春節的英語介紹

春節的英語介紹

[篇一：英文介紹春節]

the term pass year is ud for the spring festival

new year>. the word year in

chine characters ud to mean a horrible beast. to bat the

beast, the chine hang good luck wishes on red paper on the

door and u fireworks in the belief that the beast fears red

and fire. this tradition in many ways remblethe western

belief of using garlic and cross to fight vampires.

中文中"過年〞這個詞組用以表示對春節〔中國新年〕的慶祝."年〞

這個字在中文里

是一種恐怖的怪獸.因為"年〞害怕紅色和火,所以中國人會在門上懸

掛"春聯〞寫上美好 祝福,并放鞭炮來趕跑它.這個傳統有點類似西方

人用大蒜和十字架嚇跑吸血鬼的傳統.

the chine zodiac features 12 animals in the quence of rat,

ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, hor, sheep, monkey, rooster,

dog, and pig. this year is the year of sheep. each animal

reprents a different personality. according to legend, people

held a conference with all the animals, informing them that

they would pick the 12 to reprent the zodiac. however, in

spite of being fast, the cat was not picked as its then-clo

friend, the rat, did not wake it. this action sparked off a

rivalrythat continues till this day.

中國的十二生肖代表了十二種動物,他們的順序是：鼠、牛、兔、龍、

蛇、馬、羊、猴、 雞、狗和豬.今年是羊年.每一種動物有他們自己的

"性格〞.根據傳說,人們當初和動物 們開了一個會,最先到會的動物們

就可以進入十二生肖.而身為貓最好的朋友,老鼠卻沒有 把貓叫醒去開

會.因此,它們之間的戰爭一直持續到今天.

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chine spring festival celebrating the end of winter and the

warmth of spring. it began in the last day of the lunar year, end

in the 15th day of lunar new year, also is the lantern festival.

the spring festival is the most important festival in china.

during the spring festival, people usually u red lantern and

decorate the doors and windows with red e

red means good usually clean hou e

they want to sweep away bad luck, put on all kinds of colored

clothes, often visit friends and relatives or together eat

dumplings, fish, meat and other delicious food. the children

are looking forward to receiving red envelope money, and

together they play each other the fireworks, with happy. street

with dragon and lion dance and some other carnival activities.

中國的春節慶祝冬天的結束和溫暖春天的來臨.它開始于農歷年的最

后一天,結束于農歷正月十五,也就是元宵節.在中國春節時非常重要的

一個節日.在春節期間,人們用紅燈籠和春聯裝飾房子,因為紅色意味著

好運,人們通常會大掃除,掃去一年的霉運,迎來新一年的好運.穿上各

式各樣的彩色衣服,經常拜訪親戚朋友或聚在一起吃餃子、魚、肉和

其他美味的食物.孩子們盼望著收到紅包的壓歲錢,他們一起放煙花,相

互玩的跟開心.大街上有舞龍、舞獅和其他一些狂歡活動.

[篇二：春節習俗英文表達]

chine new year celebration is the most important

celebration of the year. chine people may celebrate the

chine new year in slightly different ways but their wishes are

almost the same; they want their family members and friends

to be healthy and lucky during next year.

春節慶祝活動是一年中最重要的慶祝活動.中國人慶祝春節的方式可

能略微不同,但其愿望幾乎是相同的,他們希望其家人和朋友來年健康

和幸運.

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chine new year celebration usually lasts for 15 days.

celebratory activities include chine new feast, firecrackers,

giving lucky money to children, the new year bell ringing and

chine new year greetings. most of chine people will stop

the celebrating in their home on the 7th day of new year

becau the national holiday usually ends around that day,

however celebrations in public areas can last until the 15th day

of new year.

春節慶祝活動通常持續15天.慶祝活動包括春節的年夜飯,放鞭炮,給

兒童壓歲錢,春節鐘聲和春節問候.大多數中國人將在春節的第7天停

止慶祝活動,因為全國性節假通常在這一天結束,但在公共場所的慶祝

活動可能最終持續到正月十五.

hou cleaning

房屋打掃

to clean hous on the new year eve is a very old custom

dating back to thousands of years ago. the dust is traditionally

associated with "old〞 so

cleaning their hous and sweeping the dust mean to bid

farewell to the "old〞 and usher in the "new〞. days before the

new year, chine families clean their hous, sweeping the

floor, washing daily things, cleaning the spider webs and

dredging the ditches. people do all the things happily in the

hope of a good ing year.

春節打掃房屋這個非常古老的習俗甚至可以追溯到幾千年前.灰塵在

傳統上與"舊〞聯系在一起,所以打掃房屋和掃除灰塵意味著辭"舊〞

迎"新〞.春節的前幾天,中國的各家各戶都打掃房屋,掃地,清洗日用品,

清除蛛網和疏浚溝渠.人們興高采烈做所有這些事情,希望來年好運.

hou decoration

房屋裝飾

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one of the hou decorations is to post couplets on doors. on

the spring festival couplets, good wishes are expresd. new

year couplets are usually posted in

pairs as even numbers are associated with good luck and

auspiciousness in chine culture.

房屋裝飾之一就是在門上貼對聯.在春聯上,抒發良好的祝愿.春聯通

常是成對張貼,因為雙數在中國文化中是好運氣和吉祥的象征.

people in north china are ud to posting paper-cut on their

windows. when sticking the window decoration paper-cuts,

people paste on the door large red chine character "fu〞a

red fumeans good luck and fortune, so it is customary to post

fuon doors or walls on auspicious occasions such as wedding,

festivals. 在中國北方,人們習慣于在窗戶上貼剪紙.人們既在窗戶上

貼剪紙,又在大門上貼上大大的紅色漢字"福〞字,一個紅色"福〞字意

味著好運和財富,因此習慣上在婚禮,節日之類的吉祥場合中,人們都會

在門或墻上貼"福〞字.

waiting for the first bell ringing of chine new year

等待春節的第一聲鐘鳴

the first bell ringing is the symbol of chine new year.

chine people like to go to a large squares where there are

huge bells are t up on new year’s eve. as the new year

approaches they count down and celebrate together. the

people believe that the ringing of huge bell can drive all the

bad luck away and bring the fortune to them. in recent years,

some people have begun going to mountain temples to wait for

the first ringing. hanshan temple in suzhou, is very famous

temple for its first ringing of the bell to herald chine new

year. many foreigners now go to hanshan temple to celebrate

chine new year. 第一次鐘聲是春節的象征.中國人喜歡到一個大

廣場,那里有為除夕設置的大鐘.隨著春節的臨近,他們開始倒計數并一

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起慶祝.人們相信了大鐘的撞響可以驅除霉運,帶來好運.近年來,有些

人開始去山上寺廟等待第一次鐘聲.蘇州的寒山寺就非常著名,它的鐘

聲宣布春節的到來.現在有許多外國人也去寒山寺慶祝春節.

staying up late

熬夜〔"守歲〞〕

shousui means to stay up late or all night on new years eve.

after the great dinner, families sit together and chat happily to

wait for the new year’s arrival. 守歲意味著除夕夜不睡覺.年夜飯后,

家人聚坐一起,愉快聊天,等待春節的到來. new year feast

年夜飯

spring festival is a time for family reunion. the new years feast

is a must banquet with all the family members getting together.

the food eaten on the new year eve banquet varies according

to regions. in south china, it is customary to eat niangao

year cake made of glutinous rice flour>

becau as a homophone, niangao means higher and higher

every year. in the north, a traditional dish for the feast is jiaozi

or dumplings shaped like a crescent moon.

春節是與家人團聚的時間.年夜飯是所有家庭成員聚在一起"必須〞

的宴會.除夕宴會上吃的食物根據不同的地區各不相同.在中國南方,習

慣吃"年糕〞〔糯米粉制成的新年糕點〕,因為作為一個同音字,年糕

意味著"步步高升〞.在北方,年夜飯的傳統飯是"餃子〞或像月牙兒形

的湯圓.

tting firecrackers

燃放鞭炮

lighting firecrackers ud to be one of the most important

customs in the spring festival celebration. however,

concerning the danger and the negative nois that lighting

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firecrackers may bring, the government has banned this

practice in many major cities. but people in small towns and

rural areas still hold to this traditional celebration. right as the

clock strikes 12 oclock midnight of new years eve, cities and

towns are lit up with the glitter from fireworks, and the sound

can be deafening. families stay up for this joyful moment and

kids with firecrackers in one hand and a lighter in another

cheerfully light their happiness in this especial occasion, even

though they plug their ears.

放鞭炮曾是春節慶祝活動中最重要的習俗之一.然而,擔心燃放鞭炮可

能會帶來危險和煩人的噪音,政府已在許多大城市下令禁止燃放鞭炮.

但在小城鎮和農村地區的人們仍然堅持這種傳統的慶祝活動.除夕夜

一旦時鐘撞響午夜12點鐘,城市和鄉鎮都被煙花的閃閃光芒映亮,鞭

炮聲震耳欲聾.一家人熬夜就為這個歡樂的時刻,孩子們一手拿鞭炮,一

手拿火機興高采烈地點放著他們在這個特殊節日的快樂,盡管他們嚇

得捂著耳朵.

new year greetings

春節的問候〔拜年〕

on the first day of the new year or shortly thereafter,

everybody wears new clothes and greets relatives and friends

with bows and gongxi , wishing each other

good luck, happiness during the new year. in chine

villages, some villagers may have hundreds of relatives so

they have to spend more than two weeks visiting their relatives.

在春節第一天或此后不久,大家都穿著新衣服,帶著弓向親戚和朋友打

招呼并恭喜〔祝賀〕,彼此祝愿在新的一年里好運,幸福.在中國農村,

有些村民可能有數以百計的親戚,所以他們不得不拿出兩個多星期來

走親訪友.

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on the first day of the new year, it’s customary for the younger

generations to visit the elders, wishing them healthy and

longevity.

春節第一天,按習慣,小一輩人要拜見老一輩,祝愿他們健康長壽.

becau visiting relatives and friends takes a lot of time, now,

some busy people will nd new year cards to express their

good wishes rather than pay a visit personally.

因為探親訪友花費大量時間,所以,現在有些忙碌的人就送春節賀卡來

表達他們的良好祝愿,而不是親自去拜訪.

lucky money

壓歲錢

it is the money given to kids from their parents and

grandparents as new year gift. the money is believed to bring

good luck, ward off monsters; hence the name lucky money.

parents and grandparents first put money in small,

especially-made red envelopes and give the red envelopes to

their kids after the new years feast or when they e to visit them

on the new year. they choo to put the money in red

envelopes becau chine people think red is a lucky color.

they want to give their children both lucky money and lucky

color.

這是孩子們的父母和祖父母給他們作為春節禮物的錢.壓歲錢據說能

帶來好運,能驅魔；因此,就有了"壓歲錢〞的稱呼.父母和祖父母先把

錢放入特制的小紅包里,年夜飯后或當孩子們來拜年時,將紅包發給他

們.他們之所以要把錢放到紅包里,是因為中國人認為紅色是個幸運色.

他們想給自己孩子既有壓歲錢還有幸運色.

[篇三：介紹春節的英語演講稿]

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today , my partner and i will pare spring festival with

christmas in three aspects.

1 origin and legend

2 customs

3 decoration

as we know, spring festival is the grandest and the most

important annual event for chine people, but nowadays a

few people concern the origin and story behind the holiday. so

first of all, i want to introduce the origin and legend of spring

festival to you.

<1>origin and legend

origin

the origin of the festival can be traced back to the worshiping

activitiesin the shang dynasty <17th century bc - 1046

bc>.people attributed their food, clothes and harvest to the

god and ancestor’s will, so they held sacrifice ceremonies to

pray for blessing and peace at the end of each year.

the date for the ceremony wasn’t fixed till the han dynasty

<202 bc - 220 ad>, when emperor wudi manded to u the lunar

calendar. there was a big festival fair launched by the

government, and civil people also gathered for celebration.

new custom activities also aro, such as burning the bamboo

, hanging peach boards

and staying up at night.

chine new year story - legend of monster nian

many existing customs and activities of the festival actually

can be traced back to a popular story of the monster nian,

which helps to explain why and how the festival is celebrated.

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in ancient time, there was a ferocious monster named "nian〞

with sharp teeth and horns. cluding itlf in the dark a for

a long time, the beast would go onshore by the end of the

lunar year and hunt people and r, the monster

was afraid of red color and loud sound, hence, on every new

years eve, people would paste red spring couplets, light

candles and burn bamboos to ward off all

the evil spirits. the entire village and town were ablaze with

lights, and people would stay up to wele the new year.

<2>customs

1 new year’s eve dinner

having reunion dinners is one of the most important customs

of spring festival.

chine dumplings: the chine dumpling now enjoys

worldwide popularity. its history can be traced back to south

and north dynasty <420 –589>. this kind of tradition has a

meaning of changing of years, becau "jiao〞 has the

meaning of changing. in some places, people even put a clean

coin into the dumplings, becau they think the one who eats

the coin will bee wealthier.

fish:in china, there is a blessing speech as ‘niannian you yu’,

which means ‘may you have surplus and bountiful harvests

every year.’in southern china, some people just eat the middle

part of the fish on the new year eve, leaving the head and tail

to the next day to symbolize pleteness.

spring rolls: it was first eaten on fourth day of february in

eastern jin dynasty <317 – 420>. fresh vegetables or

ingredients in spring time are wrapped inside and people eat it

to wele a new spring. now it has also bee a desrt in some

places in the reunion dinner, which contain people’s wish to

wele a new start. hot pot: hot pot is a necessary dish in some

places in the country. eating hot pot makes people feel warm

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and the atmosphere is very kind. the red color indicates that

the following year is booming.

rice dumplings: since the song dynasty <960 – 1279>, people

have had the custom of eating yuanxiao during the lantern

south part of the country, the rice dumplings are

called tangyuan in chine. the making process is similar with

that of the traditional in north part of the

country, the rice dumplings are called yuanxiao, and are made

by wrapping glutinous rice flour onto stuffing.

2 firecrackers and fireworks

people will t off firecrackers in the early morning of new

year’s day. once they wake up, it is the first thing they do.

people wish to wele the good luck inside when they open their

doors in the rks are also t off in the evening

of lantern festival.

3 cctv new years gala

this is a prehensive art and performance event on the festivals

mances include basic elements such as skits, cross

talk , songs and performance always

ends with the song "cannot

forget tonight〞.

4 red envelope

nd wechat envelopes to each other as a way of greeting. it is

fast and convenient way to contact with friends from afar.

5 visting friends and relatives

people drop in at relatives and friends hous, greeting one

another with happy new ancient times younger people

had to salute the elderly by kowtowing; today they salute them

by offering good wishes. 6 spring couplets

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upper scroll: ring in the spring; landscape is splendid

lower scroll: ring out the past; everything is glorious

horizontal scroll: a refreshed spring

upper scroll: everything goes well as you expect

lower scroll: career ris steadily as you want

horizontal scroll: luck knocks on the door

upper scroll: may you have good luck in everything

lower scroll: may you feel content and your family healty

horizontal scroll: flourishing in four asons

<3>decoration

1 pasting the "fu〞

the character "fu〞, meaning good fortune or happiness, is

ud to express people’s good wishes and yearning for the

future, so people usually paste it gates or some furniture in the

hou during the chine new year. pasting the "fu〞 upside

down, meaning the arrival of happiness or good fortune, is a

widely accepted and popular custom among chine people.

2 paper-cuts

auspicious words or pictures are cut on red paper and pasted

on windows to express good wishes for the future during the

happy event.

3 new year pictures

they originated in tang dynasty <618 - 907> with simple

patterns to drive away evil. now they are a kind of decoration

for the festival. new meanings and patterns such as

conventions, women and babies have been added to the old

pictures.

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