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1、Chinese New Year 1Chinese New Year How many things do you know about Chinese New Year?2The 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、:3 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. 4Legend One legend goes that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would swallow a great many peopl
3、e with one bite. People were very scared. One day, an old man came to their rescue, offering to subdue Nian. 5To 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 swal
4、low many of the beasts of prey on earth that also harassed people and their domestic animals from time to time.6After 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
5、 enjoy their peaceful life. Legend 7Before 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 8From then on, the tradition of obs
6、erving the 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 9The custom of putting up red paper and fi
7、ring fire-crackers is to scare away Nian. However, people today have long forgotten why they are doing all this, except that they feel the color and the sound add to the excitement of the celebration. 10Traditions of Chinese New YearDays before the New Year Every family is busy giving its house a th
8、orough 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. 11People also give their doors and window-panes a new paint, usually in red color. They decorate the doors and windows with paper-cuts and couplets with the ve
9、ry 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. 12Whats this in Chinese? 13桃符的传说 关于桃符有个美丽的传说。很久以前，东海度朔山风景秀丽，山上有一片桃林，其中有一株桃树巨大无比，枝繁叶茂，曲蟠三千里，结的桃子又大又甜，人吃了这树上的桃子能变成神
10、仙。一个漆黑的夜晚，有青面獠牙、红发绿眼的鬼怪想偷吃仙桃。桃林主人神荼、郁垒二兄弟用桃枝打败鬼怪，并用草绳捆着喂了看山的老虎。从此，两兄弟的大名令鬼怪为之惧怕，他们死后变为专门惩治恶鬼的神仙。后世人们用一寸宽、七八寸长的桃木板画上神荼、郁垒两神仙像挂在自家门两侧，以驱鬼祛邪，这种桃木板被称作“桃符”。 14随着时代的变化，桃符本身也在变化，以后人们又将两个神仙的名字写在桃符上，代替画像，再后来，又发展到“题桃符”，即将字数相等、结构对称、意思相应的短诗题写在桃符上，这就是春联的前身。 15Supper is a feast, with all members coming together.
11、One of the most 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 Year16After dinner, it is time for the whole family to sit up for the night while having fun playing cards or board games or watching TV prog
12、rams dedicated to the occasion. 17Every 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 a war zone. Peoples excitement reaches its zenith.18Very early the next morning Children greet their parents and
13、receive their presents in terms of cash wrapped up in red paper packages from them. Then, the families start out to say greetings from door to door, first their relatives and then their neighbors. The air is permeated with warmth and friendliness. 19 People are visiting each other, with a great deal
14、 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 day20 It is an occasion of lantern shows and folk dances everywhere. One typical food is the Tang Yuan, another kind of dumplings
15、 made of sweet rice rolled into balls and stuffed with either sweet or spicy fillings. The Lantern Festival21lantern shows22folk dances23The Lantern Festival The Lantern Festival marks the end of the New Year season and afterwards life becomes daily routines once again. The spirit underlying the diverse celebrations of the Chinese New Year is the same: a sincere wish of peace and happiness for the family members and friends.2425
