怎么向老外介绍中国春节

怎么向老外介绍中国春节

What does the holiday mean?
这个节日有什么含义吗?
The term
(Chinese New Year). The word in Chinese characters used
to mean a horrible beast. To combat the beast, the Chinese hang

in the belief that the beast fears red and fire. This tradition
in many ways resemble the Western belief of using garlic and
crosses to fight vampires.

中文中“过年”这个词组用以表示对春节(中国新年)的庆祝 。
“年”这个字在中文里是一种恐怖的怪兽。因为“年”害怕红色和
火，所以中国人会在门上悬 挂“春联”写上美好祝福，并放鞭炮来赶
跑它。这个传统有点类似西方人用大蒜和十字架吓跑吸血鬼的传 统。
Why New Year is so special?
为什么新年那么特别呢?
The Chinese zodiac features 12 animals in the sequence of
Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey,
Rooster, Dog, and Pig. This year is the year of Tiger. Each
animal represents a different
legend, people held a conference with all the animals,
informing them that they would pick the 12 to represent the
zodiac. However, in spite of being fast, the cat was not picked
as its then-close friend, the rat, did not wake it. This action
sparked off a rivalry that continues till this day.
中国的十二生肖代表了十二种动物，他们的 顺序是：鼠、牛、兔、
龙、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗和猪。今年是虎年。每一种动物有他们
自己 的“性格”。根据传说，人们当初和动物们开了一个会，最先到
会的动物们就可以进入十二生肖。而身为 猫最好的朋友，老鼠却没有
把猫叫醒去开会。因此，它们之间的战争一直持续到今天。

What do people do?
那人们在新年都干啥呢?
Eat, eat again, and then eat some more! As the old Chinese
saying goes: food is everything.
吃、接着吃、再吃更多东西!就跟一句中国古话说的那样：食物
即一切。(沪江小编：这算是哪门子“中国古话”!?)
The tradition is to have different main courses everyday
from the 1st day of the New Year to the 15th day of the New Year,
from Jiao Zi (dumplings), noodles, spring rolls, sticky rice
cakes, and Tang Yuan (stuffed rice balls). Besides culinary
satisfaction, each food has a meaning as well: for instance,
Jiao Zi looks like gold, implying a wealthy year ahead.
传统就是，从新年第一天开始 直到正月十五，每天都要吃不同的
主菜。从饺子、面条、春卷、年糕到汤圆。除了祭好五脏庙以外，每< br>一种食物也有含义：比如饺子看起来就像金元宝，这意味来年的丰衣
足食。
Besides eating, young people visit older family members and
kids are blessed with a red pack of
people gather and eat again (!), leading to a lot of

advertisements about fitness right after the Chinese New Year
holiday.
除了吃以外，年轻人要去拜会家里的老人家，而小盆友们就有大
把压岁钱拿。跟着，人们又聚在一起吃， 所以节后中国就会出现很多
减肥广告??(沪江小编：写这东西的老外看就知道被骗了。这是哪
家的规矩??不过没事，大家随机应变、等见了老外把真正的中国习
俗告诉他们吧。)
Happy Chinese New year!!!