春节的由来(英文)

第一篇：春节的由来(英文)

The Origin of Chinese New Year

The Chinese New Year is now popularly known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the Begining of Spring(the first of the twenty-four terms in coodination with the changes of Nature).Its origin is too old to be traced.Several explanations are hanging around.All agree, however, that the word Nian, which in modern Chinese solely means year, was originally the name of a monster beast that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of a new year.One legend goes that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would swallow a great many people with one bite.people were very scared.One day, an old man came to their rescue, offering to subdue Nian.To Nian he said, I hear say that you are very capable, but can you swallow the other beasts of prey on earth instead of people who are by no means of your worthy opponents? So, it did swallow many of the beasts of prey on earth that also harrassed people and their domestic animals from time to time.After that, the old man disappeared riding the beast Nian.He turned out to be an immortal god.Now that Nian is gone and other beasts of prey are also scared into forests, people begin to enjoy their peaceful life.Before the old man left, he had told people to put up red paper decorations on their windows and doors at each years end to scare away Nian in case it sneaked back again, because red is the color the beast feared the most.From then on, the tradition of observing the conquest of Nian is carried on from generation to generation.The term Guo Nian, which may mean Survive the Nian becomes today Celebrate the(New)Year as the word guo in Chinese having both the meaning of pass-over and observe.The custom of putting up red paper and firing fire-crackers to scare away Nian should it have a chance to run loose is still around.However, people today have long forgotten why they are doing all this, except that they feel the color and the sound add to the excitement of the celebration.

第二篇：春节由来英文

Chunjie is the first day of the lunar calendar.It is the day when the earth has circled the sun for one round and is beginning another circling.It represents a new beginning when people send off the old days and welcome the new ones.As the first day of the year, Yuandan has been considered to be the most important festival since the ancient times.Customs

1.Kaisui(beginning of the year): According to the Chinese traditional custom, starting from haishi(9p.m.to 11p.m.)of the last evening of the twelfth lunar month, each family must prepare offering s to deities at the altar.At the same time, they too prepare food for the New Year day: The whole family will then stay awake together to attend to the year(called shou sui).After haishi, zishi(11p.m.to 1a.m.)will come, and this is the arrival of New Year(Yuandan).At this moment, people begin the celebration with fireworks.Vegetarian and sweet foods will then be placed are the altar for offerings, and incense be burned to welcome the deities.In the ancient times, it was believed that haishi connected the two years and thus was called kaisui.At the same night, some families will follow the instruction in Tongshu and place preparing altar in the direction of the “fortune deity” during the “fortune time” to receive the deity.If the direction of the “fortune deity” is at the “ill position”, people will choose to receive “happy deity” or “noble deity” instead.2.There is an apparent difference in the custom of food taking on Yuandan between the Chinese in the northern and southern regions.The northern Chinese has the habit of taking jiao zi(dumpling made of flour with vegetable and meat wrapped inside).Some people may put a sweet or a coin inside jiao zi, hoping to have a sweet year after tasting the sweet and a wealthy year after tasting the coin.on the other hand, the southern Chinese have the taboo for killing on Yuandan.Therefore, they do not take meat in tee morning of Yuandan, so as to avoid bloodshed or mutual slaughter.In order to evade misfortune, they have the first meal of this day without meat.Instead, they take vegetarian food for the sake of virtue.3.What is special during the New Year is that parents or elders will distribute red packets(ang pao or ya sui qian)to the children.People in the ancient times were more particular in giving away the red packets: the distribution took place on the eve of New Year so that the kids could suppress the past year and enter the New Year.Ya sui has the meaning of overcoming the unpredictable future.Representing the wishes for the healthy psychological growth of the children, ya sui qian symbolises the elders' hope to see their children overcome all the unpredictable elements brought by the “year”.4.There is an extraordinary number of taboos on Yuandan.Each place has its own customs of taboo.Here, we will mention only a few common taboos in Fujian Province, Guangdong Province and Southeast Asia:

In the past, people commonly believed that fortune was hidden in the house.So, wsweeping of floor must be done in the direction moving inwards, and there was no clearance of rubbish at night.Particularly on the New Tear day, in order to keep fortune from flowing out, there was no sweeping.Some families kept this taboo until the fifth or even the fifteenth day.If anything was broken, the pieces were wrapped up in order not to let the fortune slip away and were disposed only the fifth day.Yuandan(in more serious families, the period extends from the 1st to the 15th day)marks the new beginning.In the hope that New Year brings good beginning, people should utter neither unkind words nor vulgar language.Making noises, fighting, quarreling and especially weeping are avoided to deter misfortune.There are even taboos of taking medicine and having sneeze, for it is believed that they can lead to sickness throughout the year.Taboos of the past also concerned the use of knife and the breaking of things.If a thing was broken, the word “break” or any other word importing similar meaning was not used.Instead, words like “failing to the floor and blossoming like flowers” which delivered pleasant senses were used to suggest good connections.On Yuandan, neither lending and nor giving of money to others is done so that there will be no out-flowing of money during the year.There is also the saying that if a male sleeps in the afternoon, his career will breakdown, and if a female has an afternoon nap, the kitchen will collapse.5.Ancient rite: In the past, there was a rite called he zheng(proper greeting)during New Year.When a person paid a New Year visit to friends or relatives, he took along a piece of paper or card on which the name of the host was written wit Chinese brush.The receiver of this greeting card would normally paste it on the wall of his main hall to show his respect to and appreciation for the visitor.The quantity of greeting card received reflected the person's public relationship with others, while the names and status of the people who gave the greeting cards indicated the host's boundary of social network and standard of living.Nowadays, because of easy communication, convenient transportation system and wider social network, when people send their greetings they tend to follow the Western style.The greeting is now done by mail and even by email.Today, he zheng is done by simply bringing along red packets and food presents when making a visit.To be in line with the custom of to giving away money on the first day, families in some places do not pay New Year call to others.Instead, the whole family simply goes out to enjoy themselves or stayed at home for family happiness.6.In the past, there was a superstition that when a person left his house in the New Year, he must take the correct first step.A particular person would look for the fortunate direction in accordance with the day, month and year of this birth basing on the explanation of Chinese calendar.On Yuan Dan, when a person stepped out of his house, he must go in the fortunate direction and avoid the unfortunate direction.Even people of less particularity also consulted Chinese calendar to find out where the fortunate directions and fierce deities were before the first step out of their houses.Meaning

From the above mentioned customs, we can see that there are especially many taboos during Chinese New Year.On Yuan Dan in particular, there are more taboos on speech and behaviour than

those on other ordinary days.Similarly, there are more activities in pursuit of good cause than usual.On probing the activities and taboos, we have no difficulty to understand that the theme behind is always related to fortune, wealth and goodness, and that people usually concern themselves with a good beginning for the year.Some taboos may look superstitious on the surface, but they do produce efficacy.If we practise them circumspectively, they will yield practical results.For example, the prohibition of bad words, quarrel, weeping and crying, together with the emphasis on thinking positively even when things are broken, provide some normative rules for people to follow.This gives people the opportunity to mend their ways, to develop good attitudes, and to form a habit of thinking positively and looking at the good side of things.The prohibition of sweeping and disposing the rubbish in the first five days forces people to arrange their things and clear away the rubbish properly at the end of each year, so that no unwanted things will be carried forward to the new year.At the same time, the taboo also compels people to learn to be thrifty.This is because to prevent accumulated things from becoming rubbish, people must be careful in the use of any paper or other things, and thus avoid waste of things.The avoidance of medicine and sneeze on the first day looks like a joke and is absurd as far as the patient is concerned.However, because of the taboos, people will be conscious enough to take serious care of their health during the windy and snowing season.Thus, they will avoid falling sick in the New Year and wasting away the precious spring hours.Nowadays, people have abandoned the custom of bringing along greeting cards when they go for New Year house visits.However, Chinese Malaysians still maintain the habit of sending New Year greeting cards by post before the New Year.There are even non-Chinese sending New Year greeting cared in English or Malay languages to their Chinese friends.Moreover, the Chinese like to use colourful New Year cared to decorate their houses, so as to strengthen the New Year atmosphere.Like the ancient days' greeting cards for he zheng which were displayed in the main hall, these modern New Year cards also reflect the social position of the persons who receive the cards.Thus, in the way, the ancient rite of he zheng has developed in Malaysia with a Malaysian colour.

第三篇：春节的由来

春节的由来、传说和习俗

桂平市南木镇桂塘中心小学

伦 丽

教学目标

1、了解春节的由来、有关传说和习俗，知道我国是一个具有悠久历史的文明礼仪之邦。

2、感受春节亲人团聚的幸福，感受家庭和谐，培养学生“勤劳节俭、孝敬长辈”的优良品质。

3、谈谈自己的亲身体会，感受节日的热闹气氛，感受人们对美好生活的热爱向往。教学重点

利用多方面的信息让学生感受春节的隆重和热闹,领悟传统节日文化的丰富内涵。教学难点

回忆丰富多彩的节日场景和各式各样的庆祝活动，引导学生主动探索传统节日的历史渊源、传说、习俗。教学准备

教师准备：了解各地有关春节的习俗。有关春节传说的视频、图片，各种与春节庆祝活动有关的文字介绍、磁带。

学生准备：查阅资料，收集春节的风俗图片和文字资料。了解各地有关春节的习俗。教学过程

一、交流资料，激趣导入

1、引导学生回忆过春节的情景。

学生根据实际情况自由谈一谈刚刚过去的一个春节是怎么过的，都做了些什么。

交流收集的有关春节的资料。

2、导入。

过年时的热闹和快乐，过年时的亲人相聚，过年时的爆竹声声„„让我们难忘，下面让我们一起走进年，再一次感受浓浓的节日文化。（课件出示过年的红火场面）板书：春节

二、畅谈春节，感受气氛

1、通过回忆春节时的欢乐情景及课前查阅、收集的资料，说说你对春节的了解。

（教学形式：学生介绍，教师用课件的形式同步呈现相关信息、场景、图片、视频等）

(1)春节简介（见补充材料）

春节，是农历正月初一，又叫阴历年，俗称“过年”„„(2)过年的由来与传说。（见补充材料）熬年守岁（观看动画 “年”的故事）(3)你了解的当地过年的习俗有哪些？

掸扬尘、备年货、贴春联、贴年画、贴剪纸、贴窗花、倒贴福字、点蜡烛、点香火、置天地桌、放鞭炮、守岁、给压岁钱、拜年、走亲戚、上祖坟、逛花市等。

(4)你了解的当地过年的食俗有哪些？ 吃年夜饭、吃年糕、包饺子、汤圆、荷包蛋、大肉丸、全鱼、生菜、美酒、福橘、苹果、花生、瓜子、糖果等。（曲阜过年家家必备“生菜”）

(5)过年期间在衣着、言行举止上对人们有什么要求？

2、小组交流：你家里是怎么过年的？如何庆祝的？向同学描述一下过年时的欢乐情景。

3、畅想：现在过年的习俗跟以前有什么不同？

（这些新年俗包括大年三十看“春晚”、电话拜年、短信拜年、网上拜年等等。）

三、拓展延伸，交流感受

过年，讲究的就是热闹、火爆、祥和。这是中国最重要的节日有着浓郁的民族特色，是我们传统文化的传承与凝聚。除夕之夜，世界各地的炎黄子孙都会吃团圆饭、守岁、拜年，带着美好的心愿辞旧迎新。但是不同的地方会以不同的方式来庆祝春节。你知道哪些地方的春节与我们这里的春节有不同的习俗？

学生结合收集的资料进行交流。可直接让学生交流自己所在地过春节都有哪些习俗---这是学生最熟悉、最乐意交流的话题。

四、实践活动

1.、开展“我与家长共做家务”的活动。

2、收集描写春节的诗词、春联、童谣等。

第四篇：春节的由来

春节的由来

正月初一日，历史上曾有元日、元旦、元辰、元朔、三元、三朝、三正、正旦、正朔等三十多种名称。称为春节，是近代才出现的事情。辛亥革命后，各省代表云集南京开会，议定我国采用公历纪年，把公历一月一日称为元旦，将农历正月初一日改称春节。但是并没有正式命名和执行。公元一九四九年九月二十七日，在中国人民政治协商会议第一次全体会议上，才正式决定我国采用公历纪年；农历正月初一日正式被命名为春节。

第五篇：春节的由来

春节的由来

中国农历年的岁首称为春节。是中国人民最隆重的传统节日，也象征团结、兴旺，对未来寄托新的希望的佳节。据记载，中国人民过春节已有4000多年的历史。关于春节的起源有很多说法，但其中为公众普遍接受的说法是，春节由虞舜兴起。公元前2000多年的一天，舜即天子位，带领着部下人员，祭拜天地。从此，人们就把这一天当作岁首。据说这就是农历新年的由来，后来叫春节。春节过去也叫元旦。春节所在的这一月叫元月。

中国历代元旦的日期并不一致：夏朝用孟春的元月为正月，商朝用腊月（十二月）为正月，秦始皇统一六国后以十月为正月，汉朝初期沿用秦历。汉武帝刘彻感到历纪太乱，就命令大臣公孙卿和司马迁造太阳历，规定以农历正月为一岁之首，以正月初一为一年的第一天，就是元旦。此后中国一直沿用夏历（阴历，又称农历）纪年，直到清朝未年，长达2080年。春节不同时代有不同名称。在先秦时叫上日、元日、改岁、献岁等；到了两汉时期，又被叫为三朝、岁旦、正旦、正日；魏晋南北朝时称为元辰、元日、元首、岁朝等；到了唐宋元明，则称为元旦、元、岁日、新正、新元等；而清代，一直叫元旦或元日。

1912年孙中山在南京就任中华民国临时大总统时，宣布废除旧历改用阳历（即公历），用民国纪年。并决定以公元1912年1月1日为民国元年1月1日。一月一日叫新年，但不称元旦。但民间仍按传统沿用旧历即夏历，仍在当年2月18日（壬子年正月初一）过传统新年，其他传统节日也照旧。有鉴于此，1913年（民国二年）7月，由当时北京政府任内务总长向大总统袁世凯呈上一份四时节假的报告，称：我国旧俗，每年四时令节，即应明文规定，拟请定阴历元旦为春节，端午为夏节，中秋为秋节，冬至为冬节，凡我国民都得休息，在公人员，亦准假一日。但袁世凯只批准以正月初一为春节，同意春节例行放假，次年（1914年）起开始施行。自此夏历岁首称春节。

1949年9月27日，中国人民政治协商会议第一届全体会议决定在建立中华人民共和国的同时，采用世界通用的公元纪年。为了区分阳历和阴历两个年，又因一年24节气的立春恰在农历年的前后，故把阳历一月一日称为元旦，农历正月初一正式改称春节。

地球绕太阳一周，历法上叫一年，循环往复，永无止境。但是，人们根据春、夏、秋、冬四季节气的不同，就以夏历正月初一为一年的岁首。每年农历十二月三十日（小月二十九）半夜子时（十二点）过后，春节就算正式来到了。

临近春节，人们采办年货，除夕时，全家团聚在一起吃年夜饭。贴年画、春联；迎接新的一年来临。

随着新中国的建立，春节庆祝活动更为丰富多彩。不仅保留了过去民间习俗，剔除了一些带有封建迷信的活动，而且增加了不少新的内容。使春节具有新的时代气息。1949年12月23日，中华人民共和国人民政府规定每年春节放假三天。

中国是个多民族的国家，各民族过新年的形式各有不同。汉族、满族和朝鲜族过春节的风俗习惯差不多，全家团圆，人们吃年糕、水饺以及各种丰盛的饭菜、张灯结彩，燃放鞭炮，并互相祝福。春节期间的庆祝活动极为丰富多样，有舞狮、耍龙的，也有踩高跷、跑旱船的。在有些地区人们沿袭过去祭祖敬神活动，祈求新的一年风调雨顺，平安、丰收。古代的蒙古族，把春节叫做白节，正月叫白月，是吉祥如意的意思。藏族是过藏历年。回族、维吾尔族、哈萨克族等，是过古尔邦节。春节也是苗族、僮族、瑶族等的盛大节日。