春节的来历英文介绍

春节的来历英文介绍

historof the spring festival

it iunclear when the beginning of the year wacelebrated before the qin dynasty. traditionally, the year wasaid to have begun with month 1 during the xia dynasty, month 12 during the shang dynasty, and month 11 during the zhou dynasty. however, recordshow that the zhou dynastbegan ityear with month 1. intercalarmonths, used to keep the lunar calendar synchronized with the sun, were added after month 12 during both the shang dynast(according to surviving oracle bones) and the zhou dynast(according to sima qian). the first emperor of china qin shi huang changed the beginning of the year to month 10 in 221 bc, also changing the location of the intercalarmonth to after month 9. whether the new year wacelebrated at the beginning of month 10, of month 1, or both iunknown. in 104 bc, emperor wu of the han dynastestablished month 1 athe beginning of the year, where it remains.

mythologabout the spring festival

hand-painted chinese new year'poetrpasted on the sideof doorleading to people'homes, lijiang, yunnan, china.according to legend, in ancient china, the nián (年) waa man-eating beast

from the mountain(in other versionfrom under the sea), which came out ever12 monthsomewhere close to winter to preon humans. the people later believed that the nian wasensitive to loud noiseand the colour red, so thescared it awawith explosions, fireworkand the liberal use of the colour red. these customled to the first new year celebrations. guònián (simplified chinese: 过年; traditional chinese: 過年), which meanto celebrate the new year, literallmeanthe passover of the nian.

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daybefore the new year

on the daybefore the new year celebration chinese familiegive their home a thorough cleaning. there ia cantonese saying "wash awathe dirton nianyiba"(年廿八，洗邋遢), but the practice inot usuallrestricted on nianyiba(年二八, the 28th daof month 12). it ibelieved the cleaning sweepawathe bad luck of the preceding year and maketheir homereadfor good luck. broomand dust panare put awaon the first daso that luck cannot be swept away. some people give their homes, doorand window-panea new coat of red paint. homeare often decorated with paper cutoutof chinese auspiciouphraseand couplets.

a woman icleaning home

the biggest event of anchinese new year'eve ithe dinner everfamilwill have. a dish consisting of fish will appear on the tableof chinese families. it ifor displafor the new year'eve dinner. in northern china, it ialso customarto have dumplingfor thidinner. dumplingsymbolize wealth because their shape ilike a chinese gold nugget. thiicomparable to christmadinner in the west, except with much more food.

first daof the new year

the first daifor the welcoming of the deitieof the heavenand earth. manpeople, especiallbuddhists, abstain from meat consumption on the first dabecause it ibelieved that thiwill ensure longevitfor the some consider lighting fireand using kniveto be bad luck on new year'day, so all food to be consumed icooked the dabefore.

most importantly, the first daof chinese new year ia time when familievisit the oldest and most senior memberof their extended family, usualltheir parents, grandparentor great-grandparents.

some familiemainvite a lion dance troupe aa symbolic ritual to usher in the lunar new year awell ato evict bad spiritfrom the premises. people also give red packetcontaining cash to