春节的习俗英语

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春节的习俗英语

春节的习俗英语扫尘SweepingtheDust

“Dust”ishomophonicwith"chen”(尘)inChinese，whichmeansoldandpast.Inthisway，

"sweepingthedust”beforetheSpringFestivalmeansathoroughcleaningofhousestosweepawaybadluckinthepastyear.Thiscustomshowsagoodwishofputtingawayoldthingstowelcomeanewlife.Inaword，justbeforetheSpringFestivalcomes，

everyhouseholdwillgiveathoroughcleaningtobidfarewelltotheoldyearandusherinthenew.

贴春联PastingSpringCouplets

“TheSpringCouplet”，

alsocalled"couplet”and"apairofantitheticalphrases”，

isaspecialformofliteratureinChina.TheSpringCoupletiscomposedoftwoantitheticalsentencesonbothsidesofthedoorandahorizontalscrollbearinganinscription，usuallyanauspiciousphrase，abovethegate.Thesentencepastingontherightsideofthedooriscalledthefirstlineofthecoupletandtheoneontheleftthesecondline.OntheeveoftheSpringFestival，

everyhouseholdwillpasteondoorsaspringcoupletwrittenonredpapertogiveahappyandprosperousatmosphereoftheFestival.Inthepast，

theChineseusuallywrotetheirownspringcoupletwithabrushoraskedotherstodoforthem，whilenowadays，

itiscommonforpeopletobuytheprintedspringcoupletinthemarket.

贴窗花和“福”字PastingPaper-cutsand"Up-sidedFu”

Paper-cuts，usuallywithauspiciouspatterns，

giveahappyandprosperousatmosphereoftheFestivalandexpressthegoodwishesofChinesepeoplelookingforwardtoagoodlife.Inadditiontopastingpaper-cutsonwindows，

itiscommonforChinesetopastethecharacter"fu(福)”，bigandsmall，onwalls，

doorsanddoorpostsaroundthehouses."Fu(福)”showspeople’syearningtowardagoodlife.Somepeopleeveninvertthecharacter"fu(福)”tosignifythatblessinghasarrivedbecause"inverted”isahomonymfor"arrive”inChinese.Nowmanykindsofpaper-cutsand"fu(福)”canbeseeninthemarketbeforetheFestival.

守岁StayingUpLateonNewYear‘sEve

ThetraditionofstayinguplatetoseeNewYearinoriginatedfromaninterestingfolktale.InancientChinatherelivedamonsternamedYear，

whowasveryferocious.YearalwayswentoutfromitsburrowonNewYear’sEvetodevourpeople.Therefore，oneveryNewYear’sEve，everyhouseholdwouldhavesuppertogether.Afterdinner，

noonedaredgotosleepandallthefamilymemberswouldsittogether，chattingandemboldeningeachother.GraduallythehabitofstayinguplateonNewYear’sEveisformed.ThusinChina，

"celebratingtheSpringFestival”isalsocalled"passingovertheyear(guonian)”。However，

nowtherearelessandlesspeopleincitieswhowillstayuplatetoseeNewYearin.

贴年画PastingNewYearPrints

ThecustomofpastingNewYearPrintsoriginatedfromthetraditionofplacingDoorGodsontheexternaldoorsofhouses.Withthecreationofboardcarvings，

NewYearpaintingscoverawiderangeofsubjects.ThemostfamousonesareDoorGods，SurplusYearafterYear，ThreeGodsofBlessing，