节日作文之有关中国节日的英语作文

有关中国节日的英语作文


【篇一：中国四大传统节日英文介绍】

中国四大传统节日：春节，中秋节，端午节，清明节

元宵节

the lantern festival (元宵节) is the last day of the chinese new
year celebration. this day is for the last moment for setting off
fireworks, the last excuse for eating a big feast and the last
chance for family getting together before the “年”

celebrations are over. (latern festival is also a traditional time
of celebration for foreigners who live in china).

the lantern festival, the 15th of the first month of the lunar
calendar, is the first full moon of the year. celebrations and
traditions on this day date back to the western han dynasty.

traditions for this festival: as the name indicates, hanging and
looking at

lanterns is the main tradition. lanterns of various shapes and
sizes are displayed on trees, or along river banks.

parents often take their children to lantern fairs and
sometimes lucky kids even get a mini toy lantern.

another tradition is guessing lantern riddles. these are riddles
that are hung on lanterns for people to shoot down and solve.
the riddles are usually short, wise, and sometimes humorous.
the answer to a riddle can be a chinese character, a famous
persons name, a place name or a proverb. this tradition has
become a

popular game with serious staying power even as social
development changes other traditions.

other than that, the most important thing to do today is to eat
sweet

dumplings. in northern china, sweet dumplings made of
glutinous rice flour are called “元宵” while in southern part
they are called “汤圆”. typical sweet

dumplings are filled with black sesame sauce, sweetened
bean paste, or hawthorn. making “元宵” today is like a game or
an activity, so its seldom done without a reason and a group of
friends or family present to help out.

端午节

the dragon boat festival, also called the duanwu festival, is
celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the
chinese calendar. for thousands of years, the festival has been
marked by eating zong zi (glutinous rice（糯米）wrapped to
form a pyramid using bamboo or reed leaves) and racing
dragon boats.

the festival is best known for its dragon- boat races, especially
in the southern provinces where there are many rivers and
lakes. thisregatta（赛舟会）commemorates the death of qu
yuan , an honest minister who is said to have committed
suicide by drowning himself in a river. qu was a minister of the
state of chu situated in present-day hunan and hubei
provinces, during thewarring states period(475-221bc)（战国时
期）. he was upright, loyal and highly esteemed for his wise
counsel that brought peace and prosperity to the state.
however, when a dishonest and corrupt prince vilified qu, he
was disgraced and dismissed from office. realizing that the
country was now in the hands of evil and corrupt officials, qu
grabbed a large stone and leapt into the miluo river on the fifth
day of the fifth month. nearby fishermen rushed over to try and
save him but were unable to even recover his body. thereafter,
the state declined and was eventually conquered by the state
of qin. the people of chu who mourned the death of qu threw
rice into the river to feed his ghost every year on the fifth day
of the fifth month. but one year, the spirit of qu appeared and
told the mourners that a hugereptile（爬行动物）in the river
had stolen the rice. the spirit then advised them to wrap the
rice in silk and bind it with five different-colored threads before
tossing it into the river.

during the duanwu festival, a glutinous rice pudding called
zong zi is eaten to symbolize the rice offerings to qu.
ingredients such as beans,lotus seeds（莲子）,chestnuts（栗
子）, pork fat and the golden yolk of a salted duck egg are
often added to the glutinous rice. the pudding is then wrapped
with bamboo leaves, bound with a kind of raffia and boiled in
salt water for hours.

the dragon-boat races symbolize the many attempts to rescue
and recover qus body. a typical dragon boat ranges from 50-

100 feet in length, with a beam of about 5.5 feet,
accommodating two paddlers seated side by side.

a wooden dragon head is attached at the bow, and a dragon
tail at thestern（船尾）. a banner hoisted on a pole is also
fastened at the stern and the hull is decorated with red, green
and blue scales edged in gold. in the center of the boat is a
canopied shrine behind which the drummers,gong（铜锣）
beaters andcymbal（铙钹）players are seated to set the pace
for the paddlers. there are also men positioned at the bow to
set off firecrackers, toss rice into the water and pretend to be
looking for qu. all of the noise and pageantry creates an
atmosphere of gaiety and excitement for the participants and
spectators alike. the races are held among different clans,
villages and organizations, and the winners are awarded
medals, banners, jugs of wine and festive meals.

清明节

qing ming is a time to remember the dead and the dearly
departed. more important, it is a period to honour and to pay
respect to ones deceased ancestors and family members.
because it reinforces the ethic of filial piety, qing ming is a
major chinese festival. literally meaning clear (qing) and bright
(ming), this chinese festival falls in early spring, on the 106th
day after the winter solstice. it is a spring festival, and it is an
occasion for the whole family to leave the home and to sweep
the graves of their forebears. chinese being practical people
this sweeping of the graves is given an extended period, that is,
10 days before and after qing ming day. among some dialect
groups a whole month is allocated. 清明节是一个纪念祖先 的节
日。主要的纪念仪式是扫墓，扫墓是慎终追远、郭亲睦邻及行孝的
具体表现；基于上述意义 ，清明节因此成为华人的重要节日。 清明
节是在仲春和暮春之交，也就是冬至后的106天。扫墓活动 通常是
在清明节的前十天或后十天。有些地域的人士

的扫墓活动长达一个月。

origin

（起源）

qing ming is popularly associated with jie zi zhui, who lived in
shanxi province in 600

b.c. legend has it that jie saved his starving lords life by
serving a piece of his own leg. when the lord succeeded in

becoming the ruler of a small principality, he invited his faithful
follower to join him. however, jie declined his invitation,
preferring to lead a hermits life with his mother in the
mountains. believing that he could force jie out by burning the
mountain, the lord ordered his men to set the forest on fire. to
his consternation, jie chose to remain where he was and was
burnt to death. to commemorate jie, the lord ordered all fires in
every home to be put out on the anniversary of jies death. thus
began the cold food feast, a day when no food could be
cooked since no fire could be lit. the cold food festival occurs
on the eve of qing ming and is often considered as part of the
qing ming festival. as time passes, the qing ming festival
replaced the cold food festival. whatever practice is observed，
the basic observation of qing ming is to remember ones elders
by making a special effort to visit their graves, ashes or
ancestral tablets. to make the visit even more meaningful,
some time should be spent to remind the younger members of
the family of the lives and contributions of their ancestors, and
the story of jie zi zhui who choose death over capitulation. 谈
到清明节，有点历史知识的人，都会联想到历史人物介子 椎。据历
史记载，在两千多年以前的春秋时代，晋国公子重耳逃亡在外，生
活艰苦，跟随他的介 子椎不惜从自己的腿上割下一块肉让他充饥。
后来，重耳回到晋国，作了国君（即晋文公，春秋五霸之一 ），大
事封赏所有跟随他流亡在外的随从，惟独介子椎拒绝接受封赏，他
带了母亲隐居绵山。 晋文公无计可施，只好放火烧山，他想，介子
椎孝顺母亲，一定会带着老母出来。谁知这场大火却把介子 椎母子
烧死了。为了纪念介子椎，晋文公下令每年的这一天，禁止生火，
家家户户只能吃生冷的 食物，这就是寒食节的来源。 寒食节是在清
明节的前一天，古人常把寒食节的活动延续到清明，久而 久之，清
明取代了寒食节。拜介子椎的习俗也变成了清明扫墓的习俗了。无
论以何种形式纪念， 为了使纪念祖先的仪式更有意义，我们应该让
年轻一代的家庭成员了解先人过去的奋斗历史，当然，还要 学习

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1、）清 明节扫风墓俗 介子椎宁死不屈的气节。 清 明时节祭扫祖坟
（俗称上坟）。无锡的传统民俗较有代表性。扫墓时要挑些新士壅
坟茔，而且凡 新坟一定要在清明前祭扫，旧坟可以过清明．但不能

过立夏。新媳妇一定要去祭扫祖坟， 俗称上花坟。扫墓时用荤、素
菜肴和酒、饭等祭奠。后用干果糕点等替代。 时至今

日，在烈士陵园缅怀革命先烈成为清明节里很重要的内容，在祭炎
黄二祖、悼念自己的先祖的同时，缅怀 先烈的丰功伟绩，使今天的
清明活动具有了更重要的教育意义。

2） 踏青 清 明时节，气候温暖和煦，大地皆春，处处鲜花嫩草，一
片生机盎然，人们纷纷外出踏青。在无锡，踏青的 最好场所莫过于
惠山。不上惠山的，上城墙绕城而走，叫登高踏青。东门东林庵一
带，为士女聚 集处，故有东林庵里看桃花的说法。这天，也是东乡
胶山和北乡斗山的节场，附近还

有赛会，故斗山别名清明山。人们都上山踏青，赶节场，观看赛会。
从元宵节至清明节，大人孩子，三五 成群，到野外放凤筝，别有情
趣。

3） 门旁插柳和戴柳枝帽 清明节那天，有家家门口插柳条的风俗。
在一些地区，还流行小孩带柳枝帽的风俗。 门旁插柳和戴柳 枝帽习
俗的来源也是根据介子椎的传说。据说，介子椎是死在柳树下面的。
介子椎死后的第二年 晋文公率领群臣到绵山致祭，一行人先在山下
寒食一日，第二天才上山。那棵柳树，已经长出了翠绿的嫩 条。晋
文公看了，心中忽有所感，便走上前去，掐了一丝，编成一个圈儿
带在头上。随从的臣下 看了,也纷纷仿效他折柳插头。晋文公便把这
棵柳树赐名

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清明节即是节气又是节日。从节气上来说，它是24节气之一。 我
国2000多年前的秦汉时期已基 本形成了24节气。24节气综合了天
文学和气象学等方面的知识，编排了春雨惊春清谷天，夏满芒夏暑
相连。秋处露秋寒霜降，冬雪雪冬小大寒的歌谣。其中清明被排在
歌谣的第五位。也是农历历法 中的第五个节气。 此时，天气转暖，
大地回春，万物复苏，一片生机盎然，家家门口插柳条，祭扫坟 墓
和郊外踏青。农谚中也有清明忙种粟的说法。作为以花信为标志的
花信风。清明的花期为一侯 桐花，二侯麦花，三侯柳花，充分点明
了清明节气的花期和花种。《岁时百问》说万物生长此时，皆清洁
而明净，故谓之清明。

中秋节

the midautumn festival is the traditional festival in
this day,people ,espically family members will have a happy
chinese people vaule this festival for its

important meaning of the mooncake is the
symbolic represents the reunion just like the full moon.

chinese mid-autumn festival is one of the four major
traditional festivals.中秋节是中国四大传统节日之一。

there are evening meal, people who work outside the home
have to come back happy. 、清明与节气 为清明柳，把这一天定
为清明节。

【篇二：中国及国际各种节日的英文表达】


中国及国际各种节日的英文表达 阳历节日

1月1日元旦（new years day)

2月2日世界湿地日(world wet lands day)

2月14日情人节(valentines day)

3月8日国际妇女节(international women day) 3月12日中国植
树节(china arbor day) 3月14日白色情人节(white day)

3月14日国际警察日(international policemen day)

3月15日世界消费者权益日(world consumer right day）

3月21日世界森林日（world forest day) 3月21日世界睡眠日
(world sleep day) 3月22日世界水日(world water day) 3月23
日世界气象日(world meteorological day)

3月24日世界防治结核病日(world tuberculosis day)

4月1日愚人节(april fools day) 4月5日清明节（tomb-
sweeping day) 4月7日世界卫生日(world health day）

4月22日世界地球日(world earth day)

4月26日世界知识产权日(world intellectual property day)

5月1日国际劳动节(international labour day)

5月3日世界哮喘日(world asthma day)

5月4日中国青年节（chinese youth day)

5月8日世界红十字日(world red-cross day)

5月12日国际护士节(international nurse day)

5月15日国际家庭日(international family day)

5月17日世界电信日(world telecommunications day) 5月23日
国际牛奶日(international milk day)

5月31日 世界无烟日(world no-smoking day)

6月1日 国际儿童节(international childrens day)

6月5日世界环境日(international environment day)

6月17日世界防治荒漠化和干旱日(world day to combat
desertification) 6月23日国际奥林匹克日(international olympic
day)

6月26日国际禁毒日(international day against drug abuse and
illicit trafficking) 7月1日中国共产党诞生日(anniversary of the
founding of the chinese communist party)

7月1日国际建筑日（international architecture day)

7月11日世界人口日(world population day)

8月1日中国人民解放军建军节(army day)

8月12日国际青年节(international youth day)

9月8日国际扫盲日(international anti-illiteracy day) 9月10日中
国教师节(teachers day) 9月16日国际臭氧层保护日
(international day for the preservation of the ozone layer) 9月
21日世界停火日(world cease-fire day) 9月27日世界旅游日
(world tourism day) 10月1日中华人民共和国国庆节(national
day)

10月1日国际音乐日(international music day)

10月1日国际老年人日(international day of older persons) 10
月4日世界动物日(world animal day) 10月5日世界教师日(world
teachers day)（联合国教科文组织确立）

10月9日世界邮政日(world post day)

10月10日世界精神卫生日(world mental health day)

10月14日世界标准日(world standards day)

10月15日国际盲人节(international day of the blind)

10月15日世界农村妇女日(world rural womens day)

10月16日世界粮食日(world food day)

10月17日国际消除贫困日(international day for the eradication
of poverty) 10月24日联合国日(united nations day)

10月24日世界发展新闻日(world development information day)

10月28日中国男性健康日

10月29日国际生物多样性日(international biodiversity day)

10月31日万圣节(halloween) 11月14日世界糖尿病日(world
diabetes day) 11月25日国际消除对妇女的暴力日(international
day for the elimination of violence against women) 12月1日世
界爱滋病日(world aids day)

12月3日世界残疾人日(world disabled day）

12月9日世界足球日（world football day)

12月25日圣诞节(christmas day)

12月29日国际生物多样性日(international biological diversity
day)

春分月圆后的第一个星期日复活节(easter monday)(有可能是3月
22-4月25日间的任一天)

5月第二个星期日母亲节(mothers day)

6月第三个星期日父亲节(fathers day)

9月第三个星期二国际和平日(international peace day)

9月第四个星期日国际聋人节(international day of the deaf)

10月的第一个星期一世界住房日(world habitat day)

10月的第二个星斯一加拿大感恩节(thanksgiving day)

10月第二个星期三国际减轻自然灾害日(international day for
natural disaster reduction)

10月第二个星期四世界爱眼日(world sight day) 11月最后一个星
期四美国感恩节(thanksgiving day) 农历节日

农历正月初一春节(the spring festival) 农历正月十五元宵节
(lantern festival)

农历五月初五端午节(the dragon-boat festival)

农历七月初七乞巧节(中国情人节）(double-seventh day) 农历八
月十五中秋节(the mid-autumn festival) 农历九月初九重阳节(the
double ninth festival)

农历腊月初八腊八节(the laba rice porridge festival)

【篇三：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 years 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 years 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 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 years call; give new years greetings; pay new
years visit

去晦气 get rid of the ill- fortune 祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to ones
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 years eve

饺子jiaozi -; chinese meat ravioli ,dumplings

iii xinhua news agaency report

2007-11-07

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 countrys 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 nations cultural heritage. however, current legal
holiday arrangement only includes the spring ing,
professor with tsinghua university and member of the chinese
peoples political consultative conference (cppcc), said that

traditional festivals as legal holiday would help reserve the folk
customs.

the nations 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 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 years 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 emperors 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 commemorate qu yuan, a great chinese patriotic poet,
who lived in the state of chu during the warring states period
(475 b.c. to 221 b.c.). he drowned himself in the miluo river in
todays 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 change, 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, change drank an elixir and flew to
the moon.

china introduced the golden week holidays in 1999, 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 week this
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 chinas outbound tourists rose to 12.13
million in 2001, a big jump from 3 million in the early 1990s.

but after several years experience, complaints about
overcrowding, poor service, a scarcity of hotel rooms, and
damage to scenic spots, especially historic sites, during the
golden week holidays 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 years eve.

other chinese scholars have also reiterated their belief 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 peoples 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 compose 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, peoples
spirit and religious influence. sometimes historical figures
become the focus of a festival, showing peoples
commemoration 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