers to scare away nian should it have a chance to run loose is still around. however, people today have long forgotten why they are doing all this, except that they feel the color and the sound add to the excitement of the celebration. 【篇二:关于春节的英文介绍】
关于春节的英文介绍 spring festival 1the 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. (春节是中国人民最重要的节日,所有家庭成员聚在一起,在西方圣诞节一样。所有远离家乡的人都要回家,成为了为期半个月左右的运输系统最繁忙的时间——春运。机场,火车站和长途巴士站都挤满了回家的人。) ○2the spring festival falls on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month, often one month later than the gregorian calendar. it originated in the shang dynasty (c. 1600 bc-c. 1100 bc) from the peoples sacrifice to gods and ancestors at the end of an old year and the beginning of a new one. (春节落在正月的第一天,往往比公历晚一个月。它起源于商朝(西元1600 bc-c。公元前1100年)从人民祭祀神灵和祖先,在旧的一年结束和一个新的开始。)○3strictly 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. (严格地说,春节是指从腊月初开始一直到第二年中旬的一个月。其中,最重要的日子是除夕和一年的前三天。现在中国政府规定,人民在中国农历新年有七天的休假。)○4many customs accompany the spring festival. some are still followed today, but others have weakened. (春节的时候有不少传统习俗。有的人至今还在保持,不过有的人已经慢慢淡化了这种习俗。) ○5on the 8th day of the 12th lunar month, many families make laba porridge, a delicious kind of porridge made with glutinous rice, millet, seeds of jobs tears, jujube berries, lotus seeds, beans, longan and gingko. (腊月的第8天,许多家庭做腊八粥,糯米,小米,薏苡种子,红枣浆果,莲子,豆类,龙眼,银杏制成美味的粥样。)○6the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month is called preliminary eve(小年). at this time, people offer sacrifice to the kitchen god. now however, most families make delicious food to enjoy themselves. (腊月23日,被称为小年。在这个时候,人们祭祀灶神。但是现在,大多数家庭做出美味的食物来过节。) ○7after the preliminary eve, people begin preparing for the coming new year. this is called seeing the new year in. (过了小年之后,人们开始为新年做准备。 1 这被称为“看得见的新年”。) ○9before 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. (在新的一年到来之际,人们彻底清理自己的家里以及他们的衣服,被褥和他们所有的器具的室内和室外。) ○10then people begin decorating their clean rooms featuring an atmosphere of rejoicing and festivity. all the door panels will be pasted with spring festival couplets, 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.(然后人们开始装饰洁净室,洋溢着一种欢乐和喜庆的气氛。人们将所有的门板贴上春联,在红纸上写上对联。内容多是憧憬一个光明的未来,表达人们新年交好运的意愿。此外,门神和财神的照片也将被张贴在前门,分别用来辟邪和招财招福。) ○11the 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 with fu comes, both being pronounced as fudaole. whats 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 meanings