怎么向老外介绍中国春节？
2015-04-29
How to
Introduce
Chinese New Year
to Foreigners？
What does the holiday mean？
这个节日有什么含义吗？
The term “pass year” is used for the Spring Festival （Chinese New Year）. The word “Year” in Chinese characters used to mean a horrible beast. To combat the beast， the Chinese hang “good luck” wishes on red paper on the door and use fireworks in the belief that the beast fears red and fire.
中文中“过年”这个词用以表示对春节（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写上美好祝福的春联，并放鞭炮来赶跑它。
The Chinese Zodiac Features
中国的十二生肖
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 Sheep. Each animal represents a different “personality”.
中国的十二生肖代表了十二种动物，它们的顺序是：鼠、牛、兔、龙、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗和猪。今年是羊年。每一种动物都有它们自己的“性格”。
What do people eat？
那人们在新年都吃啥呢？
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：“民以食为天。”
The tradition is to have different main courses every day 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）.
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。
Besides eating， young people visit older family members and kids are blessed with a red pack of “lucky” money.
除了吃以外，年轻人要去拜会家里的老人家，而小朋友们会有压岁钱。
Happy Chinese New year！！！
春节快乐！
Vocabulary
characters "n. "特征（character的名词复数）
horrible "adj. "可怕的;极不友好的
combat "vt. "梳理;彻底搜查
fireworks "n. "烟火;烟火（firework的名词复数）
represents "v. "表现（represent的第三人称单数）
personality "n. "生而为人;人格;个性
blessed "adj. "神圣的;有福的
