春节实用英语词汇 Spring Festival Words

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1、The Background of Spring Festival(春节背景知识)TheoldestandmostimportantfestivalinChinaistheSpringFestival，morecommonlyknownintheWestasChineseNewYear.LikeallChinesefestivals，thedateofthenewyearisdeterminedbythelunar/solarcalendarratherthantheWestern（Gregorian）calendar，

2、sothedateoftheholidayvariesfromlateJanuarytomidFebruary.TheSpringfestivalcelebratestheearthcomingbacktolife，andthestartofploughingandsowing.Inthepast，feudalrulersofdynastiesplacedgreatimportanceonthisoccasion，andceremoniestousherintheseasonwereperformed.   Prepar

3、ationsfortheNewYearfestivalstartduringthelastfewdaysofthelastmoon.Housesarethoroughlycleaned，debtsrepaid，haircutandnewclothesbought.Doorsaredecoratedwithverticalscrollsofcharactersonredpaperwhosetextsseekgoodluckandpraisenature，thispracticestemmingfromthehangingo

4、fpeach-woodcharmstokeepawayghostsandevilspirits.Inmanyhomesincenseisburned,andalsointhetemplesasamarkofrespecttoancestors.   OnNewYear’sEvehousesarebrightlylitandalargefamilydinnerisserved.InthesouthofChinasticky-sweetglutinousricepuddingcalledniangaoisserved,whi

5、leinthenorththesteameddumplingjiaoziispopular.Mostcelebratingthefestivalstayuptillmidnight，whenfireworksarelit，todriveawayevilspirits.NewYearsdayisoftenspentvisitingneighbors，familyandfriends.ThepublicholidayforNewYearlasts3daysinChina，butthefestivaltraditionally

6、laststillthe15thdayofthelunarmonthandendswiththe‘LanternFestival’.Here,housesaredecoratedwithcolorfullanterns，andYuanXiao，asweetorsavoryfriedorboileddumplingmadeofglutinousriceflouriseaten.TheOriginofSpringFestival(春节的由来)TheOriginofChineseNewYearTheChineseNewYear

7、isnowpopularlyknownastheSpringFestivalbecauseitstartsfromtheBeginningofSpring（thefirstofthetwenty-fourtermsincoordinationwiththechangesofNature）.Itsoriginistoooldtobetraced.Severalexplanationsarehangingaround.Allagree，however，thatthewordNian，whichinmodernChineses

8、olelymeansyear，wasoriginallythenameofamonsterbeastthatstartedtopreyonpeoplethenightbeforethebeginningofanewyear.   OnelegendgoesthatthebeastNianhadaverybigmout