春節的來歷英文版

春節的來歷英文版

　　大家都知道春節是我國的傳統節日，那么，春節到底是怎么來的呢?以下是為大家分享的春節的來歷英文版，供大家參考借鑒，歡迎瀏覽!

　　春節的來歷英文版

　　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 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. people 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 of 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 their 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 of 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 custom 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.

　　關于春節的英文詞語

　　春節 The Spring Festival

　　農歷 lunar calendar

　　正月 lunar January; the first month by lunar calendar

　　除夕 New Year's Eve; eve of lunar New Year

　　初一 the beginning of New Year

　　元宵節 The Lantern Festival

　　燈謎 riddles written on lanterns

　　燈會 exhibit of lanterns

　　守歲 staying-up

　　春聯 Spring Festival couplets

　　剪紙 paper-cuts

　　年畫 New Year paintings

　　買年貨 special purchases for the Spring Festival do Spring Festival shopping

　　敬酒 propose a toast

　　燈籠 lantern:a portable light

　　煙花 fireworks

　　拜年 pay New Year's call; give New Year's greetings; New Year's visit

　　禁忌 taboo

　　去晦氣 get rid of the ill- fortune

　　祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one's ancestors

　　壓歲錢 gift money; money given to children as a lunar New Year gift

　　辭舊歲 bid farewell to the old year

　　掃房 spring cleaning; general house-cleaning

　　習俗 Customs

　　過年 Guo-nian; have the Spring Festival

　　對聯 poetic couplet:two successive rhyming lines in poetry

　　爆竹 firecrackers (People scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.)

　　紅包 red packets (cash wrapped up in red paper,symbolize fortune and wealth in the coming year.)

　　舞獅 lion dance (The lion is believed to be able to dispel evil and bring good luck.)

　　舞龍 dragon dance (to expect good weather and good harvests)

　　戲曲 traditional opera

　　雜耍 variety show; vaudeville

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