英文话春节

Traditions of Chinese New Year

春节的传统

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The Chinese New Year was traditionally a time to honor deities as well as ancestors.The evening preceding the New Year's Day is frequently regarded as an occasion for Chinese families to gather for the annual reunion dinner. It is also traditional for every family to thoroughly clean their house, in order to sweep away any ill fortune and to make way for incoming good luck. Another custom is the decoration of windows and doors with red paper-cuts and couplets. Popular themes among these paper-cuts and couplets include good fortune or happiness, wealth, and longevity. Other activities include lighting firecrackers and giving money in red paper envelopes.

中国新年传统上是一个祭祀神灵和祖先的时间。新年的前一天晚上，中国家庭通常会聚在一起吃年夜饭。对每个家庭来说，大扫除也是一种传统，以扫除任何厄运，迎接即将到来的好运。另一个习俗是用红色的剪纸和对联装饰门窗。这些剪纸和对联中流行的主题包括好运或幸福，财富和长寿。其他活动包括放鞭炮和送红包。

Chinese New Year's Eve 除夕

The day before the Chinese New Year usually accompanied with a dinner feast, consisting of special meats are served at the tables, as a main course for the dinner and as a offering for the New Year.

中国新年的前一天通常会有一顿年夜饭，一些特别的肉食会摆在桌上，作为晚餐的主菜和新年的祭品。

In northern China, it is customary to make dumplings to eat around midnight. Dumplings symbolize wealth because their shape resembles a Chinese sycee. In contrast, in the South, it is customary to make a glutinous new year cake and send pieces of it as gifts to relatives and friends in the coming days. It has the meaning of "increasingly prosperous year in year out".

在中国北方，人们习惯在午夜前后吃饺子。饺子象征着财富，因为它们的形状像中国的银锭。与此不同的是，在南方，人们的习俗是制作糯米糕，并在接下来的日子里把它作为礼物送给亲戚和朋友。它有“繁荣昌盛年复一年”的意思。