春节的来历英文介绍.doc

春节的来历英文介绍 春节的来历英文介绍 马上又到春节啦!春节是我们最大的传统节日，如果遇到外 国朋友，你会怎么跟他们介绍呢?下面是小编整理的春节的来历英 文介绍，欢迎阅读! historof the spring festival it iunclear when the beginning of the year wacelebrated before the qin dynasty. traditionally, the year wasaid to have begun with month 1 during the xia dynasty, month 12 during the shang dynasty, and month 11 during the zhou dynasty. however, recordshow that the zhou dynastbegan ityear with month 1. intercalarmonths, used to keep the lunar calendar synchronized with the sun, were added after month 12 during both the shang dynast(according to surviving oracle bones) and the zhou dynast(according to sima qian). the first emperor of china qin shi huang changed the beginning of the year to month 10 in 221 bc, also changing the location of the intercalarmonth to after month 9. whether the new year wacelebrated at the beginning of month 10, of month 1, or both iunknown. in 104 bc, emperor wu of the han dynastestablished month 1 athe beginning of the year, where it remains. mythologabout the spring festival hand-painted chinese new yearpoetrpasted on the sideof doorleading to peoplehomes, lijiang, yunnan, china.according to legend, in ancient china, the nián (年) waa man-eating beast from the mountain(in other versionfrom under the sea), which came out ever12 monthsomewhere close to winter to preon humans. the people later believed that the nian wasensitive to loud noiseand the colour red, so thescared it awawith explosions, fireworkand the liberal use of the colour red. these customled to the first new year celebrations. guò nián (simplified chinese: 过年; traditional chinese: 過年), which meanto celebrate the new year, literallmeanthe passover of the nian. editor: no specified pictureabout thibeast ait ionlan imaginaranimal, you can draw one and send it to us:) just show your imagination! daybefore the new year on the daybefore the new year celebration chinese familiegive their home a thorough cleaning. there ia cantonese saying wash awathe dirton ni