春节的来历英文介绍
马上又到春节啦!春节是我们最大的传统节日，如果遇到外国朋友，你会怎么跟他们介绍呢?下面是小编整理的春节的来历英文介绍，欢迎阅读!
historof the spring festival
it iunclear when the beginning of the year wacelebrated before the qin dynasty. traditionally, the year wasaid to have begun with month 1 during the xia dynasty, month 12 during the shang dynasty, and month 11 during the zhou dynasty. however, recordshow that the zhou dynastbegan ityear with month 1. intercalarmonths, used to keep the lunar calendar synchronized with the sun, were added after month 12 during both the shang dynast(according to surviving oracle bones) and the zhou dynast(according to sima qian). the first emperor of china qin shi huang changed the beginning of the year to month 10 in 221 bc, also changing the location of the intercalarmonth to after month 9. whether the new year wacelebrated at the beginning of month 10, of month 1, or both iunknown. in 104 bc, emperor wu of the han dynastestablished month 1 athe beginning of the year, where it remains.
mythologabout the spring festival
hand-painted chinese new year'poetrpasted on the sideof doorleading to people'homes, lijiang, yunnan, china.according to legend, in ancient china, the nián (年) waa man-eating beast from the mountain(in other versionfrom under the sea), which came out ever12 monthsomewhere close to winter to preon humans. the people later believed that the nian wasensitive to loud noiseand the colour red, so thescared it awawith explosions, fireworkand the liberal use of the colour red. these customled to the first new year celebrations. guò nián (simplified chinese: 过年; traditional chinese: 過年), which meanto celebrate the new year, literallmeanthe passover of the nian.
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daybefore the new year
on the daybefore the new year celebration chinese familiegive their home a thorough cleaning. there ia cantonese saying "wash awathe dirton nianyiba"(年廿八，洗邋遢), but the practice inot usuallrestricted on nianyiba(年二八, the 28th daof month 12). it ibelieved the cleaning sweepawathe bad luck of the preceding year and maketheir homereadfor good luck. broomand dust panare put awaon the first daso that luck cannot be swept away. some people give their homes, doorand window-panea new coat of red paint. homeare often decorated with paper cutoutof chinese auspiciouphraseand couplets.
a woman icleaning home
the biggest event of anchinese new year'eve ithe dinner everfamilwill have. a dish consisting of fish will appear on the tableof chinese families. it ifor displafor the new year'eve dinner. in northern china, it ialso customarto have dumplingfor thidinner. dumplingsymbolize wealth because their shape ilike a chinese gold nugget. thiicomparable to christmadinner in the west, except with much more food.
first daof the new year
the first daifor the welcoming of the deitieof the heavenand earth. manpeople, especiallbuddhists, abstain from meat consumption on the first dabecause it ibelieved that thiwill ensure longevitfor the some consider lighting fireand using kniveto be bad luck on new year'day, so all food to be consumed icooked the dabefore.
most importantly, the first daof chinese new year ia time when familievisit the oldest and most senior memberof their extended family, usualltheir parents, grandparentor great-grandparents.
some familiemainvite a lion dance troupe aa symbolic ritual to usher in the lunar new year awell ato evict bad spiritfrom the premises. people also give red packetcontaining cash to junior memberof the family, mostlchildren.
while fireworkand firecrackerare traditionallverpopular, some regionhave banned them due to concernover fire hazards, which have resulted in increased number of firearound new yearand challenged municipal fire departments' work capacity. for thireason, varioucitgovernment(e.g., hong kong, and beijing, for a number of years) issued banover fireworkand firecrackerin certain premiseof the city. aa substitute, large-scale fireworkhave been launched bgovernmentin citielike hong kong to offer citizenthe experience.
second daof the new year
the second daof the chinese new year ifor married daughterto visit their birth parents. traditionally, daughterwho have been married manot have the opportunitto visit their birth familiefrequently. on the second day, the chinese prato their ancestorawell ato all the gods. theare extra kind to dogand feed them well ait ibelieved that the second daithe birthdaof all dogs.
third and fourth dayof the new year
the third and fourth daof the chinese new year are generallaccepted ainappropriate dayto visit relativeand frienddue to the following schoolof thought. people masubscribe to one or both thoughts.
1) it iknown a"chì kǒu" (赤口), meaning that it ieasto get into arguments. it isuggested that the cause could be the fried food and visiting during the first two dayof the new year celebration.
2) familiewho had an immediate kin deceased in the past 3 yearwill not go house-visiting aa form of respect to the dead. the third daof the new year iallocated to grave-visiting instead. some people conclude it iinauspiciouto do anhouse visiting at all.
fifth daof the new year
eat dumplingat "po wu"
in northern china, people eat jiǎozi (simplified chinese: 饺子; traditional chinese: 餃子) (dumplings) on the morning of po wu (破五). thiialso the birthdaof the chinese god of wealth. in taiwan, businessetraditionallre-open on thiday, accompanied bfirecrackers.
seventh daof the new year
the seventh day, traditionallknown arenri 人日, the common man'birthday, the dawhen everyone growone year older.
it ithe dawhen tossed raw fish salad, yusheng, ieaten. thiia custom primarilamong the overseachinese in southeast asia, such amalaysia and singapore. people get together to tosthe colourful salad and make wishefor continued wealth and prosperity.
for manchinese buddhists, thiianother dato avoid meat.
ninth daof the new year
jade emperor of heaven
the ninth daof the new year ia dafor chinese to offer prayerto the jade emperor of heaven (天公) in the taoist pantheon.
thidaiespeciallimportant to hokkien(min nan speakers). come midnight of the eighth daof the new year, the hokkienwill offer thankgiving prayerto the emperor of heaven. offeringwill include sugarcane ait wathe sugarcane that had protected the hokkienfrom certain extermination generationago. tea iserved aa customarprotocol for paying respect to an honoured person.
fifteenth daof the new year
the fifteenth daof the new year icelebrated ayuánxiāo jié (元宵节), otherwise known achap goh mei in fujian dialect. tangyuan (simplified chinese: 汤圆; traditional chinese: 湯圓; pinyin: tāngyuán), a sweet glutinourice ball brewed in a soup, ieaten thiday. candleare lit outside houseaa wato guide wayward spirithome. thidaicelebrated athe lantern festival, and familiewalk the street carrying lighted lanterns.
lantern festival
thidaoften markthe end of the chinese new year festivities.
best wishefor the year to come!
恭贺新禧!
mamanfortunefind their wato you!
祝财运亨通!
i want to wish you longevitand health!
愿你健康长寿!
take good care of yourself in the year ahead.
请多保重!
wishing you manfuture successes.
祝你今后获得更大成就。
on thispecial dai send you new yeargreetingand hope that some dasoon we shall be together.
在这特殊的日子，向你致以新年的祝福，希望不久我们能相聚在一起。
i would like to wish you a joyounew year and expresmhope for your happinesand good future.
祝新年快乐，并愿你幸福吉祥，前程似锦。
mathe new year bring mangood thingand rich blessingto you and all those you love!
愿新年带给你和你所爱的人许多美好的事物和无尽的祝福!
rich blessingfor health and longevitimspecial wish for you in the coming year.
祝你在新的一年里身体健康，多福多寿。
good luck, good health, hood cheer. i wish you a happnew year.
祝好运、健康、佳肴伴你度过一个快乐新年。
with best wishefor a happnew year!
祝新年快乐，并致以良好的祝福。
i hope you have a most happand prosperounew year.
谨祝新年快乐幸福，大吉大利。
with the complimentof the season.
祝贺佳节。
best wishefor the year to come!
恭贺新禧!
good luck in the year ahead!
祝吉星高照!
mayou come into a good fortune!
恭喜发财!
live long and proper!
多福多寿!
mamanfortunefind their wato you!
祝财运亨通!
i want to wish you longevitand health!
愿你健康长寿!
take good care of yourself in the year ahead.
请多保重!
wishing you manfuture successes.
祝你今后获得更大成就。
on thispecial dai send you new year'greetingand hope that some dasoon we shall be together.
在这特殊的日子，向你致以新年的祝福，希望不久我们能相聚在一起。
i would like to wish you a joyounew year and expresmhope for your happinesand good future.
祝新年快乐，并愿你幸福吉祥，前程似锦。
mathe new year bring mangood thingand rich blessingto you and all those you love!
愿新年带给你和你所爱的人许多美好的事物和无尽的祝福!
rich blessingfor health and longevitimspecial wish for you in the coming year.
祝你在新的一年里身体健康，多福多寿。
good luck, good health, hood cheer. i wish you a happnew year.
祝好运、健康、佳肴伴你度过一个快乐新年。
with best wishefor a happnew year!
祝新年快乐，并致以良好的祝福。
i hope you have a most happand prosperounew year.
谨祝新年快乐幸福，大吉大利。
with the complimentof the season.
祝贺佳节。
mathe season'jofill you all the year round.
愿节日的愉快伴你一生。
season'greetingand best wishefor the new year.
祝福您，新年快乐。
please accept mseason'greetings.
请接受我节日的祝贺。
to wish you joat thiholseason. wishing everhappineswill alwaybe with you.
恭祝新年吉祥，幸福和欢乐与你同在。
good health, good luck and much happinesthroughout the year.
恭祝健康、幸运，新年快乐。
mathe joand happinesaround you todaand always.
愿快乐幸福永伴你左右。
please accept msincere wishefor the new year. i hope you will continue to enjogood health.
请接受我诚挚的新年祝福，顺祝身体健康。
allow me to congratulate you on the arrival of the new year and to extend to you all mbest wishefor your perfect health and lasting prosperity.
恭贺新禧，祝身体健康、事业发达。
best wishefor the holidayand happinesthroughout the new year.
恭贺新禧，万事如意。
with verbest wishefor your happinesin the new year.
致以最良好的祝福，原你新年快乐幸福。
please accept our wishefor you and yourfor a happnew year.
请接受我们对你及你全家的美好祝福，祝你们新年快乐。
good luck and great succesin the coming new year.
祝来年好运，并取得更大的成就。
maeverything beautiful and best be condensed into thicard. i sincerelwish you happiness, cheerfulnesand success.
愿一切最美好的祝福都能用这张贺卡表达，真诚地祝你幸福、快乐、成功!
good luck, good health, hood cheer. i wish you a happnew year.
祝好运、健康、佳肴伴你度过一个快乐新年。
with best wishefor a happnew year!
祝新年快乐，并致以良好的祝福。
i hope you have a most happand prosperounew year.
谨祝新年快乐幸福，大吉大利。
with the complimentof the season.
祝贺佳节。
mathe season'jofill you all the year round.
愿节日的愉快伴你一生。
season'greetingand best wishefor the new year.
祝福您，新年快乐。
to wish you joat thiholseason. wishing everhappineswill alwaybe with you.
恭祝新年吉祥，幸福和欢乐与你同在。
good health, good luck and much happinesthroughout the year. mathe joand happinesaround you todaand always.
愿快乐幸福永伴你左右。
please accept msincere wishefor the new year. i hope you will continue to enjogood health.
请接受我诚挚的新年祝福，顺祝身体健康。
allow me to congratulate you on the arrival of the new year and to extend to you all mbest wishefor your perfect health and lasting prosperity.
恭贺新禧，祝身体健康、事业发达。