复活节的习俗英文版.docx

复活节的习俗英文版【篇一：复活节中英文介绍no.1】 复活节 as with almost all christian holidays, easter has been secularized and commercialized. the dichotomous nature of easter and its symbols, however, is not necessarily a modern fabrication. 和其它基督教节日一样，复活节正慢慢“被世俗”和“被商业”。即便如此，复活节的这两个性质和它的标志并不是必然的“现代产物”。 the history of easter 复活节的历史 since its conception as a holy celebration in the second century, easter has had its non-religious side. in fact, easter was originally a pagan festival. “复活节是神圣的庆典”的概念在公元200年已经形成，自那时起，复活节就站在了非宗教的一方。而事实上，最初的复活节是异教徒的节日。 the ancient saxons celebrated the return of spring with an uproarious festival commemorating their goddess of offspring and of springtime, eastre. when the second-century christian missionaries encountered the tribes of the north with their pagan celebrations, they attempted to convert them to christianity. they did so, however, in a clandestine manner. 古撒克逊人庆祝春至时非常热闹，因为这也纪念他们祖先和春天的“复活”。在公元200年，基督教的传教士并偶然来到这个拥有异教庆典的北方部落。这些传教士尝试让撒克逊人改信基督教，而他们使用的方法非常隐秘。 it would have been suicide for the very early christian converts to celebrate their holy days with observances that did not coincide with celebrations that already existed. to save lives, the missionaries cleverly decided to spread their religious message slowly throughout the populations by allowing them to continue to celebrate pagan feasts, but to do so in a christian manner. 早期的基督教人为了庆祝他们神圣的节日而在仪式中自杀，然而这些仪式并没有与以前的庆祝仪式相类似。为了拯救生命，传教士略施小计，在人群中慢慢散布神明的信息，谎称神明允许人们继续庆祝异教节日，但是要使用基督教的方式进行庆祝。 as it happened, the pagan festival of eastre occurred at the same time of year as the christian observance of the resurrection of christ. it made sense, therefore, to alter the festival itself, to make it a christian celebration as converts were slowly won over. the early name, eastre, was eventually changed to its modern spelling, easter. 就这样，复活节在同年出现了，而且被当作耶稣复活的基督教仪式。因此，这个节日就慢慢被改变，渐渐转变为基督教的一个节日。于是，人们渐渐皈依基督教。而复活节早期的名字eastre，最后也被改成流传至今的拼法easter。 the date of easter 复活节的日期 prior to a.d. 325, easter was variously celebrated on different days of the week, including friday, saturday, and sunday. in that year, the council of nicaea was convened by emperor constantine. it issued the easter rule which states that easter shall be celebrated on the first sunday that occurs after the first full moon on or after the vernal equinox. however, a caveat must be introduced here. the full moon in the rule is the ecclesiastical full moon, which is defined as the fourteenth day of a tabular lunation, where day 1 corresponds to the ecclesiastical new moon. it does not always occur on the same date as the astronomical full moon. the ecclesiastical vernal equinox is always on march 21. therefore, easter must be celebrated on a sunday between the dates of march 22 and april 25. 在公元325年之前，复活节的庆祝时间可以是一周中不同的时间，而这些时间包括星期五、星期六和星期天。在那些年里，康斯坦丁大帝组建了尼西亚理事会。这个理事会制定了复活节的标准：复活节应该在第一个满月后或是春分后的第一个星期进行庆祝。在这里，我们要作一下解释。在规定中所指的“满月”是基督教的满月，而“满月”的时间定在阴历月份的第十四天，那么，这个月的1号就是基督教的“新月”。由于天文满月，复活节的日期不会是每年的同一天。另外，基督教的“春分”通常是3月21日。因此，复活节必须在3月22日-4月24日之间的其中一个星期天进行庆祝。 the lenten season 四旬斋季节 lent is the forty-six day period just prior to easter sunday. it begins on ash wednesday. mardi gras (french for fat tuesday) is a celebration, 四旬斋是早期复活节里面为期46天的时期。四旬斋开始于圣灰星期三。“狂欢节”也称为“嘉年华”。在早期，它横跨星期三和圣灰星期四，是一个全世界都进行的庆典。在四旬斋献祭开始前，狂欢节是一个使人身心舒畅的节日。其中，新奥尔良是美国狂欢节的焦点。因此，我们要好好理解四旬斋的宗教含义。 the easter bunny 复活兔 the easter bunny is not a modern invention. the symbol originated with the pagan festival of eastre. the goddess, eastre, was worshipped by the anglo-saxons through her earthly symbol, the rabbit. 复活兔并不是现代产物。复活兔起源于异教的复活节。当时，耶稣的世俗象征是一个兔子，并被盎格鲁撒克逊人供奉着。the germans brought the symbol of the easter rabbit to america. it was widely ignored by other christians until shortly after the civil war. in fact, easter itself was not widely celebrated in america until after that time. 而德国人将复活兔带到了美国。直至美国南北战争后，复活兔才被大多数基督教人士所重视。事实上，在这次内战结束后，复活节也未在美国被人们广泛地庆祝。 the easter egg 复活蛋 as with the easter bunny and the holiday itself, the easter egg predates the christian holiday of easter. the exchange of eggs in the springtime is a custom that was centuries old when easter was first celebrated by christians.与复活兔和复活节一样，复活蛋预示着复活节即将到来。当基督教徒庆祝第一个复活节后，人们开始春天互相交换复活蛋，而这已成为了人们好几百年的习俗。from the earliest times, the egg was a symbol of rebirth in most cultures. eggs were often wrapped in gold leaf or, if you were a peasant, colored brightly by boiling them with the leaves or petals of certain flowers. 在早期，复活蛋在许多文明中象征着“再生”。人们常常用金色的叶子包裹复活蛋，或是农民的做法：将复活蛋画得色彩斑斓，并把它和叶子或是真花瓣一起煮沸。 today, children hunt colored eggs and place them in easter baskets along with the modern version of real easter eggs - those made of plastic or chocolate candy. 在今天，孩子们到处搜刮复活蛋，并将这些蛋放到复活节篮子中。为什么呢？因为现代的复活蛋是用软糖或巧克力做的 复活节和圣诞节一样，是外来的节日。圣经?新约全书记载，耶稣被钉死在十字架上，第三天身体复活，复活节因此得名。 复活节 复活节是基督宗教最重大的节日，重要性超过圣诞节，宗教起源与节期在以色列。按圣经?马太福音的说法，耶稣基督在十字架上受刑死后三天复活，因而设立此节。历史学家根据圣经和先进以色列人逾越节的日期，推算出在春分日（3月21日）之后月满后的第一个星期天就是圣经中讲到耶稣复活的日子。由于每年的春分日都不固定，所以每年的复活节的具体日期也是不确定的。但节期大致在3月22日至4月25日之间。关于耶稣基督之死，按基督教教义，是为了赎世人的罪；耶稣基督的身体复活，是为了叫信徒得到永生。因此，在基督宗教中，复活节具有极度重要伟大的意义。英国大部分节日都起源于宗教。复活节发生在过了春分月圆后的第一个星期日，原是纪念西亚异教神明巴力的同父异母妹妹亚斯塔路降生的日子，亚斯塔路也是巴力的情妇。相传巴力得知妹妹亚斯塔路生于一枚天鹅蛋中，就去灌木中寻找；找到了，就抱在怀里孵化出了一只兔子；兔子长大后成了一个美女，和巴力同居，后来在巴力危难之际还救过巴力一命。英语单词easter的词源就是亚斯塔路。 year.1 according to christian scripture, jesus was resurrected from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. some christians celebrate this resurrection on easter day or easter sunday2 (also resurrection day or resurrection sunday), two days after good friday and three days after maundy thursday. the chronology of his death and resurrection is variously interpreted to be between ad 26 and ad 36. easter also refers to the season of the church year called eastertide or the easter season. traditionally the easter season lasted for the forty days from easter day until ascension day but now officiallycitation needed lasts for the fifty days until pentecost. the first week of the easter season is known as easter week or the octave of easter. easter also marks the end of lent, a season of fasting, prayer, and penance. easter is a moveable feast, meaning it is not fixed in relation to the civil calendar. the first council of nicaea (325) established the date of easter as the first sunday after the full moon (the paschal full moon) following the northern hemispheres vernal equinox.3 ecclesiastically, the equinox is reckoned to be on march 21 (regardless of the astronomically correct date), and the full moon is not necessarily the astronomically correct date. the date of easter therefore varies between march 22 and april 25. eastern christianity bases its calculations on the julian calendar whose march 21 corresponds, during the twenty-first century, to april 3 in the gregorian calendar, in which calendar their celebration of easter therefore varies between april 4 and may 8. easter is linked to the jewish passover by much of its symbolism, as well as by its position in the calendar. in most european languages the feast called easter in english is termed by the words for passover in those languages and in the older english versions of the bible the term easter was the term used to translate passover.45 relatively newercitation needed elements such as the easter bunny and easter egg hunts have become part of the holidays modern celebrations, and those aspects are often celebrated by many christians and non-christians alike. there are also some christian denominations who do not celebrate easter. popular modern depictions of easter can be viewed as a celebration of spring.【篇二：英语节日大全】 节日大全 mothers day introduction as a thank his mother for mothers day holiday, first appeared in ancient greece, time is the annual january 8, while in the united states, canada and some other countries, it is every year the second sunday in may, a number of other countries dates were the same . on this day mothers often receive gifts. 母亲节作为一个感谢母亲的节日，最早出现在古希腊，时间是每年的一月八日，而在美国、加拿大和一些其他国家，则是每年5月的第二个星期天，其他一些国家的日期也并不一样。母亲们在这一天通常会收到礼物。 mid-autumn day mooncakes are to mid-autumn festival what mince pies are to christmas. the seasonal round cakes traditionally have a sweet filling of lotus seed paste or red bean paste and often have one or more salted duck eggs in the center to represent the moon. and the moon is what this celebration is all about. mid-autumn festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th month, it is the time when the moon is said to be at its brightest and fullest. this year the festival falls on october 1. 中秋节吃月饼就像西方人圣诞节吃百果馅饼一样，是必不可少的。圆圆的月饼中通常包有香甜的莲子馅或是红豆馅，馅的中央还会加上一个金黄的咸鸭蛋黄来代表月亮。而月亮正是中秋节庆祝的主题。每年农历8月15日人们一起庆祝中秋，据说这一天的月亮是一年中最亮最圆的。今年的中秋节恰好是阳历的10月1日（中国的国庆日）。 easter is a time of springtime festivals. in christian countries easter is celebrated as the religious holiday commemorating the resurrection of jesus christ, the son of god. but the celebrations of easter have many customs and legends that are pagan in origin and have nothing to do with christianity traditions associated with the festival survive in the easter abbit, a symbol of fertility, and in colored easter eggs, originally ainted with bright colors to epresent the sunlight of spring, and used in easter-egg rolling contests or given as gifts 复活节 复活节是春季的节日。在信基督教的国家里，复活节是为纪念基督耶稣的复活而举行的宗教节日。但是复活节有许多习俗和传说的由来都是非宗教的，它们与基督教没有任何关系。 与节日密切联系的一些传统有象复活节的野兔，它是作为繁殖生长的象征；还有复活节的鸡蛋，最先是被绘以鲜亮的颜色来代表春天的阳光。这些鸡蛋还可以用来玩滚鸡蛋游戏比赛，或作为小礼物送人。 the first thanksgiving the first american thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621, to commemorate the harvest reaped by the plymouth colony after a harsh winter. in that year governorwilliam bradford proclaimed a day of thanksgiving. the colonists celebrated it as a traditional english harvest feast, to which they invited the local wampanoag indians. days of thanksgiving were celebrated throughout the colonies after fall harvests.all thirteen colonies did not, however, celebrate thanksgiving at the same time until october 1777. george washingtonwas the first president to declare the holiday, in 1789. 感恩节 第一个美国人庆贺的感恩节在1621年，为了纪念普利茅斯殖民地的人民在经过一个歉收荒芜的冬季后迎来丰收。在那一年，州长william bradford宣布那天作为感恩节。殖民者把它当成传统的英国丰收节日来庆贺，在当天，他们还邀请当地的印地安的万泊诺亚格人。 春节 the spring festival is the most important festival in china.people usually decorate the doors and windows with red papercuts.becouse red means good luck.people usually clean house too.becouse they want to sweep away bad luck.children can get some new clothes or presents from their parents and grandparents. on new years eve,family always have a big dinner.everybody are watch tv and talk.in the midnight,there usually fairworks. on new years day,people usually put on their new clothes and visit their femily and friends.they usually say:happy new years day. the spring festival finishes at the lantern festival after two weeks.people usually eat a kind of rice dumpling called yuanxiao.it can take people good luck all the year round. 春节 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 6. a family get together 1.吃年糕.糍粑、汤圆、荷包蛋、大肉丸、全鱼、美酒、福橘、苹果、花生、瓜子、糖果、香茗等 2.掸扬尘、洗被褥、备年货、贴春联、贴年画（门神钟馗） 3.贴剪