我的中國春節

主持人(Hosts)：吳星鐸（Wu Xingduo）、 蘇莉（Anastasia Sukhoretskaya）嘉賓(Guests)：于嬿華（Filiz Unal）、于嬿平（Deniz Unal）、楊愛薩（Zavgorodnyaya Darya）

我的中國春節

My Chinese New Year Celebration

主持人(Hosts)：吳星鐸（Wu Xingduo）、 蘇莉（Anastasia Sukhoretskaya）
嘉賓(Guests)：于嬿華（Filiz Unal）、于嬿平（Deniz Unal）、楊愛薩（Zavgorodnyaya Darya）

羊隨新風辭舊歲，猴節正氣報新春！

“國際朋友圈”主持人、嘉賓、實習生等所有人，給大家拜年啦！

祝大家新年快樂，猴年大吉！

A new wind is blowing away Year of the Goat, the holiday of the Monkey is filling the air with a new spring!“World Speaking” hosts, guests and interns wish a Happy Spring Festival to everyone! May the Year of Monkey bring you good luck!

于嬿華：一起包餃子的時刻，很幸福

我經常在土耳其、日本、中國這三個國家切換生活。來中國之后我才發現春節這么重要，這是親人團聚的節日，不管多么忙，父母、孩子、親戚都會團聚到一起。春節非常熱鬧，一到春節，到處都是大紅色，看起來很喜慶。

另外，餃子也很特殊，其實餃子在日本也非常有名，我看到過餃子的介紹，除夕子時鐘聲一響人們便由舊的一年邁進了新的一年，稱為“更歲交子”。習俗中在子時吃的這種帶餡食品完全是為了辭舊歲迎新年，因此人們便把它稱為“交子”，后來在前邊加上“饣”，于是成為“餃子”。

現在每年春節我們都會一家團聚，一起包餃子。這樣的時刻，會覺得很幸福，雖然平時生活很忙亂，但是那個時候心就會靜下來，無論成長到多大，那時還會感覺自己是個孩子。

我很喜歡逛廟會。我已經在北京過了7個春節了，廟會上我印象最深的主要就是吃。有些廟會上會有一些國際的美食或小吃，印象很深。我很喜歡糖葫蘆，外面脆脆的，叫糖衣，還有驢打滾兒等。還有一種扔圈的游戲，我也很喜歡，但是很難圈得到。

Filiz: I felt so blessed when making Chinese dumplings

I often switch my life between Turkey, Japan and China, these three countries. After coming to China, only did I understand the Spring Festival was so important. This is the holiday of family reunion, no matter how busy you are, parents, children and relatives gather together for a celebration. Spring Festival is such a lively time. When Spring Festival comes, the red color can be seen everywhere, it looks so joy-ous and festive.

Besides, dumplings is a very special dish. Actually, dumplings are famous in Japan as well. I have looked up the meaning of dumplings. When on Chinese New Year’s Eve the clock strikes midnight, people part with the old year and welcome the new year, so it was called “years’ interchange”. As the tradition puts it, eating stuffed food at midnight symbolizes the old year letting in the new year, that’s why people call this “交子” (meaning “interchange”). Later “饣” (a part of character “餃子”, meaning “food”) was added and the two parts combined turned into the character“餃子”.

Now, every Spring Festival we will get together, and make dumplings. In moments like these, I feel so blessed. Even though our life is very hectic, this time my heart calms down. Regardless of my age, I always feel like a child at this moment.

I like going to the Temple Fairs. I already spent seven Spring Festivals in Beijing, and the deepest impression about the Temple Fair was food. At some Temple Fairs you can even come across some international food and snacks. I was so impressed. I am fond of sugar-coated fruits on a stick “tang hu lu”. The crispy substance is sugar coating. I also like the rice cake “lv da gun”. There is also a game called “circling”, but it is hard to get the prize by circling.

楊愛薩：鄉村春節，很快樂，但是沒吃飽

我有一次在中國貴州的遵義過春節。我的前男友是中國人，貴州遵義是他的老家，有一次春節我們是在他老家過的。

他們老家是一個鄉村，那里挺冷的。過春節是一年來全家最熱鬧的時候。除夕的時候，大家一起看電視嗑瓜子，那天晚上，我們吃了豆腐，在一個鐵鍋里面煮，鍋很大很深，廚房沒有經過裝修，只有一個簡易的爐子，屋子很大。我們那晚吃得不是很豐盛，還有一些干肉，家里人大概有30多個。他們家有5個兒子，全家人都來了。不過，我覺得他們之間關系并不是很親密，坐在一起的時候，也沒有聊一些深刻的話題。

大部分人我都還挺喜歡的。那天晚上大家喝了點酒之后就開始玩，他們講遵義話，我不太聽得懂。后來我們圍著爐子聊天，或者玩一些簡單的游戲，還劃拳。后來他們3個兄弟開始唱歌，我還錄了視頻，很好玩。我前男友非常興奮，說從來沒有過過這樣的春節，雖然很冷，但是大家很開心。

那個房子四周都是山，那里只有一個小學，有籃球場，白天可以去打籃球。我是首鋼籃球啦啦隊的隊員，很喜歡籃球，我的籃球水平嚇了他們一跳。那里大自然的風景很美，我第一次看到梯田。

我的前男友有個兒子，也在家里，他叫我媽媽，我給這個孩子準備了紅包，我很愛他，前男友家里的人也給我送了禮物。春節的時候，南方人喜歡吃湯圓，但是做法很麻煩。但是我除夕那晚一直沒吃飽——這對我來說是很痛苦的事。

除此之外，還有掃墓的活動。他爺爺的陵墓就在家附近，我當時還燒了香，磕了頭，放了鞭炮。

Darya: Spring Festival in the Chinese countryside, very merry, but leaving you with an empty stomach

Once I had a chance to spend Chinese New Year in Guizhou province, Zunyi village. Zunyi was my ex-boyfriend’s, who was Chinese, hometown, where we spent one Spring Festival.

His hometown was a village. It was so cold there, and Spring Festival was the merriest time for the whole family. On the New Year’s Eve, everybody were watching TV, snacking on sunflower seeds. That night we ate tofu, cooked in a big iron pot. The pot was large, the kitchen was not renovated; it had only one simple oven, though the kitchen was rather roomy. That evening we were not full with food. They also had some dried meat. There were around 30 people present. Their family had five sons, and everyone came to the celebration. However, I was left with an impression that connection between the family members was not that strong. while sitting together, they did not discuss any personal topics.

I liked the majority of the people at the celebration. That night after everyone had drunk liquor, they started to play games. They were speaking the Zunyi dialect and I was struggling to understand them. Later we stood round the oven and talked, or played some simple games like finger-guessing. Three brothers began singing songs, I even recorded them, so funny. My ex-boyfriend was so excited, he said that he had never had such a merry Spring

Festival before. Even though it was cold, but everyone was happy.

The house was surrounded by mountains. In their neighborhood there was only one primary school and a basketball field. At day I went there to play basketball. Being a cheerleader for “Shougang” basketball team, I like this game. My skills of playing it scared the guests. The nature in that area was stunning. It was the first time for me to see terraced fields.

My ex-boyfriend had a son, who was also with us. He called me“mama”, I prepared a red envelope for him. I really loved him. The family of my ex-boyfriend gave me presents. In the South of China, during Spring Festival, people eat sweet rice balls, though the recipe is rather complicated. But I was not full that night, which was disappointing.

Besides, we went to the cemetery. His grandfather’s grave was close to the house. Then I also burnt a scented stick, kowtowed and set out a firework.

于嬿平：我吃到過肉餡里面放了橄欖的餃子

我是嬿華的雙胞胎姐姐。我們的媽媽是中國人，我們小時候在日本長大，2月份日本不放假，有一次，媽媽請了假，帶著我們來到中國過春節，看望姥姥和其他親戚。那時候并沒有覺得春節很重要，后來來華留學，才意識到春節是中國傳統中最重要的節日。我很喜歡中國的傳統節日，比如元宵節和中秋節，家人會團聚，一起吃飯，很重視親情。

每年春節，我們所有的親人都到舅舅家吃飯。我還吃到過肉餡里面放了橄欖的餃子，在我們家中獎的孩子會得到禮物。就像嬿華剛才提到的，一般是長輩們準備年夜飯，我們年輕人就在一起，很放松。

我很喜歡門口貼的春聯，覺得非常喜慶。另外，春節期間逛廟會也非常有意思，我們會跟留學生朋友一起去，人特別多，有人開玩笑說是去看人的。那里除了美食以外，還有許多北京傳統特色的小玩具，我很喜歡在中國過春節。

Deniz: I tasted meat dumplings with an olive inside

I am a twin sister of Filiz. Our mother is Chinese, we grew up in Japan. Japanese people don’t have vacations in February. Once, our mother asked for a leave from her work and took us to China for a Spring Festival to visit grandpa and other relatives. That time I didn’t think that Spring Festival was so important. Later, when I came to study in China, I only discovered that Spring Festival was the most important holiday in the Chinese tradition. I like traditional Chinese holidays, for example, Lantern Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. This is the time when family reunites, have dinner together and attach great importance to the family bonds.

Every year for the Spring Festival our whole family come to my uncle’s place to have dinner. I even tasted the meat dumpling with an olive inside. In our family, if you scored a “prize”, you can be granted with a present. As Filiz just said, it is for the elder generation to prepare the late dinner, we, kids, feel very relaxed.

I am also fond of New Year scrolls stuck to the door. It feels so festive. Besides, going to the Temple Fairs with your fellow classmates is interesting too. There are so many people at those Temple Fairs, that some of us joke, we go there for “people-watching”. Apart from food, you can also find some traditional Beijing toys. I like to spend Spring Festival in China very much.

看春晚，聊春晚

于嬿平：看春晚是中國春節不可缺少的一個活動，每年的春晚節目上有很多社會關注的問題，用笑話、流行語總結一年之中發生的重大事件，看了以后能引發大家的討論。我記得有一年春晚上有首歌是S.H.E演唱的《中國話》，覺得特別有意思，我覺得中文真的越來越走向國際化了。除了歌曲，還有相聲小品之類的，我最喜歡宋丹丹、趙本山。

楊愛薩：我有一年參加過湖南衛視的春晚，在第一排當觀眾。那年春晚開場是黑豹樂隊，非常喜歡，他們很搖滾，我一直和他們互動。我覺得他們唱得非常好，很帥。現場參與的感覺很不一樣，我記得還有好多舞蹈演員們穿著蔬菜裝，很有趣。

于嬿華：我覺得春晚越來越國際化，比如有一次席琳·迪翁唱了《茉莉花》，還有法國的蘇菲·瑪索。還有一個我想說的，就是小品的笑點。我在日本長大，就很懂日本的笑點，剛到土耳其，我不能適應他們的笑點，時間一長就適應了，來中國也是，經受感染后慢慢才適應了春晚的笑點。我開始反思為什么國外觀眾不認為春晚的小品好笑，這或許是不同文化造成的。

Watching New Year Gala, talking about New Year Gala

Deniz: Watching New Year Gala is an absolutely essential part of the festival night. Every year some matters of social importance can be raised on New Year Gala. The performers with the jokes and some popular slang conclude the past year’s biggest events which spark discussion after watching the concert. I remember on one gala “S.H.E” performed with their song “Chinese words”. It was so amazing, I think, Chinese is becoming more and more internation-alized. Apart from songs, there are also some stand-up comedy performances. I like Song Dandan and Zhao Benshan.

Darya: Once I took part in Hunan Satellite TV’s New Year Gala. I was sitting in the first raw. That night there was “Panther”band performing which I liked so much. They were rocking, and I was following their rhythm. They were singing really well, very cool. Watching a live performance is something different. I still remember there were some dancers wearing the costumes of vegetables, so funny.

Filiz: I think the Spring Festival is getting more international. Once there was Celine Dion performing “Jasmin flowers” and Sophie Marso from France. Another thing, that I would like to mention, is the humor. I grew up in Japan, and I understand the Japanese humor. When I just came to Turkey, it was hard for me to get used to the local sense of humor, but as time passed, I grew accustomed to it. The same with China, after settling down only did I get used to the humor in New Year Gala. I began to reflect why the foreign audience didn’t understand this humor, maybe, it is merely a culture difference.

于嬿華，土耳其留學生，目前就讀于北京大學對外漢語教育專業Filiz Unal,foreign student from Turkey, now at Beijing University learning Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages

于嬿平，土耳其留學生，目前就讀于北京大學國際關系專業Deniz Unal, foreign student from Turkey, Studying International Relations at Peking University

楊愛薩（中排左二），俄羅斯留學生，目前就讀于北京語言大學國際經濟與貿易專業本科生Zavgorodnyaya Darya(middle row, second to the left), foreign student from Russia, now at Beijing Language and Culture University learning International Trade and Economics

春節有點閑

于嬿華：由于平常安排比較多，一到春節，事情突然少了，我不習慣什么都不做那種狀態，空落落的。除夕那天，我們一般下午3點到姥姥家，一直到晚上12點，我基本干坐著就好，吃飯嗑瓜子，有時我會想，可以就這么閑著么？

楊愛薩：我對此深有體會。拿我自己來說，我和前男友過春節的時候，去了另外一個親戚家，他們家的人特別熱情，做兩桌子的菜，主人對我和所有其他人都非常關心。我們在俄羅斯過年的時候，我們去別人家串門就是為了開心，大家不用擔心安排，但中國人好像比較沒有目的性，只是為了走形式。

Feeling so much idle on Spring Festival

Filiz: Normally I am so busy with things. Nevertheless, as the Spring Festival comes, there seems to have nothing to do. I did not get accustomed to such idleness. On Chinese New Year’s Eve, we usually visit our grandma at 3 o’clock and finish at midnight. I usually just sit there, snack on seeds. Sometimes a thought comes to my head: can one be so unoccupied? Darya: I am experienced in that question. Concerning myself, when I spent the Spring Festival with my ex-boyfriend, we went to his other relatives. Those relatives were so hospitable, prepared two tables, the host was really caring of me and other guests. When we celebrate the New Year in Russia, we go to other people’s homes to have fun; the guests don’t need to take care of any arrangements. But it is not like in Chinese, where people care too much about the ceremony.

禮物或許更溫馨

于嬿平：中國的春節會持續很長時間，一般要到元宵節才結束。西方過節會送禮物，在中國則會送壓歲錢。其實我覺得送禮物更溫馨。

于嬿華：我發現微信里，朋友過生日時會互相發紅包，微信紅包也滲透到了春節了。在土耳其，節日那天一定要說節日快樂，并且行吻手禮，才給壓歲錢，否則就不給了。到了我這個年齡，就特別“害怕”別的孩子吻我的手，吻了就必須得給錢。

楊愛薩：俄羅斯過節日送錢很少，基本都是送禮物。我繼父會偷偷地給我錢，并且對我說這個錢你一定要好好地利用。

Exchanging presents is more sweet and warm

Deniz: Chinese New Year lasts for quite a long time, normally it finishes with Lantern Festival. In the Western countries during holidays people exchange gifts, but in China people exchange money. Actually I think, exchanging presents is more sweet and warm.

Filiz: I found out, in WeChat groups during birthdays people send to each other “red envelopes” ( money). This habit also reached the Spring Festival. In Turkey on New Year’s Day one has to congratulate with the holiday and kiss the hand of the older person, otherwise he won’t give you the money gift. In my age I have to stay super “cautious” when other kids kiss my hand. After kissing, I have to give them some money.

Darya: In Russia during the New Year there are only few people who give money as a present. Sometimes my step-dad gives me banknotes saying I have to use it for a good purpose.

屬相與本命年

楊愛薩：俄羅斯也有屬相這一說，是看農歷。跟中國一模一樣。

于嬿華：以前我不懂本命年這一說。后來有個日本朋友對我講日本也有類似的概念，叫作厄年。了解了之后覺得挺有意思的。動物的概念很有意思，把一年和一年區分得更明確。

Chinese Zodiac and animal year

Darya: In Russia we also have Chinese Zodiac signs, counted according to the lunar calendar. The same with China.

Filiz: Before I didn’t understand the concept of animal year. Later my Japanese friend told me that in Japan they have the same point, called unlucky year. After I knew more about it, I think it was very interesting. The concept with animal year is also very peculiar. It differentiates one year from another.

新年愿望

于嬿華：明年跑一場全程馬拉松，來一趟一個人的旅游，剪短發。

于嬿平：多了解中國的文化，多讀一些哲學、傳統思想方面的書，多培養一些興趣愛好。

楊愛薩：我不會想具體的心愿，每一個目標都是突然出現，出現了就去做。如果非要說一個，那就是找到真愛，我是天秤座，一直追求浪漫。（中文整理：吳星鐸，英文整理：蘇莉，實習生閆彩萍參與討論與錄音整理）

New Year’s resolutions

Filiz: To complete a marathon, try travelling solo, cut hair.

Deniz: Learn more about Chinese culture, read more studies and books on philosophy and traditional way of thinking, take up more hobbies.

Darya: I can’t think of something special, the idea about my every goal usually comes suddenly. When it comes, I go for it. If I am asked about my new year resolution, let it be finding a true love. I am a Libra by Zodiac, very romantic by nature.

(Chinese version by Wu Xingduo,English version by Anastasia Sukhoretskaya,Intern Yan Caiping participated in discussion and voice recording decipherment）