The Lunar New Year
The Lunar New Year is a great occasion to the Chinese people.It lasts about the first four days of the year,during which people do not work except for the workers on duty.Students do not go to school,and shops are closed.
Several days before the new year,people begin to prepare.Farmers kill pigs,sheep,cocks and hens.City dwellers buy meat fish and vegetables.Houses are cleaned； couplets
are posted on the doors.Colourful lanterns are hung at the gate.
On the eve of the new year,each family has its members gatherd together and eats a family reunion dinner.After the meal they watch TV until the clock strickes twelve.Then every family sets off long strings of small firecrackers and other fire works to welcome the new year.On the first day of the new year,almost everyone is dressed in his or her best.When
people meet on the way,they say to each other “Happy New Year”.Friends and relatives pay new year calls and gives presents to each other.Children indulge themselves in games.
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陰歷新年
陰歷新年對中國人來說是個(gè)很重要的節(jié)日.它大約要持續(xù)4天,在這期間,除了值班人員外,人們都放假.工人不上工,學(xué)生上不學(xué),商店關(guān)門.
新年前幾天人們就開始準(zhǔn)備.農(nóng)民們宰殺豬、雞、羊.城市居民買肉、魚、蔬菜.人們打掃房子,貼對聯(lián),掛彩燈.
新年除夕,各家各戶圍坐在一起吃團(tuán)圓飯.飯后,人們看電視,到了午夜12點(diǎn),在這辭舊迎新的時(shí)刻,人們?nèi)挤鸥鞣N煙花炮竹來慶祝.新年第一天,即正月初一,所有的人都穿著最漂亮的衣服,路上相遇,互相道“新年好”,親戚朋友拜年互贈(zèng)禮物,孩子們盡情地玩耍.the Chinese Spring Festival
Far and away the most important holiday in China is Spring Festival,also known as the Chinese New Year.To the Chinese people it is as important as Christmas to people in the West.The dates for this annual celebration are determined by the lunar calendar rather than the GREgorian calendar,so the timing of the holiday varies from late January to early February.
To the ordinary Chinese,the festival actually begins on the eve of the lunar New Year's Day and ends on the fifth day of the first month of the lunar calendar.But the 15th of the first month,which normally is called the Lantern Festival,means the official end of the Spring Festival in many parts of the country.
Spring Festival is the most importantand popular festival in China.Before Spring Festival ,the people usually clean and decorate their houses.And they go to the Flower Fairs to buy some flowers.During Spring Festival ,the adults usually give lucky money to children.People often get together and have a big meal.Some people eat dumpling for dinner.
春節(jié)
很久以前,中國歷史上最重要的節(jié)日是春節(jié),而且據(jù)說是中國的新年.對于中國人來說,它的重要程度和西方的圣誕節(jié)一樣.這一年一度的慶典日期被定在了陰歷相當(dāng)于格里高利歷,所以假日改變的日期從一月末變?yōu)槎鲁?
對于黃皮膚的中國人來說,這個(gè)解釋實(shí)際是始于春節(jié)的前夕結(jié)束于第一個(gè)月圓之日的15.而第一個(gè)月圓之夜一般情況下被稱作元宵節(jié),意味春節(jié)在全國大部分地區(qū)的官方節(jié)日時(shí)間上結(jié)束.
春節(jié)在中國是最重要最流行的節(jié)日.很久以前,過春節(jié)時(shí),人們常常需要整理打掃房間.并且去花市買些鮮花.春節(jié)期間,成年人常常要給小子壓歲錢.人們常要在一起聚餐,有些人午夜還會(huì)吃餃子.