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1、Theres music in the air,A magical and a beauty For everyone to share.There are lots of wishes,too.That New year and all days Will be happy ones for you.,Wish everybody a joyful early spring!To celebrate the new year,thousands of villages will shoot off firecrackers,and ten thousands of households wi
2、ll write associations.The happy artilleries and spring festival couplets awake the people and beautify the world.The healthy tendency will be raised,nine wild thunders will come,millions of people beat drums to celebrate the new year.Starting thunders and alarming drums make the nature vigorous.Peac
3、h turns pink and willows turn green,swallows dance and orioles sing,firecrackers and fireworks welcome the prosperous new year.People will be long lived in peaceful world in abundant year.They sing victorious songs and dance gracefully to celebrate the early spring.,the Lunar New Year is coming!,The
4、 origin of the Lunar New Year,The origin of the Lunar New Year Festival can be traced back thousands of years,involving a series of colorful legends and traditions.One of the most famous legends is Nian,an extremely cruel and ferocious beast that the ancients believed would devour people on New Year
5、s Eve.To keep Nian away,red-paper couplets are pasted on doors,torches are lit,and firecrackers are set off throughout the night,because Nian is said to fear the color red,the light of fire,and loud noises.,To the ancient times period,there is a kind of fierce monster,spreading to reside in deep mou
6、ntain woods,the people take care of they call“year”.Its facial look is ferocious,the born nature is bloodthirsty,eating the birds and beasts,the fish and shellfish insect without feet particularly,a day changes a kind of taste from kowtowing the insect to had been eat till to live the person greatly
7、,letting the person talk that the color of year change.,“年”!,The custom of the Lunar New Year,Sweeping the Dust(扫尘),“Dust”is homophonic with“chen”（尘）in Chinese,which means old and past.In this way,“sweeping the dust”before the Spring Festival means a thorough cleaning of houses to sweep away bad luc
8、k in the past year.This custom shows a good wish of putting away old things to welcome a new life.,Pasting Spring Couplets(贴春联),“The Spring Couplet”,also called“couplet”and“a pair of antithetical phrases”.On the eve of the Spring Festival,every household will paste on doors a spring couplet written
9、on red paper to give a happy and prosperous atmosphere of the Festival.,Pasting New Year Prints(贴年画),The custom of pasting New Year Prints originated from the tradition of placing Door Gods on the external doors of houses.New Year paintings cover a wide range of subjects.The most famous ones are Doo
10、r Gods,Surplus Year after Year,Three Gods of Blessing,Salary and Longevity,An Abundant Harvest of Crops,Thriving Domestic Animals and Celebrating Spring.,Having Jiaozi(吃饺子),On New Years Eve,the whole family will sit together to make jiaozi and celebrate the Spring Festival.The shape of jiaozi is lik
11、e gold ingot from ancient China.So people eat them and wish for money and treasure.You cannot have a complete Spring Festival without having jiaozi.,Setting off Firecrackers(放鞭炮),In ancient China,the sound of burning bamboo tubes was used to scare away wild animals and evil spirits.Firecracker is us
12、ed to foster a joyful atmosphere.The first thing every Chinese household does is to set off firecrackers and fireworks,which are meant to bid farewell to the old year and usher in the new.,New Years Visit and Gift Money(拜年和压岁钱),On the first day of the Chinese lunar year,everybody calls on their rela
13、tives and friends,wishing them all the luck in the coming year.Seniors will give juniors some gift money as a wish for their safety in the coming year.,美国唐人街在过春节,舞龙,舞狮,Chinese Spring Festival is becoming a culture of cards handed world,presented by the traditional happy and peaceful festive season,t
14、o show the world the charm of Chinese culture.,俄罗斯人在学习包饺子Russian is learning make dumplings,Oh!Its delicious!,Michelle and I send our warmest wishes to Asian Americans andPacific Islanders,the people of Asia,and all those around theworld who are celebrating the Lunar New Year.As people of all cultur
15、es and faiths welcome the Year of theTiger,let us all give thanks for family,the wisdom of ourancestors,and the company of our friends and neighbors.Here in the United States,the Lunar New Year will be marked byfestivals in Houston and lion dances in Los Angeles;parades inChicago and celebrations la
16、rge and small in communities across ournation.Americans of Asian descent will continue the richtraditions of the past and begin new ones with their own families.Together,they serve as a reminder of the richness and diversitythat make our country great.So to all those celebrating the Lunar New Year,may you beblessed with peace,prosperity and good health now and in theyear ahead.,奥巴马拜年,Lets sing!,Thank you!,
