中国新年风俗英文简介
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January 6th of the Lunar Calendar 正月初六
Custom: Opening for Business
习俗：宜开业
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”.
January 15th of the Lunar Calendar正月十五（元宵节） Custom: Rice Dumplings and 习俗：吃元宵、放天灯 Lighting Sky Lanterns
As 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.
7:00-11:30 Preparing for the Reunion Dinner
In the morning, every family begins killing chicken and fishes as well as cutting meat and vegetables to prepare for the Reunion Dinner.
Happy Lantern Festival
Lucky Monkey Year
Chinese New Year / Spring Festival
December 23th of the Lunar Calendar (Little New Year)
January 15th of the Lunar Calendar (Lantern Festival)
December 26th of the Lunar Calendar
Custom: Preparation of Meat and Shopping for the Spring Festival
腊月二十六 习俗：割年肉、置年货
December 27th of the Lunar Calendar
January 2nd of the Lunar Calendar 正月初二
Custom: Married Daughters
习俗：回娘家
Return to Parents’ Home
Married daughters visit their parents with their husbands on this day, so this day is also called “welcome sonin-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.
January 3rd of the Lunar Calendar
Custom: Staying at Home
正月初三 习俗：忌出门
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.
January 5th of the Lunar Calendar
Custom: Breaking Five
正月初五 习俗：破五
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”.
December 25th of the Lunar Calendar
custom: Pasting Window Paper and Making Tofu
腊月二十五 习俗：糊窗户、磨豆腐
The times for pasting window paper are gone. Nowadays, the tradition is replaced by cleaning windows. Tofu is homophonic with “Tongfu(同福) (first fortune of the year)”, so it is considered as a good food whBiblioteka Baiduch brings happiness.
12:00-18:00 Enjoying the Reunion Dinner & Giving Lucky Money
The two wonderful meals at this day are called “Reunion Dinners”, among which the New Year’s Eve Dinner is much more important.
Spring Festival couplet
paper-cut
December 29th of the Lunar Calendar
Custom: Paying Tribute to Ancestors
腊月二十九（小除夕） 习俗：祭祖
December 30th of the Lunar Calendar 腊月三十（除夕）
11:30-11:50 Praying to Ancestors
Although different regions have different custom, many will pray to their ancestors before the dinner on this day. They also present the main dishes of the Reunion Dinner including pork as offerings to their respect to the ancestors.
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.
20:00 Watching Spring Festival Gala
Shown during the Chinese New Year’s Eve, the Spring Festival Gala is a large variety show produced by China Central Television.
One should not miss Yuanxiao. The stuffing and round shape symbolize sweet life and reunion.
rice dumpling
January 4th of the Lunar Calendar
Custom: Worshiping the God of Wealth
正月初四 习俗：祭财神
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.
December 23th of the Lunar Calendar
Little New Year custom: worshipping the kitchen god
腊月二十三（小年） 习俗：祭灶
December 24th of the Lunar Calendar custom: dusting
Custom: Bathing and Going to 腊月二十七
the Market
习俗：洗浴、赶集
December 28th of the Lunar Calendar
Custom: Leavening Dough and Pasting Spring Festival Couplets
腊月二十八 习俗：发面、贴春联
set off firecrackers
January 1st of the Lunar Calendar
Custom: New-Year Visits and 正月初一
Collecting Fortune
习俗：拜年聚财
Visiting relatives is still considered a major event on the first day of the first Lunar month.
腊月二十四 习俗：扫尘
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.
January 6th of the Lunar Calendar 正月初六
Custom: Opening for Business
习俗：宜开业
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”.
January 15th of the Lunar Calendar正月十五（元宵节） Custom: Rice Dumplings and 习俗：吃元宵、放天灯 Lighting Sky Lanterns
As 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.
7:00-11:30 Preparing for the Reunion Dinner
In the morning, every family begins killing chicken and fishes as well as cutting meat and vegetables to prepare for the Reunion Dinner.
Happy Lantern Festival
Lucky Monkey Year
Chinese New Year / Spring Festival
December 23th of the Lunar Calendar (Little New Year)
January 15th of the Lunar Calendar (Lantern Festival)
December 26th of the Lunar Calendar
Custom: Preparation of Meat and Shopping for the Spring Festival
腊月二十六 习俗：割年肉、置年货
December 27th of the Lunar Calendar
January 2nd of the Lunar Calendar 正月初二
Custom: Married Daughters
习俗：回娘家
Return to Parents’ Home
Married daughters visit their parents with their husbands on this day, so this day is also called “welcome sonin-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.
January 3rd of the Lunar Calendar
Custom: Staying at Home
正月初三 习俗：忌出门
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.
January 5th of the Lunar Calendar
Custom: Breaking Five
正月初五 习俗：破五
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”.
December 25th of the Lunar Calendar
custom: Pasting Window Paper and Making Tofu
腊月二十五 习俗：糊窗户、磨豆腐
The times for pasting window paper are gone. Nowadays, the tradition is replaced by cleaning windows. Tofu is homophonic with “Tongfu(同福) (first fortune of the year)”, so it is considered as a good food whBiblioteka Baiduch brings happiness.
12:00-18:00 Enjoying the Reunion Dinner & Giving Lucky Money
The two wonderful meals at this day are called “Reunion Dinners”, among which the New Year’s Eve Dinner is much more important.
Spring Festival couplet
paper-cut
December 29th of the Lunar Calendar
Custom: Paying Tribute to Ancestors
腊月二十九（小除夕） 习俗：祭祖
December 30th of the Lunar Calendar 腊月三十（除夕）
11:30-11:50 Praying to Ancestors
Although different regions have different custom, many will pray to their ancestors before the dinner on this day. They also present the main dishes of the Reunion Dinner including pork as offerings to their respect to the ancestors.
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.
20:00 Watching Spring Festival Gala
Shown during the Chinese New Year’s Eve, the Spring Festival Gala is a large variety show produced by China Central Television.
One should not miss Yuanxiao. The stuffing and round shape symbolize sweet life and reunion.
rice dumpling
January 4th of the Lunar Calendar
Custom: Worshiping the God of Wealth
正月初四 习俗：祭财神
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.
December 23th of the Lunar Calendar
Little New Year custom: worshipping the kitchen god
腊月二十三（小年） 习俗：祭灶
December 24th of the Lunar Calendar custom: dusting
Custom: Bathing and Going to 腊月二十七
the Market
习俗：洗浴、赶集
December 28th of the Lunar Calendar
Custom: Leavening Dough and Pasting Spring Festival Couplets
腊月二十八 习俗：发面、贴春联
set off firecrackers
January 1st of the Lunar Calendar
Custom: New-Year Visits and 正月初一
Collecting Fortune
习俗：拜年聚财
Visiting relatives is still considered a major event on the first day of the first Lunar month.
腊月二十四 习俗：扫尘
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.