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祝福语的英文_春节风俗英文介绍及英文祝福语

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The Spring Festival is a traditional Chinese festival and also the most important one of the whole year. Through the evolvement of thousands of years, a series of customs are spreading far and wide.

扫尘 Sweeping the Dust

“Dust ” is homophonic 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.

In a word, just before the Spring Festival comes, every household will

give a thorough cleaning to bid farewell to the old year and usher in the

new.

贴春联 Pasting Spring Couplets

“The Spring Couplet”, also called “couplet” and “a pair of antithetical

phrases”, is a special form of literature in China. The Spring Couplet is

composed of two antithetical sentences on both sides of the door and a

horizontal scroll bearing an inscription, usually an auspicious phrase,

above the gate. The sentence pasting on 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 on

doors a spring couplet written on red paper to give a happy and prosperous

atmosphere of the Festival. In the past, the Chinese usually wrote their

own spring couplet with a push or asked others to do for them, while

nowadays, it is common for people to buy the printed spring couplet in the

market.

贴窗花和“福”字 Pasting Paper-cuts and “Up-sided Fu”

Paper-cuts, usually with auspicious 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 paste the character “fu (福)”, big and small, on walls, doors and doorposts around the houses. “Fu (福)” shows people’s yearning toward a good life. Some people even invert the

character “fu (福)” to signify that blessing has arrived because “inverted ” is a homonym for “arrive” in Chinese. Now many kinds of paper-cuts and

“fu (福)” can be seen in the market before the Festival.

守岁 Staying Up Late on New Year"s Eve

The tradition of staying up late to see New Year in originated from an

interesting folk tale. In ancient China there lived a monster named Year,

who was very ferocious. Year always went out from its burrow on New Year’s Eve to devour people. Therefore, on every New Year’s 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 each

other. Gradually the habit of staying up late on New Year’s Eve is formed.

Thus in China, “celepating the Spring Festival” is also called “passing

over the year (guo nian)”. However, now there are less and less people in

cities who will stay up late to see New Year in.

贴年画 Pasting New Year Prints

The custom of pasting New Year Prints originated from the tradition of

placing Door Gods on the external doors of houses. With the creation of

board carvings, New Year paintings cover a wide range of subjects. The

most famous ones are Door Gods, Surplus Year after Year, Three Gods of

Blessing, Salary and Longevity, An Abundant Harvest of Crops, Thriving

Domestic Animals and Celepating Spring. Four producing areas of New Year Print are Tɑohu ɑwu of Suzhou, Yɑngliuqing of Tianjin, Wuqiɑng of Hebei and Weifang of Shangdong. Now the tradition of pasting New Year paintings is

still kept in rural China, while it is seldom followed in cities.

吃饺子 Having Jiaozi

On New Year’s Eve, the whole family will sit together to make jiaozi and

celepate the Spring Festival. The shape of jiaozi is like gold ingot from

ancient China. So people eat them and wish for 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. (See

page 82 for more information about “jiaozi”)

看春节联欢晚会 The CCTV New Year"s Gala

The New Year’s Gala is a variety show held by China Central Television

(CCTV) since 1983. For every year since then at the turn of the Lunar New

Year, the program begins at 8:00PM and lasts five or six hours. It pings

laughter to billions of people, creates many popular words and produces

lots of TV phenomena meriting attention. For over twenty years, its value

has gone far beyond a variety show. It is essential entertainment for the

Chinese both at home and apoad. Many Chinese would like to watch the gala while having the dinner on New Year’s Eve.

放鞭炮 Setting off Firecrackers

The firecracker is a unique 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bi ānp ào ” (“炮” in Chinese means gun) and used to foster a joyful atmosphere. The first thing every Chinese household does is to set off

firecrackers and fireworks, which are meant to bid farewell to the old

year and usher in the new. In the past few years, such an activity was

completely or partially forbidden in big cities including Beijing due to

fire and personal casualty caused by burning firecrackers. However, some

Chinese thought that a Spring Festival without firecrackers was not lively

enough and they burned firecrackers by stealth. So in recent years, the

ban was canceled again. This shows that burning firecrackers is a very

important activity during the Spring Festival.

拜年和压岁钱 New Year"s Visit and Gift Money

On the first day of the Chinese lunar year, everybody puts on their best

clothes and pays ceremonial calls on their relatives and friends, wishing

them all the luck in the coming year. Juniors will greet seniors, wishing

them health and longevity, while seniors will give juniors some gift money

as a wish for their safety in the coming 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 as telephones, emails and text messages.

逛庙会 Temple Fair

Temple fair, usually held outside temples, is a kind of folk custom in

China. During the Spring Festival, temple fair is one of the most

important activities, in which there are such performances as acrobatics

and Wushu, numerous kinds of local snacks and many kinds of things for

everyday life In recent years, the temple fair has become a place for

people to appreciate the traditional art and experience the traditional

life .

Traditional Festival Greetings:

恭贺新禧 | Happy New Year

吉祥如意 | Everything Goes Well

恭喜发财 | Wishing You Prosperity

年年有余 | Surplus Year after Year

岁岁平安 | Peace All Year Round

新春大吉 | Good Luck in the New Year

In the past two years, it has become a vogue for relatives and friends to

send short messages to greet each other during the Spring Festival. With

best wishes, the warm greetings of text messages give a happy and joyful

atmosphere of the Festival.

Festival Greetings via Text Message

① 送你一件外套,前面是平安,后面是幸福,领子是吉祥,袖子是如意,扣子是快乐,口袋里满是温暖,穿上吧,让它伴你每一天!新春快乐!

I will give you a coat as a present. The front is safety, the back

happiness , the collar auspiciousness, the sleeves satisfaction, the

buttons enjoyment and the pockets warmness. Wear every day. Wish you a

happy New Year.

② 到了,不打算送给你太多,只给你五千万:千万要快乐!千万要健康!千万要平安!千万要知足!千万不要忘记我!

As the New Year comes, I will only give you five “do’s” as a present. Do

be merry! Do be healthy ! Do be safe! Do be satisfied! Do remember me!

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