元旦由来英文

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1、元旦由来英文　　元旦由来英文　　yuandanisthefirstdayofthelunarcalendar.itisthedaywhentheearthhascircledthesunforoneroundandisbeginninganothercircling.itrepresentsanewbeginningwhenpeoplesendofftheolddaysandwelcomethenewones.asthefirstdayoftheyear,yuandanhasbeenconsideredtobethemostimportantfestivals

2、incetheancienttimes.　　customs　　1.kaisui（beginningoftheyear）　　accordingtothechinesetraditionalcustom,startingfromhaishi（to）ofthelasteveningofthetwelfthlunarmonth,eachfamilymustprepareofferingstodeitiesatthealtar.atthesametime,theytoopreparefoodforthenewyearday:thewholefamilywillthens

3、tayawaketogethertoattendtotheyear（calledshousui）。afterhaishi,zishi（to）willcome,andthisisthearrivalofnewyear（yuandan）。atthismoment,peoplebeginthecelebrationwithfireworks.vegetarianandsweetfoodswillthenbeplacedarethealtarforofferings,andincensebeburnedtowelcomethedeities.intheancientt

4、imes,itwasbelievedthathaishiconnectedthetwoyearsandthuswascalledkaisui.　　atthesamenight,somefamilieswillfollowtheinstructionintongshuandplacepreparingaltarinthedirectionofthe“fortunedeity”duringthe“fortunetime”toreceivethedeity.ifthedirectionofthe“fortunedeity”isatthe“illposition”,p

5、eoplewillchoosetoreceive“happydeity”or“nobledeity”instead.　　2.thereisanapparentdifferenceinthecustomoffoodtakingonyuandanbetweenthechineseinthenorthernandsouthernregions.　　thenorthernchinesehasthehabitoftakingjiaozi（dumplingmadeofflourwithvegetableandmeatwrappedinside）。somepeoplemay

6、putasweetoracoininsidejiaozi,hopingtohaveasweetyearaftertastingthesweetandawealthyyearaftertastingthecoin.ontheotherhand,thesouthernchinesehavethetabooforkillingonyuandan.therefore,theydonottakemeatinteemorningofyuandan,soastoavoidbloodshedormutualslaughter.inordertoevademisfortune,

7、theyhavethefirstmealofthisdaywithoutmeat.instead,theytakevegetarianfoodforthesakeofvirtue.　　3.whatisspecialduringthenewyearisthatparentsorelderswilldistributeredpackets（angpaooryasuiqian）tothechildren.　　peopleintheancienttimesweremoreparticularingivingawaytheredpackets:thedistributi

8、ontookplaceontheeve