春节来历（英语)

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1。The Origin of Chinese New Year

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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.

2。 Chinese New Year

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I like the Chinese new year better than any other festival. This is a time especially for rest and joy. I need not study. I wear good clothes and eat good food. I have a good time from morning till night. I am as happy as a king.
我喜欢中国新年比喜欢其它任何节日更甚。这是一个专为休息和欢乐的时间。我不需要读书。我穿好衣服，吃好东西。我每天从早到晚日子过得轻松愉快。我和上帝一样快乐。

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春节是中国民间最隆重的传统节日。在夏历正月初一，又叫阴历年，俗称“过年”、“新年”。春节的历史很悠久，它起源于殷商时期年头岁尾的祭神祭祖活动。按照e79fa5e98193e4b893e5b19e363我国农历，正月 初一古称元日、元辰、元正、元朔、元旦等，俗称年初一，到了民国时期，改用公历，公历的一月一日称为元旦，把农历的一月一日叫春节。
Lunar New Year , the most solemn of traditional Chinese folk festivals. First day of the first lunar month in the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, known as the Moon, commonly known as "New Year" and "New Year." The long history of the Spring Festival, which originated in the Shang period the year draws to a close servicemen and the memorial activities. According to China's Lunar, the first day of the first lunar month yen ancient name, Yuan-chen, a copy, is Emperor, the New Year Day, which is commonly known as Day of the Republic. switch to the Gregorian calendar, the calendar on January 1 as New Year's Day, January 1st called the Lunar Spring Festival.

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Spring festival is coming.Spring Festival is on the traditional Chinese festivals.People used to call it "the Lunar New Year".It always starts between january the first and february the twentieth.
Shortly before the festival ,Chinese people are busy shopping . They buy vegetables,fish,meat and new clothes and many other things.They clean the houses and decorate them.
春节到了,春节是中国的传统节日,人们习惯上成作农历年.这个节日总是在每年的一月初到二月中旬之间.
春节前的一段日子,中国人早早地开始买年货.他们买蔬菜.鱼和肉.新衣服和种种其他的东西.他们打扫房屋,把自己的家布置一新.

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The Chinese New Year is a festival whose Chinese are most important.The history of the Chinese New Year is very long.Stanza front stick in an on the face the New Year's Day of the implied meaning of the yellow word in red paper in top send message by word and the god of wealth resembles with hang deep red lantern etc.. The Chinese New Year is a close relatives the festival of the family reunion.The not far a long distance in child that leave the house returns to the home.The family rounds to sit together a dumpling, use the dumpling symbol family reunion.The beginning of January is on thering is fiesta cooking stove etc. rites before;In the stanza make New Year's visit the child New Year's Money, friend etc.
春节是汉族最重要的节日。春节的历史很悠久。节前就在门脸上贴上红纸黄字的寓意的新年寄语及财神像和挂大红灯笼等. 春节是个亲人团聚的节日。离家的孩子不远千里回到家里。家人围坐在一起包饺子,用饺子象征团聚。正月初一前有祭灶等仪式；节中有给儿童压岁钱、亲朋好友拜年等.
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The origin of Spring Festival.

1、origin的读音：英 [ˈɒrɪdʒɪn]，美 [ˈɔːrɪdʒɪn]。  

2、释义：n.起源；源头；起e68a847a64337因；身世；出身。

3、例句：

The disorder in military policy had its origins in Truman's first term 

军事政策的混乱可追溯到杜鲁门的第一届任期。

Thomas has not forgotten his humble origins. 

托马斯没有忘记自己卑微的出身。

Their medical problems are basically physical in origin 

他们的病症主要是由于身体原因引起的。

Most of the thickeners are of plant origin. 

大部分增稠剂来源于植物。

They are forced to return to their country of origin. 

他们被迫返回出生国。

There are some areas of wetland which are of ancient origin. 

有一些湿地在古代就形成了。

They talked about the competing theories of the origin of life. 

他们讨论了几种相互矛盾的生命起源理论。

We have experimental and observational evidence concerning things which happened before and after the origin of life. 

有关生命起源前后发生了什么，我们通过实验和观察得出了一些证据。

This truck is of unknown origin. 

这辆卡车来历不明。

Rocks can be classified according to their mode of origin 

可以根据岩石的成因对其进行分类。

 

New Year's Day, the first day of the Lunar New Year. Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) The most solemn of Chinese folk tradition of the most distinctive festivals, which marked the end of the old year and the lunar new year begins. Chinese New Year eve and the first day the general. But in private, traditional Spring Festival is the eighth day of the wax from the twelfth lunar month festival, or the twelfth lunar month twenty-three Jizao or twenty-four, until the fifteenth, which culminated in New Year's Eve and the first day. During the Spring Festival, China's Han ethnic minorities and many have held various activities to mark the occasion. These activities are worship deities and ancestors, blow away the cobwebs, then Fu Ying Hei, hope of the harvest as the main content. Rich variety of activities, with strong ethnic characteristics.
大年初一，是农历新年的第一天。春节(Spring Festival)中国民间最隆重最富有特色的传统节日，它标志农历旧的一年结束和新的一年的开始 。春节一般指除夕和正月初一 。但在民间，传统意义上的春节是指从腊月初八的腊祭或腊月二十三或二十四的祭灶，一直到正月十五，其中以除夕和正月初一为高潮。在春节期间，我国的汉族和很多少数民族都要举行各种活动以示庆祝。这些活动均以祭祀神佛、祭奠祖先、除旧布新、迎禧接福、祈求丰年为主要内容7a686964616fe59b9ee7ad94331。活动丰富多彩，带有浓郁的民族特色。