初中关于春节英语作文

1、初中关于春节英语作文The Spring Festival,also known as the Lunar NewYear,is thegreatesttraditionalfestival.Itisusuallya timebetweenlateJanuaryor earlyFebruary,whichmeans restandrelaxationbetweenwinterandspring after a years toil,and means celebration aswell. Before the Spring Festival, people clean theirhouses

2、, put red couplets on their gates,and set offfirecrackers, according to fairy tale, for driving ademon ,namedNian,away.On theeve oftheSpringFestival,a gettogetherbanquetisa must,and themostpopularfood isJiaozi,which issupposedtobringgoodthe first day of the new year, everybody wears newclothesand gr

3、eetsrelativesand friendswithbows andcongratulations wishingeach other the best during thenew year.Spring Festival is the most important festival inChina .Its to celebrate the lunar calendars newyear.IntheeveningbeforetheSpringFestival,familiesgettogetherand have a bigmeal .Inmanyplacespeopleliketose

4、tofffirecrackers.Dumplings are themosttraditionalfood .Children like the festival very much ,becausethey can have deliciousfoodand wear new clothes.Theycan also get some money from their parents. This moneyis given tochildrenforgood luck . PeopleputNew Yearscrolls on the wall for good fortune .TheSp

5、ringFestivallastsabout15dayslong .Peoplevisitrelativesand friends withthewords“ Have all your wishes ” . People enjoy the Spring Festival ,during this time they can have a good rest .Chinese Lunar New Year,orSpringFestivalfallsonJanuary 1st according to the lunar calendar,usuallyaround the late Janu

6、ary or early the start of springaswellasanewyear,itisthemostimportantcelebrationof the familyget reunitedduringthe Newthe Eve,there is a big dinner for the family when eachmember return to get together.The biggest New Years party is held on of people gather there,meanwhile millions of others all ove

7、r the country were sitting in front of the screen to watchexcellent performances for more than four hours bell strike twelve at midnight to welcome the coming of theNew Year orstart to set off firecraks and say HappyNew Year to each other.Southern Chinese eat niangao (New Year cake madeof glutinous

8、rice flour) on this occasion, because asa homophone, niangaomeans higher and higher,one yearafter another. The first five days after the SpringFestival are a good time for relatives, friends, andclassmatesas wellas colleaguestoexchange greetings,gifts and chat leisurely.Burningfireworkswas once them

9、ost typicalcustomon theSpringFestival.Peoplethoughtthesplutteringsound couldhelp driveaway evilspirits.However,suchan activity was completely or partially forbidden inbigcitiesonce the governmenttooksecurity,noiseandpollution factorsintoconsideration.As a replacement,some buy tapes with firecracker

10、sounds to listen to,some break little balloons to get the sound too, whileothersbuyfirecrackerhandicraftstohangintheliving room.Thelivelyatmospherenotonlyfillseveryhousehold,but permeatestostreetsand lanes.A seriesofactivitiessuchasliondancing,dragonlanterndancing, lantern festivals and temple fairs

11、 will beheldfordays.The SpringFestivalthen comes toan endwhen the Lantern Festival is finished.China has 56 ethnic groups. Minorities celebratetheir Spring Festival almost the same day as the Hanpeople, and they have different customs.The Chinese character fu (meaning blessing orhappiness) is a must

12、. The character put on paper canbe pasted normally or upside down, for in Chinese thereversedfu is homophonic with fucomes,bothbeingpronouncedasfudaole.Whatsmore,two big redlanternscan be raisedon both sidesof thefrontdoor.Red paper-cuttings canbe seen onwindow glass andbrightly colored New Year pai

13、ntings with auspiciousmeanings may be put on the wall.People attach great importance to Spring FestivalEve.Atthattime,allfamilymemberseatdinnertogether.The meal is more luxuriousthanusual.Dishessuch as chicken,fishand bean curdcannotbe excluded,forinChinese, theirpronunciations,respectivelyji,yuand

14、doufu,mean auspiciousness,abundanceand richness. After the dinner, the whole family willsittogether,chattingand watchingTV. In recentyears,the 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 parents. Then each child will get money as a New Year gift, wrapped up in redpaper. People in northern China will eat jiaozi, or du