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传统节日中英文介绍。
1
、
腊八节
腊
八节是指农历的腊月初八。
在这天，
中国人有喝腊八粥的习俗。
一般腊八粥是甜味粥，
里面有干果和干鲜果品，
当然每家的腊八粥做法都不营养，
在我们家的腊八粥里一般有红小
豆，香米，核桃，花生，小米等等。
过了腊八节，
各家就开始置办年货，打扫卫生，正式开始为春节的到来做准备了。
the laba Rice Porridge Festival
“
Laba
Festival”
falls
on
the
eighth day
of
the
twelfth
month
in
lunar
calendar.
On
that
day,
the majority Chinese have
long followed
the tradition
of eating Laba
rice
porridge.
Usually,
the
rice
porridge
tastes
sweet,
with nuts and dried fruit,
but
different
families
have
different
ingredients in the
porridge. My family usually make porridge with
small red beans
，
fragrant ric
e
，
walnut
，
< br>peanut and millet.
Laba Festival also marks
the beginning of preparing for spring festival.
Some families begin to
do spring
festival shopping and clean their houses after
that day.
2
、小年
小
年又叫
“
祭灶节
”
，在农历的
12
月
23
或者
24
。在中国传统中，祭灶节这天，是掌管全
家命运的神仙灶神将向玉皇大帝汇报这一家人一年的情况，
玉皇
大帝根据灶神汇报的情况决
定在下一年对这一家的奖励或者惩罚。小年这天，是各家欢送
灶王爷上天的日子。
老百姓在这一天做糖瓜，
希望灶神可以吃了糖瓜，
多为自己家美言几句，
让来年
更加吉祥
幸福。
Kitchen
God's Day
Kitchen God’s Day
falls on the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth month of
the lunar year. According to
tradition,
Kitchen God who in charge of the fate of the whole
family goes back to heaven during
the
spring festival to deliver what the family had
done the last year to the Great God. According to
Kitchen God’s words, the Great God
makes decision to reward or punish the
family
in the next
year. In
other words, it is the day people honor the
Kitchen God.
People usually
made sugared melons with malt sugar on that day.
We hope Kitchen God will eat
sugared
melons and put a good word for our family to the
Great God
, so we’ll be lucky next
year.
3
、
春节
对中国人来说，
春节是最重要的节日。除夕这天，
全家人要一起吃年夜饭。
这是最好的
一次家宴，不仅仅因为菜品丰富，更因为这是个全家人相聚的日子。
年夜饭后，
我们会一起包饺子，
通常会全家人一起看央视春晚。过年的时候，各家都放
鞭炮，贴春联。还
有一件事也很重要，那就是守岁，就是在旧年的最后一天夜里不睡觉，熬
夜迎接新一年的
到来的习俗。
大年初一，
亲戚朋友相互拜年，祝愿新的一年能事事顺利。通常大人们还会给小孩子
发压岁钱。
大年初二回娘家，是指已婚妇女回娘家拜访。
初五这天全家再次团聚吃饺子。
这天是人们要迎接灶王爷下界的日子。
同时，
人们打扫
卫生，放鞭炮，来驱走“晦气”
。
The Spring
Festival
The
spring
festival
is
the
most
important
festival
for
Chinese.
At
Chinese
New
Year’s
Eve,
family
members
have
reunion
dinner
together.
This
dinner
would
be
the
best
dinner,
not
only
because we have various
di
shes, but it’s the day
we
could meet all our family members.
After
family
reunion
dinner,
we
make Chinese dumplings
together,
and
usually
watch
the
Spring Festival Gala on
CCTV
. Each family would light
firecrackers and paste up Spring Festival
couplets.
One
more
thing
is
important,
that
is
people
should
stay up late or all night on New Year's
Eve to welcome the new year.
On New
Year’s Day of the Chinese lunar calendar,
relatives and friends would send New
Year's
greetings to each
other
to
wish
everything smooth in
the New
Year.
Adult usually give
lucky
money to children during Spring
Festival.
The second day
of the New Year is usually called the day of
visiting parental home, which
means
that married daughters should return to their
parents ' home.
Family
members reunite to eat dumplings on the fifth day
of the first lunar month. On that day,
people welcome the Kitchen God come
back to mortal world. People clean house and light
firecracker so that keep away all bad
luck.
4
、正月十五
元宵节标志着中国春节的结束，
是农历正月十五。
通常这天家
家都会吃元宵。
元宵节的
传统活动是赏花灯和猜灯谜。
元宵节赏花灯正好是一个交谊的机会，
未婚男女借着赏花灯也
顺便可以为自己物色对象。这天我们还会看到舞龙和舞狮的表演。
The Lantern Festival
The
Lantern Festival marks the end of the celebrations
of the Chinese New Year, and it's on the
15th
day
of
the
1st
lunar
month,
People
usually
eat
rice
glue
balls
on
Lantern
festival.
Traditional activities are enjoying the
display of various lanterns and riddle
solving. Enjoying
beautiful
lanterns is also an opportunity for singles to
make friends. Dragon and lion dances can
also been seen on that day.
5
、清明节
清明节是我国传统节日，也是最重要的祭祀节日，是祭祖和扫墓的日子。
清明节是
24
节气之一，预示着春耕的好时节已经到
了。清明节又叫踏青节，因为一般在四
月
5
日左右，正是中国的春天，人们喜欢郊游踏青，还喜欢在清明节放风筝。
Qingming Festival/Tomb sweeping day
Tomb Sweeping Day is traditional
festival of China, is also the most important
sacrifice festival,
on that day, people
worships ancestors and visits grave. People pay
respects to somebody at his
tomb.
It is one of the 24 solar
terms, means that
it’s good time for
spring ploughing
. Tomb Sweeping
Day falls around April fifth, and it’s
during the spring of China, so it is also called
“hiking day”.
People
go
to
the suburbs for
an
outing in spring. People
love to fly
kites during the
Qingming
Festival
6
、端午节
端午节是为了纪念中国伟大的爱国诗人屈原，是农历五月初五。
端午节有吃粽子和赛龙舟的习俗。粽子是一种用竹叶或芦苇叶包成棱形的状的饭团子。
我们将艾蒿放在门上辟邪，艾蒿还有驱除蚊虫的作用。
端午节给儿童缠七色线，一直要戴到节后第一次下雨才解下来扔在雨水里。
Dragon Boat Festival/Duanwu Festival
The festival is to commemorate a great
patriotic poet of China
——
Qu
Yuan. It falls on the fifth
day of the
fifth month in lunar calendar.
There is
the customs of eating Zongzi and racing dragon-
boat on Dragon Boat Festival. Zongzi
is
a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice
and wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves to
give it a special flavor. We put
mugwort on the door to ward off evil, and it has
insect repellent
function.
Children wear bracelet made by seven
colored strings until the first rain after the
festival, they
should throw the strings
into puddle.
7
、中秋节
每年的农历八月十五是中秋节。
对中国人来说圆月代表着幸福圆满，
所以中秋节时中国
人全家团聚，
一同赏月、
吃月饼、
吃石榴。
月饼是圆形或矩形的糕点，
大多数月饼皮薄酥软，
馅足香甜。
Mid-Autumn Day
Mid-autumn
day
falls
on
the
fifteenth
day
of
eighth
lunar
month.
For Chinese,
the full moon means blessedness and
unity.
Traditionally, on that day,
Chinese family
members and friends will
gather to
admire the bright mid-autumn
moon,
and eat moon
cakes and
pomegranate
together.
Typical
mooncakes
are
round
or
rectangular
pastries.
Most
mooncakes
consist of a thin tender skin
enveloping a sweet, dense filling
My explanations of
interesting questions
：
1
、
Why
do Chinese have Spring Festival? Where did it come
from?
In Chinese mythology, the monster
Nian is a beast that lives in the mountains. Every
365 days, it
comes out of hiding to
attack people, especially children. That day is
the critical day for people.
But Nian
is sensitive to loud noises and is afraid of the
color red. People came up with a plan to
drive
the
monster
away.
On
the
day
Nian
came
out,
people
shut
doors
and
stay
at
home.
They
made loud noises and light firecrackers to scare
away Nian.
为什么中国人要过年？
年
是什么？
传说有一种凶猛的怪兽叫
“
年
”
住在山里，它每隔三百六十五天就出现一次，它咬伤百姓，
尤
其是小孩。
百姓们便把每年的这可怕
的一夜视为这一年的关口，
但是年兽对噪音很敏感，
而
且害怕红色，
于是百姓们想出了办法来赶走年兽。
在年兽出没的那天，
百姓们大门紧闭待在
家里用，并用鞭炮的
噪音来驱赶年兽。
2. Why should
Chinese do house cleaning before Spring Festival?
The 24th day on the last lunar month is
the day for cleanup. Everyone should have a
spring-cleaning, do home cleaning,
sweep their home, clean windows, wash clothes and
clean dishes, so that keep dust away.
In Chinese, the word “dust” has the
same pronunciation with
“old”. So to
sweep dust
is a metaphor of sweeping
away the old and starting afresh.
为什么要大清扫？
农历腊月二十四传
统扫房日。
迎新首先要除旧。
扫尘之日，
全家上下齐动手，
用心打扫房屋、
庭院，擦洗锅碗、拆洗被褥
，干干净净迎接新年。其实，人们借助
“
尘
”
与
“
陈
”
的谐音表达除
陈、除旧的意愿。
3. Why do people wear new clothes on
Spring Festival?
People wear new
clothes in spring festival to make a good
impression on others. New cloth is also
the symbol of welcoming the New Year,
hoping that everything is new and auspicious.
为什么要穿新衣？
人们穿上新衣服在
新年时给别人留下好印象。
新衣服也是迎接新年的标志，
人们希
望来年每
件事是都是崭新而吉祥的。
4. Why do Chinese set off firecracker
on Spring Festival?
In legend, people
set off firecracker to scare the monster “Nian”
away. Nowadays, we set
off
firecrackers to bid a farewell to old
days and celebrate the start of the New Year.
为什么要放鞭炮？
传说以前人们放
鞭炮以驱赶年兽，而如今，我们以劈劈啪啪的爆竹声辞旧迎新。
5. Why do Chinese Paste Spring
Couplets?
Spring couplet is a kind of
typical Chinese literature, expressing best wishes
with brief, periodic
and heroic
couplets.
为什么要贴对联？
对联是以工整、对偶、简洁、精巧的文字描绘时代背景，抒发美好愿望，是我国特有的文学
< br>形式。
6. Why do Chinese
hang red lanterns?
Red, in China always
is to represent the good luck and auspiciousness.
Red lantern is the symbol
of happiness,
peace and warmth,
为什么要挂红灯笼？
红色在中国一直有好运和吉祥之意。
过春节挂红灯笼是因为灯笼
是幸福、
祥和和温馨的象征。
7.
Why do Chinese make and eat Chinese dumpling?
In
Chinese,
the
word
of
Chinese
dumplings
has
the
same
pronunciation
with
the
word
which
means the moment
between the old and New Year. Chinese
dumplings/Jiaozi means replacement
of
the
old
year
by
the
New
Year.
Moreover,
the
shape
of
Chinese
dumpling
is
like
shoe-
shaped gold ingot, which symbolizes the life rich
and good luck.
为什么要包饺子、吃饺子？
饺子和
“
交子
”
同音，
“
交子
”
即新年与旧年相交的时刻。饺子就意味着更岁交子，过春节吃饺
子被认为是大吉大利。
另外饺子形状像元宝，
包饺子意味着
包住福运，
吃饺子象征生活富裕。
8. Why do Chinese eat rice cakes?
Rice cake has the same pronunciation
with the word which means every year we could be
lucky
and things get better. So rice
cake shows Chinese’s wishes about everything going
well.
为什么要吃年糕？
年糕一词在汉语中与
“
年年高
”
春节吃年糕，寓意万事如意年年高。
9. Why do Chinese burn paper money?
People
believe
that
paper
money
used
in
Hades.
In
order
to
express
emotions
mourning over a person's death,
people
often
burn
paper
to
the
deceased person,
especially
on
festivals.
为什么要烧纸？
人们相信纸钱就是阴
间的钱。为了表示对死者的追悼，人们常常烧纸钱送给亡灵
,
尤
其是每
逢过节时。
10. Why
do Chinese burn incense?
Burning
incense is a kind of
offering, expressing gratitude and
veneration to
the
Buddha.
It’s
a
way to
pray piously.
为什么要焚香？
烧香是一种对佛陀表达感激及尊敬之情的供品。是虔诚祈祷一种方式。
11. Why do Chinese worship ancestors?
What are the different attitudes between Chinese
and westerners on worship ancestors?
Chinese
worship
ancestors
to
express their
sympathy and
condolences to
the
deceased.
Atmosphere
is
serious
and
mysterious.
Compared
with
Chinese,
Halloween
has
more
romantic,
happier and humor atmosphere.
中国人
为什么要祭祀祖先？中国人对祖先与西方人对祖先的态度有何不同？
< br>中国祭祀祖先以向逝者表达哀思。
气氛严肃且神秘。
而与
中国的祭祀相比，
西方的万圣节更
多了几分浪漫、快乐、幽默的
气氛
.
12.
Why do Chinese paste “blessing” upside
down?
In Chinese, the word
“blessing” is used to express
yearning
for good luck and happiness. And the
word “upside down”
has the same pronunciation with the
word “coming”. Pasting “blessing”
upside down is a metaphor of “good luck
is coming into the house”.
”
福
”
字为何要倒着贴？
在我国，人们往往用一个
“
福
”
字来表达对福运、福气、幸福的
向往和追求。每当辞旧迎新
的时刻，家家户户都要把
“
福
”
字贴在屋门上，意味着福气进入家门。许多
地方还倒贴
“
福
”
字，利用
“
倒
”
< br>与
“
到
”
的谐音，寓意
“
福到了
”
。
13. Why do children
get gift money on Spring Festival?
The Chinese
word “gift
money” has the same pronunciation with the
ancient word which means
“
striking ghost
down
”. It’s the expectation of warding
off evils and praying to God for children’s
safe and s
trong. It doesn’t
matter how much money in red envelope.
为什么孩子要收压岁钱？
因为
“
岁
”
与
“
祟
”
谐音，长辈们希望
压岁钱能驱邪免灾，保佑孩子平平安安。压岁钱寄托着长
辈对晚辈的殷切希望和深情关爱
，钱的数目并不重要。
14. Why do
Chinese eat rice glue balls?
Rice glue
balls have the meaning safe and
sound
，
and it’s also the time
for family.
为什么要吃元宵？
元宵有平安无事之意和团聚之意。
15. Why do Chinese eat eggs
o
n Qingming Festival? What’s the
similarity between Qingming
festival
and Thanksgiving Day?
The origin of
eating eggs on Qingming Festival is concerned with
the custom of “no cooking” and
Cold
Food Festival. During these days, egg is the best
food. It is also said, egg is the symbol of
life and birth, eating eggs is to
express emotion of respect and worship.
People express emotion of thanksgiving
and admiration on
Qingming Festival. To
some extent, it’s
like Thanksgiving Day
in western country.
清明节为什么要吃鸡蛋？清明节与感恩节有何相似之处？
清明节吃鸡蛋最早的起源是，
某些地区的禁火习俗，
禁火寒食期间，
鸡蛋无疑是
最好的食物储备。
也有人说，
鸡蛋在中国古代文化中是生育与生命的象征，
因此
吃鸡蛋也是表达对于生命、生育的敬畏与崇信之情。
中国的清明节，
是表达对古人的感恩于敬仰，
在某种程度上和西方感恩节是类似
的。
16. Why do Chinese make rice dumplings
with reed leaves?
Rice dumpling was
wrapped in reed leaves. Reed leaf is similar to
bamboo leaf, but broader than
bamboo
leaf. Reed leaf is soft, so it is easy to make
rice dumplings. On the other hand, reed leaves
make rice dumplings smell more
fragrant.
为什么粽子要用粽叶来包？
一方面，粽叶类似于竹叶但比竹叶要大，叶子柔韧度好，叶片宽，便于包做。另一方面，粽
叶能很好的保持粽子味道清香。
17.
What’s the origin of
moon
-cake?
Moon-cake used to
be the offering when holding a ceremony for moon
on mid-autumn day. Then
it becomes a
kind of gift exchanged by people. Moon-cakes taste
sweet, and we can cut apart to
share
with families, symbolizing auspiciousness, family
reunion, and sweetness.
月饼的来历是什么？
月饼，
原本是祭月时供品的一种，以后成为民间互相馈赠的礼品。
月饼味道甜美
可口，
可以
切开与家人分享，是吉祥、团圆、甜蜜的象征。
18. What are the twelve
animal sign of Zodiac? Which years are they on?
中国十二生肖的名称是什么？规范的英语怎样说？分别处于哪一年？
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