怎么向老外介紹中國(guó)春節(jié)？

How to

Introduce

Chinese New Year

to Foreigners？

What does the holiday mean？

這個(gè)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(guò)年”這個(gè)詞用以表示對(duì)春節(jié)（中國(guó)新年）的慶祝。“年”這個(gè)字在中文里是一種恐怖的怪獸。因?yàn)椤澳辍焙ε录t色和火，所以中國(guó)人會(huì)在門(mén)上懸掛寫(xiě)上美好祝福的春聯(lián)，并放鞭炮來(lái)趕跑它。

The Chinese Zodiac Features

中國(guó)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(guó)的十二生肖代表了十二種動(dòng)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(dòng)物都有它們自己的“性格”。

What do people eat？

那人們?cè)谛履甓汲陨赌兀?/p>

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(guó)古話(huà)說(shuō)的那樣：“民以食為天。”

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(kāi)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(huì)家里的老人家，而小朋友們會(huì)有壓歲錢(qián)。

Happy Chinese New year！！！

春節(jié)快樂(lè)！

Vocabulary

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

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

personality "n. "生而為人;人格;個(gè)性

blessed "adj. "神圣的;有福的