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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
Food names:
年糕
Nian-gao; rise
cake; New Year cake
团圆饭
family reunion dinner
年夜饭
the dinner on
New Year's Eve
饺子
Jiao-zi; Chinese meat ravioli
汤圆
Tang-yuan;
dumplings
made
of
sweet
rice,
rolled
into
balls
and
stuffed
with
either sweet or spicy fillings
八宝饭
eight
treasures rice pudding
糖果盘
candy tray
什锦糖
assorted candies - sweet and fortune
蜜冬瓜
candied
winter melon - growth and good health
西瓜子
red melon
seed - joy, happiness, truth and sincerity
金桔
cumquat -
prosperity
糖莲子
candied lotus seed - many descendents
to come
糖藕
candied lotus root - fulfilling love
relationship
红枣
red dates - prosperity
花生糖
peanut candy
- sweet
Customs:
过年
Guo-nian; have
the Spring Festival
对联
poetic couplet: two successive rhyming
lines in poetry
春联
Spring Festival couplets
剪纸
paper-cuts
年画
New Year
paintings
买年货
special purchases for the Spring
Festival do Spring Festival shopping
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
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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
拜年
pay New Year's call; give New Year's
greetings; New Year's visit
禁忌
taboo
去晦气
get rid of
the ill- fortune
祭祖宗
offer sacrifices to one's ancestors
压岁钱
gift money;
money given to children as a lunar New Year gift
辞旧岁
bid farewell
to the old year
扫房
spring cleaning; general house-cleaning
Blessings:
金玉满堂
Treasures fill the home
生意兴隆
Business
flourishes
岁岁平安
Peace all year round
恭喜发财
Wishing you
prosperity
和气生财
Harmony brings wealth
心想事成
May all your
wishes come true
吉祥如意
Everything
goes well
国泰民安
The country flourishes and people live
in peace
招财进宝
Money and treasures will be plentiful
一帆风顺
Wishing you every success
步步高升
Promoting to
a higher position
出入平安
Safe trip
wherever you go
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祝你新的一年快乐幸福
: Wish you
happiness and prosperity in the coming year
事业成功,家庭美满
: Wish
you success in your career and happiness of your
family!
Traditions
The
Spring
Festival
Eve
is
called
the
30th
of
the
year.
This
evening
is
called
Chuxi,
or
the
night
of
the
year.
The
last
day
of
the
last
lunar
month
is
the
most
important day in the whole Spring
Festival. If one missed the dinner with his or her
family in this day, he or she would
feel very sorry. Especially on the last day of the
last lunar month, the whole family must
get together. I am having a get reunion dinner
with my parents. On this day, all the
preparation must be completed. It is the moment
of joy for all adults and children. The
more than half month preparation is for this day.
Ouch, in my childhood, I was always
looking forward to the Spring Festival. I like to
fire crackers, eat delicious food and
so on. The most important ceremonies in the eve
of the Spring Festival are the ceremony
of ancestor worship and the Spring Festival
eve dinner. According to custom, each
family will stay up to
means to stay up
to see the New Year in. This custom contains the
nostalgic feelings
for the past days
and also good hopes for the new year. The most
impressive thing for
me
during
the
Spring
festival
is
to
provide
sacrifices
in
the
Spring
Festival
eve
to
worship our ancestors. The first is a
ceremony to worship ancestors, which means not
to
forget
ancestors.
Ancestors
are
worshipped
at
the
home
all
around
the
year.
But
during the Spring
Festival, we will prepare something to sacrifice.
For example, we
will place some food in
front of the name boards of our ancestors. Most
people place
the name boards of
ancestors at home. After placing food and other
sacrifices, they
will
kneel
down
to
worship
ancestors
according
to
their
position
in
the
family
hierarchy.
We
will
place
the
name
boards
of
ancestors,
and
photos
from
my
grandparents there. Then we will place
dishes and other sacrifices for them. After that,
we can enjoy the family union dinner.
有今年是本命年的小伙伴吗?大家
的属相都是什么呢?你知道跟十二生肖有关的英文表达
吗?赶快学起来吧!
鼠年
: Year of the Rat
牛年
: Year of the Ox
虎年
: Year of the Tiger
兔年
: Year of the Rabbit
龙年
: Year of the Dragon
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