關于春節(jié)的英語文章

1、1. 關于新年的英文兒歌CHEER THE YEARCheer, cheer, cheer the year, A new one,s just begun.Celebrate with all your friends,Let,s go have some fun!Clap, clap, clap your hands, A brand new year is here.Learning, laughing, singing, clapping, Through another year.2.關于新年英文歌的歌詞最著名的是“AuldLang Syne "(中文譯為 天長地久”)。是

2、每個英語國家新年必唱的歌： AULD LANG SYNEShould auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?Should auld acquaintance be forgot and days of auld lang syne?For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne, we,ll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne. 這是材料：The origin of the Chinese New Y ear is it

3、self centuries old - in fact, too old to actually be trace d. It is popularly recognised as the Spring Festival and celebrations last 15 days.Preparations tend to begin a month from the date of the Chinese New Y ear (similar to a Wester n Christmas), when people start buying presents, decoration mat

4、erials, food and clothing.A huge clean-up gets underway days before the New Y ear, when Chinese houses are cleaned f rom top to bottom, to sweep away any traces of bad luck, and doors and windowpanes are giv en a new coat of paint, usually red. The doors and windows are then decorated with paper cut

5、s and couplets with themes such as happiness, wealth and longevity printed on them.The eve of the New Year is perhaps the most exciting part of the event, as anticipation creeps i n. Here, traditions and rituals are very carefully observed in everything from food to clothing. Dinner is usually a fea

6、st of seafood and dumplings, signifying different good wishes. Delicaci es include prawns, for liveliness and happiness, dried oysters (or ho xi), for all things good, ra w fish salad or yu sheng to bring good luck and prosperity, Fai-hai (Angel Hair), an edible hai r-lThe Origin of Chinese New Year

7、The Chinese New Year is now popularly known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the Begining of Spring (the first of the twenty -four terms in coodination with the changes of Nature). Its origin is too old to be traced. Several explanations are hanging around. All agree, however , that the

8、 word Nian, which in modern Chinese solely means "year", was originally the name of a monster beast that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of a new year .One legend goes that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would swallow a great many people with one bite. Pe

9、ople were very scared. One day, an old man came to their rescue, offering to subdue Nian. To Nian he said, "I hear say that you are very capable, but can you swallow the other beasts of prey on earth instead of people who are by no means of your worthy opponents?" So, it did swallow many o

10、f the beasts of prey on earth that also harrassed people and their domestic animals from time to time.After that, the old man disappeared riding the beast Nian. He turned out to be an immortal god. Now that Nian is gone and other beasts of prey are also scared into forests, people begin to enjoy the

11、ir peaceful life. Before the old man left, he had told people to put up red paper decorations on their windows and doors at each year's end to scare away Nian in case it sneaked back again, because red is the color the beast feared the most.From then on, the tradition of observing the conquest o

12、f Nian is carried on from generation to generation. The term "Guo Nian", which may mean "Survive the Nian" becomes today "Celebrate the (New) Year" as the word "guo" in Chinese having both the meaning of "pass-over" and "observe". The custo

13、m of putting up red paper and firing fire-crackers to scare away Nian should it have a chance to run loose is still around. However , people today have long forgotten why they are doing all this, except that they feel the color and the sound add to the excitement of the celebration.The Spring Festiv

14、al is the most important festival for the Chinese people and is when all family members get together, just like Christmas in the West. All people living away from home go back, becoming the busiest time for transportation systems of about half a month from the Spring Festival. Airports, railway stat

15、ions and long-distance bus stations are crowded with home returnees.Strictly speaking, the Spring Festival starts every year in the early days of the 12th lunar month and will last till the mid 1st lunar month of the next year. Of them, the most important days are Spring Festival Eve and the first t

16、hree days. The Chinese government now stipulates people have seven days off for the Chinese Lunar New Year.Many customs accompany the Spring Festival. Some are still followed today, but others have weakened.On the 8th day of the 12th lunar month, many families make laba porridge, a delicious kind of

17、 porridge made with glutinous rice, millet, seeds of Job's tears, jujube berries, lotus seeds, beans, longan and gingko.The 23rd day of the 12th lunar month is called Preliminary Eve. At this time, people offer sacrifice to the kitchen god. Now however, most families make delicious food to enjoy

18、 themselves.After the Preliminary Eve, people begin preparing for the coming New Year. This is called "Seeing the New Year in".Store owners are busy then as everybody goes out to purchase necessities for the New Year. Materials not only include edible oil, rice, flour, chicken, duck, fish

19、and meat, but also fruit, candies and kinds of nuts. What's more, various decorations, new clothes and shoes for the children as well as gifts for the elderly, friends and relatives, are all on the list of purchasing.Before the New Year comes, the people completely clean the indoors and outdoors

20、 of their homes as well as their clothes, bedclothes and all their utensils.Then people begin decorating their clean rooms featuring an atmosphere of rejoicing and festivity. All the door panels will be pasted with Spring Festival couplets, highlighting Chinese calligraphy with black characters on r

21、ed paper. The content varies from house owners' wishes for a bright future to good luck for the New Year. Also, pictures of the god of doors and wealth will be posted on front doors to ward off evil spirits and welcome peace and abundance.The Chinese character "fu" (meaning blessing or

22、 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." What's more, two big red lanterns can be raised on both sides of the front do

23、or. Red paper-cuttings can be seen on window glass and brightly colored New Year paintings with auspicious meanings may be put on the wall.People attach great importance to Spring Festival Eve. At that time, all family members eat dinner together. The meal is more luxurious than usual. Dishes such a

24、s chicken, fish and bean curd cannot be excluded, for in Chinese, their pronunciations, respectively "ji", "yu" and "doufu," mean auspiciousness, abundance and richness. After the dinner, the whole family will sit together, chatting and watching TV. In recent years, the

25、 Spring Festival party broadcast on China Central Television Station (CCTV) is essential entertainment for the Chinese both at home and abroad. According to custom, each family will stay up to see the New Year in.Waking up on New Year, everybody dresses up. First they extend greetings to their paren

26、ts. Then each child will get money as a New Year gift, wrapped up in red paper. 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". Also, the shape of the dumpling is l

27、ike gold ingot from ancient China. So people eat them and wish for money and treasure.Southern Chinese eat niangao (New Year cake made of glutinous rice flour) on this occasion, because as a homophone, niangao means "higher and higher, one year after another." The first five days after the

28、 Spring Festival are a good time for relatives, friends, and classmates as well as colleagues to exchange greetings, gifts and chat leisurely.Burning fireworks was once the most typical custom on the Spring Festival. People thought the spluttering sound could help drive away evil spirits. However, s

29、uch an activity was completely or partially forbidden in big cities once the government took security, noise and pollution factors into consideration. As a replacement, some buy tapes with firecracker sounds to listen to, some break little balloons to get the sound too, while others buy firecracker

30、handicrafts to hang in the living room.The lively atmosphere not only fills every household, but permeates to streets and lanes. A series of activities such as lion dancing, dragon lantern dancing, lantern festivals and temple fairs will be held for days. The Spring Festival then comes to an end whe

31、n the Lantern Festival is finished.China has 56 ethnic groups. Minorities celebrate their Spring Festival almost the same day as the Han people, and they have differentcustoms.春節(jié)作文寫春節(jié)作文前，我們可以先回憶下過春節(jié)是我們參加過的活動，如貼倒福、分壓歲錢、吃餃子、撣揚塵、貼年畫、貼剪紙、放鞭炮、守歲、給壓歲錢、掛千千結、 貼春聯(lián)等， 然后挑一個我們印象深刻的上網(wǎng)查些資料， 可以到百度搜春節(jié)的八個習俗， 春節(jié)的由來與傳

32、說等， 也可以上作文網(wǎng)作文素材頻道找到相關資料再進行介紹。作文題目可以自擬，如歡度春節(jié)，春節(jié)游文廟，除夕之夜，美麗的春節(jié)，春 節(jié)花會開頭部分：大致介紹一下春節(jié)，及春節(jié)的一些習俗，點明你所要介紹的習俗。（略寫）第二部分：介紹這一習俗的來歷、象征意義等，像剪紙、年畫、千千結等還可以寫寫這些物品的種類、樣子等。（詳細）第三部分：回憶自己參與這一活動的情景。（詳細）結尾結尾部分：寫寫自己對這一習俗的感受。每個部分舉例：開頭部分： 大致介紹一下春節(jié)， 及春節(jié)的一些習俗， 點明你所要介紹的習俗。（略寫）例： 元宵節(jié)是我國的四大節(jié)日之一， 元宵節(jié)一過， 春節(jié)也就算過完了， 所以這一天是非常隆重和熱鬧的。 過

33、元宵節(jié)的節(jié)目豐富多彩， 有充滿樂趣的看花燈猜燈謎， 有喜氣洋洋的舞龍， 還有熱鬧非凡的賽龍船。 不過， 最吸引我們小孩子的卻是那多姿多彩的煙花。第二部分：介紹這一習俗的來歷、象征意義等，像剪紙、年畫、千千結等還可以寫寫這些物品的種類、樣子等。（詳細）例：春聯(lián)代表著歡樂祥和。在我們中國，每逢春節(jié)，無論城市還是農(nóng)村，家家戶戶都要精選一副大紅春聯(lián)貼在門上， 為節(jié)日增加喜慶的氣氛。 一幅幅春聯(lián)不僅帶來了吉祥和祝福， 還帶來了中國古老的濃濃的文化氣息。 瞧！ “大地春光好，長天曉日紅” 、 “歲歲皆如意， 年年盡平安” 、 “江山萬里如畫， 神州四時皆春” 、“春風送春處處*美，喜鵲報喜家家喜事多” 幅

34、幅春聯(lián)讓千家萬戶喜氣盈門。春聯(lián)的種類比較多。按照使用場所，可分為門心、框?qū)?、橫批、春條、斗方等。因此，貼的位置也不同，如“門心”貼在門板上端中心部位； “橫批”貼在門楣的橫木上。第三部分：回憶自己參與這一活動的情景。（詳細）例： 記得去年元宵節(jié)的晚上爸爸媽媽帶我去工人體育館看煙花。 八點整， 只聽見幾聲沉悶的聲音， 一個個煙花帶著紅紅的火星竄上了天空， 幾聲脆響， 夜空綻放出幾朵美麗的花朵。 它們的形狀和顏色各不相同， 有五顏六色的滿天星， 金黃色的蒲公英，紫色的牽牛花，火紅的玫瑰花，粉紅的月季、銀色的百合，真是絢麗多彩。隨著一聲聲的炮響，人們在驚呼，在贊嘆，夜色中，人們微微揚起的臉上也變幻著

35、多姿的色彩，露出了幸福的笑容結尾結尾部分：寫寫自己對這一習俗的感受。例：我看著那散發(fā)著傳統(tǒng)文化芳香的中華結，仿佛品味到了中華民族遠古的神秘和東方的靈秀。它的古香古色，它的千變?nèi)f化，讓我神往，讓我遐想春節(jié)的街頭今天， 是中國傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日春節(jié)。 早晨我還沒醒， 就聽到了鞭炮的聲音。 平靜的社區(qū)， 今日顯得熱鬧非凡。 這熱鬧的喧囂， 把我的睡意一股腦的全都打撒開來。 于是， 起床穿上了新衣服連早飯都來不及吃就沖到門外， 看著各家各戶的炮竹，煙花。接著就是跟爸爸媽媽一起去走街串巷拜年！“李伯伯， 新年快樂” “王阿姨， 工作順了” “劉奶奶， 身體健康” 跟所有的長輩們拜過年之后， 媽媽提議說： 一會，

36、去街上看看， 感受下新年的氣氛。一上街， 街上可就更熱鬧了。 人們手里有提著大袋大袋的菜， 身邊的孩子手上握著一大把小花炮， 蹦蹦跳跳地跑著。 看！ 我左邊的一位四、 五歲左右的小女 孩， 跑到前面去。 一下子又轉過頭對一位滿手是鼓鼓的袋子的大人喊著： “爸爸，快點！我要回去放炮玩呢！”。有拿著那邊超市發(fā)的小氣球的，紅的，黃的，綠的，還有藍的。也有三五成群，手挽著手說說笑笑的姑娘們，小伙子們，忙綠了一年，辛苦了一年，我想這個時候應該是大家最放松，最高興的時候。你看，路燈上還掛著兩個小紅燈，喜氣洋洋的。就像在說， “我們也要過新年，我們也要過新年”。一進菜市場， 那才更熱鬧呢！ 人流竄動， 一眼望去， 什么也看不見， 全是人。還有那翠綠的黃瓜， 可真新鮮哪， 你看， 那金黃色的小花在太陽的照射下顯得多么的生機勃勃啊。那鯽魚，鰱魚，青魚，草魚等