春节的英文介绍.docx

春节的英文介绍【篇一：介绍春节的英语演讲稿】 today , my partner and i will compare spring festival with christmas in three aspects. 1 origin and legend 2 customs 3 decoration as we know, spring festival is the grandest and the most important annual event for chinese people, but nowadays a few people concern the origin and story behind the holiday. so first of all, i want to introduce the origin and legend of spring festival to you. (1)origin and legend origin the origin of the festival can be traced back to the worshiping activitiesin the shang dynasty (17th century bc - 1046 bc).people attributed their food, clothes and harvest to the god and ancestors will, so they held sacrifice ceremonies to pray for blessing and peace at the end of each year. the date for the ceremony wasnt fixed till the han dynasty (202 bc - 220 ad), when emperor wudi commanded to use the lunar calendar. there was a big festival fair launched by the government, and civil people also gathered for celebration. new custom activities also arose, such as burning the bamboo (setting off fireworks nowadays), hanging peach boards (pasting spring couplets nowadays) and staying up at night. chinese new year story - legend of monster nian many existing customs and activities of the festival actually can be traced back to a popular story of the monster nian, which helps to explain why and how the festival is celebrated. in ancient time, there was a ferocious monster named “nian” with sharp teeth and horns. secluding itself in the dark sea for a long time, the beast would go onshore by the end of the lunar year and hunt people and livestock.however, the monster was afraid of red color and loud sound, hence, on every new years eve, people would paste red spring couplets, light candles and burn bamboos (set off firework) to ward off all the evil spirits. the entire village and town were ablaze with lights, and people would stay up to welcome the new year. (2)customs 1 new years eve dinner having reunion dinners is one of the most important customs of spring festival. chinese dumplings: the chinese dumpling now enjoys worldwide popularity. its history can be traced back to south and north dynasty (420 589). this kind of tradition has a meaning of changing of years, because “jiao” has the meaning of changing. in some places, people even put a clean coin into the dumplings, because they think the one who eats the coin will become wealthier. fish:in china, there is a blessing speech as niannian you yu, which means may you have surpluses and bountiful harvests every year.in southern china, some people just eat the middle part of the fish on the new year eve, leaving the head and tail to the next day to symbolize completeness. rice dumplings: since the song dynasty (960 1279), people have had the custom of eating yuanxiao during the lantern festival.in south part of the country, the rice dumplings are called tangyuan in chinese. the making process is similar with that of the traditional dumplings.but in north part of the country, the rice dumplings are called yuanxiao, and are made by wrapping glutinous rice flour onto stuffing. 2 firecrackers and fireworks people will set off firecrackers in the early morning of new years day. once they wake up, it is the first thing they do. people wish to welcome the good luck inside when they open their doors in the morning.fireworks are also set off in the evening of lantern festival. 3 cctv new years gala this is a comprehensive art and performance event on the festivals eve.performances include basic elements such as skits, cross talk (xiangsheng), songs and dances.the performance always ends with the song “cannotforget tonight”. 4 red envelope red envelope, also known as lucky money, is prepared for children by adults and the elderly and given after the reunion dinner. in folk culture, the children will live safe and sound for the whole year if they get lucky money.wechat red envelope has also become popular in recent years. during the spring festival, young people are inclined to send wechat envelopes to each other as a way of greeting. it is fast and convenient way to contact with friends from afar. 5 visting friends and relatives people drop in at relatives and friends houses, greeting one another with happy new year.in ancient times younger people had to salute the elderly by kowtowing; today they salute them by offering good wishes. 6 spring couplets upper scroll: ring in the spring; landscape is splendid lower scroll: ring out the past; everything is glorious horizontal scroll: a refreshed spring upper scroll: everything goes well as you expect lower scroll: career rises steadily as you want horizontal scroll: luck knocks on the door upper scroll: may you have good luck in everything lower scroll: may you feel content and your family healty horizontal scroll: flourishing in four seasons (3)decoration 1 pasting the “fu” the character “fu”, meaning good fortune or happiness, is used to express peoples good wishes and yearning for the future, so people usually paste it gates or some furniture in the house during the chinese new year. pasting the “fu” upside down, meaning the arrival of happiness or good fortune, is a widely accepted and popular custom among chinese people. 2 paper-cuts auspicious words or pictures are cut on red paper and pasted on windows to express good wishes for the future during the happy event. 3 new year pictures they originated in tang dynasty (618 - 907) with simple patterns to drive away evil. now they are a kind of decoration for the festival. new meanings and patterns such as conventions, women and babies have been added to the old pictures.【篇二：春节英文简介】 detailed introduction of spring festival the 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. the 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. strictly 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. many customs accompany the spring festival. some are still followed today, but others have weakened. on the 8th day of the 12th lunar month, many families make laba porridge, a delicious kind of porridge made with beans andrice. the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month is called preliminary eve. at this time, people offer sacrifice to the kitchen god. now however, most families make delicious food to enjoy themselves.after the preliminary eve, people begin preparing for the coming new year. this is called seeing the new year in. store owners are busy then as everybody goes out to purchase necessities for the new year. materials not only include edible oil, rice, flour, chicken, duck, fish and meat, but also fruit, candies and kinds of nuts. whats more, various decorations, new clothes and shoes for the children as well as gifts for the elderly, friends and relatives, are all on the list of purchasing. before 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. then 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.the 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 may be put on the wall. spring festival is a time for family reunions, for visits with friends, for good wishes for the coming year. in addition, the whole family will eat dumpling together. on the first day of the spring festival, friends and relatives will call on each other to exchange greetings and wish another the happiest possible new year. guo nian, meaning passing the year in chinese is the common name among the chinese people for the spring festival. it actually means greeting the new year. at midnight at the turn of the old and new year, people used to let off firecrackers, which serve to drive away the evil spirits and to greet the arrival of the new year. in an instant the whole city would be engulfed in the deafening noise of the firecrackers. people also enjoy all sorts of entertainment, going to the temple fairs, treating themselves to the local delicacies, and watching performances of folk art forms, which usually include balladssinging, story telling, comic dialogues, clapper talk and cross talk. during this period, quarrels are to be avoided. words with bad connotations such as defeat, illness, surgical operations, a coffin or death are not to be used. dishes are handled carefully, for breaking a dish on new years day indicate bad luck for the coming year. the lantern festival falls on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, usually in february or march in the gregorian calendar. as early as the western han dynasty (206 bc-ad 25), it had become a festival with great significance. this days important activity is watching lanterns. lanterns of various shapes and sizes are hung in the streets, attracting countless visitors. children will hold self-made or bought lanterns to stroll with on the streets, extremely excited.guessing lantern riddlesis an essential part of the festival. people will eat yuanxiao, or rice dumplings, on this day, so it is also called the yuanxiao festival.yuanxiao also has another name, tangyuan. tangyuan can be boiled, fried or steamed. it tastes sweet and delicious. whats more, tangyuan in chinese has a similar pronunciation with tuanyuan”, meaning reunion. so people eat them to denote union, harmony and happiness for the family. in the daytime of the festival, performances such as a dragon lantern dance, a lion dance, a land boat dance, a yangge dance,walking on stilts and beating drums while dancing will be staged. on the night, except for magnificent lanterns, fireworks form a beautiful scene. some local governments will even organize a fireworks party.【篇三：春节英文介绍】 春节英文介绍： 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 andtalk.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. 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 modernchinese 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.