新年中的禁忌（Taboos of Chinese New Year）

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1、新年中的禁忌（TaboosofChineseNewYear）1.TheentirehouseshouldbecleanedbeforeNewYear'sDay.OnNewYear'sEve，allbrooms，brushes，dusters，dustpans（簸箕）andothercleaningequipmentareputaway.SweepingordustingshouldnotbedoneonNewYear'sDayforfearthatgoodfortunewillbesweptaway.AfterNewYear'sDay，th

2、efloorsmaybeswept.Atnotimeshouldtherubbishinthecornersbetrampledupon.Insweeping，thereisasuperstition（迷信）thatifyousweepthedustanddirtoutofyourhousebythefrontentranceistosweepawaythegoodfortuneofthefamily；itmustalwaysbesweptinwardsandthencarriedout，thennoharmwillfollow.Alldi

3、rtandrubbishmustbetakenoutthebackdoor 2.ShootingofffirecrackersonNewYear'sEveistheChinesewayofsendingouttheoldyearandwelcominginthenew.OnthestrokeofmidnightonNewYear'sEve，everydoorinthehouse，andevenwindows，havetobeopentoallowtheoldyeartogoout.3.NothingshouldbelentonNewYear

4、'sDay，asanyonewhodoessowillbelendingalltheyear.AlldebtshavetobepaidbyNewYear'sEve.4.Everyoneshouldrefrainfromusingfoul（污秽）languageandbadorunluckywords.Negativetermsandtheword"four"，or"si"inChinesewhichsoundslikethewordfordeath，arenottobeuttered.Deathanddyingarenevermention

5、edandghoststoriesaretotallytaboo.5.Hairmustbecleanedandsetprior（先前的）totheholiday，fortodosoduringtheNewYearseasonwouldinvitefinancialruin.OnNewYear'sDay，hairshouldnotbewashedbecauseitwouldmeanwashingawaygoodluckfortheNewYea6.Caremustbetakennottobreakanydishesorotherthingson

6、thefirstdayoftheyear.7.Theuseofknivesandscissors（剪子）——indeedanysharpinstrument——istobeavoided，forthesethingscouldaugur（算命）badluckinthecomingyear. 8.Wearbrandnewclothes——preferablyinred.Childrenshouldwearnewclothesandnewshoes.Redisconsideredabright，happycolor，suretobringthe

7、wearerasunnyandbrightfuture.ItisbelievedthatappearanceandattitudeduringNewYear'ssetsthetonefortherestoftheyear.【基本词汇与短语】【GreetingSeason】:春节TheSpringFestival农历lunarcalendar正月lunarJanuary;thefirstmonthbylunarcalendar除夕NewYear‘sEve;EveoflunarNewYear初一thebeginningofNewYear元宵节T

8、heLanternFestival【Customs】：过年Guo-nian;havetheSpringFestival祭祖宗offersacrificestoone‘sances