传统节日介绍高中英语作文

1、1 春节（农历一月一日） Spring Festival除夕 （农历十二月三十日）New Year's Eve在除夕夜吃年夜饭、祭祀和守岁等，大年三天，也要要拜访至亲和尊贵的亲戚，各地还举行各种庙会、社火、乡戏。Spring Festival is the most important festival in China .It s to celebrate thenew year .In the evening before the Spring Festival ,families get together and have a big meal .In many places p

2、eople like to set off firecrackers .Dumplings are the most traditional food .Children like the festival very much ,because they can have delicious food and wear new clothes .They can also get some money from their parents. This money is given to children for good luck . People put New Year scrolls o

3、n the wall for good fortune .The Spring Festival lasts about 15 days long .People visit relatives and friends with the words“ Have all your wishes ” . People enjoy the Spring Festival ,during this time they can have a good rest .2 元宵节（农历一月十五日） Lantern Festival农历正月十五为元宵节，节日里有吃元宵、观花灯、耍社火、猜灯谜等习俗。Till t

4、oday, the lantern festival is still held each year around the country. Lanterns of various shapes and sizes are hung in the streets, attracting countless visitors. Children will hold self-made or bought lanterns to stroll with on the streets, extremely excited. "Guessing lantern riddles"is

5、 an essential part of the Festival. Lantern owners write riddles on a piece of paper and post them on the lanterns. If visitors have solutions to the riddles, they can pull the paper out and go to the lantern owners to check their answer. If they are right, they will get a little gift. The activity

6、emerged during people's enjoyment of lanterns in the Song Dynasty (960-1279). As riddle guessing is interesting and full of wisdom, it has become popular among all social strata.People will eat yuanxiao, or rice dumplings, on this day, so it is also called the "Yuanxiao Festival."Yuanx

7、iao also has another name, tangyuan. It is small dumpling balls made of glutinous rice flour with rose petals, sesame, bean paste, jujube paste, walnut meat, dried fruit, sugar and edible oil as filling. Tangyuan can be boiled, fried or steamed. It tastes sweet and delicWiouhsa.t s more, tangyuan in

8、 Chinese has a similar pronunciation with "tuanyuan” , meaning reuniothem to denote union, harmony and happiness for the family.In the daytime of the Festival, performances such as a dragon lantern dance, a lion dance, a land boat dance, a yangge dance, walking on stilts and beating drums while

9、 dancing will be staged. On the night, except for magnificent lanterns, fireworks form a beautiful scene. Most families spare some fireworks from the Spring Festival and let them off in the Lantern Festival. Some local governments will even organize a fireworks party. On the night when the first ful

10、l moon enters the New Year, people become really intoxicated by the imposing fireworks and bright moon in the sky.3 二月二 Dragon Heads-raising Day俗称 "龙抬头 " ，也叫青龙节，是一年农业生产开始的标志。活动有撒灰引龙、熏虫、挑菜、忌针线（以防" 扎坏龙眼"）等。关于此节风俗的记载唐代就有。要动素食。Today, it's a little less agriculturally-inclined, an

11、d ways to celebrate in style include eating pancakes and noodles, and, believe it or not, getting a haircut or an entirely new hairstyle.So start making pancakes, and book that hair appointment today - you'll want to make sure you're ready for Long Tai Tou!4 清明节 （4 月 5 日 ）Tomb-Sweeping Day祭扫

12、祖坟、踏青游春，忌动烟火。Qing Ming is a time to remember the dead and the dearly departed. More important, it is a period to honour and to pay respect to one's deceased ancestors and family members. Because it reinforces the ethic of filial piety, Qing Ming is a major Chinese festival.Literally meaning &quo

13、t;clear" （Qing） and "bright" （Ming）, this Chinese festival falls in early spring, on the 106th day after the winter solstice. It is a "spring" festival, and it is an occasion for the whole family to leave the home and to sweep the graves of their forebears. Chinese being pra

14、ctical people this sweeping of the graves is given an extended period, that is, 10 days before and after Qing Ming day. Among some dialect groups a whole month is allocated.也叫端阳节，相传是为纪念屈原而来。主要有吃粽子、赛龙舟的活动，5 端午节 （农历五月初五） Dragon Boat FestivalThe Dragon Boat Festival ,also called the Duanwu Festival ,is

15、 celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar.People always eat rice dumplings and watch dragon boat races to celebrate it.The festival is best known for its dragon-boat races,especially in the southern places where there are many rivers and lakes. It's very p

16、opular.The rice dumpling is made of glutinous rice,meat and so on. You can eat different kinds of rice dumplings.They are very delicious.And Dragon Boat Festival is for Qu Yuan. He is an honest minister who is said to have committed suicide by drowning himself in a river.Overall, the Dragon Boat Fes

17、tival is very interesting6 七巧节也叫乞巧节，传说是牛郎织女鹊桥相会的日子。也称为中国的爱情节。The Double Seventh Festival refers to the seventh night of the seventh lunar month. It is a traditional folk festival of the Han people. This night is not only the time when the legendary Cowherd and the Girl Weaver are supposed to have th

18、eir annual meeting, but also a good opportunity for women to pray for the Girl Weaver for the purpose of seeking dexterity.Therefore, this festival is also named " Maiden's Day", " Daughter's Day"7 中秋节 (农历八月十五) Mid-Autumn (Moon)Festival这一天全家团圆赏月、吃月饼，原来还有“烧斗香”、“走月亮”、“放天灯”、

19、“树中秋”、“点塔灯”、“舞火龙”、“曳石”、“卖兔儿爷”等节庆活动。此节被海外游子更为重视。The Midautumn Festival is the traditional festival in China.In this day,people ,espically family members will have a happy get-together.So Chinese people vaule this festival for its important meaning of "reunion".And the mooncake is the symbol

20、ic food.It represents the "reunion" just like the full moon.8 重阳节（农历九月九日） Double-ninth Day取九九重阳之意。主要活动为登高、赏菊、饮酒等，颇受老年人喜爱。The 9th day of the 9th lunar month is the traditional Chongyang Festival, or Double Ninth Festival. It usually falls in October in the Gregorian calendar. In an ancient

21、and mysterious book Yi Jing, or The Book of Changes, number "6" was thought to be of Yin character, meaning feminine or negative, while number "9" was thought to be Yang, meaning masculine or positive. So the number nine in both month and day create the Double Ninth Festival, or

22、Chongyang Festival. Chong in Chinese means "double." Also, as double ninth was pronounced the same as the word to signify "forever", both are "Jiu Jiu," the Chinese ancestors considered it an auspicious day worth celebration. That's why ancient Chinese began to cele

23、brate this festival long time ago.9 腊八节人们习惯上把农历的十二月称为腊月，把腊月的初八称为腊日或腊八，并将其当作一个传统节日即腊八节来对待。许多与腊月或腊八有关的习俗也往往都被冠以“腊”字。 这天,许多地方都吃腊八粥，腊八其实也是春节准备工作的开始。the Laba Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday celebrated on the eighth day of the twelfth month of the lunar Chinese calendar. "La" is the na

24、me given to the 12th lunar month and 8 is pronounced as "ba" in Chinese, which translated is "Laba." There are several legends about the origin of this festivity and we could not tell which one is true. But what we know today is that this festival started as a sacrificial offering to ancestors. It was also a time for the ancient Chinese to pray to heaven and earth that there would be a bountiful harvest. Many people hoped for good luck as well for the coming year过年 celebrate the spring festival春联 spring festival couplets剪名氏 paper-cuts年画 new y