中国传统节日介绍英文版

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Qing Ming is popularly associated with Jie Zi Tui, who lived in Shanxi province in 600 B.C. Legend has it that Jie saved his starving lord's life by serving a piece of his own leg. When the lord succeeded in becoming the ruler of a small principality, he invited his faithful follower to join him. However, Jie declined his invitation, preferring to lead a hermit's life with his mother in the mountains.
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The fable "the year beast" extremely fears red, the flame and the mixed sound, the people paste the red paper in the gate, and selects the torch all night, is setting off the artillery candle, avoids "the year beast". To second day early morning, "has congratulated" the sound to the ear, in the air does not fill the air is defeating "the year beast" the victory and the rebirth joy.
Paste Spring Festival Couplets 春联 New Year paintings 年画 Paper-cuts 剪纸
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Reunion dinner of the New year eve 年夜饭 The Spring Festival Gala 春节联欢晚会 Pay New Year‘s call 拜年 Lion Dance and Dragon Dance 舞龙 舞狮
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Qing Ming is a time to remember the dead and the dearly departed. More important, it is a period to honour and to pay respect to one‘s deceased ancestors and family members. Because it reinforces the ethic of filial piety, Qing Ming is a major Chinese festival.
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Dragon Boat Festival, the end of the section, the end of the five, weighing five call in May, daughter section, the bath Lan Festival said, is one of the oldest Chinese traditional festival. Prove According to scholars, the Dragon Boat Festival is the latest in the Spring and Autumn Period already exists, so far, 20,000 years of history.
Brief introduction Origin
Historical material about the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, there are many different versions, four influential: the first is that the summer solstice customs; The second is that Dragon Boat Festival from the Xia and Shang Dynasties that derived from the ancient times Wuyue national dragon totem worship; Third, the Dragon Boat Festival and the ancient "Bad Moon" and "evil day" linked; final say, most accepted view that the Dragon Boat Festival to commemorate Qu Yuan.
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With the help of celestial cattle, the Cowhand flew to heaven with his son and daughter. At the time when he was about to catch up with his wife, the Queen Mother took off one of her gold hairpins and made a stroke. One billowy river appeared in front of the Cowhand. The Cowhand and Weaver Maid were separated on the two banks forever and could only feel their tears. Their loyalty to love touched magpies, so tens of thousands of magpies came to build a bridge for the Cowhand and Weaver Maid to meet each other. The Queen Mother was eventually moved and allowed them to meet each year on the 7th of the 7th lunar month. Hence their meeting date has been called "Qi Xi" (Double Seventh).
The spring festival
The spring festival
Chinese festivals
Mid-autumn Day
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The Spring Festival is also called the lunar calendar. It is a ceremonious(隆重的) and noisiest ancient tradition festival in our country. The Spring Festival has a long history. Also has a lot of various legends(传说).
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•Hanging calamus(菖蒲), wormwood(艾草): Every
family in the house hanging calamus and the wormwood in order to ward off evil.
•Drink wine, medicine bath: People drinking soaked
with realgar or calamus tincture, the bluegrass torment water juice bath illnesses in addition to the epidemic.
•The Dragon Boat accessories: People with all kinds of
trinkets as symbol of exorcism Nourishing. For example, evil for good money.
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The Double Seventh Festival, on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, is a traditional festival full of romance. It often goes into August in the Gregorian calendar.
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The lunar calendar new year origin, has the basis, also is rich and picks the varied fable to be possible to trace(追 溯) to several millenniums before; Most is famous is "the year beast" fable. "The year beast" is a cruel terrible wild animal, ancient times the person believed "year beast" when lunar New Year's Eve night can come out eats the person.
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Believing that he could force Jie out by burning the mountain, the lord ordered his men to set the forest on fire. To his consternation, Jie chose to remain where he was and was burnt to death. To commemorate Jie, the lord ordered all fires in every home to be put out on the anniversary of Jie's death. Thus began the "cold food feast", a day when no food could be cooked since no fire could be lit.
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Long, long ago, there was an honest and kind-hearted fellow named Niu Lang (Cowhand). His parents died when he was a child. Later he was driven out of his home by his sister-in-law. So he lived by himself herding cattle and farming. One day, a fairy from heaven Zhi Nu (Weaver Maid) fell in love with him and came down secretly to earth and married him. The cowhand farmed in the field and the Weaver Maid wove at home. They lived a happy life and gave birth to a boy and a girl. Unfortunately, the God of Heaven soon found out the fact and ordered the Queen Mother of the Western Heavens to bring the Weaver Maid back.
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Qing Ming Festival is a time of many different activities, among which the main ones are tomb sweeping, taking a spring outing, flying kites. Some other lost customs like wearing willow branches on the head and riding on swings have added infinite joy in past days. The festival is a combination of sadness and happiness, perhaps bittersweet.