春节风俗英文

1、关于春节风俗英文第一张，PPT共十七页，创作于2022年6月Customs Of The Spring Festival The Spring Festival is a traditional Chinese festivaland also the most important one of the whole year. Through the envelopment of thousands of years, a series of customs are still the same as before.第二张，PPT共十七页，创作于2022年6月Sweeping the Dust

2、( 扫尘 ) “Dust” is homophonic(同音) with “chen”（尘）in Chinese, which means old and past. In this way, “sweeping the dust” before the Spring Festival means a thorough cleaning of houses to sweep away bad luck in the past year. This custom shows a good wish of putting away old things to welcome a new life.

3、 第三张，PPT共十七页，创作于2022年6月Pasting Spring Couplets(贴春联) “The Spring Couplet is a special form of literature in China. The Spring Couplet is composed of two antithetical(相对应的) sentences on both sides of the door and an inscription(题字), usually an fortunately phrase, above the gate. The sentence pasting o

4、n the right side of the door is called the first line of the couplet and the one on the left the second line. On the eve of the Spring Festival, every household will paste ondoors a spring couplet written on red paper togive a happy and prosperous(繁荣的) atmosphere of the Festival. 第四张，PPT共十七页，创作于2022

5、年6月Pasting Paper-cuts and “Up-sided Fu”(贴窗花和“福”字 ) Paper-cuts, usually with lucky patterns, give a happy and prosperous atmosphere of the Festival and express the good wishes of Chinese people looking forward to a good life. In addition to pasting paper-cuts on windows, it is common for Chinese to p

6、aste the character “fu（福）”, big and small, on walls, doors and doorposts around the houses. “Fu” shows peoples yearning(向往) toward a good life. Some people even invert the character “fu” to signify that blessing has arrived because “inverted(倒转的)” is a homonym(同音) for “arrive” in Chinese. 第五张，PPT共十七

7、页，创作于2022年6月 Staying Up Late on New Years Eve(守岁) The tradition of staying up late to see New Year is originated from an interesting folk tale. In ancient China there lived a monster named Year, who was very terrible. Year always went out from its burrow(洞穴) on New Years Eve to eat people. Therefore

8、, on every New Years Eve, every household would have supper together. After dinner, no one dared go to sleep and all the family members would sit together, chatting and emboldening(壮胆) each other. Gradually the habit of staying up late on New Years Eve is formed. Thus in China, “celebrating the Spri

9、ng Festival” is also called “passing over the year (guo nian)”. 第六张，PPT共十七页，创作于2022年6月看春节联欢晚会 The CCTV New Years Gala The New Years Gala is a variety show held by China Central Television (CCTV) since 1983. For every year at the turn of the Lunar New Year, the program begins at 8:00PM and lasts five

10、 or six hours. It brings laughter to billions of people and creates many popular words. For over twenty years, its value has gone far beyond a variety show. It is essential entertainment for the Chinese both at home and abroad. Many Chinese would like to watch the gala while having the dinner on New

11、 Years Eve.第七张，PPT共十七页，创作于2022年6月 Burning Firecrackers放鞭炮 The firecracker is a unique(特有的) product in China. In ancient China, the sound of burning bamboo tubes was used to scare away wild animals and evil spirits. With the invention of the gunpowder, “firecracker” is also called “鞭炮binpo” and used

12、to create a joyful atmosphere. The first thing every Chinese household does is to burn firecrackers and fireworks, which means saying farewell to the old year and usher(迎接) in the new. 第八张，PPT共十七页，创作于2022年6月第九张，PPT共十七页，创作于2022年6月New Years Visit and Gift Money(拜年和压岁钱 ) On the first day of the Chinese

13、 lunar year, everybody puts on their best clothes and pays formal calls on their relatives and friends, wishing them all the luck in the coming year. Juniors will greet seniors, wishing them health and longevity(长寿), while seniors will give juniors some gift money as a wish for their safety in the c

14、oming year. When friends meet, they will wish each other happiness and prosperity with a big smile. With the development of the new technology, there is a change on the way of giving New Years greetings. In recent year, it is common to send New Years greetings by such modern means of communication a

15、s telephones, emails and text messages.第十张，PPT共十七页，创作于2022年6月第十一张，PPT共十七页，创作于2022年6月 Eating “jiaozi” (吃饺子) On New Years Eve, the whole family will sit together to make jiaozi and celebrate the Spring Festival. The shape of jiaozi is like gold ingot from ancient China. So people eat. them and wish fo

16、r money and treasure. The tradition of having jiaozi is very important during the Spring Festival. You cannot have a complete Spring Festival without having jiaozi第十二张，PPT共十七页，创作于2022年6月The Spring Festival songWife, dont rush,take it easy, days after Dec 8 are all Chinese new year, firstly, weneed t

17、o drink porridge, until Dec 23, we will eat snacks, Dec 24,we should clean the house, Dec 25,fry tofu, Dec 26, cook roastemutton, Dec27, we will have chicken for dinner, Dec 28,prepare for第十三张，PPT共十七页，创作于2022年6月 tomorrows dinnerDec 29, have steamed bread for dinnerDec 30, dont sleep this night, Jan 1, its a new year In the lastday of the year, people will have a great dinner, including fish, chicken, duck, mutton, beef, vegetable, dumplingsIn china, fish is “鱼”， have the same pronounce as “余”，第十四张，PPT共十七页，创作于2022年6月which means surplus, Als