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1、Spring Festival the most grand festival,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 beast that the ancients believed would devour people on New Years Ev
2、e.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.,关于“春节”的起源，有一种传说是：中国古时候有一种叫“夕”的兽(又名年)，头长触角，凶猛异常。“夕”长年深居海底，每到特定的一天（现在说的除夕）才爬上岸，吞食牲畜伤害人命。因此，每到除夕这天，村
3、村寨寨的人们扶老携幼逃往深山，以躲避“夕”兽的伤害。有一年除夕，从村外来了个乞讨的老人。乡亲们一片匆忙恐慌景象，只有村东头一位老婆婆给了老人些食物，并劝他快上山躲避“夕”兽，那老人把胡子撩起来笑道：“婆婆若让我在家呆一夜，我一定把夕兽赶走。”老婆婆继续劝说，乞讨老人笑而不语。半夜时分，“夕”兽闯进村。它发现村里气氛与往年不同：村东头老婆婆家，门贴大红纸，屋内烛火通明。“夕”兽浑身一抖，怪叫了一声。将近门口时，院内突然传来“砰砰啪啪”的炸响声，“夕”浑身战栗，再不敢往前凑了。,原来，“夕”最怕红色、火光和炸响。这时，婆婆的家门打开，只见院内一位身披红袍的老人在哈哈大笑。“夕”大惊失色，狼狈逃蹿了
4、。第二天也是正月初一，避难回来的人们见村里安然无恙，十分惊奇。这时，老婆婆才恍然大悟，赶忙向乡亲们述说了乞讨老人的许诺。这件事很快在周围村里传开了，人们都知道了驱赶“夕”兽的办法。从此每年除夕，家家贴红对联、燃放爆竹；户户烛火通明、守更待岁。初一一大早，还要走亲串友道喜问好。这风俗广泛流传，成了中国民间最隆重的传统节日。,To the ancient times period,there is a kind of fierce monster called”year”.Its apperance looks ferocious,the born nature is bloodthirsty,e
5、ating the birds and beasts,the fish and shellfish insect without feet particularly.,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 on red paper to give a happy and prosperous a
6、tmosphere of the Festival.In the past,the Chinese usually wrote their own spring couplet with a brush or asked others to do for them,while nowadays,it is common for people to buy the printed spring couplet in the market.,The custom of pasting New Year Prints originated from the tradition of placing
7、Door Gods on the external doors of houses.With the creation of board carvings,New Year paintings cover a wide range of subjects.The most famous ones are Door Gods,Surplus Year after Year Three Gods of Blessing,Salary and Longevity,An Abundant Harvest of Crops,Thriving Domestic Animals and Celebratin
8、g Spring.Four producing areas of New Year Print are Tohuwu of Suzhou,Yngliuqing of Tianjin,Wuqing of Hebei and Weifang of Shangdong.Now the tradition of pasting New Year paintings is still kept in rural China,while it is seldom followed in cities.,On New Years Eve,the whole family will sit together
9、to make jiaozi and celebrate the Spring Festival.The shape of jiaozi is like gold ingot（金元宝）from ancient China.So people eat them and wish for money and treasure.You cannot have a complete Spring Festival without having jiaozi.,In the past few years,such an activity was completely or partially forbi
10、dden in big cities including Beijing due to fire and personal casualty caused by burning firecrackers.However,some Chinese thought that a Spring Festival without firecrackers was not lively enough and they burned firecrackers by stealth.So in recent years,the ban was canceled again.This shows that b
11、urning firecrackers is a very important activity during the Spring Festival.,贴窗花和“福”Pasting Paper-cuts and“Up-sided Fu”Paper-cuts,usually with auspicious patterns,give a happyand prosperous atmosphere of the Festival and express thegood wishes of Chinese people looking forward to a good life.In addi
12、tion to pasting paper-cuts on windows,it is common for Chinese to paste the character“fu（福）”,big and small,on walls,doors and doorposts around the houses.“Fu（福）”shows peoples yearning toward a good life.Some people even invert the character“fu（福）”tosignify that blessing has arrived because“inverted”
13、is a homonym for“arrive”in Chinese.Now many kinds of paper-cuts and“fu（福）”can be seen in the market before the Festival.,守岁 Staying Up Late on New Years Eve,The tradition of staying up late to see New Year in originated from an interesting folk tale.In ancient China there lived a monster named Year,
14、who was very ferocious.Year always went out from its burrow on New Years Eve to devour people.Therefore,on every New Years Eve,every household would have supper together.After dinner,no one dared go to sleep and all the family members would sit together,chatting and emboldening each other.Gradually
15、the habit of staying up late on New Years Eve is formed.Thus in China,“celebrating the Spring Festival”is also called“passing over the year(guo nian)”.However,now there are less and less people in cities who will stay up late to see New Year in.,看春节联欢晚会 The CCTV New Years Gala,The New Years Gala is
16、a variety show held by China Central Television(CCTV)since 1983.For every year since then at the turn of the Lunar New Year,the program begins at 8:00PM and lasts five or six hours.It brings laughter to billions of people,creates many popular words and produces lots of TV phenomena meriting attentio
17、n.For over twenty years,its value has gone far beyond a variety show.It is essential entertainment for the Chinese both at home and abroad.Many Chinese would like to watch the gala while having the dinner on New Years Eve.,When friends meet,they will wish each other happiness and prosperity with a b
18、ig smile.With the development of the new technology,there is a change on the way of giving New Years greetings.In recent year,it is common to send New Years greetings by such modern means of communication as telephones,emails and text messages.,Wei Xin hongbao,逛庙会 Temple Fair,Temple fair,usually hel
19、d outside temples,is a kind of folk custom in China.During the Spring Festival,temple fair is one of the most important activities,in which there are such performances as acrobatics and Wushu,numerous kinds of local snacks and many kinds of things for everyday life.In recent years,the temple fair ha
20、s become a place for people to appreciate the traditional art and experience the traditional life.,Chinese Spring Festival is becoming a culture of cards handed world,presented by the traditional happy and peaceful festive season,to show the world the charm of Chinese culture.,俄罗斯人在学习包饺子Russian is l
21、earning make dumplings,Oh!Its delicious!,美国总统奥巴马和国务卿希拉里在白宫都发出对中国新年的问候，祝福农历兔年（Year of the Rabbit），奥巴马表示：不同文化背景和信仰的人们欢度春节之际，“让我们举家庆祝，尽享挚爱之人的陪伴”。“许多亚裔美国人会传承他们丰厚的传统并再次提醒我们，美国的力量源自丰富文化和多样人口，”(Many Americans of Asian descent will carry on the rich traditions of their heritage,reminding us again that Ameri
22、cas strength comes from the future,and look forward to a year of hope and prosperity,optimism and comes from the richness of our cultures and the diversity of our people.)他说，“我祝愿所有庆祝(农历)新年的人尽享和平、繁荣和健康。”(I wish all who celebrate the new year peace,prosperity and good health.),Festival GreetingsTradit
23、ional Festival Greetings:恭贺新禧|Happy New Year吉祥如意|Everything Goes Well恭喜发财|Wishing You Prosperity 年年有余|Surplus Year after Year岁岁平安|Peace All Year Round新春大吉|Good Luck in the New Year,In the past two years,it has become a vogue（流行）for relatives and friends to send short messages to greet each other dur
24、ing the Spring Festival.With best wishes,the warm greetings of text messages give a happy and joyful atmosphere of the Festival.Festival Greetings via Text Message,送你一件外套，前面是平安，后面是幸福，领子是吉祥，袖子是如意，扣子是快乐，口袋里满是温暖，穿上吧，让它伴你每一天！新春快乐！I will give you a coat as a present.The front is safety,the back happiness
25、,the collar auspiciousness,the sleeves satisfaction,the buttons enjoyment and the pockets warmness.Wear every day.Wish you a happy New Year.,新年到了，不打算送给你太多，只给你五千万：千万要快乐！千万要健康！千万要平安！千万要知足！千万不要忘记我！As the New Year comes,I will only give you five“dos”as a present.Do be merry!Do be healthy!Do be safe!Do be satisfied!Do remember me!,
