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1、Chinese New Year Chinese New Year How many things do you know about Chinese New Year?The Origin of Chinese New YearThe Chinese New Year is now popularly known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the Beginning of Spring. Its origin is too old to be traced. In terms of the Chinese calendar:
2、All agree 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. Legend One legend goes that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would swallow a great many people wi
3、th 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 m
4、any of the beasts of prey on earth that also harassed 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
5、 their peaceful life. Legend Before the old man left, he had told people to put up red paper decorations on their windows and doors at each years end to scare away Nian in case it sneaked back again, because red is the color the beast feared the most.Legend From then on, the tradition of observing t
6、he 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”. Legend Traditions of Chinese New YearDays before the New
7、Year Every family is busy giving its house a thorough cleaning, hoping to sweep away all the ill-fortune there may have been in the family to make way for the wishful in-coming good luck. People also give their doors and window-panes a new paint, usually in red color. They decorate the doors and win
8、dows with paper-cuts and couplets with the very popular theme of happiness, wealth, longevity and satisfactory marriage with more children. Paintings of the same theme are put up in the house on top of the newly mounted wall paper. Supper is a feast, with all members coming together. One of the most
9、 popular courses is jiaozi, dumplings boiled in water. Jiaozi in Chinese literally means a long-lost good wish for a family. The Eve of the New YearEvery light is supposed to be kept on the whole night. At midnight, the whole sky will be lit up by fireworks and firecrackers make everywhere seem like
10、 a war zone. Peoples excitement reaches its zenith. People are visiting each other, with a great deal of exchange of gifts. The New Year atmosphere is brought to an anti-climax fifteen days away where the Festival of Lanterns sets in. Several days following the New Years day It is an occasion of lan
11、tern shows and folk dances everywhere. One typical food is the Tang Yuan, another kind of dumplings made of sweet rice rolled into balls and stuffed with either sweet or spicy fillings. The Lantern Festivallantern showsfolk dancesspring Festival coupletsNew year paintingpaper-cuttingfirecrackersfire
12、worksfamily reunion dinner/dinner on New Years Eve rice cake/ New Year cakeChinese meat ravioliTraditional custom守岁: Staying-up 压岁钱: Gift money/ (money given to children as a lunar New Year gift)红包: Red packets (cash wrapped up in red paper, symbolize fortune and wealth in the coming year.)拜年: Pay New Years call / New Years visit春节联欢晚会: The Spring Festival GalaBlessings Treasures fill the home 金玉满堂Business flourishes 生意兴隆Peace all year round 岁岁平安Wishing you prosperity 恭喜发财Harmony brings wealth 和气生财May all your wishes come true 心想事成Everything goes we
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