作文一:《介绍节日英语作文》23600字
篇一:中国传统节日的英文介绍和讨论
中国传统节日的英文介绍和讨论
I 中国主要传统节日的英文翻译
元旦(1月1日)New Year's Day
春节(农历一月一日)the Spring Festival
元宵节(农历一月十五日)the Lantern Festival
清明节(4月5日)Ching Ming Festival; Tomb-sweeping Festival
端午节(农历五月初五)the Dragon Boat Festival
中秋节(农历八月十五)Mid-autumn (Moon) Festival
重阳节(农历九月九日)Double-ninth Day
除夕(农历十二月三十日)New Year's Eve
II 新年习俗英译 过年 celebrate the spring festival春
联 spring festival couplets 剪纸 paper-cuts 年画 new
year paintings
买年货 do shopping for the Spring Festival ; do Spring
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Festival shopping 敬酒 propose a toast 灯笼 lantern烟花
fireworks
爆竹 firecrackers (people scare off evil spirits and ghosts
with the loud pop.) 红包 red packets 舞龙 dragon dance
(to expect good weather and good harvests)
舞狮 lion dance (the lion is believed to be able to dispel
evil and bring good luck.)
戏曲 traditional opera 杂耍 variety show 灯谜
riddles written on lanterns 灯会 exhibit of lanterns 守岁
staying-up 禁忌 taboo
拜年 pay new year's call; give new year's greetings; pay new year's visit
去晦气 get rid of the ill- fortune 祭祖宗 offer sacrifices
to one's ancestors
压岁钱 gift money; money given to children as a lunar new year gift 旧岁 bid farewell to the old year
扫房 spring cleaning; general house-cleaning
年糕nian-gao; rise cake; new year cake团圆饭 family
reunion dinner 年夜饭 the dinner on new year's eve
饺子jiaozi -; chinese meat ravioli ,dumplings
III XINHUA NEWS AGAENCY REPORT
2007-11-07
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BEIJING, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- China may increase the number of legal holidays and include some traditional festivals, such as the Tomb-Sweeping Day, the Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival, as part of the country's legal holidays, sources said.
The Chinese government has formed a preliminary plan on the new legal holiday arrangement and the plan will be released "in the near future". After that public opinion will be sought on the Internet.
As an ancient country with a civilized history of more than 5,000 years, some traditional festivals represent part of the Chinese nation's cultural heritage. However, current legal holiday arrangement only includes the Spring Festival.CaiJiming, professor with Tsinghua University and member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), said that traditional festivals as legal holiday would help reserve the folk customs.
"The nation's traditional culture will find its way to develop,Cai said.
FengJicai, a renowned Chinese writer who upholds folk customs, said the cultural meaning of Chinese traditional festivals should be restored and emphasized, especially with
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increasing globalization.
Chinese people currently have ten days of legal holiday. Nine days are for May Day, the National Day and the Spring Festival, with three days for each, and one day for New Year's Day.
However, the weekends on one side of the first three holidays are designated as two working days, and people enjoy two days off on the working days, which makes the holiday a consecutive seven days. Millions of Chinese travel during the holidays, so earning them the name
"golden weeks".
Regarded as one of the most important days on the Chinese calendar, the Tomb-Sweeping Day, or Qingming festival, which usually occurs on April 4 or 5 each year, was established by a Chinese emperor in memory of a loyal official who sacrificed himself to save the emperor's life more than 2,500 years ago.
The day gradually became a traditional occasion for paying homage to ancestors and departed family members.
The Dragon Boat Festival has been celebrated for thousands of years to memorate Qu Yuan, a great Chinese patriotic poet, who lived in the state of Chu during
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the Warring States period (475 B.C. to 221 B.C.). He drowned himself in the Miluo River in today's Hunan Province in 278 B.C., on fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, hoping his death would alert the king to revitalize the kingdom.
The tradition arose that on the day of his death dragon boat races would be held and people should eat
"zongzi", glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves.
The Mid-Autumn festival, which falls on the 15th day of the eighth month on the lunar calendar, is considered an occasion for reunion of family members and loved ones. On the occasion, they would eat moon cakes, light lanterns while enjoying the full moon - an auspicious symbol of abundance, harmony and luck.
The festival was flavored by the legend of Chang'e, a lonely fairy on the moon. According to the legend, she was the beautiful wife of Hou Yi, a hero who shot down nine suns scorching the earth but was slain by his apprentice FengMeng. Threatened by the murderer, Chang'e drank an elixir and flew to the moon.
China introduced the "Golden weekholidays in 1999,
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in a bid to boost domestic consumption.
It was reported that tourism revenue has increased from 14.1 billion yuan (1.76 billion U.S. dollars) during the National Day holiday in 1999 to 64.2 billion yuan during the "Golden weekthis October.
Statistics also showed that the year 2001 alone saw tourist numbers reach 780 million, much higher than the figure of 240 million in 1989. While China's outbound tourists rose to 12.13 million in 2001, a big jump from 3 million in the early 1990s.
But after several years' experience, plaints about overcrowding, poor service, a scarcity of hotel rooms, and damage to scenic spots, especially historic sites, during the "Golden Weekholidays have spurred debate over the merits of the week-long holiday concept.
Last year, CaiJiming proposed shortening the National Day and May Day holidays from three days to one day and distributing the days to celebrate four
traditional festivals - the Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Day, Tomb-Sweeping Day, and New
Year's Eve.
Other Chinese scholars have also reiterated their belief
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that the important traditional Chinese festivals should be made public holidays.
"The current holiday system does not accord with the long-standing customs of Chinese people,said Liu Quili, President of the Chinese Folklore Society.
Huang Tao, an associate professor of the People's University of China, said the most effective measures to protect cultural festivals were to make the traditional festivals legal holidays to enable more people to understand the importance of tradition.
IV 中国传统节日的整体介绍
Traditional Chinese Festivals
Boasting rich cultural meaning and a long history, traditional Chinese festivals pose an important and brilliant part of Chinese culture.
The formation of traditional festivals is a long process of historical and cultural accumulation in a nation or a state. Festival customs passed down to today still show signs of ethnic group struggles. Festival activities always reflect primitive sacrifice, superstitious taboo and earthly life, people's spirit and religious influence. Sometimes historical figures bee the focus of a festival, showing
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people's memoration for them and endowing some historical sense to it.
Moreover, traditional Chinese festivals were often connected with ancient astronomy, calendars and
mathematics. Jieqi, or the 24 seasonal division points, is a key factor in forming traditional festivals. According to the traditional Chinese
篇二:中国各传统节日英语作文
Dragon Boat Festival, often known as Tuen Ng Festival or Duan Wu Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival held on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar. It is also known as the Double Fifth.[citation needed] It has since been celebrated, in various ways, in other parts of East Asia as well, most notably Korea.
The exact origins of Duan Wu are unclear, but one traditional view holds that the festival memorializes the Chinese poet Qu Yuan of the Warring States Period. He mitted suicide by drowning himself in a river because he was disgusted by the corruption of the Chu government. The local people, knowing him to be a good man, decided to throw food into the river to feed the fishes to prevent them from eating Qu's body. They also sat on dragon boats,
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and tried to scare the fishes away by the thundering sound of drums aboard the boat and the fierce looking dragon-head in the front of the boat.
In the early years of the Chinese Republic, Duan Wu was also celebrated as "Poets' Day", due to Qu Yuan's status as China's first poet of personal renown.
Today, people eat zongzi (the food originally intended to feed the fishes) and race dragon boats in memory of Qu's dramatic death.
中文:
龙舟节,端午节经常或端午节,是一种传统的中国节日对
中华历5月5日举行。它也被称为端五。[来源请求]它已经
被庆祝,以各种方式在其他地区以及东亚,尤其是韩国。
端午确切的起源尚不清楚,但一种传统的观点认为,节日
来源在中国诗人屈原的战国时期。他犯的河中溺死自己,因
为他是由政府的腐败深恶痛绝楚自杀。当地群众,知道他是
一个好人,决定投身到河里的鱼的食物,饲料,以防止吃屈
原的尸体他们。他们还坐在龙舟,并试图吓唬由船上和激烈
的寻找龙在船头头战鼓齐鸣声中的鱼了。
在中国民国初年,段坞也被―诗人节―庆祝,由于屈原作
为中国的第一个著名的诗人的个人地位。
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今天,人们吃粽子的曲的戏剧性死亡内存和龙舟比赛(原
本打算饲料鱼类的食物)。
The Dragon Boat Festival is a lunar (阴历)holiday,
occurring (存正)on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month (农历史五月第五天) The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is a significant (有意义的)holiday celebrated (庆祝)in
China,and the one with the longest history (历史最悠久)。
The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated by boat races (龙舟
赛) in the shape of dragons. Competing teams (竞争团队)
row their boats forward to a drumbeat (击古)racing to
reach the finish end first. The boat races during the Dragon Boat Festival are traditional customs(传统习俗)to attempts
to (试图)rescue (搭救) the patriotic poet (爱国诗人)
Chu Yuan. Chu Yuan drowned (溺死) on the fifth day of
the fifth lunar month in 277 B.C. Chinese citizens now throw bamboo leaves (竹叶) filled with cooked rice into the water. Therefore the fish could eat the rice rather than the hero poet. This later on turned into the custom
of eating tngt and rice dumplings(棕子)。 The
celebration is a time for protection (防护) from evil(邪
恶)and disease (疾病) for the rest of the year. It is done so by different practices such as hanging healthy herbs on the
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front door, drinking nutritious concoctions (营养品), and
displaying (展示) portraits (画像) of evil's nemesis
(邪恶报应),Chung Kuei. If one manages to (成功做??)
stand (直立)an egg on it's end at exactly 12:00 noon,
the following year will be a lucky one.
A Chinese holiday is gaining worldwide popularity 一个
逐渐受到全球欢迎的中国节日
Some holidays are so much fun that they catch on outside of their culture. The most obvious example is probably Christmas, which is celebrated around the world by people who aren’t even Christian. Similarly, in recent years, the Dragon Boat Festival has moved beyond China to bee an international holiday celebrated by people who may know little about the holiday’s origins.
有些节日实在是很有趣,所以在本土文化以外的地方也
很受欢迎。最明显的例子可能就是圣诞节,世界各地的人都
会庆祝圣诞节,即使是非基督徒。同样,最近几年端午节已
经不局限于中国,成为国际性节日,而庆祝的人可能对节日
的由来并不太了解。
The Dragon Boat Festival is one of three major Chinese holidays, along with the Spring and Moon Festivals. Of the three, it is possibly the oldest, dating back to the Warring
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States Period in 227 B.C. The festival memorates Qu Yuan, a minister in the service of the Chu Emperor. Despairing over corruption at court, Qu threw himself into a river. Townspeople jumped into their boats and tried in vain to save him. Then, hoping to distract hungry fish from his body, the people scattered rice on the water.
端午节与春节和中秋节并列为中国三大节日。这三个节
日中,它可能是最古老的一个,可以追溯到公元前227年的
战国时代。这个节日是为了纪念楚国的大夫屈原,他因为对
朝廷的贪污腐败感到绝望而投河自尽。镇上的人纷纷冲上船
去救他,却没有成功。后来大家把米撒到水里,希望把饥饿
的鱼群从他的躯体边引开。
Over the years, the story of Qu’s demise transformed
into the traditions of racing dragon boats and eating zongzi – a kind of rice wrapped in bamboo leaves. The races have certainly captured the imagination of people from all over the world. Every spring there are nearly 60 dragon boat races held outside of China in cities from Vancouver to Sydney, from Gdańsk, Poland to Cape Town, South Africa. Canada alone has nearly 50 dragon boat teams and Germany has nearly 30.
多年以后,屈原逝世的故事逐渐演变成赛龙舟和吃粽子
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(一种包在竹叶中的米食)的传统。这些竞赛显然激起了世界
各地人们的想像,每年春天有将近60场龙舟赛在中国境外
的城市举办,从温哥华到悉尼,从波兰的格但斯克到南非的
开普敦。单单字加拿大就有将近50支龙舟队伍,德国则有
近30个。
So what is it about the Dragon Boat Festival that appeals to foreigners? ―It’s an unusual
sport,‖ says one racer from Germany. ―It’s not like
everybody’s doing it. That’s one of the reasons that there’
s such great team spirit in a dragon boat team – everybody
feels like we’re doing something special.‖ And what about the zongzi? ―Ehhh, they’re not bad, I guess,‖ he says. ―Something of an acquired taste. I just haven’t really
acquired it yet.‖
那么,为什么端午节赛龙舟会吸引外国人呢,―这是一项
不寻常的运动。‖一位来自德国的参赛者说,―这并不是所有
的人都在从事的运动。这正是龙舟队的团队精神如此高昂的
原因之一,每个人都觉得自己在做一件很特别的事。‖那么
粽子呢,―喔,我觉得它不难吃。‖他说,―那是一种需要后
天培养的品味。我只是还没培养出来罢了。‖
The Dragon Boat Festival ,also called the Duanwu Festival ,is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month
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according to the
Chinese calendar.People always eat rice dumplings and watch dragon boat races to celebrate it.
The festival is best known for its dragon-boat races,especially in the southern places where there are many rivers and lakes. Ití?s
very popular.
The rice dumpling is made of glutinous rice,meat and so on. You can eat different kinds of rice dumplings.They are very delicious.
And Dragon Boat Festival is for Qu Yuan. He is an honest minister who is said to have mitted suicide by drowning himself in a
river.
Overall, the Dragon Boat Festival is very interesting!
端午节(Dragon Boat Festival)
The Dragon Boat Festival occurs on the fifth day of the fifth moon of the lunar calendar(阴历). It is one of the three
most important of the annual Chinese festivals. The other two are the Autumn Moon Festival and Chinese New Year.
The story of this colorful festival concerns a famous Chinese scholar-statesman(政治家) named Chu Yuan(屈原)
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who, some three centuries before the birth of Christ, served the King of Chu(楚怀王)during the Warring States period.
As a loyal minister(大臣), Chu Yuan at first enjoyed the full confidence and respect of his sovereign(君主). Eventually,
through the intrigues of his rivals, he was discredited(不足信
的, 不名誉的).
Chu Yuan was never able to regain(恢复) the
emperor's favor and on the fifth day of the fifth moon in the year 295 B.C.(Before Christ), at the age of 37, Chu Yuan clasped a stone to his chest and plunged into the Milo River(汨罗江) in the Hunan Province(湖南省).
Respecting the minister as an upright(正直的) and
honest man, the people who lived in the area jumped into their boats and rushed out in a vain search for him. This unsuccessful rescue attempt is a part of what the Dragon Boat Festival memorates every year.
Probably the most exciting and interesting aspect of the festival is the racing of the Dragon Boats. These races not only symbolize the people's attempt to save Chu Yuan, they also demonstrate the Chinese virtues(美德) of
cooperation and teamwork.
Another activity of the Festival is the making and eating
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of a kind of dumpling called Tngt (粽子). When it
became known that Chu Yuan was gone forever, the people, living along the river, threw cooked rice into the water as a sacrifice(祭品) to their dead hero. They wrapped(包) rice in
bamboo leaves(粽叶), and stuffed(填满) it with ham, beans,
bean paste(豆沙), salted egg yokes, sausages, nuts, and/or vegetables.
To the Chinese the fifth lunar moon is more than just the Dragon Boat Festival. Since antiquity(古代), they have
believed that this month is a pestilential and
danger-fraught(瘟疫的及充满危险的) period. Children born
in this month are said to be difficult to raise(抚养), and
people tend to concentrate their efforts during this time attempting to protect their families from ills and misfortune. The day of the Dragon Boat Festival is customarily the time when cleaning and sanitation(卫生) are stressed(着重, 强调).
Most families hang calamus(菖蒲) and artemisia(艾草)
above their doors, both as a decoration and as a preventive against pestilence.
Ancient folk medicines(民间药物) such as realgar(雄黄
酒)are added to the food eWwW.cSpengBo.cOm 蓬 勃范
文网:介绍节日英语作文)aten on the Festival day. This is
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believed to prevent disease and to promote a healthy digestive system(消化器官). The drinking of realgar in wine
supposedly relieves(解除) the effects of poisons accumulated in human bodies.
The sachets (Hsiang Pao in Chinese香包) are very
popular with children and they vie(竞争) with each other to
collect as many as possible. Children are not the only ones who collect Hsiang Pao. Older people are often given them as a symbol of respect, and they are highly prized because of the intricate(复杂的) and beautiful embroidery(刺绣) that
adorns(装饰) them.
The Dragon Boat Festival is an entertaining and enjoyable event. It gives the observer an opportunity to glimpse a part of the rich Chinese cultural heritage
1、Its Chinese name "Qing Mingliterally means "Clear Brightness,hinting at its importance as a celebration of Spring. Similar to the spring festivals of other cultures, Tomb Sweeping Day celebrates the rebirth of nature, while marking the beginning of the planting season and other
outdoor activities.
清明节,又叫踏青节,正是春光明媚草木吐绿的时节,
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也正是人们春游的好时候,所以古人有清明踏青,并开展一
系列体育活动的的习俗。直到今天,清明节祭拜祖先,悼念
已逝的亲人的习俗仍很盛行。
2、In ancient times, people celebrated Qing Ming Jie with dancing, singing, piics, and kite flying. Colored boiled eggs would be broken to symbolize the opening of life.
3、One theory is that since any number of ghosts rome around a grave area, the less appealing food will be consumed by the ancestors, and not be plundered by strangers.
清明节扫墓英语作文
Last Qingming Festival,i return home to worship my grandfather.Qingming Festival is a folk Festival.In the past,In the past, the Qingming Festival was called "Arbor Day". But Today, Chinese visit their family graves to tend to any underbrush that has grown. Weeds are pulled, and dirt swept away, and the family will set out offerings of food and spirit money. Unlike the sacrifices at a family's home altar, the offerings at the tomb usually consist of dry, bland food. One theory is that since any number of ghosts rome around a grave area, the less appealing food will be consumed by the ancestors, and
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not be plundered by strangers.
With the passing of time, this celebration of life became a day to the honor past ancestors. Following folk religion, the Chinese believed that the spirits of deceased ancestors looked after the family. Sacrifices of food and spirit money could keep them happy, and the family would prosper through good harvests and more children.
1、Its Chinese name "Qing Mingliterally means "Clear Brightness,hinting at its importance as a celebration of Spring. Similar to the spring festivals of other cultures, Tomb Sweeping Day celebrates the rebirth of nature, while marking the beginning of the planting season and other outdoor activities.
清明节,又叫踏青节,正是春光明媚草木吐绿的时节,
也正是人们春游的好时候,所以古人有清明踏青,并开展一
系列体育活动的的习俗。直到今天,清明节祭拜祖先,悼念
已逝的亲人的习俗仍很盛行。
2、In ancient times, people celebrated Qing Ming Jie with dancing, singing, piics, and kite flying. Colored boiled eggs would be broken to symbolize the opening of life.
3、One theory is that since any number of ghosts rome around a grave area, the less appealing food will be
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consumed by the ancestors, and not be plundered by strangers.
清明节扫墓英语作文
Last Qingming Festival,i return home to worship my grandfather.Qingming Festival is a folk Festival.In the past,In the past, the Qingming Festival was called "Arbor Day". But Today,
篇三:初三 关于节日的英语作文
节日 作文 关于春节的英语作文带翻译一:
The Lunar New Year
The Lunar New Year is a great occasion to the Chinese people. It lasts about the first four days of the year, during
which people do not work except for the workers on duty. Students do not go to school, and shops are closed.
Several days before the new year, people begin to
prepare. Farmers kill pigs, sheep, cocks and hens. City
dwellers buy meat fish and vegetables. Houses are cleaned; coupletsare posted on the doors. Colourful lanterns are hung at the gate. On the eve of the new year,
each family has its members gatherd together and eats a family reunion dinner. After the meal they watch TV until the clock strickes twelve. Then every family sets off long
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strings of small firecrackers and other fire works to wele the new year. On the first day of the new year, almost
everyone is dressed in his or her best. When people meet on the way, they say to each other "Happy New Year".
Friends and relatives pay new year calls and gives presents to each other. Children indulge themselves in games.
关于春节的英语作文带翻译一:
农历新年
农历新年是一个伟大的时刻对中华民族来说。它大约持续
了四天的第一年,在这期间不工作,除了值班的工人。学生
不上学,和商店都已关闭。
前几天在新的一年,人们就开始准备。农民杀了猪,羊,
公鸡和母鸡。城市居民买肉鱼和蔬菜。房子干净; coupletsare
门上张贴。色彩缤纷的灯笼挂在门口。
在新的一年的前夕,每个家庭都有自己的成员一起吃
gatherd家人吃团圆饭。吃饭后,他们看电视,直到时钟
strickes十二。然后,每个家庭衬托小爆竹等消防工程,长
字符串迎接新年。在新的一年的第一天,几乎每个人都穿着
他或她最好的。当人们在路上相遇,他们互相说―新年快乐―。
亲戚朋友拜年,并给出礼物给对方。孩子沉迷于游戏本身。
The Mid-Autumn is a very important Chinese festival. It
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falls on the 15th day of August. A few days before the festival, everyone in the family will help to make the house clean and beautiful. Lanterns will be hung in front of the house. On the
evening there will be a big family dinner. People who work far away from their homes will try to e back for the union. After dinner, people will light the lanterns which are usually red and round. Children will play with their own toy lanterns happily. At night the moon is usually round and bright. People can enjoy the moon while eating moon-cakes which are the special food for this festival. They can look back on the past and look forward to the future together. It is said that there was a dragon in the sky. The dragon wanted to swallow up the moon. To protect the frighten the dragon away.
What a great festival!
中秋节是中国一个很重要的节日,在八月十五号。在节日
来临的前几天,家庭中的每一个人都帮着打扫房子,把房子
装扮得漂漂亮亮的,灯笼挂在屋前。 晚上有一顿美餐,离
家在外工作的人也要回来团圆。晚饭后,人们点亮灯笼,一
般是红色的圆灯笼。孩子们会高高兴兴地玩他们的玩具灯
笼。 晚上月亮又圆又大,人们在赏月的同时吃着中秋节特
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别的食品——月饼。人们在一起回顾过去,展望未来。据说
天上有一条龙,它要把月亮吞下去。为了保护月亮,孩子们
要弄出很大的响动把龙吓跑。
中秋是个美好的节日啊!
Spring Festival
My best festival is Spring Festival. It is in Janurary or February. It is the most important festival for the Chinese people. On that day everybody dresses up. First they extend greetings to their parents. Then each child will get money as a New Year gift, wrapped up in red paper.
People in northern China will eat jiaozi, or dumplings, for breakfast, the shape of the dumpling is like gold ingot from ancient China. So people eat them and wish for money and treasure.Burning fireworks was once the most typical custom on the Spring Festival. I like spring festival very much. It's my favourite holiday.
我最喜爱的节日是春节,它在一月或者二月。对于中国
人来说这是最重要的节日。在那天,每个人都认真打扮,他
们会像父母问好,然后每个孩子会得到红包作为新年礼物。
北方人喜欢早上吃饺子或者汤圆。饺子的形状像中国的元
宝,他们吃饺子来期盼财源广进。燃放烟花也曾一度是春节
的传统习俗。我非常喜欢春节,它是我最喜欢的节日。
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Lantern Festival
Lantern Festival is a China's traditional festival. It is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar year.
I,antern Festival is one of the biggest holidays in China. Several days before Lantern Festival, people begin to make lanterns. Lanterns are made in the shape of different animals, vegetables, fruits and many, other things. While making
lanterns people usually write riddles on lanterns. On the eve of Lantern Festival, all the lanterns are hung up.
On Lantern Festival people go outside to have a look at the lanterns and guess the riddles on the lanterns. Perhaps you call see some wonderful folk performances,Dragon Dance and Yangko. Everything is very interesting and everyone is very happy. Our life is rich and varied.
元宵节
元宵节是中国的一个传统节日。通常在阴历年的第一个月
的第十五天庆祝。
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Introduction to Dragon Boat Festival
Falling on the 5th day of the 5th month according to Chinese lunar calendar, the Dragon Boat Festival is one of great significance. It has been held annually for more than 2,000 years and is notable for its educational influence. The festival memorates the patriotic poet Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), and also acts as a chance for Chinese people to build their bodies and dispel diseases. Many legends circulate around the festival but the most popular is the legend of Qu Yuan.
Legend of Qu Yuan
As a minister in the State of Chu - one of the seven warring states before Qin (221BC - 206BC) in China's first feudal dynasty - Qu Yuan supported the decision to fight against the powerful State of Qin (one of the seven states during the Warring States Period (476 BC - 221 BC)) together with the State of Qi (ibid). However he was slandered by the aristocrat Zi Lan and was subsequently exiled by the King. In order to show his love and passion for his country, he wrote many enduring poems such as Li Sao (The Lament), Tian Wen (Asking Questions to the Heaven) and Jiu Ge (Nine Songs) and is therefore regarded as a famous poet in China's history. In 278 BC, after finishing his last masterpiece - Huai Sha (Embracing the Sand), he drowned himself in the river rather than see his country occupied and conquered by the State of Qin.
On hearing of Qu Yuan's death, all the local people nearby were in great distress.
Fishermen searched for his body by sailing their boats down the river and other people threw food such as eggs and food like zongzi into the river to attract fish and other animals from destroying Qu Yuan's body. Later, many people imitated these acts to show their respect for this great patriotic poet and this practice continues today.
Because Qu Yuan died on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, people decided to memorate him on that day every year. Dragon boat racing and eating zongzi have bee the central customs of the festival. For two thousand years, Qu Yuan's patriotic spirit has influenced numerous people and he remains revered by the people from all over the world.
Customs
Many traditional customs and activities are held on the specified day by the Chinese people and even by some people in China's neighbouring countries. Among these customs are dragon boat racing, eating zongzi, wearing a perfume pouch, tying five-colour silk thread and hanging mugwort leaves and calamus.
Dragon Boat Racing:
Dragon boats are thus named because the fore and stern of the boat is in a shape of traditional Chinese dragon. A team of people works the oars in a bid to reach the destination before the other teams. One team member sits at the front of the boat beating a drum in order to maintain morale and ensure that the rowers keep in
time with one another. Legend holds that the race originates from the idea of the people who rowed their boats to save Qu yuan after he drowned himself in the river. It is said that the winning team will bring harvest and happy life to the people of their village.
Now, some of ethnic minorities in China also hold dragon boat races like Miao, and Dai. Japan, Vietnam, and Britain regard it as an important game as well. In the year of 1980, it was listed in the state sports petition program held every year.
Eating Zongzi (pyramid-shaped glutinous rice wrapped in reed or bamboo leaves):
Most Chinese festivals include the eating of a particular food among their customs and the Dragon Boat Festival is no exception. Zongzi is the special food eaten here. Made with sticky rice, it has different shapes and various fillings. In the north part of china, people favor the jujube as filling, while the south sweetened bean paste, fresh meat, or egg yolk. Many families make zongzi by themselves. When making it, soaking the glutinous rice, washing the reed or bamboo leaves and wrapping zongzi with leaves are the most important parts. Today, this custom prevails in China and other countries.
Zongzi - traditional food of the Dragon Boat Festival Wearing a Perfume Pouch and Tying Five-colour Silk Thread:
According to folklore, wearing the perfume pouch protects children from evil. So on this day, children decorate their clothes with diversely fragranced pouches. It is a
kind of small pouch made of the colourful silk cloth stringed with five-color silk thread.
Another custom is to tie five-colour silk tread to a child's wrists, ankles, and around their neck. Five-colour thread holds special significance in China in that it is thought to contain magical and healing properties. Children are not permitted to speak while their parents tie the five-colour thread for them, neither are they allowed to remove it until the specified time. Only after the first summer rainfall can the children throw the thread into the river. This is thought to protect the children from plague and diseases.
Hanging Mugwort Leaves and Calamus
The festival is held during summer when all kinds of diseases can prevail, so people clean their houses and put mugwort leaves and calamus on the top of the doors to discourage disease. It is said that the stem and the leaves of these plants discharge a special aroma which can dispel the mosquitoes, flies and purify the air, so this custom is an understandably popular one.
作文三:《外国节日英语作文》6600字
外国节日英语作文
篇一:中西方传统节日英文表达
中西方传统节日的英语表达: 中国传统节日:
1.元旦(1月1日) New Year's Day
2.春节(农历一月一日) Spring Festival,Chinese New Year's Day
3.元宵节(农历一月十五日) Lantern Festival
4.妇女节(3月8日) Women's Day
5.清明节(4月5日) Tomb-Sweeping Day
6.劳动节(5月1日) International Labor Day
7.端午节(农历五月初五) Dragon Boat Festival
8.儿童节(6月1日) International Children's Day
9.七夕节(农历七月初七,Double Seventh Festival,
Chinese Valentine's Day
10.中秋节(农历八月十五) Mid-Autumn (Moon)Festival
11.重阳节(农历九月九日) Double-ninth Day
12.教师节(9月10日) Teachers' Day
13.国庆节(10月1日) National Day
14.除夕(农历十二月三十日)New Year's Eve 西方
传统节日:
1.新年(1月1日) New Year's Day
2.情人节(2月14日) Valentine's Day
3.愚人节(4月4日) April Fool′s Day
4.复活节(春分月圆后的第一个星期日3月21至4月25
之间) Easter Day
5.母亲节(5月的第二个星期日) Mother's Day
6.父亲节(6月的第三个星期日) Father's Day
7.万圣节(11月1日) Halloween Day
8.感恩节(11月的第四个星期四) Thanksgiving Day
9.平安夜(12月24日) Christmas Eve
10.圣诞节(12月25日) Christmas Day
篇二:5.24英语作文:中西方节日对比
Festival is defined as a special occasion on which people may give thanks for a harvest, memorate an honored person or event, pay respect to the dead, or celebrate a culture. Festival, as a cultural phenomenon, es into being during the course of human development and historical evolution. Here, I would like to talk about some differences between the Chinese Spring Festival and the Western Christmas Day.
The Spring Festival is the most important holiday in China. The date for this annual celebration is determined by the lunar calendar, so the timing of the
holiday (the 1st day of a lunar year) varies from late January to early February. On the New Year Eve, we would like to chat, watch TV, or even light the firecrackers with all the whole family. While the Christmas Day is celebrated range from December 24th to January 6th . However, on the December 24th , also known as the Christmas Eve, the western people usually choose to decorate a kind of evergreen tree with all kinds and colors of lights and gifts.
Although the means of celebration vary from one country to another, most people bear mon feelings for the festivals, that is praying for happiness and health, fulfilling the good will, and showing the love of life. The New Year’s Eve is the last day of December in lunar year. At that night, all members in a family will get together to enjoy the ‘family reunion dinner’,
implied meaning lucky and harmony. In the same way, western people value the reunion of the whole family. They have dinner together beside the Christmas tree and enjoy themselves in playing until late at night. It is worth mentioned that the most popular song during this period is ‘Jingle Bells’, praying for the gifts of
Santa Claus.
Thirdly, the most difference between the Spring Festival and the Christmas Day is the traditional food, which also embodies their different values. In Chinese New Year, we usually have dumplings, noodles, New Year cakes, etc. Noodles symbolize longevity, while the New Year cakes pronounce ‘niangao’ in Chinese, which means
that life will be better and better. Instead, on Christmas Day, western people usually to have a traditional Christmas dinner with turkey, roast goose, puddings, and fruit cookies, etc.
篇三:英语作文西方节日和中国传统节日
Improper expressions:
1. Spring Festival
2. For there is a long time …, we have to…
3. This phenomenon results in the doubt that whether Christmas will replace…
4. traditional festivals should be paid more attention than foreign festivals.
5. We exchange…, which results in more and more
people get interested in foreign festivals.
6. The question that whether Christmas will replace
the Spring Festival leads to a heated
discussion in society.
7. There are many people in the western countries celebrate the Spring Festival.
Proper and good expressions:
1. With the tendency towards globalization
2. the Spring Festival should be passed on from generation to generation
3. It seems that some traditional festivals like the Spring Festival are gradually overshadowed
By Christmas.
4. Globalization has encouraged the popularity of Christmas in Chinese.
5. The Spring Festival is an apparent symbol of Chinese culture which is engraved in every
Chinese’s mind.
6. cultural heritage
7. Learning their culture is a must…. We learn
English in order to make more people learn
Chinese.
8. festival celebrating has been globalized
9. Some people suspect that the obsession with
Christmas will lead us to neglect another
traditional festival--- the Spring Festival.
10. Observing Christmas doesn’t mean abandoning the
Spring Festival.
11. the Spring Festival is more than a festival
12. an exotic festival
13. Chinese are celebrating some western festivals, and vice versa.
14. some most celebrated festivals in our country are the essence of our long history and rich
culture.
15. Currently, the word ?Christmas? has evolved
into a symbol of happiness and gifts.
16. people tend to have an increasing liking for observing western festivals
17. in the circumstances of globalization
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In the course of globalization, western culture has flooded into China at an almost non-stop rate. Along with it e western festivals, the most influential of which is Christmas. As a result of this ?culture
invasion?, more and more Chinese people, particularly
the youth, are abandoning traditional Chinese festivals. There is even a prediction that the Spring Festival will ultimately be replaced by Christmas. However, personally I’m not in favor of this statement, as the Spring Festival is a kind of cultural heritage serving as a spiritual legacy for all of us to cling to, regardless of any hindrance.
First of all, observing Christmas does not mean that the Spring Festival can be neglected. The Spring Festival has its roots in Chinese history, from which it requires its identity and meaning irreplaceable by Christmas. As Christmas stemmed from Western civilization, it can’t easily fit in
with Chinese society, let alone take the place of the Spring Festival.
Secondly, the Spring Festival expresses our true emotions while Christmas cannot. Often, the Spring Festival arouses a feeling of eternal harmony, creates a sense of happiness, and conveys a message of family. However, Christmas goes no further than one night’s
pleasure or some fancy presents, which is surely to fade away with passing tide of time and memory.
The Spring Festival is not going to lose its vigor to Christmas, as it’s just like a warm beacon for all the Chinese to gather around to ch(来自:WwW.CssYq.
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作文四:《介绍节日,英语作文》18900字
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介绍节日,英语作文
The Lunar New Year
The Lunar New Year is a great occasion to the Chinese people. It lasts about the first four days of the year, during which people do not work except for the workers on duty. Students do not go to school, and
shops are closed.
Several days before the new year, people begin
to prepare. Farmers kill pigs, sheep, cocks and hens.
City dwellers buy meat fish and vegetables. Houses are cleaned; coupletsare posted on the doors. Colourful lanterns are hung at the gate. On the eve of the new year, each family has its members gatherd together and eats a family reunion dinner. After the meal they watch TV until the clock strickes twelve. Then every family sets off long strings of small firecrackers and other fire works to wele the new year. On the first day of the new year, almost everyone is dressed in his or her best. When people meet on the way, they say to each
other “Happy New Year”.
Friends and relatives pay new year calls and gives presents to each other. Children indulge
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themselves in games.
关于春节的英语作文带翻译一:
农历新年
农历新年是一个伟大的时刻对中华民族来说。它大约
持续了四天的第一年,在这期间不工作,除了值班的工人。
学生不上学,和商店都已关闭。
前几天在新的一年,人们就开始准备。农民杀了猪,
羊,公鸡和母鸡。城市居民买肉鱼和蔬菜。房子干净;
coupletsare门上张贴。色彩缤纷的灯笼挂在门口。
在新的一年的前夕,每个家庭都有自己的成员一起吃
gatherd家人吃团圆饭。吃饭后,他们看电视,直到时钟
strickes十二。然后,每个家庭衬托小爆竹等消防工程,长
字符串迎接新年。在新的一年的第一天,几乎每个人都穿着
他或她最好的。当人们在路上相遇,他们互相说“新年快乐
“。亲戚朋友拜年,并给出礼物给对方。孩子沉迷于游戏本
身。
The Mid-Autumn is a very important Chinese festival. It falls on the 15th day of August. A few days before the festival, everyone in the family will help to make the house clean and beautiful. Lanterns will be hung in front of the house. On the
evening there will be a big family dinner.
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People who work far away from their homes will try to e back for the union. After dinner, people will light the lanterns which are usually red and round. Children will play with their own toy lanterns happily. At night the moon is usually round and bright. People can enjoy the moon while eating moon-cakes which are the special food for this festival. They can look back on the past and look forward to the future together. It is said that there was a dragon in the sky. The dragon wanted to swallow up the moon. To protect the frighten the dragon away.
What a great festival!
中秋节是中国一个很重要的节日,在八月十五号。在
节日来临的前几天,家庭中的每一个人都帮着打扫房子,把
房子装扮得漂漂亮亮的,灯笼挂在屋前。 晚上有一顿美餐,
离家在外工作的人也要回来团圆。晚饭后,人们点亮灯笼,
一般是红色的圆灯笼。孩子们会高高兴兴地玩他们的玩具灯
笼。 晚上月亮又圆又大,人们在赏月的同时吃着中秋节特
别的食品——月饼。人们在一起回顾过去,展望未来。据说
天上有一条龙,它要把月亮吞下去。为了保护月亮,孩子们
要弄出很大的响动把龙吓跑。
中秋是个美好的节日啊!
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Spring Festival
My best festival is Spring Festival. It is in Janurary or February. It is the most important festival for the Chinese people. On that day everybody dresses up. First they extend greetings to their parents. Then each child will get money as a New Year gift, wrapped up in red paper.
People in northern China will eat jiaozi, or dumplings, for breakfast, the shape of the dumpling is like gold ingot from ancient China. So people eat them and wish for money and treasure. Burning fireworks was once the most typical custom on the Spring Festival. I like spring festival very much. It’s my favourite holiday.
我最喜爱的节日是春节,它在一月或者二月。对于中
国人来说这是最重要的节日。在那天,每个人都认真打扮,
他们会像父母问好,然后每个孩子会得到红包作为新年礼
物。
北方人喜欢早上吃饺子或者汤圆。饺子的形状像中国
的元宝,他们吃饺子来期盼财源广进。燃放烟花也曾一度是
春节的传统习俗。我非常喜欢春节,它是我最喜欢的节日。
Lantern Festival
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Lantern Festival is a China’s traditional festival. It is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar year.
I,antern Festival is one of the biggest holidays in China. Several days before Lantern Festival, people begin to make lanterns. Lanterns are made in the shape of different animals, vegetables, fruits and many, other things. While making
lanterns people usually write riddles on lanterns. On the eve of Lantern Festival, all the lanterns are hung up.
On Lantern Festival people go outside to have a look at the lanterns and guess the riddles on the lanterns. Perhaps you call see some wonderful folk performances,Dragon Dance and Yangko. Everything is very interesting and everyone is very happy. Our life is rich and varied.
元宵节
元宵节是中国的一个传统节日。通常在阴历年的第一
个月的第十五天庆祝。
国家或国际节日
元旦 New Year’ s Day Jan.1
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国际劳动妇女节 International Working women’ s
Day
May.1
中国青年节 Chinese Youth Day May.4
国际儿童节 International Children’s Day
June .1
中国共产党诞生纪念日
NewYear’sDay
春节theSpringFestival
元宵节theLanternFestival
国际劳动妇女节InternationalWorkingWomen’sDay
植树节ArborDay
邮政节PostalDay
世界气象节WorldMeteorologyDay
清明节ChingMingFestival;Tomb-sweepingFestival
国际劳动节InternationalLabourDay
中国青年节ChineseYouthDay
护士节Nurses’Festival
端午节theDragonBoatFestival
国际儿童节InternationalChildren’sDay
中国共产党成立纪念日theParty’sBirthday
建军节theArmy’sDay
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中秋节Mid-autumnFestival
教师节Teachers’Day
重阳节Double-ninthDay
国庆节NationalDay
除夕NewYear’sEve
阳历节日
1月1日元旦
3月21日世界森林日
4月22日世界地球日
4月26日世界知识产权日
5月1日国际劳动节
5月3日世界哮喘日
5月4日中国青年节
10月8日全国高血压日
10月9日世界邮政日
10月10日世界精神卫生日
10月14日世界标准日
10月15日国际盲人节
10月15日世界农村妇女日
10月16日世界粮食日
10月17日国际消除贫困日
10月24日联合国日
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10月24日世界发展新闻日
10月28日中国男性健康日
10月29日国际生物多样性日
10月31日万圣节
11月8日中国记者节
11月9日消防宣传日
11月14日世界糖尿病日
11月17日国际大学生节
11月25日国际消除对妇女的暴力日
12月1日世界爱滋病日
12月3日世界残疾人日
农历八月十五中秋节
农历九月初九重阳节
农历腊月初八腊八节
农历腊月二十四传统扫房日
Dear distinguished chief judge;
As the defense attorney of my client, I have made many surveys in secret after I took over the case. According to my client and all the information I have inspected about the case, now I have an deep and prehensive understanding about the case . Therefore , I want to show my opinions to you, and I hope the chief
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would accept them .
. 1. The stolen car was found abandoned three hours after the theft with the engine still warm; at the time the car was found, my client was at the airport to meet the flight of a friend who was flying into town.
2. Lab analysis of muddy shoe prints on the floor mat of the car indicates that the prints came from a sizeshoe; your client wears a size5.
3. Lab analysis shows the presence of cigarette smoke in the car, but your client does not smoke.
4. The only eyewitness to the crime, who was0 meters from the car, said the thief “looked like” your client; yet the eyewitness admitted that at the time of the theft she was not wearing her contact lenses, which had been prescribed for improving distance vision.
5. The car was stolen at about I p.m.; your client testified that he was in a town00 kilometers away at 11 a.m.
6. In a statement to police, the eyewitness described the thief as tall; your client is short.
Because of all the doubtful points , I think it is unfair to found guilty of theft to my client.
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Moreover, the basic standard of criminal sanction is that taking facts as a basis and laws as the criterion, so I hope the chief judge will give a reasonable judgment to my client finally.
That’s all ,thanks.
传统节日中英文介绍。
1、 腊八节
腊八节是指农历的腊月初八。在这天,中国人有喝腊
八粥的习俗。一般腊八粥是甜味粥,里面有干果和干鲜果品,
当然每家的腊八粥做法都不营养,在我们家的腊八粥里一般
有红小豆,香米,核桃,花生,小米等等。
过了腊八节,各家就开始置办年货,打扫卫生,正式
开始为春节的到来做准备了。 the laba Rice Porridge
Festival
“Laba Festival” falls on the eighth day of the twelfth month in lunar calendar. On that day, the majority Chinese have long followed the tradition of eating Laba rice porridge. Usually, the rice porridge tastes sweet, with nuts and dried fruit, but different families have different ingredients in the porridge. My family usually make porridge with small red beans,
fragrant rice,walnut,peanut and millet.
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Laba Festival also marks the beginning of preparing for spring festival. Some families begin to do spring festival shopping and clean their houses after that day.
2、小年
小年又叫“祭灶节”,在农历的12月23或者24。在
中国传统中,祭灶节这天,是掌管全家命运的神仙灶神将向
玉皇大帝汇报这一家人一年的情况,玉皇大帝根据灶神汇报
的情况决定在下一年对这一家的奖励或者惩罚。小年这天,
是各家欢送灶王爷上天的日子。
老百姓在这一天做糖瓜,希望灶神可以吃了糖瓜,多
为自己家美言几句,让来年更加吉祥幸福。
Kitchen God’s Day
Kitchen God’s Day falls on the3rd or4th of the twelfth month of the lunar year. According to tradition, Kitchen God who in charge of the fate of the whole family goes back to heaven during the spring festival to deliver what the family had done the last year to the Great God. According to Kitchen God’s words, the Great
God makes decision to reward or punish the family in the next year. In other words, it is the day people honor the Kitchen God.
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People usually made sugared melons with malt sugar on that day. We hope Kitchen God will eat sugared melons and put a good word for our family to the Great God, so we’ll be lucky next year.
3、 春节
对中国人来说,春节是最重要的节日。除夕这天,全
家人要一起吃年夜饭。这是最好的一次家宴,不仅仅因为菜
品丰富,更因为这是个全家人相聚的日子。
年夜饭后,我们会一起包饺子,通常会全家人一起看
央视春晚。过年的时候,各家都放鞭炮,贴春联。还有一件
事也很重要,那就是守岁,就是在旧年的最后一天夜里不睡
觉,熬夜迎接新一年的到来的习俗。
大年初一, 亲戚朋友相互拜年,祝愿新的一年能
事事顺利。通常大人们还会给小孩子发压岁钱。
大年初二回娘家,是指已婚妇女回娘家拜访。
初五这天全家再次团聚吃饺子。这天是人们要迎接灶
王爷下界的日子。同时,人们打扫卫生,放鞭炮,来驱走“晦
气”。
The Spring Festival
The spring festival is the most important festival for Chinese. At Chinese New Year’s Eve, family members
have reunion dinner together. This dinner would be the
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best dinner, not only because we have various dishes, but it’s the day we could meet all our family members.
After family reunion dinner, we make Chinese dumplings together, and usually watch the Spring Festival Gala on CCTV. Each family would light firecrackers and paste up Spring Festival couplets. One more thing is important, that is people should stay up late or all night on New Year’s Eve to wele the new year.
On New Year’s Day of the Chinese lunar calendar, relatives and friends would send New Year’s greetings to each other to wish everything smooth in the New Year. Adult usually give lucky money to children during Spring Festival.
The second day of the New Year is usually called the day of visiting parental home, which means that married daughters should return to their parents ‘ home.
Family members reunite to eat dumplings on the fifth day of the first lunar month. On that day, people wele the Kitchen God e back to mortal world. People clean house and light firecracker so that keep
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away all bad luck.
4、正月十五
元宵节标志着中国春节的结束,是农历正月十五。通
常这天家家都会吃元宵。元宵节的传统活动是赏花灯和猜灯
谜。元宵节赏花灯正好是一个交谊的机会,未婚男女借着赏
花灯也顺便可以为自己物色对象。这天我们还会看到舞龙和
舞狮的表演。
The Lantern Festival
The Lantern Festival marks the end of the celebrations of the Chinese New Year, and it’s on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, People usually eat rice glue balls on Lantern festival. Traditional activities are enjoying the display of various lanterns and riddle solving. Enjoying
beautiful lanterns is also an opportunity for singles to make friends. Dragon and lion dances can also been seen on that day.
5、清明节
清明节是我国传统节日,也是最重要的祭祀节日,是
祭祖和扫墓的日子。
清明节是24节气之一,预示着春耕的好时节已经到了。
清明节又叫踏青节,因为一般在四月5日左右,正是中国的
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春天,人们喜欢郊游踏青,还喜欢在清明节放风筝。
Qingming Festival/Tomb sweeping day
Tomb Sweeping Day is traditional festival of China, is also the most important sacrifice festival, on that day, people worships ancestors and visits grave. People pay respects to somebody at his tomb.
It is one of thesolar terms, means that it’s good
time for spring ploughing. Tomb Sweeping Day falls around April fifth, and it’s during the spring of China, so it is also called “hiking day”. People go to the suburbs for an outing in spring. People love to fly kites during the Qingming Festival
6、端午节
端午节是为了纪念中国伟大的爱国诗人屈原,是农历
五月初五。
端午节有吃粽子和赛龙舟的习俗。粽子是一种用竹叶
或芦苇叶包成棱形的状的饭团子。我们将艾蒿放在门上辟
邪,艾蒿还有驱除蚊虫的作用。
端午节给儿童缠七色线,一直要戴到节后第一次下雨
才解下来扔在雨水里。
Dragon Boat Festival/Duanwu Festival
The festival is to memorate a great patriotic
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poet of China—— Qu Yuan. It falls on the fifth day of the fifth month in lunar calendar.
There is the customs of eating Zongzi and racing dragon-boat on Dragon Boat Festival. Zongzi is a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice and wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves to give it a special flavor. We put mugwort on the door to ward off evil, and it has insect repellent function.
Children wear bracelet made by seven colored strings until the first rain after the festival, they should throw the strings into puddle.
7、中秋节
每年的农历八月十五是中秋节。对中国人来说圆月代
表着幸福圆满,所以中秋节时中国人全家团聚,一同赏月、
吃月饼、吃石榴。月饼是圆形或矩形的糕点,大多数月饼皮
薄酥软,馅足香甜。
Mid-Autumn Day
Mid-autumn day falls on the fifteenth day of eighth lunar month. For Chinese, the full moon means blessedness and unity. Traditionally, on that day, Chinese family members and friends will gather to admire the bright mid-autumn moon, and eat moon cakes
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and pomegranate together. Typical mooncakes are round or rectangular pastries. Most mooncakes consist of a thin tender skin enveloping a sweet, dense filling
My explanations of interesting questions:
1、Why do Chinese have Spring Festival? Where did it e from?
In Chinese mythology, the monster Nian is a beast that lives in the mountains. Every6days, it es out of hiding to attack people, especially children. That day is the critical day for people. But Nian is sensitive to loud noises and is afraid of the color red. People came up with a plan to drive the monster away. On the day Nian came out, people shut doors and stay at home. They made loud noises and light firecrackers to scare away Nian.
为什么中国人要过年,”年”是什么,
传说有一种凶猛的怪兽叫“年”住在山里,它每隔三
百六十五天就出现一次,它咬伤百姓,尤其是小孩。百姓们
便把每年的这可怕的一夜视为这一年的关口,但是年兽对噪
音很敏感,而且害怕红色,于是百姓们想出了办法来赶走年
兽。在年兽出没的那天,百姓们大门紧闭待在家里用,并用
鞭炮的噪音来驱赶年兽。
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2. Why should Chinese do house cleaning before Spring Festival?
The4th day on the last lunar month is the day for cleanup. Everyone should have a
spring-cleaning, do home cleaning, sweep their home, clean windows, wash clothes and
clean dishes, so that keep dust away. In Chinese, the word “dust” has the same pronunciation with “old”. So to sweep dust is a metaphor of sweeping away the old and starting afresh.
为什么要大清扫,
农历腊月二十四传统扫房日。迎新首先要除旧。扫
尘之日,全家上下齐动手,用心打扫房屋、庭院,擦洗锅碗、
拆洗被褥,干干净净迎接新年。其实,人们借助“尘”与
“陈”的谐音表达除陈、除旧的意愿。
3. Why do people wear new clothes on Spring Festival?
People wear new clothes in spring festival to make a good impression on others. New cloth is also the symbol of weling the New Year, hoping that everything is new and auspicious. 为什么要穿新衣,
人们穿上新衣服在新年时给别人留下好印象。新衣服
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也是迎接新年的标志,人们希望来年每件事是都是崭新而吉
祥的。
4. Why do Chinese set off firecracker on Spring Festival?
In legend, people set off firecracker to scare the monster “Nian” away. Nowadays, we set off firecrackers to bid a farewell to old days and celebrate the start of the New Year.
为什么要放鞭炮,
传说以前人们放鞭炮以驱赶年兽,而如今,我们以劈
劈啪啪的爆竹声辞旧迎新。
5. Why do Chinese Paste Spring Couplets?
Spring couplet is a kind of typical Chinese literature, expressing best wishes with brief, periodic and heroic couplets.
为什么要贴对联,
对联是以工整、对偶、简洁、精巧的文字描绘时代背
景,抒发美好愿望,是我国特有的文学形式。
6. Why do Chinese hang red lanterns?
Red, in China always is to represent the good luck and auspiciousness. Red lantern is the symbol of happiness, peace and warmth,
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为什么要挂红灯笼,
红色在中国一直有好运和吉祥之意。过春节挂红灯笼
是因为灯笼是幸福、祥和和温馨的象征。
7. Why do Chinese make and eat Chinese dumpling?
In Chinese, the word of Chinese dumplings has the same pronunciation with the word which means the moment between the old and New Year. Chinese dumplings/Jiaozi means replacement of the old year by the New Year. Moreover, the shape of Chinese dumpling is like shoe-shaped gold ingot, which symbolizes the life rich and good luck.
中国节日介绍英文版中国节日介绍英文版
一、 农历节日
农历正月初一 春节
农历正月十五 元宵节
农历五月初五 端午节
农历七月初七 乞巧节
农历八月十五 中秋节
农历九月初九 重阳节
农历腊月初八 腊八节
二、 阳历节日
1月1日 元旦
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3月21日 世界森林日
4月22日 世界地球日
4月26日 世界知识产权日
5月1日 国际劳动节
5月3日 世界哮喘日
5月4日 中国青年节(Chinese Youth Day)
5月8日 世界红十字日
5月12日 国际护士节
5月15日 国际家庭日
5月17日 世界电信日
5月20日 全国学生营养日
5月23日 国际牛奶日
5月31日 世界无烟日
6月1日 国际儿童节
6月5日 世界环境日
6月6日 全国爱眼日
6月17日 世界防治荒漠化和干旱日 月23日 国
际奥林匹克日
6月25日 全国土地日
6月26日 国际禁毒日
7月1日 中国共产党诞生日
7月1日 国际建筑日(International Architecture
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Day)
7月7日 中国人民抗日战争纪念日
7月11日
8月1日
8月12日
9月8日
9月10日
9月16日
9月16日
Layer)
9月20日
9月21日
9月27日
10月1日
10月1日
10月1日
世界人口日 中国人民解放军建军节 国际青年节 国际扫盲日 中国教师节 中国脑健康日 国际臭氧层保护日 世界旅游日 中华人民共和国国庆节 国际音乐日 国际老年人日
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作文五:《英语作文·节日》1700字
Spring Festival is the most important festival in China,which is to celebrate the lunar calendar 's new year .In the evening before the Spring Festival ,families get together and have a big meal .What's more,in many places people like to set off firecrackers .Apparently,dumplings are the most traditional food .
In addition,on the second day, the Chinese pray to their ancestors as well as to all the gods. What to lay it to?It is believed that this will ensure long and happy lives for them.Most importantly,the fifth day is called Po Woo. On that day people stay home to wele the God of Wealth. No one visits families and friends on the fifth day.Otherwise, it will bring both parties bad luck.On the sixth to the 10th day, not only will the Chinese visit their relatives and friends freely.,but also they will visit the temples to pray for good fortune and health.
Probably more food is consumed during the New Year celebrations than any other time of the year. Vast amounts of traditional food is prepared for family and friends, as well as those close to us who have died.
Children are the happiest in spring festival. They will receive red envelopes that contain money as new year presents. They can also play crackers and fireworks. What's more, they are given a lot of freedom, which they have dreamed of for a whole year. During Spring festival, there will be plenty of foods. That's why many people put on "holiday weight" after Spring festival. When it es to food, there are many festival specialties. The world famous Jiaozi and Chunjuan(spring roll) have even been accepted by foreigners as fast foods. Spring festival usually es in February, sometimes earlier.
In a word,it's a festival full of hope and good wishes. It's a symbol of Chinese culture.
作文六:《节日类英语作文》2100字
节日类英语作文
Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is the most important traditional festival in China. It begins on the first day of the first lunar month (usually in late January or early February) and ends on the 15th day of the first lunar month (Lantern Festival). It is the grandest and the most important annual the time for family reunion. On the Lunar New Year Eve, the whole family will get together and have a big family feast. On New Year’s Day, people will go to visit their relatives and friends and get some presents exchanged between each other while children can get some lucky money from their parents and relatives. Moreover, people may even put up couplets and set off fireworks to celebrate the New Year.
The Spring Festival was really full of fun. First, on the Lunar New Year Eve, we all gathered around having a dinner. Then followed the Spring Festival Gala. As we expected, the Spring Festival Gala was really a hit. Many a star turned up on the stage, bringing us so much pleasure that we were drowned in admiring their performances. The midnight saw us setting off the fireworks here and there to celebrate the beginning of a new year. Then we ate dumplings. Dressed up, we paid a visit door to door at dawn. We do hope we will have a good luck in the following year and we also do look forward to realizing all our dreams.
【2013·辽宁卷】书面表达(满分25分)
—个英文网站面向中学生征稿请你写一篇英语稿件,介绍“中秋节”及这个节日里的主要活动。
1. 写作要点:它是中国的传统节日之一;
2. 家人团聚;
3. 赏月、吃月饼;
4. 还有旅游、访友等其他活动。
注意:1.词数100左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
3. 开头语已为你写好,不计人总词数。
参考词汇:中秋节 the Mid-Autumn Festival 农历 lunar calendar
赏月 enjoy the full moon 月饼 moon cake
The Mid-Autumn Festival
thpopularity in our country. Usually, no matter how far away or how busy we are, we will try to e home for the celebration. The moon that night looks the brightest in the whole lunar month. What we love most is the time we enjoy the full moon together. With the beautiful moon up in the sky, we sit together and eat moon cakes and fruit, sharing our stories. In addition to these traditional activities, we have a wider range of choices such as travelling and visiting our relatives or friends.
作文七:《创造节日英语作文》5100字
创造节日英语作文
篇一:西方的主要节日 Festivals in the West 大学英语
作文
西方的主要节日 Festivals in the West 大学英语作文
Christmas es on December 25th. It’s the most
important festival of the year in the western world. At Christmas time, schools, shops and offices close for holiday period, so people can spend time at home with their families. Nowadays, Christmas is celebrated by westerners and Americans by sending gifts and Christmas cards, preparing delicious food, and decorating homes with colorful lights and Christmas trees.
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重要的节日。在圣诞节的时候,学校,商店和办公室都不开
门因为是节日期间,人们可以在家里陪伴家人。如今是西方
人和美国人通过送礼物和圣诞卡,准备美味的食物,用彩灯
和圣诞树装饰家居来庆祝圣诞节。 ??
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the best time for the lovers. Now it’s the most romantic
holiday both in the United States and the European countries. On that day, lovers always exchange their gifts with each other, such as chocolates, roses or rings.
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在,在美国和欧洲国家都是最浪漫的节日。在这一天,情侣
们总是彼此互相交换礼物,如巧克力,玫瑰花或戒指。
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教节日,也是庆祝春天的到来。在复活节的星期日,许多人
穿上最好的衣服去教堂。孩子们在这一天也是快乐的,因为
他们可以玩复活节彩蛋。
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for the children. On that day, they always make pumpkin lanterns and wear masks. They go from house to house and askTrick or Treat", so as to receive something to eat. If they don’t get a treat, they will do some naughty things.
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一天,他们总是做南瓜灯笼、戴面具。他们挨家挨户去问
ldquo;不招待就使坏rdquo;,从而得到一些吃的东西。如果
他们没有得到招待,他们会做一些顽皮的事情。
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November.A day of thanks for good harvest, it’s celebrated
with a big dinner, and the turkey is the major dish.
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谢,用一顿丰盛的晚餐来庆祝,而火鸡则是主要的菜。
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篇二:传统节日的意义(英文短文)
Chinese traditional festival is an important part of traditional Chinese culture and expression form.It shows the spirit of the Chinese nation in the world and expresses the quest for better vision, wisdom and ethics .In the world today,cultural exchange between East and West.So it is very important for us to use the ideas and perspectives of modern society to reveal the intrinsic value of traditional cultures.And Traditional Chinese Festival is one of the major carriers.
As we all know ,there are so many traditional
festivals ,including the Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival, the Ching Ming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival,
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Mid-Autumn Festival, Chung Yeung Festival and so
on .Every festival has its special meaning and represents our great traditional Chinese culture.Such as ,spring festival .It is very important to our Chinese people just as Christmas to western ,In this festival every family member will gather together and do something special ,like make dumplings,set off firecrackers dragon play and so on .The spring festival posed the chapter which the entire family reunion and discards the old for the new.
In my opinion ,traditional festival has three
meanings .Firstly, in these traditional festivals, it is easy to arouse the emotion to the family, to the hometown and to motherland.People will be more united through those festivals.Secondly , traditional festival is the expression of culture and implies a unique understanding of the history and value.Thirdly ,traditional festival reflects the value concept and ideological mode of Chinese nation.And what's more ,it has showed the world ,our Chinese people are simple ,warm and industrious.
So let's treasure our traditional festivals and flourish it to the world .
篇三:端午节英语作文
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端午节是古老的传统节日,始于中国的春秋战国时期,
至今已有2000多年历史。据《史记》中的《屈原贾生列传》
记载,屈原,是春秋时期楚怀王的大臣。他倡导举贤授能,
富国强兵,力主联齐抗秦,遭到贵族子兰等人的强烈反对,
屈原遭馋去职,被赶出都城,流放到沅、湘流域。公元前278
年,秦军攻破楚国京都。屈原眼看自己的祖国被侵略,心如
刀割,但是始终不忍舍弃自己的祖国,于五月五日,在写下
了绝笔作《怀沙》之后,抱石投汨罗江身死,以自己的生命
谱写了一曲壮丽的爱国主义乐章。
Dragon Boat Festival is an ancient traditional festival(转载自:CspeNgBo.cOm 蓬 勃 范文网:创造节日英
语作文), started in the spring and autumn and the Warring States period of china, which has more than 2,000 years of history. According to the "Yuan Jia Sheng Biographyrecords,in the "Historical Records", Qu Yuan, a minister of the Chu Huai King in the Spring and Autumn Period. He advocated remending sage, awarding sage official posts, eiching the country and increasing its military power. He also urged king to unite Qi to fight against the Qin. Unfortunately, he was strongly opposed by the noble Zi Lan et al. Qu Due to the calumny, Qu Yuan was recalled the Office. He was drived out of the
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capital and exiled to Yuan, Xiang River. In 278 BC, Qin defeated Chu Kyoto. When Qu Yuan saw their country was invaded,he felt as if a knife were piercing his heart. However,he still could not bear to abandon their homeland. on May 5, after writing the last words written before one's death named"Huai Sha,he cast his body to Miluo River with stone, with his own life posed a magnificent patriotic movement.
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作文八:《西方节日英语作文》11800字
篇一:对西方节日的看法英语作文
Should We Celebrate Western Festivals Nowadays,
western festivals bee more and more popular in China, especially among us college students. But whether we should celebrate these festivals has aroused a heated discussion.
Some regard it a precious opportunity for the Chinese to learn more about western cultures. On the other hand, more and more Chinese people view it oppositely. Since more and more young people have lost their interest in our traditional festivals, such as Mid-autumn Festival, Dragon-boat Festival, and even Spring Festival. They seem to be more willing to celebrate Christmas.
In my opinion, every coin has two sides. Since the globalization is
impossible to avoid this mix of cultures and traditions. We should preserve the traditional Chinese culture as well as
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wele Western ones. We students undertake the responsibility to carry on our traditions, therefore, we have to respect them and cherish them.
篇二:英语作文西方节日和中国传统节日
Improper expressions:
1.
2.
3.
4. Spring Festival For there is a long time …, we have to… This phenomenon results in the doubt that whether Christmas will replace… traditional festivals should be paid more attention than foreign festivals.
5. We exchange…, which results in more and more people
get interested in foreign festivals.
6. The question that whether Christmas will replace the Spring Festival leads to a heated
discussion in society.
7. There are many people in the western countries celebrate the Spring Festival.
Proper and good expressions:
1. With the tendency towards globalization
2. the Spring Festival should be passed on from generation
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to generation
3. It seems that some traditional festivals like the Spring Festival are gradually overshadowed
By Christmas.
4. Globalization has encouraged the popularity of Christmas in Chinese.
5. The Spring Festival is an apparent symbol of Chinese culture which is engraved in every
Chinese’s mind.
6. cultural heritage
7. Learning their culture is a must…. We learn English in
order to make more people learn
Chinese.
8. festival celebrating has been globalized
9. Some people suspect that the obsession with Christmas will lead us to neglect another
traditional festival--- the Spring Festival.
10. Observing Christmas doesn’t mean abandoning the
Spring Festival.
11. the Spring Festival is more than a festival
12. an exotic festival
13. Chinese are celebrating some western festivals, and
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vice versa.
14. some most celebrated festivals in our country are the essence of our long history and rich
culture.
15. Currently, the word “Christmas” has evolved into a symbol of happiness and gifts.
16. people tend to have an increasing liking for observing western festivals
17. in the circumstances of globalization
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In the course of globalization, western culture has flooded into China at an almost non-stop rate. Along with it e western festivals, the most influential of which is Christmas. As a result of this “culture invasion”, more and more
Chinese people, particularly the youth, are abandoning traditional Chinese festivals. There is even a prediction that the Spring Festival will ultimately be replaced by Christmas. However, personally I’m not in favor of this statement, as
the Spring Festival is a kind of cultural heritage serving as a spiritual legacy for all of us to cling to, regardless of any hindrance.
First of all, observing Christmas does not mean that the
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Spring Festival can be neglected. The Spring Festival has its roots in Chinese history, from which it requires its identity and meaning irreplaceable by Christmas. As Christmas stemmed from Western civilization, it can’t easily fit in
with Chinese society, let alone take the place of the Spring Festival.
Secondly, the Spring Festival expresses our true emotions while Christmas cannot. Often, the Spring Festival arouses a feeling of eternal harmony, creates a sense of happiness, and conveys a message of family. However, Christmas goes no further than one night’s pleasure or some fancy presents,
which is surely to fade away with passing tide of time and memory.
The Spring Festival is not going to lose its vigor to Christmas, as it’s just like a warm beacon for all the
Chinese to gather around to cheer, to dream and to carry on. 春节作文
写春节作文前,我们可以先回忆下过春节是我们参加过的
活动,如贴倒福、分压岁钱、吃饺子、掸扬尘、贴年画、贴
剪纸、放鞭炮、守岁、给压岁钱、挂千千结、贴春联等,然
后挑一个我们印象深刻的上网查些资料,可以到百度搜春节
的八个习俗,春节的由来与传说等,也可以上作文网作文素
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材频道找到相关资料再进行介绍。
作文题目可以自拟,如欢度春节,春节游文庙,除夕之夜,美丽的春节,春节花会
开头部分:大致介绍一下春节,及春节的一些习俗,点明你所要介绍的习俗。(略写)
第二部分:介绍这一习俗的来历、象征意义等,像剪纸、年画、千千结等还可以写写这些物品的种类、样子等。(详细)
第三部分:回忆自己参与这一活动的情景。(详细)
结尾结尾部分:写写自己对这一习俗的感受。
每个部分举例:
开头部分:大致介绍一下春节,及春节的一些习俗,点明你所要介绍的习俗。(略写)
例:元宵节是我国的四大节日之一,元宵节一过,春节也就算过完了,所以这一天是非常隆重和热闹的。过元宵节的节目丰富多彩,有充满乐趣的看花灯猜灯谜,有喜气洋洋的舞龙,还有热闹非凡的赛龙船。不过,最吸引我们小孩子的却是那多姿多彩的烟花。
第二部分:介绍这一习俗的来历、象征意义等,像剪纸、年画、千千结等还可以写写这些物品的种类、样子等。(详细)
例:春联代表着欢乐祥和。在我们中国,每逢春节,无论
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城市还是农村,家家户户都要精选一副大红春联贴在门上,为节日增加喜庆的气氛。一幅幅春联不仅带来了吉祥和祝福,还带来了中国古老的浓浓的文化气息。瞧~“大地春光好,
长天晓日红”、“岁岁皆如意,年年尽平安”、“江山万里如画,神州四时皆春”、“春风送春处处***美,喜鹊报喜家家喜事多”…… 幅幅春联让千家万户喜气盈门。春联的种类比较多。按照使用场所,可分为门心、框对、横批、春条、斗方等。因此,贴的位置也不同,如“门心”贴在门板上端中心部位;“横批”贴在门楣的横木上。
第三部分:回忆自己参与这一活动的情景。(详细)
例:记得去年元宵节的晚上爸爸妈妈带我去工人体育馆看烟花。八点整,只听见几声沉闷的声音,一个个烟花带着红红的火星窜上了天空,几声脆响,夜空绽放出几朵美丽的花朵。它们的形状和颜色各不相同,有五颜六色的满天星,金黄色的蒲公英,紫色的牵牛花,火红的玫瑰花,粉红的月季、银色的百合,真是绚丽多彩。随着一声声的炮响,人们在惊呼,在赞叹,夜色中,人们微微扬起的脸上也变幻着多姿的色彩,露出了幸福的笑容……
结尾结尾部分:写写自己对这一习俗的感受。
例:我看着那散发着传统文化芳香的中华结,仿佛品味到了中华民族远古的神秘和东方的灵秀。它的古香古色,它的
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千变万化,让我神往,让我遐想……
《春节的街头》
今天,是中国传统节日——春节。早晨我还没醒,就听到了鞭炮的声音。平静的社区,今日显得热闹非凡。这热闹的喧嚣,把我的睡意一股脑的全都打撒开来。于是,起床穿上了新衣服连早饭都来不及吃就冲到门外,看着各家各户的炮竹,烟花。接着就是跟爸爸妈妈一起去走街串巷——拜年~
“李伯伯,新年快乐”“王阿姨,工作顺了”“刘奶奶,身体健康”〃〃〃跟所有的长辈们拜过年之后,妈妈提议说:一会,去街上看看,感受下新年的气氛。 一上街,街上可就更热闹了。人们手里有提着大袋大袋的菜,身边的孩子手上握着一大把小花炮,蹦蹦跳跳地跑着。看~我左边的一位四、五岁左右的小女孩,跑到前面去。一下子又转过头对一位满手是鼓鼓的袋子的大人喊着:“爸爸,快点~我要回去放炮玩呢~”。有拿着那边超市发的小气球的,红的,黄的,绿的,还有蓝的。也有三五成群,手挽着手说说笑笑的姑娘们,小伙子们,忙绿了一年,辛苦了一年,我想这个时候应该是大家最放松,最高兴的时候。你看,路灯上还挂着两个小红灯,喜气洋洋的。就像在说,“我们也要过新年,我们也要过新年”。
一进菜市场,那才更热闹呢~人流窜动,一眼望去,什么也看不见,全是人。还有那翠绿的黄瓜,可真新鲜哪,你看,
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那金黄色的小花在太阳的照射下显得多么的生机勃勃啊。那鲫鱼,鲢鱼,青鱼,草鱼等等在水里游来游去,真是印证了我们中国的老话:年年有鱼(余)~黄的韭菜,红的番茄,黑的木耳,白的萝卜〃〃〃真是要什么有什么呀。“哎哟~可真够挤的。”我嘀咕了一句。跟着妈妈买了几个我爱吃的菜,结完帐就走出了菜场。超市里的收银台前也早已排起了长龙。 傍晚时分,街上,又渐渐安静下来。店主们把店子关了,超市也比往常早了些许关门。大家都提着东西回家过年去了。
到了晚上6点左右,社区渐渐安静,孩子们都回家吃团圆饭去了。吃完团圆饭7、8点的样子社区又重新热闹起来。孩子们全都出来放花炮了。这个放个“降落伞,”那个又放个“天女撒花”〃〃〃〃各式各样的花炮全有。每放完一个都会聚集好几个孩子,他们在讨论谁的花炮最美丽,谁的花炮颜色最多,之后又是阵阵欢笑。大人们或几个坐在一起打牌,打麻将;或几个坐在一起嗑瓜子,剥花生;或看着自己的孩子放花炮,偶尔还要帮他们一下。大多数的孩子,都是自己独立操作完成。
夜,更深了。人们陆陆续续的回家了,有些不肯回家的孩子也在父母的劝说下,不情愿的回了家,一天的热闹景象渐渐被夜幕包围。我不禁感叹又是一年到,时间过得可真快呀~
春节见闻
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“当、当、当”新年的钟声敲响了,家家户户的门上早已贴上了或火红或金黄的对联,每一家的老老少少都乐得合不拢嘴。兴奋的孩子们有的目不转睛地盯着电视,品尝着一年一度的晚会大餐――春节晚会;有的急着给自己的长辈拜年,发短信,打电话,所有新年的祝福话语仿佛怎么也说不完;调皮的孩子正在向自己的父辈们 “讨要”压岁钱;屋外的鞭炮声此起彼伏,炸开了锅,五彩的烟花更是把这个特殊的夜晚点缀得绚丽多姿。
正月初一,农历新年的第一天迎着人们的喜悦祥和而来。我这个平时最赖床的懒汉,今天却起了个大早,因为我极想穿上我那美丽的新衣,出去好好炫耀一翻。我要去走亲访友拜新年了,这无疑也是一件高兴的事。我们小孩子走在拜年队伍的前面,见到长辈们拜个年,说几句吉利话,就可以收获一大把的压岁钱,然后拿到街上去买自己喜爱的东西――玩具、零食、鞭炮……,家长好像变了个人似的,对我们的放纵是那么的宽容,一切都有了~这就是过年的感觉。
“放鞭炮喽~”不知是谁喊了一声,小孩子们很快都聚在了一起。一串串鞭炮在人们手中点燃,响声震天,四处飞溅,仿佛要把一个个美好的愿望送到千家万户。一阵阵炮竹声接连不断,热闹非凡。
到了吃饭的时候,望着满桌子平时最爱吃的菜肴,我们小孩子却一点儿也不觉得饿。大人们在推杯换盏之间,谈论最
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多是:今非昔比啊~今天的幸福生活从餐桌上最能说明问题,
现在人们生活好了,天天就像在过年~
奔波在走亲访友的路途上,我见到了春意盎然的田间大
地,一条条新修的高速公路缩短了我们的行程,通往乡村的
泥巴路也被“村村通”的水泥路所覆盖,城市高楼大厦像雨后
春笋,一年一个变化……
春节对于我们小孩子来说,那就是一切都在变化,一切都
是新的~
篇三:中西方传统节日对比英语作文
Second English papers
Each nation has its own characteristic festivals that
reflect the culture of itself.In China, asour country and
westerncountries bee increasingly closer,more and more chinese accept western culture.
However, some western festivals sometimes even more popular than traditional festivals, foreign cultural’s
influence should not be underestimated.The main The main group of celebratingwesternfestivals is youth group which takes students as the main force.People celebrate festivals such as Valentine's day, mother's day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. In fact, because of the Chinese way of thinking, western holidays in China is
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just popular for Christmas and Valentine's day, not all western holidays attract people's attention. According to a survey ofCentral China Normal University, many college students know the existence of western festivals, but little of them know about their cultural connotations. In addition to Christmas, respondents who knowother western festivals’meaning are less than 10%. Referring to the way to celebrating, in General, during the Festival, people send gifts such as flowers and greeting cards.They sing with friends, and
blessor send messages to each other;lots of people are going to relax during the festival:shopping, inviting friends to restaurants, dancing, and so on. On the whole, Chinese celebrate western holidays with the following
faith four anda characteristics: passion for
universality,particularity,blind
consumption
As the saying goes,1000 readers have 1000 Hamlets in mind. people have different viewson whether Chinese should celebrate western holidays. Some people who are keen on Western festivals, argued that China's traditional festivals are too rigidand there are many festivals with
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feudal thinking.On the contrary,westernfestivalswhich
flamboyantand reflect are excitingadvocate In the freedom. addition, westernholidaysmake people who’re
under heavy social pressure have a chance to relax. At the same time, some experts believe that the celebration of Western holidays are an inevitable trend of cultural exchanges. Huang Kemin, aSociologistbelieves that celebrating western holidays is aform of cultural munication.In some cases, it’ll fill vacancies inChinese
culture. Some students believe that celebratingWestern festivals can enhance the friendship ofclassmates and make the classes more solidarity.Duringa
festival, Most of the supermarkets and restaurants provide promotions that benefitconsumers, these festivals also has a catalytic role to economic development.
Opponents believe thatChina has its own history and local culture for thousands of years, the Western Festival don’t
suit China's needs for cultural development.Also, due to blind worship,people often losttraditional culture. Celebratingwestern holidayswill shake the traditional culture’sstatus in the minds of nationals and endanger the inheritance and development of traditional culture. For
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example, many young people celebrate Valentine's day, but t.cSPengbo.CoM 蓬 勃范 文网:西方节日英语作文)hey
don't knowChinese Lovers’s Day. In addition,owing to
the cultural invasion,many countries arewary of foreign holidays .To guarantee Chinese cultural’s independence,
western holidays cann’t be allowed to develop freely. At the same time, many people celebrate Western festivals for following the fashion .The effectof cultural exchanges isn’t
obvious. In addition, the blind pursuit of consumption and enjoyment causesmoney worship,hedonism and other bad ideas.
Just my personal opinion, we should celebrate western holidays withrational thought, and we shouldn’t lose
ourselves.Towards western Festivals, we should take its essence and discard the dregs.For
instance,ThanksgivingDaycan be advocated for making our culture advance as it reflects one of Chinese traditional virtues- gratefulness; others, such as Halloween,should be treated calmly because it’s religious.
Cultural integration is the trend of the historical
development.So we should not implement
"isolationism". Under the premise of enhancing
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awareness of traditional culture and revitalizing Chinese culture, we can activelyenter the world that has frequent cultural exchanges.
Festivalsare important means of cultural transmission which host the important cultural.They’re the
crystallization of human wisdom. Rich festival lights up our lives, for our life has various colors. Let us take the broad mindand appreciate the colorful festivals!
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作文九:《节日英语作文》20000字
节日英语作文
篇一:中国传统节日英语作文
The Dragon Boat Festival, also called the Duanwu Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. People always eat rice dumplings and watch dragon boat races to celebrate it. The festival is best known for its dragon-boat races, especially in the southern places where there are many rivers and lakes. It’s very popular. The rice dumpling is
made of glutinous rice, meat and so on. You can eat different kinds of rice dumplings. They are very delicious. And Dragon Boat Festival is for Qu Yuan. He is an honest minister who is said to have mitted suicide by drowning himself in a river. Overall, the Dragon Boat Festival is very interesting! the Middle-Autumn Festival The Middle-Autumn Festival is one of the traditional Chinese festivals, it is often held in September or October. During the festival, family members get united and have moon cakes together. There are various kinds of moon cakes, such as bean paste, egg-yolk or meat. The shape of a moon cake is round as it symbolizes a big moon. Moreover, in the evening of the Middle-Autumn Festival, people get together in a vacant place,
eating delicious moon cakes while appreciating the beautiful moon hanging in the dark sky. To conclude, the Middle-Autumn Festival is a very nice festival for Chinese people. Last Qing Ming Festival, I return home to worship my grandfather. Qing Ming Festival is a folk Festival. In the past, In the past, the Qing Ming Festival was called "Arbor Day". But Today, Chinese visit their family graves to tend to any underbrush that has grown. Weeds are pulled, and dirt swept away, and the family will set out offerings of food and spirit money. Unlike the sacrifices at a family's home altar, the offerings at the tomb usually consist of dry, bland food.One theory is that since any number of ghosts roomed around a grave area, the less appealing food will be consumed by the ancestors, and not be plundered by strangers. With the passing of time, this celebration of life became a day to the honor past ancestors. Following folk religion, the Chinese believed that the spirits of deceased ancestors looked after the family. Sacrifices of food and spirit money could keep them happy, and the family would prosper through good harvests and more children. Chinese Spring Festival celebrating the end of winter and the warmth of spring. It began in the last day of the lunar year, ends in the 15th day of lunar New Year, and also is the Lantern Festival. During the Spring Festival, people use red lantern and Spring Festival couplets decorate a house, put on all
kinds of colored clothes, often visit friendsand relatives or together eat dumplings, fish, meat and other delicious food. The children are looking forward to receiving red envelope money, and together they play each other the fireworks, with happy. Street with dragonand lion dance and some other carnival activities,CCTV will held the
grand Spring Festival gala. Lantern Festival is a China’s traditional
festival. It is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar year.Lantern Festival is one of the biggest holidays in China. Several days before Lantern Festival, people begin to make lanterns. Lanterns are made in the shape of different animals, vegetables, fruits and many, other things. While making lanterns people usually write riddles on lanterns. On the eve of Lantern Festival, all the lanterns are hung up.On Lantern Festival people go outside to have a look at the lanterns and guess the riddles on the lanterns. Perhaps you call see some wonderful folk performances, Dragon Dance and New Younger. Everything is very interesting and everyone is very happy. Our life is rich and varied.
生活就像海洋,只有意志坚定的人才能到达彼岸。
This is an apple. I like apples. Apples are good for our health.
篇二:初三 关于节日的英语作文
节日 作文 关于春节的英语作文带翻译一:
The Lunar New Year
The Lunar New Year is a great occasion to the Chinese people. It lasts about the first four days of the year, during which people do
not work except for the workers on duty. Students do not go to school, and shops are closed.
Several days before the new year, people begin to prepare.
Farmers kill pigs, sheep, cocks and hens. City dwellers buy meat
fish and vegetables. Houses are cleaned; coupletsare posted on
the doors. Colourful lanterns are hung at the gate. On the eve of the new year, each family has its members gatherd together and eats a family reunion dinner. After the meal they watch TV until the clock strickes twelve. Then every family sets off long strings of small firecrackers and other fire works to wele the new year. On the first day of the new year, almost everyone is dressed in his or her
best. When people meet on the way, they say to each other
"Happy New Year".
Friends and relatives pay new year calls and gives presents to each other. Children indulge themselves in games.
关于春节的英语作文带翻译一:
农历新年
农历新年是一个伟大的时刻对中华民族来说。它大约持续了四
天的第一年,在这期间不工作,除了值班的工人。学生不上学,
和商店都已关闭。
前几天在新的一年,人们就开始准备。农民杀了猪,羊,公鸡
和母鸡。城市居民买肉鱼和蔬菜。房子干净; coupletsare门上张贴。
色彩缤纷的灯笼挂在门口。
在新的一年的前夕,每个家庭都有自己的成员一起吃gatherd
家人吃团圆饭。吃饭后,他们看电视,直到时钟strickes十二。然
后,每个家庭衬托小爆竹等消防工程,长字符串迎接新年。在新
的一年的第一天,几乎每个人都穿着他或她最好的。当人们在路
上相遇,他们互相说“新年快乐“。亲戚朋友拜年,并给出礼物
给对方。孩子沉迷于游戏本身。
The Mid-Autumn is a very important Chinese festival. It falls on the 15th day of August. A few days before the festival, everyone in the family will help to make the house clean and beautiful. Lanterns will be hung in front of the house. On the
evening there will be a big family dinner. People who work far away from their homes will try to e back for the union. After dinner, people will light the lanterns which are usually red and round. Children will play with their own toy lanterns happily. At night the moon is usually round and bright. People can enjoy the moon while eating moon-cakes which are the special food for this festival. They can look back on the past and look forward to the future together. It is said that there was a dragon in the sky. The dragon wanted to swallow up the moon. To protect the frighten the
dragon away.
What a great festival!
中秋节是中国一个很重要的节日,在八月十五号。在节日来临
的前几天,家庭中的每一个人都帮着打扫房子,把房子装扮得漂
漂亮亮的,灯笼挂在屋前。 晚上有一顿美餐,离家在外工作的人
也要回来团圆。晚饭后,人们点亮灯笼,一般是红色的圆灯笼。
孩子们会高高兴兴地玩他们的玩具灯笼。 晚上月亮又圆又大,人
们在赏月的同时吃着中秋节特别的食品——月饼。人们在一起回
顾过去,展望未来。据说天上有一条龙,它要把月亮吞下去。为
了保护月亮,孩子们要弄出很大的响动把龙吓跑。
中秋是个美好的节日啊!
Spring Festival
My best festival is Spring Festival. It is in Janurary or February. It is the most important festival for the Chinese people. On that day everybody dresses up. First they extend greetings to their parents. Then each child will get money as a New Year gift, wrapped up in red paper.
People in northern China will eat jiaozi, or dumplings, for breakfast, the shape of the dumpling is like gold ingot from ancient China. So people eat them and wish for money and treasure.Burning fireworks was once the most typical custom on the Spring Festival. I like spring festival very much. It's my
favourite holiday.
我最喜爱的节日是春节,它在一月或者二月。对于中国人来说
这是最重要的节日。在那天,每个人都认真打扮,他们会像父母
问好,然后每个孩子会得到红包作为新年礼物。
北方人喜欢早上吃饺子或者汤圆。饺子的形状像中国的元宝,
他们吃饺子来期盼财源广进。燃放烟花也曾一度是春节的传统习
俗。我非常喜欢春节,它是我最喜欢的节日。
Lantern Festival
Lantern Festival is a China's traditional festival. It is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar year.
I,antern Festival is one of the biggest holidays in China. Several days before Lantern Festival, people begin to make lanterns. Lanterns are made in the shape of different animals, vegetables, fruits and many, other things. While making
lanterns people usually write riddles on lanterns. On the eve of Lantern Festival, all the lanterns are hung up.
On Lantern Festival people go outside to have a look at the lanterns and guess the riddles on the lanterns. Perhaps you call see some wonderful folk performances,Dragon Dance and Yangko. Everything is very interesting and everyone is very happy. Our life is rich and varied.
元宵节
元宵节是中国的一个传统节日。通常在阴历年的第一个月的第
十五天庆祝。
篇三:中国各传统节日英语作文
Dragon Boat Festival, often known as Tuen Ng Festival or Duan Wu Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival held on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar. It is also known as the Double Fifth.[citation needed] It has since been celebrated, in various ways, in other parts of East Asia as well, most notably Korea.
The exact origins of Duan Wu are unclear, but one traditional view holds that the festival memorializes the Chinese poet Qu Yuan of the Warring States Period. He mitted suicide by drowning himself in a river because he was disgusted by the corruption of the Chu government. The local people, knowing him to be a good man, decided to throw food into the river to feed the fishes to prevent them from eating Qu's body. They also sat on dragon boats, and tried to scare the fishes away by the thundering sound of drums aboard the boat and the fierce looking dragon-head in the front of the boat.
In the early years of the Chinese Republic, Duan Wu was also celebrated as "Poets' Day", due to Qu Yuan's status as China's first poet of personal renown.
Today, people eat zongzi (the food originally intended to feed
the fishes) and race dragon boats in memory of Qu's dramatic
death.
中文:
龙舟节,端午节经常或端午节,是一种传统的中国节日对中华
历5月5日举行。它也被称为端五。[来源请求]它已经被庆祝,以
各种方式在其他地区以及东亚,尤其是韩国。
端午确切的起源尚不清楚,但一种传统的观点认为,节日来源
在中国诗人屈原的战国时期。他犯的河中溺死自己,因为他是由
政府的腐败深恶痛绝楚自杀。当地群众,知道他是一个好人,决
定投身到河里的鱼的食物,饲料,以防止吃屈原的尸体他们。他
们还坐在龙舟,并试图吓唬由船上和激烈的寻找龙在船头头战鼓
齐鸣声中的鱼了。
在中国民国初年,段坞也被“诗人节“庆祝,由于屈原作为中
国的第一个著名的诗人的个人地位。
今天,人们吃粽子的曲的戏剧性死亡内存和龙舟比赛(原本打
算饲料鱼类的食物)。
The Dragon Boat Festival is a lunar (阴历)holiday, occurring
(存正)on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month (农历史五月第
五天) The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is a significant (有意义的)
holiday celebrated (庆祝)in China,and the one with the longest history (历史最悠久)。 The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated by boat races (龙舟赛) in the shape of dragons. Competing teams
(竞争团队) row their boats forward to a drumbeat (击古)racing
to reach the finish end first. The boat races during the Dragon Boat Festival are traditional customs(传统习俗)to attempts to (试图)
rescue (搭救) the patriotic poet (爱国诗人)Chu Yuan. Chu Yuan
drowned (溺死) on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 277 B.C. Chinese citizens now throw bamboo leaves (竹叶) filled with
cooked rice into the water. Therefore the fish could eat the rice rather than the hero poet. This later on turned into the custom
of eating tngt and rice dumplings(棕子)。 The celebration is
a time for protection (防护) from evil(邪恶)and disease (疾
病) for the rest of the year. It is done so by different practices such as hanging healthy herbs on the front door, drinking nutritious
concoctions (营养品), and displaying (展示) portraits (画
像) of evil's nemesis(邪恶报应),Chung Kuei. If one manages
to (成功做??) stand (直立)an egg on it's end at exactly
12:00 noon, the following year will be a lucky one.
A Chinese holiday is gaining worldwide popularity 一个逐渐受
到全球欢迎的中国节日
Some holidays are so much fun that they catch on outside of their culture. The most obvious example is probably Christmas, which is celebrated around the world by people who aren’t even Christian.
Similarly, in recent years, the Dragon Boat Festival has moved
beyond China to bee an international holiday celebrated by people who may know little about the holiday’s origins.
有些节日实在是很有趣,所以在本土文化以外的地方也很受欢
迎。最明显的例子可能就是圣诞节,世界各地的人都会庆祝圣诞
节,即使是非基督徒。同样,最近几年端午节已经不局限于中国,
成为国际性节日,而庆祝的人可能对节日的由来并不太了解。
The Dragon Boat Festival is one of three major Chinese holidays, along with the Spring and Moon Festivals. Of the three, it is possibly the oldest, dating back to the Warring States Period in 227 B.C. The festival memorates Qu Yuan, a minister in the service of the Chu Emperor. Despairing over corruption at court, Qu threw himself into a river. Townspeople jumped into their boats and tried in vain to save him. Then, hoping to distract hungry fish from his body, the people scattered rice on the water.
端午节与春节和中秋节并列为中国三大节日。这三个节日中,
它可能是最古老的一个,可以追溯到公元前227年的战国时代。
这个节日是为了纪念楚国的大夫屈原,他因为对朝廷的贪污腐败
感到绝望而投河自尽。镇上的人纷纷冲上船去救他,却没有成功。
后来大家把米撒到水里,希望把饥饿的鱼群从他的躯体边引开。
Over the years, the story of Qu’s demise transformed into the
traditions of racing dragon boats and eating zongzi – a kind of rice
wrapped in bamboo leaves. The races have certainly captured the
imagination of people from all over the world. Every spring there are nearly 60 dragon boat races held outside of China in cities from Vancouver to Sydney, from Gdańsk, Poland to Cape Town, South
Africa. Canada alone has nearly 50 dragon boat teams and Germany has nearly 30.
多年以后,屈原逝世的故事逐渐演变成赛龙舟和吃粽子(一种
包在竹叶中的米食)的传统。这些竞赛显然激起了世界各地人们的
想像,每年春天有将近60场龙舟赛在中国境外的城市举办,从温
哥华到悉尼,从波兰的格但斯克到南非的开普敦。单单字加拿大
就有将近50支龙舟队伍,德国则有近30个。
So what is it about the Dragon Boat Festival that appeals to foreigners? “It’s an unusual
sport,” says one racer from Germany. “It’s not like everybody’
s doing it. That’s one of the reasons that there’s such great team
spirit in a dragon boat team – everybody feels like we’re doing
something special.” And what about the zongzi? “Ehhh, they’re
not bad, I guess,” he says. “Something of an acquired taste. I just haven’t really acquired it yet.”
那么,为什么端午节赛龙舟会吸引外国人呢,“这是一项不寻
常的运动。”一位来自德国的参赛者说,“这并
不是所有的人都在从事的运动。这正是龙舟队的团队精神如此高
昂的原因之一,每个人都觉得自己在做一件很特别的事。”那么粽
子呢,“喔,我觉得它不难吃。”他说,“那是一种需要后天培养
的品味。我只是还没培养出来罢了。”
The Dragon Boat Festival ,also called the Duanwu Festival ,is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the
Chinese calendar.People always eat rice dumplings and watch dragon boat races to celebrate it.
The festival is best known for its dragon-boat races,especially in the southern places where there are many rivers and lakes. Ití?s
very popular.
The rice dumpling is made of glutinous rice,meat and so on. You can eat different kinds of rice dumplings.They are very delicious.
And Dragon Boat Festival is for Qu Yuan. He is an honest minister who is said to have mitted suicide by drowning himself in a
river.
Overall, the Dragon Boat Festival is very interesting!
端午节(Dragon Boat Festival)
The Dragon Boat Festival occurs on the fifth day of the fifth moon of the lunar calendar(阴历). It is one of the three most
important of the annual Chinese festivals. The other two are the Autumn Moon Festival and Chinese New Year.
The story of this colorful festival concerns a famous Chinese
scholar-statesman(政治家) named Chu Yuan(屈原) who, some three
centuries before the birth of Christ, served the King of Chu(楚怀
王)during the Warring States period. As a loyal minister(大臣), Chu
Yuan at first enjoyed the full confidence and respect of his sovereign(君主). Eventually, through the intrigues of his rivals, he was discredited(不足信的, 不名誉的).
Chu Yuan was never able to regain(恢复) the emperor's favor
and on the fifth day of the fifth moon in the year 295 B.C.(Before Christ), at the age of 37, Chu Yuan clasped a stone to his chest and plunged into the Milo River(汨罗江) in the Hunan Province(湖南省).
Respecting the minister as an upright(正直的) and honest man,
the people who lived in the area jumped into their boats and rushed out in a vain search for him. This unsuccessful rescue attempt is a part of what the Dragon Boat Festival memorates every year.
Probably the most exciting and interesting aspect of the festival is the racing of the Dragon Boats. These races not only symbolize the people's attempt to save Chu Yuan, they also demonstrate the Chinese virtues(美德) of cooperation and teamwork.
Another activity of the Festival is the making and eating of a kind of dumpling called Tngt (粽子). When it became known
that Chu Yuan was gone forever, the people, living along the river, threw cooked rice into the water as a sacrifice(祭品) to their dead
hero. They wrapped(包) rice in bamboo leaves(粽叶), and stuffed(填
满) it with ham, beans, bean paste(豆沙), salted egg yokes, sausages,
nuts, and/or vegetables.
To the Chinese the fifth lunar moon is more than just the Dragon Boat Festival. Since antiquity(古代), they have believed that this
month is a pestilential and danger-fraught(瘟疫的及充满危险的)
period. Children born in this month are said to be difficult to raise(抚养), and people tend to concentrate their efforts during this time attempting to protect their families from ills and misfortune. The day of the Dragon Boat Festival is customarily the time when cleaning and sanitation(卫生) are stressed(着重, 强调). Most
families hang calamus(菖蒲) and artemisia(艾草) above their doors,
both as a decoration and as a preventive against pestilence.
Ancient folk medicines(民间药物) such as realgar(雄黄酒)are
added to the food eaten on the Festival day. This is believed to prevent disease and to promote a healthy digestive system(消化器
官). The drinking of realgar in wine supposedly relieves(解除) the
effects of poisons accumulated in human bodies.
The sachets (Hsiang Pao in Chinese香包) are very popular with
children and they vie(竞争) with each other to collect as many as
possible. Children are not the only ones who collect Hsiang Pao. Older people are often given them as a symbol of respect, and they
are highly prized because of the intricate(复杂的) and beautiful
embroidery(刺绣) that adorns(装饰) them.
The Dragon Boat Festival is an entertaining and enjoyable event. It gives the observer an opportunity to glimpse a part of the rich Chinese cultural heritage
1、Its Chinese name "Qing Mingliterally means
"Clear Brightness,hinting at its importance as a celebration of Spring. Similar to the spring festivals of other cultures, Tomb Sweeping Day celebrates the rebirth of nature, while marking the beginning of the planting season and other
outdoor activities.
清明节,又叫踏青节,正是春光明媚草木吐绿的时节,也正是
人们春游的好时候,所以古人有清明踏青,并开展一系列体育活
动的的习俗。直到今天,清明节祭拜祖先,悼念已逝的亲人的习
俗仍很盛行。
2、In ancient times, people celebrated Qing Ming Jie with dancing, singing, piics, and kite flying. Colored boiled eggs would be broken to symbolize the opening of life.
3、One theory is that since any number of ghosts rome around a grave area, the less appealing food will be consumed by the ancestors, and not be plundered by strangers.
清明节扫墓英语作文
Last Qingming Festival,i return home to worship my grandfather.Qingming Festival is a folk Festival.In the past,In the past, the Qingming Festival was called "Arbor Day". But Today, Chinese visit their family graves to tend to any underbrush that has grown. Weeds are pulled, and dirt swept away, and the family will set out offerings of food and spirit money. Unlike the sacrifices at a family's home altar, the offerings at the tomb usually consist of dry, bland food. One theory is that since any number of ghosts rome around a grave area, the less appealing food will be consumed by the ancestors, and not be plundered by strangers.
With the passing of time, this celebration of life became a day to the honor past ancestors. Following folk religion, the Chinese believed that the spirits of deceased ancestors looked after the family. Sacrifices of food and spirit money could keep them happy, and the family would prosper through good harvests and more children.
1、Its Chinese name "Qing Mingliterally means
"Clear Brightness,hinting at its importance as a celebration of Spring. Similar to the spring festivals of other cultures, Tomb Sweeping Day celebrates the rebirth of nature, while marking the beginning of the planting season and other outdoor activities.
清明节,又叫踏青节,正是春光明媚草木吐绿的时节,也正是
人们春游的好时候,所以古人有清明踏青,并开展一系列体育活
动的的习俗。直到今天,清明节祭拜祖先,悼念已逝的亲人的习
俗仍很盛行。
2、In ancient times, people celebrated Qing Ming Jie with dancing, singing, piics, and kite flying. Colored boiled eggs would be broken to symbolize the opening of life.
3、One theory is that since any number of ghosts rome around a grave area, the less appealing food will be consumed by the ancestors, and not be plundered by strangers.
清明节扫墓英语作文
Last Qingming Festival,i return home to worship my grandfather.Qingming Festival is a folk Festival.In the past,In the past, the Qingming Festival was called "Arbor Day". But Today,
作文十:《美国节日英语作文》6700字
篇一:美国节日中英互译
American Holidays and Festival
Christmas (December 25th)
Christmas Day, which celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, is the biggest holiday in the United States. The Christmas season lasts from right after Thanksgiving Day to New Year’
s Day. The Christmas tree is very popular during this time because people think it can bring good luck.(圣诞节是12月
25日,是美国最盛大的节日,是为了纪念耶稣的诞生。)
New Year’s Day (January 1st)
One of the most exciting places in the US on New Year’s
Eve is Times Square(时报广场,位于美国纽约市曼哈顿区)
in New York City.
On the first day of the New Year, Mummers Parade(艺人
游行) held in Philadelphia is one of the most popular New Year’s Day activities.
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The Rose Tournament(玫瑰花车大游行) is held in
California. After that, people enjoy the famous Rose Bowl football game(玫瑰杯足球比赛).
Valentine’s Day (February 14th)
Valentine’s Day(情人节) is a day for lovers, and one of
the loveliest holidays in the United States. It is very popular to send cards decorated with hearts and flowers to express love. Easter Sunday
Easter Sunday(复活节) is the second of the two most
important religious holidays for Christians.(复活节是美国
的第二大宗教节日)
It is on the first Sunday after the full moon that occurs on or after Ma
rch 21st, and it is for celebrating the rising of Jesus Christ from his tomb, where he had lain for three days following his death.(复活节是三月满月后的第一个星期日,庆祝耶稣的
复活)
The egg and the hare (rabbit or bunny), which are considered to represent fertility and new life, are those most frequently associated with Easter.(复活节彩蛋和野兔是复活
节的象征) Independence Day (July 4th)
Independence Day(美国独立日)is legal holiday
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throughout the United States. It is America’s most
important patriotic holiday and the birthday of the nation. On July 4th, 1776, the Continental Congress passed and adopted the Declaration of Independence(《独立宣言》)(美.
国独立日是7月4日,这一天,大陆会议通过了《独立宣言》)
Halloween (October 31st)
Halloween is a night-time children’s holiday. It is a time
for frightening costumes, masks, parties, games and tricks. Children with curious masks go from house to house to frighten friends or neighbors and threaten then with “Trick or Treat”.(万圣节是小孩子的节日,到了晚上,他们穿着奇
怪的衣服,戴着面具参加聚会,或者挨家挨户搞恶作剧,“不
给糖就捣蛋”。) Thanksgiving (the Fourth Thursday in
November)
It is an annual day of thanks for the blessing people have enjoyed during the year. The theme of thanksgiving has always been peace and plenty, heath and happiness. People have such traditional food as roast turkey, pumpkin pie and apples.(感恩节是每年11月的第四个星期四,感恩节的主
题是和平与富足、健康与幸福,感恩节的传统食物有火鸡、
南瓜饼和苹果。)
篇二:西方的主要节日 Festivals in the West 大学英语作
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西方的主要节日 Festivals in the West 大学英语作文
Christmas es on December 25th. It’s the most
important festival of the year in the western world. At Christmas time, schools, shops and offices close for holiday period, so people can spend time at home with their families. Nowadays, Christmas is celebrated by westerners and Americans by sending gifts and Christmas cards, preparing delicious food, and decorating homes with colorful lights and Christmas trees.
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要的节日。在圣诞节的时候,学校,商店和办公室都不开门
因为是节日期间,人们可以在家里陪伴家人。如今是西方人
和美国人通过送礼物和圣诞卡,准备美味的食物,用彩灯和
圣诞树装饰家居来庆祝圣诞节。 ??
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best time for the lovers. Now it’s the most romantic holiday
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both in the United States and the European countries. On that day, lovers always exchange their gifts with each other, such as chocolates, roses or rings.
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在美国和欧洲国家都是最浪漫的节日。在这一天,情侣们总
是彼此互相交换礼物,如巧克力,玫瑰花或戒指。
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节日,也是庆祝春天的到来。在复活节的星期日,许多人穿
上最好的衣服去教堂。孩子们在这一天也是快乐的,因为他
们可以玩复活节彩蛋。
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the children. On that day, they always make pumpkin lanterns and wear masks. They go from house to house and askTrick or Treat", so as to receive something to eat. If they don’t get a treat, they will do some naughty things.
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天,他们总是做南瓜灯笼、戴面具。他们挨家挨户去问ldquo;
不招待就使坏rdquo;,从而得到一些吃的东西。如果他们没
有得到招待,他们会做一些顽皮的事情。
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with a big dinner, and the turkey is the major dish.
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用一顿丰盛的晚餐来庆祝,而火鸡则是主要的菜。
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篇三:高考英语作文节日介绍
英语作文模板 节日介绍
高考英语作文模板----节日介绍2013年辽宁高考真题
The Mid-Autumn Festival
The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th of the eighth month of our Chinese lunar calendar. As one of the traditional Chinese festivals, it has been enjoying great popularity in our country. Usually, no matter how far away or how busy we are, we will try to e home for the celebration. The moon that night looks the brightest in the whole lunar month. What we love most is the time we enjoy the full moon together. With the beautiful moon up in the sky, we sit together and eat moon cakes and fruit, sharing our stories. In addition to these traditional activities, we have a wider range of choices such as travelling and visiting our relatives or friends 节日模板the 节日
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节日 falls on +天/in+月. As one of the traditional Chinese festivals, it is popular in our country. It is the time when.....Usually, no matter how far away or how busy we are, we will try to e home for the celebration. What we love most is the time we enjoy +名词/doing together. With
+名词, we sit together and have delicious dinner, sharing our stories. Everyone is busy and everyone is happy,too. In addition to these traditional activities, we have many choices such as travelling and visiting our relatives or friends.
常用短语
the Spring Festival.
Christmas
Do some washing and cleaning
Stay up and wake up early
present others with flowers and self-made cards
put presents in the sock
cook traditional food, such as jiaozi. Watch TV New Year programme Play cards and puter games
get luck money from old people
The Qingming Festival
The weather bees warmer and warmer The trees and grass bee green. fly kites
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Sweep tombs for the dead
2010年石家庄模拟考试
假定你是李华,你的美国笔友John来信请你介绍中国传统节日清明节。请根据下 表要点,用英语给他写封回信。 节日 日期 特点 活动 清明节4月5日前后 中国二十四节气之一 放假一天,扫墓祭祖, 踏青游玩、放风筝等 要求;l、词数l00左右;
2、可适当增加细节,使行文连贯; 3、开头已为你写好,不计入词数。
参考词汇:节气,seasonal division point;祭祖in memory of one’s ancestors Dear John,
Glad to hear from you(I’d like to tell you something
about the Qingming Festival(
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