2013春节

红包
• 虽然拜年的方式变化了，但对 孩子们来讲，有一件事是不变 的，那就是拜年时长辈们会给 压岁钱，因为压岁钱多是放在 红纸袋里的，所以人们也称之 为“红包”。 • Although people have different ways of extending the Spring Festival wishes now, for children, one thing still remains unchanged. This is, when they pay a Spring Festival visit to their elders, elders will give them Yasuiqian, i.e. gift money. Since Yasuiqian is money put into a small red paper envelope, people also call it “red bag
饺子
• “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。 • People in northern China will eat jiaozi, or dumplings, for breakfast, as they think "jiaozi" in sound means "bidding farewell to the old and ushering in the new".
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吉祥话
• 给亲戚拜年，出门之后就 作揖、问安，说点吉祥话， 恭喜过年呐，恭喜发财呀， 说点吉祥话，预示着第二 年有个好的，这就是新一 年来了以后有好运。 • To drop a Spring Festival visit is to give your new year greetings when you are out. Have a luck talk. Happy new year! May you come into a good fortune! A luck talk can bring luck to people in the new year.返回
元宵节习俗
• 吃元宵（Eating Yuanxiao） • 猜灯谜（Guessing lantern riddles） • 看烟火（Watch fireworks）
吃元宵
• 元宵是元宵节的特色食品。据 说，元宵是因汉武帝时期的一 位名叫元宵的宫女而得名。元 宵是一种带馅儿的甜食，是由 糯米粉加上甜的馅料制成。 • Yuanxiao is the special food for the Lantern Festival. It is believed that Yuanxiao is named after a palace maid, Yuanxiao, of Emperor Wu Di of the Han Dynasty. Yuanxiao is a kind of sweet dumpling, which is made with sticky rice flour filled with sweet stuffing. • 返回
春节禁忌
• 春节里边有很多禁忌，你 初一这一天最好不要扫地， 要扫地的话，你要从门口 往门里扫，从外往里扫， 因为这些垃圾（被人们认 为）都是财富。 • There are many taboos during the Spring Festival. One should not sweep on the first day of the first lunar month. If you sweep on that day, you should sweep from outdoors to indoors, but not from indoors to outdoors.
元宵节
• 每年农历的正月十五日，春节刚过，迎来 的就是中国的传统节日--元宵节。 • The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, usually in February or March in the Gregorian calendar. As early as the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25), it had become a festival with great significance.
贴春联 （The Spring Fatival couplets）
贴春联
中国结（Chinese Knot）
贴窗花
鼠
牛 兔
虎
龙
蛇 羊
马
猴
鸡
狗
猪
庙会
• 春节过了以后，就是在过去中 国的农村里边，文艺的活动逐 渐地展开了，有各种的文艺节 目，像我们现在看到的北京花 会一样，高跷、旱船，另外就 是唱戏。 • After the Spring Festival, all kinds of entertainment programs used to be given in the rural areas in China. Just like the flower exhibition in Beijing now, the entertainment programs include walking on stilts, taking a boat on ground and operas.
春节的食俗
• 腊八粥(Congee with nuts and dried fruits) • 年糕(New Year cake) • 饺子(jiaozi)
the dinner on new year's evening
守岁
staying-up
守岁是从吃年夜饭开始，一夜不睡 ，以迎候新年的到来。这顿年夜饭要 慢慢地吃，从掌灯时分入席，有的人 家一直要吃到深夜。 守岁的习俗，既有对如水逝去的岁 月含惜别留恋之情，又有对来临的新 年寄以美好希望之意。
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倒贴“福”字
• 在贴春联的同时，一些人 家要在屋门上、墙壁上、门楣 上贴上大大小小的“福”字。 为了更充分地体现这种向往和 祝愿，有的人干脆将“福”字 倒过来贴，表示“幸福已 到”“福气已到”。 • The Chinese character "fu" (meaning blessing or happiness) is a must. The character put on paper can be pasted normally or upside down, for in Chinese the "reversed fu" is homophonic with "fu comes", both being pronounced as "fudaole." • 返回
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• 贴春联(The Spring Festival couplets) • 倒贴“福”字(The Chinese character "fu" ) • 爆竹(Firecrackers) • 庙会(Temple Fair)
贴春联
• 春联也叫门对、春贴、 对联、对子、桃符等，它 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 有的文学形式。 • All the door panels will be pasted with Spring Festival couplets, highlighting Chinese calligraphy with black characters on red paper.
猜灯谜
• 猜灯谜也是元宵节活动的 一个基本组成部分。灯笼 的所有者将谜语写在一张 纸条上，然后将纸条展示 在灯笼上。 • "Guessing lantern riddles"is an essential part of the Festival. Lantern owners write riddles on a piece of paper and post them on the lanterns. • 返回
• No matter in the city or in the countryside, all the people will do one thing that is to extend Spring Festival greetings. This activity begins at first between family members. • 返回
挂灯笼
放鞭炮（squibbing firecrackers）
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• 拜年（drop a Spring Festival visit） • 吉祥话（a luck talk ） • 春节禁忌（ taboos） • 红包（red bag）
拜年
• 不管是城里人，还是在农村， 人们都要做的一件事就是拜年。 民间流行的拜年活动先是从家 里开始的。
看烟火
• 很多家庭在春节时会留下一 部分烟花等着元宵节放。当 新年的第一轮圆月升上夜空 时，人们都会因燃放的烟火 和空中的明月而兴奋。 • On the night when the first full moon enters the New Year, people become really intoxicated by the imposing fireworks and bright moon in the sky.Most families spare some fireworks from the Spring Festival and let them off in the Lantern Festival.
年糕
• 春节吃年糕，“义取年胜 年，籍以祈岁稔。”寓意 万事如意年年高。 • Southern Chinese eat niangao (Fra Baidu bibliotekew Year cake made of glutinous rice flour) on this occasion, because as a homophone, niangao means "higher and higher, one year after another." • 返回
蒸花馍（Steamed steamed flower ）
腊八粥
• 我国喝腊八粥的历史，已 有一千多年。最早开始于 宋代，每逢腊八这一天， 家家都要喝腊八粥。 • On the 8th day of the 12th lunar month, many families make laba porridge, a delicious kind of porridge made with glutinous rice, millet, seeds of Job's tears, jujube berries, lotus seeds, beans, longan and gingko. • 返回