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1．Customsandceremoniesmustchangewiththevaryingneedsofdifferentgenerations.

—Philipson

习俗和礼节必须适应不同时代的不同需要。

——菲利普森

2．QingminginsertedwillowwhiletheDragonBoatFestivalpluggedAi.

清明插柳，端午插艾。

3．Ifyoudonteatzongzi,winterclothingshouldnotbesent；ifyouhaveeatenzongzi，youwillhavecoldweatherforsomedays.

未吃端午粽，寒衣不可送；吃了端午粽，还要冻三冻。

4．Customisthesecondnature，andnolesspowerful.

—Montaigne

习俗是我们的第二天性，力量不小。

——蒙田

5．Habitmakesthecustom.

—Ovid

习惯成自然。

——奥维德

ItisuniversallyacknowledgedthatChineseculturehasahistoryofaboutfivethousandyears,whichoncehadgreatinfluenceontheworld.Asoneofthefourancientcivilizations,Chinacreatesmanysplendidcultures,suchasthefourancientChineseinventions,whichbenefitedhumansocietyinhistory.Nowadays,Chinesetraditionalcultureaccompaniesourgrowthallthetime,whichhasalreadydeeplyrootedinourdailylives.AsaChinese,whatweoughttodoistotransmitChinesetraditionalculturefromgenerationtogeneration.OnlywiththeseeffortscanweensureChinesetraditionalculturewillbeledtoabrilliantfuture.

TheChineseNewYear，alsocalledtheSpringFestival，hasmorethan4，000yearsofhistory.BeingoneofthetraditionalChinesefestivals，itisthemostimportantfestivalforChinesepeople.StartingintheShangDynasty(about17th－11thcenturyBC)，itcelebratesfamilyreunionandhopesforthearrivalofspring.Peoplefromdifferentregionscelebrateitintheiruniqueways.

ItissaidthatthecustomoftheChineseNewYearstartedinthelastmonthoftheChineselunarcalendarwhenpeopleofferedsacrificetotheirancestors.Atthattime，peoplepreparedthesacrificebydoingthoroughcleaning，havingbathsandsoon.Later，peoplebegantoworshipdifferentdeities(神)aswellonthatday.ThesacrificingtimechangedaccordingtothefarmingscheduleandwasnotfixeduntiltheHanDynasty(202BC—220AD)．Thecustomofworshippingdeities