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关于春节的英文介绍 Spring Festival 1 when all ○ The Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese people and is family members get together, just like Christmas in the West. All people living away from home go back, becoming the busiest time for transportation systems of about half a month from the Spring Festival. Airports, railway stations and long-distance bus stations are crowded with home returnees. ( 春节是中国人民最重要的节日，所有家庭成员聚在一起，在西方圣诞节一样。所 有远离家乡的人都要回家， 成为了为期半个月左右的运输系统最繁忙的时间——春运。 机场， 火车站和长途巴士站都挤满了回家的人。) ○2 The Spring Festival falls on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month, often one month later than the Gregorian calendar. It originated in the Shang Dynasty (c. 1600 BC-c. 1100 BC) from the peoples sacrifice to gods and ancestors at the end of an old year and the beginning of a new one. （春节落在正月的第一天， 往往比公历晚一个月。 它起源于商朝 （西元 1600 BC-C 。公元前 1100 年） 从人民祭祀神灵和祖先，在旧的一年结束和一个新的开始。 ） ○3 Strictly speaking, the Spring Festival starts every year in the early days of the 12th lunar month and will last till the mid-1st lunar month of the next year. Of them, the most important days are Spring Festival Eve and the first three days. The Chinese government now stipulates people have seven days off for the Chinese Lunar New Y ear. （严格地说， 春节是指从腊月初开始一直 到第二年中旬的一个月。其中，最重要的日子是除夕和一年的前三天。现在中国政府规定，人民在中国农历新年有七天的休假。 ） ○4 Many customs accompany the Spring Festival. Some are still followed today, but others have weakened. （春节的时候有不少传统习俗。有的人至今还在保持，不过有的人已经慢慢淡化了这种习俗。） ○5 On the 8th day of the 12th lunar month, many families make laba porridge, a delicious kind of porridge made with glutinous rice, millet, seeds of Jobs tears, jujube berries, lotus seeds, beans, longan and gingko. （腊月的第 8 天，许多家庭做腊八粥，糯米，小米，薏苡种子，红枣浆 果，莲子，豆类，龙眼，银杏制成美味的粥样。 ） ○6 The 23rd day of the 12th lunar month is called Preliminary Eve （小年） . At this time, people offer sacrifice to the kitchen god. Now however, most families make delicious food to enjoy themselves. （腊月 23 日，被称为小年。在这个时候，人们祭祀灶神。但是现在，大多数家 庭做出美味的食物来过节。 ） ○7