春节的习俗英语 春节的习俗英语 扫尘SweepingtheDust “Dust”ishomophonicwith"chen”(尘)inChinese，whichmeansoldandpast.Inthisway，"sweepingthedust”beforetheSpringFestivalmeansathoroughcleaningofhousestosweepawaybadluckinthepastyear.Thiscustomshowsagoodwishofputtingawayoldthingstowelcomeanewlife.Inaword，justbeforetheSpringFestivalcomes，everyhouseholdwillgiveathoroughcleaningtobidfarewelltotheoldyearandusherinthenew. 贴春联PastingSpringCouplets “TheSpringCouplet”，alsocalled"couplet”and"apairofantitheticalphrases”，isaspecialformofliteratureinChina.TheSpringCoupletiscomposedoftwoantitheticalsentencesonbothsidesofthedoorandahorizontalscrollbearinganinscription，usuallyanauspiciousphrase，abovethegate.Thesentencepastingontherightsideofthedooriscalledthefirstlineofthecoupletandtheoneontheleftthesecondline.OntheeveoftheSpringFestival，everyhouseholdwillpasteondoorsaspringcoupletwrittenonredpapertogiveahappyandprosperousatmosphereoftheFestival.Inthepast，theChineseusuallywrotetheirownspringcoupletwithabrushoraskedotherstodoforthem，whilenowadays，itiscommonforpeopletobuytheprintedspringcoupletinthemarket. 贴窗花和“福”字PastingPaper-cutsand"Up-sidedFu” Paper-cuts，usuallywithauspiciouspatterns，giveahappyandprosperousatmosphereoftheFestivalandexpressthegoodwishesofChinesepeoplelookingforwardtoagoodlife.Inadditiontopastingpaper-cutsonwindows，itiscommonforChinesetopastethecharacter"fu(福)”，bigandsmall，onwalls，doorsanddoorpostsaroundthehouses."Fu(福)”showspeople’syearningtowardagoodlife.Somepeopleeveninvertthecharacter"fu(福)”tosignifythatblessinghasarrivedbecause"inverted”isahomonymfor"arrive”inChinese.Nowmanykindsofpaper-cutsand"fu(福)”canbeseeninthemarketbeforetheFestival. 守岁StayingUpLateonNewYear‘sEve ThetraditionofstayinguplatetoseeNewYearinoriginatedfromaninterestingfolktale.InancientChinatherelivedamonsternamedYear，whowasveryferocious.YearalwayswentoutfromitsburrowonNewYear’sEvetodevourpeople.Therefore，oneveryNewYear’sEve，everyhouseholdwouldhavesuppertogether.Afterdinner，noonedaredgotosleepandallthefamilymemberswouldsittogether，chattingandemboldeningeachother.GraduallythehabitofstayinguplateonNewYear’sEveisformed.ThusinChina，"celebratingtheSpringFestival”isalsocalled"passingovertheyear(guonian)”。However，nowtherearelessandlesspeopleincitieswhowillstayuplatetoseeNewYearin. 贴年画PastingNewYearPrints ThecustomofpastingNewYearPrintsoriginatedfromthetraditionofplacingDoorGodsontheexternaldoorsofhouses.Withthecreationofboardcarvings，NewYearpaintingscoverawiderangeofsubjects.ThemostfamousonesareDoorGods，SurplusYearafterYear，ThreeGodsofBlessing， 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/7bc8dcd4bed126fff705cc1755270722182e596c.html