怎樣用英語和介紹中國傳統春節習俗

　　轉眼間，又到了春節，其實從臘月二十三一直到正月十五，每天都有不同的過年習俗，今天小編就為你介紹怎樣用英語和介紹中國傳統春節習俗，希望對你有幫助。

　　December 23 of the Lunar Calendar (Little New Year)

　　Custom: Worshiping the Kitchen God

　　As the legend goes, there is a kitchen god in each house who is responsible for the kitchen and oversees the conduct of the family. On this day, the kitchen god returns to Heaven to report the conducts of the family to the Emperor of Heaven. Therefore, worshipping the kitchen god aims to “please him.” People put out some sweet and sticky foods, such as rice dumplings and malted sugar. In this way, the lips of the kitchen god will stuck together, and he cannot report any wrong doings of the family. Thus the family can lead an auspicious life.

　　習俗：祭灶

　　民俗傳說中，每家都有一位灶神掌管飲食，也記錄一家人的言行。今天，灶神就要返回天庭匯報這一戶人一年的大小事，所以祭灶的主題就是“拉攏灶神”。在廚房內擺放些甜而粘牙的如湯圓、麥芽糖等食物，灶神的嘴被粘住，就少匯報些壞事，才能天降吉祥。

　　December 24 of the Lunar Calendar

　　Custom: Dusting

　　After worshipping the kitchen god, people begin to thoroughly clean their houses to sweep away bad luck and welcome good luck. Dusting shows the good wish of putting away old things and welcoming a new life, making everything look fresh in the new year.

　　習俗：掃塵

　　祭灶后，人們便開始大掃除，掃塵除災，以迎祥納福。掃塵也是辭舊迎新，求的是萬象更新的新年新氣象。

　　December 25 of the Lunar Calendar

　　Custom: Pasting Window Paper and Making Tofu

　　The times for pasting window paper are gone. Nowadays, the tradition is replaced by cleaning windows. Tofu is homophonic with “Toufu (first fortune of the year)”, so it is considered as a good food which brings happiness. In order to prepare it for the Spring Festival, people should begin to grind beans and make tofu today.

　　習俗：糊窗戶、磨豆腐

　　紙糊窗戶的時代已經過去，所以如今這習俗已經被擦玻璃取代。而豆腐音同“頭福”，被視為能夠為新年帶來福氣的好食材，要為過年做準備，今天就要開始磨豆自制豆腐了。

　　December 26 of the Lunar Calendar

　　Custom: Preparation of Meat and Shopping for the Spring Festival

　　When there was insufficient food in the past, the majority of ordinary people could enjoy a comparatively lavish feast only during the Spring Festival can be started on the day. Besides meat and fish, people also purchase cigarettes, wines, fruits, gifts and festive ornaments.

　　習俗：割年肉、置年貨

　　在物質不豐富的年代，大多尋常人家要到年節期間才能吃得豐富一些。割年肉主要指準備春節的肉食，實際上也代表各種年貨可以從這一天開始置辦，除了魚、肉，還有煙酒瓜果以及禮品、裝飾等。

　　December 27 of the Lunar Calendar

　　Custom: Bating and Going to the Market

　　According to the traditional folk customs of the Han ethnic group, people should take a bath and do their washings to get rid of bad luck from the past year and welcome the new year. Besides the purpose of purchasing goods, people also go shopping to enjoy the exciting atmosphere of the Spring Festival in advance.

　　習俗：洗浴、趕集

　　漢族傳統民俗中，在這天要洗澡、洗衣，以除去一年的晦氣，準備迎接來年的新春。趕集，除了擔負置辦年貨的任務，也能提前感受過年的熱鬧氣息。

　　December 28 of the Lunar Calendar

　　Custom: Leaving Dough and Pasting Spring Couplets

　　Besides meat and side dishes, people also prepare cooked wheaten food for the Spring Festival. People in north China mainly eat noodles. They leaven dough, steam buns or cook noodles during the Spring Festival. Today, people also paste spring couplets and pictures. With concise texts and festive patterns, people show their welcome for the Spring Festival. In addition, these activities indicate that the Spring Festival begins.

　　習俗：發面、貼春聯

　　準備了肉食配菜后，也要準備主食。北方以面為主食，發好面，可以在春節期間蒸饅頭或者做面條等食物。這一天也是將春聯、年畫貼出來的日子。以簡潔的文字和喜慶的圖案迎接春節、抒發愿望，也意味著春節正式拉開帷幕。

　　December 29 of the Lunar Calendar

　　Custom: Paying Tribute to Ancestors

　　Preparation for the Spring Festival should be completed today, the day before New Year’s Eve. Worshipping ancestors is also a major event on this day, by which people express their gratitude and yearning for their ancestors during the important festival.

　　習俗：祭祖

　　過年的準備工作將在除夕前一天的今天全部完成。除此之外，祭祖也是這天的重要活動，以在春節這最重要的節日表達感恩與思念。

　　December 30 of the Lunar Calendar

　　December 30 of lunar calendar, also called “Chuxi” (New Year’s Eve), is the last day of the year according to lunar calendar. It means saying goodbye to the last year and welcoming the new year. Chuxi is to Chinese people what Christmas Eve is to Westerners. And it’s also the climax of the whole Spring Festival. There are many customs in every period of time on this special day and those customs have been wellobserved for thousands of years.

　　大年三十，中國農歷的最后一天，又稱“除夕”——告別舊日，迎來新年。這一天對每一個中國人來說意義非凡，如同平安夜在圣誕假期中的重要地位一般，整個春節的高潮也在這一天到達頂峰。這一天中，每一個時間段都有約定俗成的講究，幾千年來，延續至今。

　　7:00-11:30

　　Preparing for the Reunion Dinner

　　團年飯準備

　　In the morning, every family begins killing chicken and fishes as well as cutting meat and vegetables to prepare for the Reunion Dinner.

　　清晨開始，各家各戶就忙著宰雞、剖魚、剁肉、切菜……為團年大餐做著最后的籌備工作。

　　11:30-11:50

　　Praying to Ancestors

　　拜敬祖先

　　Although different regions have different custom, many will pray to their ancestors before the dinner on this day. All the family members hosed by their patriarch offer incense and kowtow to the memorial tablets or the pictures of their ancestors, then they burn paper money and pray one by one. They also present the main dishes of the Reunion Dinner including pork as offerings to their respect to the ancestors.

　　雖各地都有不同的習俗，但大多會在今日正式的宴席前拜敬祖先。全家人在家長的主持下，對祖先的牌位、人像燒香叩拜，并逐一燒紙祈福。也會提前將宴席上的主菜如豬肉等作為貢品呈放，以示對先輩的尊敬。

　　12:00-18:00

　　Enjoying the Reunion Dinner & Giving Lucky Money

　　團年飯開席、發壓歲錢

　　The two wonderful meals at this day are called “Reunion Dinners”, among which the New Year’s Eve Dinner is much more important.

　　There are abundant dishes for the New Year’s Eve Dinner. The dishes are of a wide variety and they all imply the meaning of good luck. Fore example, “fish” shares a similar pronunciation with “Yu” which stands for “abundance”; beetroot sounds like “Cai Tou” that means one can have good luck in the new year. Besides, there are chicken, duck, fish, pork and beef in the dinner, which symbolize a rich new year. While is Sichuan, every family has home-made sausage and cured meat as well as Chinese liquor.

　　During dinner time, Chinese people do not just eat and drink although the food and drinks are very delicious. They also say some “best wishes” such as “I wish you good health and a long life”, “may all go well with you”, etc. to the elders, and then hope to get lucky money from those happy elders. It is said that the lucky money can drive out evil spirits because it shares the same pronunciation with “Sui” in Chinese (meaning evil spirits), thus children who get lucky money will be safe in the new year. Surely, receiving lucky money is the favorite “event” of every child during the Spring Festival.

　　除夕日的兩頓大餐稱為“團年飯”，其中尤以晚餐“年夜飯”為重頭戲。

　　年夜飯的餐桌上總是豐盛異常，菜色雖然五花八門，但宗旨都要有開福納吉的好寓意。如“魚”和“余”諧音，象征“年年有余”;“菜頭”與“菜頭”諧音，象征來年有好彩頭，雞鴨魚豬牛肉都備齊，則表明來年豐裕。在四川地區，還少不了自家釀制的香腸、臘肉，當然，還有白酒。

　　熱鬧的年夜飯進行到中段，酒菜正酣，可別只顧著吃喝，晚輩們此時只須給長輩獻上幾句如“健康長壽”、“萬事如意”的吉祥話，就只等長輩樂呵呵發送壓歲錢了。相傳壓歲錢可以壓住邪祟，因為“歲”與“祟”諧音，得到壓歲錢的小輩就可以平平安安度過一歲。當然，這也是小輩們無可爭議最喜歡的過年“節目”。

　　20:00

　　Watching Spring Festival Gala

　　看春節聯歡晚會

　　Shown during the Chinese New Year’s Eve, the Spring Festival Gala is a large variety show produced by China Central Television. Although it has been criticized for many times because of its outdated contents and forms, the Gala is still an important program for Chinese families to sit together, enjoy family love and share happiness in the Spring Festival.

　　春節聯歡晚會，是中國中央電視臺在每年除夕晚上舉辦的大型文藝晚會。如今雖然飽受形式內容老套的詬病，但依然是大年夜一大家子圍坐在沙發上，感受親情、分享喜樂的重要過年項目。

　　23:00-24:00

　　Offering Incense and Praying

　　上香祈福

　　Near the midnight, the sound of the Gala has been already covered by the thunder of fireworks outside. At the moment, all the family members go to toll New Year bells and offer incense at 24:00 in a nearby temple. Every year, large temples in different regions hold grand Spring Ritual for Blessings on New Year’s Eve. People put their palms together devoutly and pray for a wonderful new year at the crowded temple. Such activity will last to the end of the first day of the year.

　　臨近午夜，電視機里的聲音早已被窗外震耳的炮竹聲蓋過，人們便扶老攜幼全家出動，到附近的寺廟撞新年鐘、上子時(零點)香。每年除夕夜，各地大型的寺廟都將舉行盛大的新春祈福法會，在人頭竄動的寺廟中，人們虔誠地雙手合十，祈愿來年的美好。這樣的活動也將跨過零點，持續大年初一整日。

　　January 1 of the Lunar Calendar

　　Custom: New-Year Visits and Collecting Fortune

　　Visiting relatives is still considered a major event on the first day of the first Lunar month. Also, it is the birthday of “broom”, so it is taboo to use broom or take out trash, otherwise, you might sweep away good fortunes and suffer financial losses.

　　習俗：拜年聚財

　　延續自大年夜，拜年依然是大年初一的重要活動。另外由于這天是“掃把星”的生日，正月初一要注意不能動用掃帚，也不要丟垃圾，否則就會掃走運氣、破財。

　　January 2 of the Lunar Calendar

　　Custom: Married Daughters Return to Parents’ Home

　　Married daughters visit their parents with their husbands on this day, so this day is also called “welcome son-in-law day”. The couple must bring some gifts and red envelopes along with them, and give them to children from the wife’s side of the family. They have to return husband’s family before dinner.

　　習俗：回娘家

　　出嫁的女兒回娘家，要與丈夫同行，所以也稱“迎婿日”。這一天，回娘家的女兒必須攜帶一些禮品和紅包，分給娘家的小孩，并且在娘家吃午飯，但要在晚飯前趕回婆家。

　　January 3 of the Lunar Calendar

　　Custom: Staying at Home

　　According to custom, people should not pay visits to others on the third day of the first lunar month as it is very likely to quarrel with others on this day. However, this has already become obsolete. It is a rare opportunity for people to get reunited during the Spring Festival, so less and less people follow this tradition.

　　習俗：忌出門

　　按照習俗，人們在初三通常不會外出拜年，傳說這天容易與人發生爭執。不過這個習俗早已過時，現在人們難得春節團聚，對此已經淡化許多。

　　January 4 of the Lunar Calendar

　　Custom: Worshiping the God of Wealth

　　It is the day for worshipping the God of Wealth. In the past, if an employee was not invited to worship the God of Wealth with the boss, he/she had to resign according to the unwritten rule.

　　習俗：祭財神

　　今天是及財神的日子，過去，老板想將某人“炒魷魚”，這天就不請他來拜神，對方也就心知肚明，自己收拾走人。

　　January 5 of the Lunar Calendar

　　Custom: Breaking Five

　　It is the day to “drive away five ghosts of poverty” (Poverty in intelligence, knowledge, literacy, fate, and friendship). People light firecrackers in the morning form inside to outside of their houses to scare away all the “ghosts”.

　　習俗：破五

　　俗稱破五，要“趕走五窮”，包括“智窮、學窮、文窮、命窮、交窮(結交“損友”)”。舊時人們在清晨放鞭炮，邊放邊往門外走，傳說如此便可將一切不吉利的東西都轟出門外。

　　January 6 of the Lunar Calendar

　　Custom: Opening for Business

　　After lighting firecrackers, shops reopen for business on this day. It is said that boys of the age of 12 are the most welcomed as the number of “12” us double “6”, which means “everything will go well smoothly”.

　　習俗：宜開業

　　商戶可選擇在這天開張營業，而且要大放鞭炮。另外傳說這一天最受歡迎的是當年滿12歲的男孩，因為12是6的二倍，這叫“六六大順”。

　　January 15 of the Lunar Calendar

　　Custom: Dumplings and Lighting Sky LanternsAs the first full moon night in the new year, the fifteenth day is also called

　　Lantern Festival, named after the long-time tradition of appreciating lanterns. One should not miss Yuanxiao, glutinous rice dumplings, often stuffed with white sugar, rose petals, sesames and so on. The stuffing and round shape symbolize sweet life and reunion. Lantern Festival draws the curtain of the entire Chinese New Year celebration.

　　習俗：吃元宵、放天燈

　　作為新年第一個月圓之夜，正月十五又稱“上元節”，因歷代這一節日有觀燈習俗。故又稱燈節。元宵節必吃的美食即元宵——湯圓，以白糖、玫瑰、芝麻等為餡，用糯米粉包成圓形，有甜甜蜜蜜、團圓美滿之意。過完元宵節，春節正式落下帷幕。

　　春聯英語介紹

　　The Spring Couplet, also called “couplet” and “a pair of antithetical phrases”, is a special form of literature in China. The Spring Couplet is composed of two antithetical sentences on both sides of the door and a horizontal scroll bearing an inscriiption, usually an auspicious phrase, above the gate. The sentence pasting on the right side of the door is called the first line of the couplet and the one on the left the second line. On the eve of the Spring Festival, every household will paste on doors a spring couplet written on red paper to give a happy and prosperous atmosphere of the Festival. In the past, the Chinese usually wrote their own spring couplet with a brush or asked others to do for them, while nowadays, it is common for people to buy the printed spring couplet in the market.

　　“春聯”也被稱為和“對聯”對立的一對短語，在中國是一種特殊的文學形式。春聯是由貼在門口兩側兩組對立的句子組成，在門上面的橫批通常是一個吉祥的短語。貼在門右側的句子被稱作對聯的上聯，左側的為下聯。除夕那天，每家都會在門上貼上紅紙寫的春聯，傳遞出節日喜慶和熱鬧的氣氛。在過去，中國人通常用毛筆自己寫春聯或者請別人寫春聯，而現在，人們普遍在市場上買印刷好的春聯。

　　Set off firecrackers 放鞭炮的英語介紹：

　　The firecracker is a unique product in China. In ancient China, the sound of burning bamboo tubes was used to scare away wild animals and evil spirits. With the invention of the gunpowder, “firecracker” is also called “鞭炮biānpào” (“炮” in Chinese means gun) and used to foster a joyful atmosphere. The first thing every Chinese household does is to set off firecrackers and fireworks, which are meant to bid farewell to the old year and usher in the new. In the past few years, such an activity was completely or partially forbidden in big cities including Beijing due to fire and personal casualty caused by burning firecrackers. However, some Chinese thought that a Spring Festival without firecrackers was not lively enough and they burned firecrackers by stealth. So in recent years, the ban was canceled again. This shows that burning firecrackers is a very important activity during the Spring Festival.

　　Sweeping the dust掃塵的英語介紹中英對照：

　　“Dust” is homophonic with “chen”(塵)in Chinese, which means old and past. In this way, “sweeping the dust” before the Spring Festival means a thorough cleaning of houses to sweep away bad luck in the past year. This custom shows a good wish of putting away old things to welcome a new life. In a word, just before the Spring Festival comes, every household will give a thorough cleaning to bid farewell to the old year and usher in the new.

　　“Dust”與“塵”是諧音(塵在漢語中的意思是舊的和過去的)。這樣，“在春節前掃塵”是指徹底清潔房屋掃除過去一年的厄運。此習俗表達了收拾舊事物，歡迎新生活的美好愿望。總之，就在春節到來之前，為了告別舊年迎接新年，家家戶戶都會徹底打掃一下房屋。

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