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新年中的禁忌（
Taboos of Chinese New
Year
）
1.
The entire
house should be
cleaned
before
New
Year's
Day.
On
New
Year's
Eve
，
all
brooms
，
brushes
，
dusters
< br>，
dustpans
（
簸箕）
and other
cleaning
equipment are put away.
Sweeping or dusting should
not
be
done
on
New
Year's
Day
for
fear
that
good
fortune will be swept
away. After New Year's Day
，
the
floors
may
be
swept.
At
no
time
should
the
rubbish in the corners
be trampled upon.
In
sweeping
，
there is a
superstition
（迷信）
that if you
sweep the dust and dirt out of your
house by the front
entrance
is
to
sweep
away
the
good
fortune
of
the
family
；
it
must
always
be
swept
inwards
and
then
carried
out
，
then
no
harm
will
follow.
All
dirt
and
rubbish must be taken
out the back door
2.
Shooting off firecrackers on New Year's Eve is the
Chinese
way
of
sending
out
the
old
year
and
welcoming in the new.
On the stroke
of midnight
on New Year's
Eve
，
every door
in the house
，
and
even windows
，
have to be open to allow the old year
to go out.
3. Nothing should be lent
on New Year's Day
，
as
anyone who does so will be lending all
the year. All
debts have to be paid by
New Year's Eve.
4. Everyone
should refrain from using
foul
（污秽）
language and bad or
unlucky words. Negative terms
and the
word
，
or
like the word for
death
，
are not to be uttered.
Death
and dying are never mentioned and
ghost stories are
totally taboo.
5.
Hair must be cleaned and set
prior
（先前的）
to the
holiday
，
for to do so during
the
New Year season would invite
financial ruin. On New
Year's
Day
，
hair should not be
washed because it
would mean washing
away good luck for the New
Yea
6. Care must be taken not
to break any dishes or
other things on
the first day of the year.
7. The use
of knives and scissors
（剪子）
——
indeed
any
sharp instrument
——
is to be
avoided
，
for these
things could
augur
（算命）
bad
luck in the coming
year.
8. Wear brand new clothes
——
preferably in red.
Children should wear new clothes and
new shoes.
Red is considered a
bright
，
happy
color
，
sure to bring
the wearer a sunny and bright future.
It is believed
that appearance and
attitude during New Year's sets
the
tone for the rest of the year.
【基本词汇与短语】
【
Greeting
Season
】
:
春节
The Spring
Festival
农历
lunar
calendar
正
月
lunar January; the first month by lunar
calendar
除夕
New Year?s Eve;
Eve of lunar
New Year
初一
the
beginning
of
New
Year
元宵节
The
Lantern
Festival
【
Customs
】：
过年
Guo-nian; have the Spring Festival
祭祖宗
offer
sacrifices to one?s
a
ncestors
春联
Spring
Festival couplets
剪纸
paper-
cuts
买年货
special purchases for the Spring
Festival
Do Spring Festival
shopping
年画
New Year paintings
敬酒
propose a
toast
灯笼
lantern: a portable light
烟花
fireworks
爆竹
firecrackers
(People
scare
off
evil
spirits
and
ghosts with the loud pop.)
红包
red packets
(cash wrapped up in red paper,
symbolize fortune and wealth in the
coming year.)
舞狮
lion dance (The lion is believed to be
able to
dispel evil and bring good
luck.)
舞龙
dragon dance (to expect good weather
and
good harvests)
戏曲
traditional
opera
杂耍
variety show; Vaudeville
灯谜
riddles
written
on
lanterns
灯会
exhibit
of
lanterns
守岁
staying-up
禁忌
taboo
去晦气
get rid of the
ill-
fortune
拜
年
pay
New
Year?s
call;
give
New
Year?s
greetings; New Year?s visit
压岁钱
gift money;
money given to children as a
lunar New
Year gift
对
联
poetic
couplet:
two
successive
rhyming
lines in
poetry
【
Culture
Note
】：
In the old
days, New Year?s money was given in
the
form of one hundred copper coins strung together
on
a
red
string
and
symbolized
the
hope
that
one
would live to be a hundred years old.
Today, money is
placed
inside
red
envelopes
in
denominations
considered
auspicious
and
given
to
represent
luck
and
wealth
辞旧岁
bid
farewell
to
the
old
year
扫房
spring cleaning; general house-
cleaning
【
Food
names
】：
年糕
Nian-gao; rise
cake; New Year cake
花生糖
peanut candy - sweet
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