中国新年风俗英文简介

HappyLanternFestivalLuckyMonkeyYearChineseNewYear/SpringFestivalDecember23thoftheLunarCalendar(LittleNewYear)January15thoftheLunarCalendar(LanternFestival)December23thoftheLunarCalendarLittleNewYearcustom:worshippingthekitchengod腊月二十三（小年）习俗：祭灶December24thoftheLunarCalendarcustom:dusting腊月二十四习俗：扫尘Afterworshippingthekitchengod,peoplebegintothoroughlycleantheirhousestosweepawaybadluckandwelcomegoodluck.Dustingshowsthegoodwishofputtingawayoldthingsandwelcominganewlife,makingeverythinglookfreshinthenewyear.December25thoftheLunarCalendarcustom:PastingWindowPaperandMakingTofu腊月二十五习俗：糊窗户、磨豆腐Thetimesforpastingwindowpaperaregone.Nowadays,thetraditionisreplacedbycleaningwindows.Tofuishomophonicwith“Tongfu(同福)(firstfortuneoftheyear)”,soitisconsideredasagoodfoodwhichbringshappiness.December26thoftheLunarCalendarCustom:PreparationofMeatandShoppingfortheSpringFestival腊月二十六习俗：割年肉、置年货December27thoftheLunarCalendarCustom:BathingandGoingtotheMarket腊月二十七习俗：洗浴、赶集December28thoftheLunarCalendarCustom:LeaveningDoughandPastingSpringFestivalCouplets腊月二十八习俗：发面、贴春联SpringFestivalcoupletpaper-cutDecember29thoftheLunarCalendarCustom:PayingTributetoAncestors腊月二十九（小除夕）习俗：祭祖December30thoftheLunarCalendar腊月三十（除夕）December30oflunarcalendar,alsocalled“Chuxi”(NewYear’sEve),isthelastdayoftheyearaccordingtolunarcalendar.Itmeanssayinggoodbyetothelastyearandwelcomingthenewyear.ChuxiistoChinesepeoplewhatChristmasEveistoWesterners.Inthemorning,everyfamilybeginskillingchickenandfishesaswellascuttingmeatandvegetablestopreparefortheReunionDinner.7:00-11:30PreparingfortheReunionDinnerAlthoughdifferentregionshavedifferentcustom,manywillpraytotheirancestorsbeforethedinneronthisday.TheyalsopresentthemaindishesoftheReunionDinnerincludingporkasofferingstotheirrespecttotheancestors.11:30-11:50PrayingtoAncestorsThetwowonderfulmealsatthisdayarecalled“ReunionDinners”,amongwhichtheNewYear’sEveDinnerismuchmoreimportant.12:00-18:00EnjoyingtheReunionDinner&GivingLuckyMoneyShownduringtheChineseNewYear’sEve,theSpringFestivalGalaisalargevarietyshowproducedbyChinaCentralTelevision.20:00WatchingSpringFestivalGalasetofffirecrackersJanuary1stoftheLunarCalendarCustom:New-YearVisitsandCollectingFortune正月初一习俗：拜年聚财VisitingrelativesisstillconsideredamajoreventonthefirstdayofthefirstLunarmonth.January2ndoftheLunarCalendarCustom:MarriedDaughtersReturntoParents’Home正月初二习俗：回娘家Marrieddaughtersvisittheirparentswiththeirhusbandsonthisday,sothisdayisalsocalled“welcomeson-in-lawday”.Thecouplemustbringsomegiftsandredenvelopesalongwiththem,andgivethemtochildrenfromthewife’ssideofthefamily.Theyhavetoreturnhusband’sfamilybeforedinner.January3rdoftheLunarCalendarCustom:StayingatHome正月初三习俗：忌出门Accordingtocustom,peopleshouldnotpayvisitstoothersonthethirddayofthefirstlunarmonthasitisverylikelytoquarrelwithothersonthisday.However,thishasalreadybecomeobsolete.ItisarareopportunityforpeopletogetreunitedduringtheSpringFestival,solessandlesspeoplefollowthistradition.January4thoftheLunarCalendarCustom:WorshipingtheGodofWealth正月初四习俗：祭财神ItisthedayforworshippingtheGodofWealth.Inthepast,ifanemployeewasnotinvitedtoworshiptheGodofWealthwiththeboss,he/shehadtoresignaccordingtotheunwrittenrule.January5thoftheLunarCalendarCustom:BreakingFive正月初五习俗：破五Itisthedayto“driveawayfiveghostsofpoverty”(Povertyinintelligence,knowledge,literacy,fate,andfriendship).Peoplelightfirecrackersinthemorningforminsidetooutsideoftheirhousestoscareawayallthe“ghosts”.赶五穷：智穷、学穷、文穷、命穷、交穷January6thoftheLunarCalendarCustom:OpeningforBusiness正月初六习俗：宜开业Afterlightingfirecrackers,shopsreopenforbusinessonthisday.Itissaidthatboysoftheageof12arethemostwelcomedasthenumberof“12”usdouble“6”,whichmeans“everythingwillgowellsmoothly”.January15thoftheLunarCalendarCustom:RiceDumplingsandLightingSkyLanterns正月十五（元宵节）习俗：吃元宵、放天灯Asthefirstfullmoonnightinthenewyear,thefifteenthdayisalsocalledLanternFestival,namedafterthelong-timetraditionofappreciatinglanterns.OneshouldnotmissYuanxiao.Thestuffingandroundshapesymbolizesweetlifeandreunion.ricedumpling