中国新年 中英双语介绍

中国新年

Every

winter,

a

sixth

of

the

world's

population,

including

more

than

one

billion

Chinese

citizens,

celebrate

Chinese

New

Year.

The

15-day

festival,

also

known

as

Lunar

New

Year

or

the

Spring

Festival,

kicks

off

on

the

second

new

moon

after

the

winter

solstice,

or

according

to

the

Gregorian

calendar

in use since the 16th century, sometime between January 21 and February

19. But Chinese New Year goes back a lot further than the 16th

century

—

it's based on the ancient Chinese calendar, which existed as

early as the 14th century BC. Even though China adopted the Western

calendar

in

1912

and

began

marking

January

1

as

the

official

start

of

the

year, Chinese New Year remains the country's most important social and

economic holiday.

每年冬天，全世界六分 之一的人口，包含超过十亿中国人，庆祝中国新年。这持

续十五天的节日，

又称作农历新年或春节，

在冬至后的第二个新月开始，

或根据

十六世纪开始使用的公历，

中国新年大约落在一月二十 一号和二月十九号间。

不

过中国新年可回溯至十六世纪更久远以 前——它是以中国古老历法为根据，

那早

在西元前十四世纪就存 在。即使中国在

1912

年采用西洋历法，并开始将一月一

号标为正式的一年之始，中国新年仍是国家最重要的社交和商业节庆。

Over

the

centuries,

holiday

festivities

have

spread

far

beyond

China

and

now

take

place

all

over

the

world.

In

fact,

the

biggest

celebration

outside

of

China

takes

place

in

the

United

States

—

San

Francisco

to

be

exact.

Ever

since the Gold Rush in the 1840s and '50s brought an influx of Chinese

immigrant workers to Northern California, the city has held a massive

parade for Chinese New Year.

几世纪来，节日庆典已远布至中国以外的地方，如今在全世界举行。事实上，中

国外最 大的庆典就在美国举行——准确点说是在旧金山。

自

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和

1850

年代的

淘金热将大量中国移工带到北加州后，

旧金山这城市就为中国新年举办盛大的游

行活动。