关于春节的英语文章

1、1. 关于新年的英文儿歌CHEER THE YEARCheer, cheer, cheer the year, A new one,s just begun.Celebrate with all your friends,Let,s go have some fun!Clap, clap, clap your hands, A brand new year is here.Learning, laughing, singing, clapping, Through another year.2.关于新年英文歌的歌词最著名的是“AuldLang Syne "(中文译为 天长地久”)。是

2、每个英语国家新年必唱的歌： AULD LANG SYNEShould auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?Should auld acquaintance be forgot and days of auld lang syne?For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne, we,ll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne. 这是材料：The origin of the Chinese New Y ear is it

3、self centuries old - in fact, too old to actually be trace d. It is popularly recognised as the Spring Festival and celebrations last 15 days.Preparations tend to begin a month from the date of the Chinese New Y ear (similar to a Wester n Christmas), when people start buying presents, decoration mat

4、erials, food and clothing.A huge clean-up gets underway days before the New Y ear, when Chinese houses are cleaned f rom top to bottom, to sweep away any traces of bad luck, and doors and windowpanes are giv en a new coat of paint, usually red. The doors and windows are then decorated with paper cut

5、s and couplets with themes such as happiness, wealth and longevity printed on them.The eve of the New Year is perhaps the most exciting part of the event, as anticipation creeps i n. Here, traditions and rituals are very carefully observed in everything from food to clothing. Dinner is usually a fea

6、st of seafood and dumplings, signifying different good wishes. Delicaci es include prawns, for liveliness and happiness, dried oysters (or ho xi), for all things good, ra w fish salad or yu sheng to bring good luck and prosperity, Fai-hai (Angel Hair), an edible hai r-lThe Origin of Chinese New Year

7、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

8、 word Nian, which in modern Chinese 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. Pe

9、ople were very scared. One day, an old man came to their rescue, offering to subdue Nian. To Nian he said, "I hear say that you are very capable, but can you swallow the other beasts of prey on earth instead of people who are by no means of your worthy opponents?" So, it did swallow many o

10、f the beasts of prey on earth that also harrassed people and their domestic animals from time to time.After that, the old man disappeared riding the beast Nian. He turned out to be an immortal god. Now that Nian is gone and other beasts of prey are also scared into forests, people begin to enjoy the

11、ir peaceful life. Before the old man left, he had told people to put up red paper decorations on their windows and doors at each year's end to scare away Nian in case it sneaked back again, because red is the color the beast feared the most.From then on, the tradition of observing the conquest o

12、f Nian is carried on from generation to generation. The term "Guo Nian", which may mean "Survive the Nian" becomes today "Celebrate the (New) Year" as the word "guo" in Chinese having both the meaning of "pass-over" and "observe". The custo

13、m of putting up red paper and firing fire-crackers to scare away Nian should it have a chance to run loose is still around. However , people today have long forgotten why they are doing all this, except that they feel the color and the sound add to the excitement of the celebration.The Spring Festiv

14、al 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 stat

15、ions and long-distance bus stations are crowded with home returnees.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 t

16、hree 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

17、 porridge made with glutinous rice, millet, seeds of Job's tears, jujube berries, lotus seeds, beans, longan and gingko.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

18、 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

19、and meat, but also fruit, candies and kinds of nuts. What's 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

20、 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 r

21、ed 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

22、 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." What's more, two big red lanterns can be raised on both sides of the front do

23、or. Red paper-cuttings can be seen on window glass and brightly colored New Year paintings with auspicious meanings may be put on the wall.People attach great importance to Spring Festival Eve. At that time, all family members eat dinner together. The meal is more luxurious than usual. Dishes such a

24、s chicken, fish and bean curd cannot be excluded, for in Chinese, their pronunciations, respectively "ji", "yu" and "doufu," mean auspiciousness, abundance and richness. After the dinner, the whole family will sit together, chatting and watching TV. In recent years, the

25、 Spring Festival party broadcast on China Central Television Station (CCTV) is essential entertainment for the Chinese both at home and abroad. According to custom, each family will stay up to see the New Year in.Waking up on New Year, everybody dresses up. First they extend greetings to their paren

26、ts. Then each child will get money as a New Year gift, wrapped up in red paper. People in northern China will eat jiaozi, or dumplings, for breakfast, as they think "jiaozi" in sound means "bidding farewell to the old and ushering in the new". Also, the shape of the dumpling is l

27、ike gold ingot from ancient China. So people eat them and wish for money and treasure.Southern Chinese eat niangao (New Year cake made of glutinous rice flour) on this occasion, because as a homophone, niangao means "higher and higher, one year after another." The first five days after the

28、 Spring Festival are a good time for relatives, friends, and classmates as well as colleagues to exchange greetings, gifts and chat leisurely.Burning fireworks was once the most typical custom on the Spring Festival. People thought the spluttering sound could help drive away evil spirits. However, s

29、uch an activity was completely or partially forbidden in big cities once the government took security, noise and pollution factors into consideration. As a replacement, some buy tapes with firecracker sounds to listen to, some break little balloons to get the sound too, while others buy firecracker

30、handicrafts to hang in the living room.The lively atmosphere not only fills every household, but permeates to streets and lanes. A series of activities such as lion dancing, dragon lantern dancing, lantern festivals and temple fairs will be held for days. The Spring Festival then comes to an end whe

31、n the Lantern Festival is finished.China has 56 ethnic groups. Minorities celebrate their Spring Festival almost the same day as the Han people, and they have differentcustoms.春节作文写春节作文前，我们可以先回忆下过春节是我们参加过的活动，如贴倒福、分压岁钱、吃饺子、掸扬尘、贴年画、贴剪纸、放鞭炮、守岁、给压岁钱、挂千千结、 贴春联等， 然后挑一个我们印象深刻的上网查些资料， 可以到百度搜春节的八个习俗， 春节的由来与传

32、说等， 也可以上作文网作文素材频道找到相关资料再进行介绍。作文题目可以自拟，如欢度春节，春节游文庙，除夕之夜，美丽的春节，春 节花会开头部分：大致介绍一下春节，及春节的一些习俗，点明你所要介绍的习俗。（略写）第二部分：介绍这一习俗的来历、象征意义等，像剪纸、年画、千千结等还可以写写这些物品的种类、样子等。（详细）第三部分：回忆自己参与这一活动的情景。（详细）结尾结尾部分：写写自己对这一习俗的感受。每个部分举例：开头部分： 大致介绍一下春节， 及春节的一些习俗， 点明你所要介绍的习俗。（略写）例： 元宵节是我国的四大节日之一， 元宵节一过， 春节也就算过完了， 所以这一天是非常隆重和热闹的。 过

33、元宵节的节目丰富多彩， 有充满乐趣的看花灯猜灯谜， 有喜气洋洋的舞龙， 还有热闹非凡的赛龙船。 不过， 最吸引我们小孩子的却是那多姿多彩的烟花。第二部分：介绍这一习俗的来历、象征意义等，像剪纸、年画、千千结等还可以写写这些物品的种类、样子等。（详细）例：春联代表着欢乐祥和。在我们中国，每逢春节，无论城市还是农村，家家户户都要精选一副大红春联贴在门上， 为节日增加喜庆的气氛。 一幅幅春联不仅带来了吉祥和祝福， 还带来了中国古老的浓浓的文化气息。 瞧！ “大地春光好，长天晓日红” 、 “岁岁皆如意， 年年尽平安” 、 “江山万里如画， 神州四时皆春” 、“春风送春处处*美，喜鹊报喜家家喜事多” 幅

34、幅春联让千家万户喜气盈门。春联的种类比较多。按照使用场所，可分为门心、框对、横批、春条、斗方等。因此，贴的位置也不同，如“门心”贴在门板上端中心部位； “横批”贴在门楣的横木上。第三部分：回忆自己参与这一活动的情景。（详细）例： 记得去年元宵节的晚上爸爸妈妈带我去工人体育馆看烟花。 八点整， 只听见几声沉闷的声音， 一个个烟花带着红红的火星窜上了天空， 几声脆响， 夜空绽放出几朵美丽的花朵。 它们的形状和颜色各不相同， 有五颜六色的满天星， 金黄色的蒲公英，紫色的牵牛花，火红的玫瑰花，粉红的月季、银色的百合，真是绚丽多彩。随着一声声的炮响，人们在惊呼，在赞叹，夜色中，人们微微扬起的脸上也变幻着

35、多姿的色彩，露出了幸福的笑容结尾结尾部分：写写自己对这一习俗的感受。例：我看着那散发着传统文化芳香的中华结，仿佛品味到了中华民族远古的神秘和东方的灵秀。它的古香古色，它的千变万化，让我神往，让我遐想春节的街头今天， 是中国传统节日春节。 早晨我还没醒， 就听到了鞭炮的声音。 平静的社区， 今日显得热闹非凡。 这热闹的喧嚣， 把我的睡意一股脑的全都打撒开来。 于是， 起床穿上了新衣服连早饭都来不及吃就冲到门外， 看着各家各户的炮竹，烟花。接着就是跟爸爸妈妈一起去走街串巷拜年！“李伯伯， 新年快乐” “王阿姨， 工作顺了” “刘奶奶， 身体健康” 跟所有的长辈们拜过年之后， 妈妈提议说： 一会，

36、去街上看看， 感受下新年的气氛。一上街， 街上可就更热闹了。 人们手里有提着大袋大袋的菜， 身边的孩子手上握着一大把小花炮， 蹦蹦跳跳地跑着。 看！ 我左边的一位四、 五岁左右的小女 孩， 跑到前面去。 一下子又转过头对一位满手是鼓鼓的袋子的大人喊着： “爸爸，快点！我要回去放炮玩呢！”。有拿着那边超市发的小气球的，红的，黄的，绿的，还有蓝的。也有三五成群，手挽着手说说笑笑的姑娘们，小伙子们，忙绿了一年，辛苦了一年，我想这个时候应该是大家最放松，最高兴的时候。你看，路灯上还挂着两个小红灯，喜气洋洋的。就像在说， “我们也要过新年，我们也要过新年”。一进菜市场， 那才更热闹呢！ 人流窜动， 一眼望去， 什么也看不见， 全是人。还有那翠绿的黄瓜， 可真新鲜哪， 你看， 那金黄色的小花在太阳的照射下显得多么的生机勃勃啊。那鲫鱼，鲢鱼，青鱼，草鱼等