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中国新年
Every
winter,
a
sixth
of
the
world's
population,
including
more
than
one
billion
Chinese
citizens,
celebrate
Chinese
New
Year.
The
15-day
festival,
also
known
as
Lunar
New
Year
or
the
Spring
Festival,
kicks
off
on
the
second
new
moon
after
the
winter
solstice,
or
according
to
the
Gregorian
calendar
in use since the 16th century, sometime
between January 21 and February
19. But
Chinese New Year goes back a lot further than the
16th
century
—
it's
based on the ancient Chinese calendar, which
existed as
early as the 14th century
BC. Even though China adopted the Western
calendar
in
1912
and
began
marking
January
1
as
the
official
start
of
the
year, Chinese New Year remains the
country's most important social and
economic holiday.
每年冬天,全世界六分
之一的人口,包含超过十亿中国人,庆祝中国新年。这持
续十五天的节日,
又称作农历新年或春节,
在冬至后的第二个新月开始,
或根据
十六世纪开始使用的公历,
中国新年大约落在一月二十
一号和二月十九号间。
不
过中国新年可回溯至十六世纪更久远以
前——它是以中国古老历法为根据,
那早
在西元前十四世纪就存
在。即使中国在
1912
年采用西洋历法,并开始将一月一
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号标为正式的一年之始,中国新年仍是国家最重要的社交和商业节庆。
Over
the
centuries,
holiday
festivities
have
spread
far
beyond
China
and
now
take
place
all
over
the
world.
In
fact,
the
biggest
celebration
outside
of
China
takes
place
in
the
United
States
—
San
Francisco
to
be
exact.
Ever
since
the Gold Rush in the 1840s and '50s brought an
influx of Chinese
immigrant workers to
Northern California, the city has held a massive
parade for Chinese New Year.
几世纪来,节日庆典已远布至中国以外的地方,如今在全世界举行。事实上,中
国外最
大的庆典就在美国举行——准确点说是在旧金山。
自
1840<
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和
1850
年代的
淘金热将大量中国移工带到北加州后,
旧金山这城市就为中国新年举办盛大的游
行活动。
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