How to

Introduce

Chinese New Year

to Foreigners？

What does the holiday mean？

這個節(jié)日有什么含義嗎？

The term “pass year” is used for the Spring Festival （Chinese New Year）. The word “Year” in Chinese characters used to mean a horrible beast. To combat the beast， the Chinese hang “good luck” wishes on red paper on the door and use fireworks in the belief that the beast fears red and fire.

中文中“過年”這個詞用以表示對春節(jié)（中國新年）的慶祝。“年”這個字在中文里是一種恐怖的怪獸。因為“年”害怕紅色和火，所以中國人會在門上懸掛寫上美好祝福的春聯(lián)，并放鞭炮來趕跑它。

The Chinese Zodiac Features

中國的十二生肖

The Chinese zodiac features 12 animals in the sequence of Rat， Ox， Tiger， Rabbit， Dragon， Snake， Horse， Sheep， Monkey， Rooster， Dog， and Pig. This year is the year of Sheep. Each animal represents a different “personality”.

中國的十二生肖代表了十二種動物，它們的順序是：鼠、牛、兔、龍、蛇、馬、羊、猴、雞、狗和豬。今年是羊年。每一種動物都有它們自己的“性格”。

What do people eat？

那人們在新年都吃啥呢？

Eat， eat again， and then eat some more！ As the old Chinese saying goes， “food is everything.”

吃，接著吃，再吃更多東西！就跟一句中國古話說的那樣：“民以食為天?！?/p>

The tradition is to have different main courses every day from the 1st day of the New Year to the 15th day of the New Year， from Jiao Zi （dumplings）， noodles， spring rolls， sticky rice cakes， and Tang Yuan （stuffed rice balls）.

傳統(tǒng)就是，從新年第一天開始直到正月十五，每天都要吃不同的主菜。從餃子、面條、春卷、年糕到湯圓。

Besides eating， young people visit older family members and kids are blessed with a red pack of “l(fā)ucky” money.

除了吃以外，年輕人要去拜會家里的老人家，而小朋友們會有壓歲錢。

Happy Chinese New year！?。?/p>

春節(jié)快樂！

Vocabulary

characters "n. "特征（character的名詞復數(shù)）

horrible "adj. "可怕的;極不友好的

combat "vt. "梳理;徹底搜查

fireworks "n. "煙火;煙火（firework的名詞復數(shù)）

represents "v. "表現(xiàn)（represent的第三人稱單數(shù)）

personality "n. "生而為人;人格;個性

blessed "adj. "神圣的;有福的