我的中国春节

主持人(Hosts)：吴星铎（Wu Xingduo）、 苏莉（Anastasia Sukhoretskaya）嘉宾(Guests)：于嬿华（Filiz Unal）、于嬿平（Deniz Unal）、杨爱萨（Zavgorodnyaya Darya）

我的中国春节

My Chinese New Year Celebration

主持人(Hosts)：吴星铎（Wu Xingduo）、 苏莉（Anastasia Sukhoretskaya）
嘉宾(Guests)：于嬿华（Filiz Unal）、于嬿平（Deniz Unal）、杨爱萨（Zavgorodnyaya Darya）

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祝大家新年快乐，猴年大吉！

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于嬿华：一起包饺子的时刻，很幸福

我经常在土耳其、日本、中国这三个国家切换生活。来中国之后我才发现春节这么重要，这是亲人团聚的节日，不管多么忙，父母、孩子、亲戚都会团聚到一起。春节非常热闹，一到春节，到处都是大红色，看起来很喜庆。

另外，饺子也很特殊，其实饺子在日本也非常有名，我看到过饺子的介绍，除夕子时钟声一响人们便由旧的一年迈进了新的一年，称为“更岁交子”。习俗中在子时吃的这种带馅食品完全是为了辞旧岁迎新年，因此人们便把它称为“交子”，后来在前边加上“饣”，于是成为“饺子”。

现在每年春节我们都会一家团聚，一起包饺子。这样的时刻，会觉得很幸福，虽然平时生活很忙乱，但是那个时候心就会静下来，无论成长到多大，那时还会感觉自己是个孩子。

我很喜欢逛庙会。我已经在北京过了7个春节了，庙会上我印象最深的主要就是吃。有些庙会上会有一些国际的美食或小吃，印象很深。我很喜欢糖葫芦，外面脆脆的，叫糖衣，还有驴打滚儿等。还有一种扔圈的游戏，我也很喜欢，但是很难圈得到。

Filiz: I felt so blessed when making Chinese dumplings

I often switch my life between Turkey, Japan and China, these three countries. After coming to China, only did I understand the Spring Festival was so important. This is the holiday of family reunion, no matter how busy you are, parents, children and relatives gather together for a celebration. Spring Festival is such a lively time. When Spring Festival comes, the red color can be seen everywhere, it looks so joy-ous and festive.

Besides, dumplings is a very special dish. Actually, dumplings are famous in Japan as well. I have looked up the meaning of dumplings. When on Chinese New Year’s Eve the clock strikes midnight, people part with the old year and welcome the new year, so it was called “years’ interchange”. As the tradition puts it, eating stuffed food at midnight symbolizes the old year letting in the new year, that’s why people call this “交子” (meaning “interchange”). Later “饣” (a part of character “饺子”, meaning “food”) was added and the two parts combined turned into the character“饺子”.

Now, every Spring Festival we will get together, and make dumplings. In moments like these, I feel so blessed. Even though our life is very hectic, this time my heart calms down. Regardless of my age, I always feel like a child at this moment.

I like going to the Temple Fairs. I already spent seven Spring Festivals in Beijing, and the deepest impression about the Temple Fair was food. At some Temple Fairs you can even come across some international food and snacks. I was so impressed. I am fond of sugar-coated fruits on a stick “tang hu lu”. The crispy substance is sugar coating. I also like the rice cake “lv da gun”. There is also a game called “circling”, but it is hard to get the prize by circling.

杨爱萨：乡村春节，很快乐，但是没吃饱

我有一次在中国贵州的遵义过春节。我的前男友是中国人，贵州遵义是他的老家，有一次春节我们是在他老家过的。

他们老家是一个乡村，那里挺冷的。过春节是一年来全家最热闹的时候。除夕的时候，大家一起看电视嗑瓜子，那天晚上，我们吃了豆腐，在一个铁锅里面煮，锅很大很深，厨房没有经过装修，只有一个简易的炉子，屋子很大。我们那晚吃得不是很丰盛，还有一些干肉，家里人大概有30多个。他们家有5个儿子，全家人都来了。不过，我觉得他们之间关系并不是很亲密，坐在一起的时候，也没有聊一些深刻的话题。

大部分人我都还挺喜欢的。那天晚上大家喝了点酒之后就开始玩，他们讲遵义话，我不太听得懂。后来我们围着炉子聊天，或者玩一些简单的游戏，还划拳。后来他们3个兄弟开始唱歌，我还录了视频，很好玩。我前男友非常兴奋，说从来没有过过这样的春节，虽然很冷，但是大家很开心。

那个房子四周都是山，那里只有一个小学，有篮球场，白天可以去打篮球。我是首钢篮球啦啦队的队员，很喜欢篮球，我的篮球水平吓了他们一跳。那里大自然的风景很美，我第一次看到梯田。

我的前男友有个儿子，也在家里，他叫我妈妈，我给这个孩子准备了红包，我很爱他，前男友家里的人也给我送了礼物。春节的时候，南方人喜欢吃汤圆，但是做法很麻烦。但是我除夕那晚一直没吃饱——这对我来说是很痛苦的事。

除此之外，还有扫墓的活动。他爷爷的陵墓就在家附近，我当时还烧了香，磕了头，放了鞭炮。

Darya: Spring Festival in the Chinese countryside, very merry, but leaving you with an empty stomach

Once I had a chance to spend Chinese New Year in Guizhou province, Zunyi village. Zunyi was my ex-boyfriend’s, who was Chinese, hometown, where we spent one Spring Festival.

His hometown was a village. It was so cold there, and Spring Festival was the merriest time for the whole family. On the New Year’s Eve, everybody were watching TV, snacking on sunflower seeds. That night we ate tofu, cooked in a big iron pot. The pot was large, the kitchen was not renovated; it had only one simple oven, though the kitchen was rather roomy. That evening we were not full with food. They also had some dried meat. There were around 30 people present. Their family had five sons, and everyone came to the celebration. However, I was left with an impression that connection between the family members was not that strong. while sitting together, they did not discuss any personal topics.

I liked the majority of the people at the celebration. That night after everyone had drunk liquor, they started to play games. They were speaking the Zunyi dialect and I was struggling to understand them. Later we stood round the oven and talked, or played some simple games like finger-guessing. Three brothers began singing songs, I even recorded them, so funny. My ex-boyfriend was so excited, he said that he had never had such a merry Spring

Festival before. Even though it was cold, but everyone was happy.

The house was surrounded by mountains. In their neighborhood there was only one primary school and a basketball field. At day I went there to play basketball. Being a cheerleader for “Shougang” basketball team, I like this game. My skills of playing it scared the guests. The nature in that area was stunning. It was the first time for me to see terraced fields.

My ex-boyfriend had a son, who was also with us. He called me“mama”, I prepared a red envelope for him. I really loved him. The family of my ex-boyfriend gave me presents. In the South of China, during Spring Festival, people eat sweet rice balls, though the recipe is rather complicated. But I was not full that night, which was disappointing.

Besides, we went to the cemetery. His grandfather’s grave was close to the house. Then I also burnt a scented stick, kowtowed and set out a firework.

于嬿平：我吃到过肉馅里面放了橄榄的饺子

我是嬿华的双胞胎姐姐。我们的妈妈是中国人，我们小时候在日本长大，2月份日本不放假，有一次，妈妈请了假，带着我们来到中国过春节，看望姥姥和其他亲戚。那时候并没有觉得春节很重要，后来来华留学，才意识到春节是中国传统中最重要的节日。我很喜欢中国的传统节日，比如元宵节和中秋节，家人会团聚，一起吃饭，很重视亲情。

每年春节，我们所有的亲人都到舅舅家吃饭。我还吃到过肉馅里面放了橄榄的饺子，在我们家中奖的孩子会得到礼物。就像嬿华刚才提到的，一般是长辈们准备年夜饭，我们年轻人就在一起，很放松。

我很喜欢门口贴的春联，觉得非常喜庆。另外，春节期间逛庙会也非常有意思，我们会跟留学生朋友一起去，人特别多，有人开玩笑说是去看人的。那里除了美食以外，还有许多北京传统特色的小玩具，我很喜欢在中国过春节。

Deniz: I tasted meat dumplings with an olive inside

I am a twin sister of Filiz. Our mother is Chinese, we grew up in Japan. Japanese people don’t have vacations in February. Once, our mother asked for a leave from her work and took us to China for a Spring Festival to visit grandpa and other relatives. That time I didn’t think that Spring Festival was so important. Later, when I came to study in China, I only discovered that Spring Festival was the most important holiday in the Chinese tradition. I like traditional Chinese holidays, for example, Lantern Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. This is the time when family reunites, have dinner together and attach great importance to the family bonds.

Every year for the Spring Festival our whole family come to my uncle’s place to have dinner. I even tasted the meat dumpling with an olive inside. In our family, if you scored a “prize”, you can be granted with a present. As Filiz just said, it is for the elder generation to prepare the late dinner, we, kids, feel very relaxed.

I am also fond of New Year scrolls stuck to the door. It feels so festive. Besides, going to the Temple Fairs with your fellow classmates is interesting too. There are so many people at those Temple Fairs, that some of us joke, we go there for “people-watching”. Apart from food, you can also find some traditional Beijing toys. I like to spend Spring Festival in China very much.

看春晚，聊春晚

于嬿平：看春晚是中国春节不可缺少的一个活动，每年的春晚节目上有很多社会关注的问题，用笑话、流行语总结一年之中发生的重大事件，看了以后能引发大家的讨论。我记得有一年春晚上有首歌是S.H.E演唱的《中国话》，觉得特别有意思，我觉得中文真的越来越走向国际化了。除了歌曲，还有相声小品之类的，我最喜欢宋丹丹、赵本山。

杨爱萨：我有一年参加过湖南卫视的春晚，在第一排当观众。那年春晚开场是黑豹乐队，非常喜欢，他们很摇滚，我一直和他们互动。我觉得他们唱得非常好，很帅。现场参与的感觉很不一样，我记得还有好多舞蹈演员们穿着蔬菜装，很有趣。

于嬿华：我觉得春晚越来越国际化，比如有一次席琳·迪翁唱了《茉莉花》，还有法国的苏菲·玛索。还有一个我想说的，就是小品的笑点。我在日本长大，就很懂日本的笑点，刚到土耳其，我不能适应他们的笑点，时间一长就适应了，来中国也是，经受感染后慢慢才适应了春晚的笑点。我开始反思为什么国外观众不认为春晚的小品好笑，这或许是不同文化造成的。

Watching New Year Gala, talking about New Year Gala

Deniz: Watching New Year Gala is an absolutely essential part of the festival night. Every year some matters of social importance can be raised on New Year Gala. The performers with the jokes and some popular slang conclude the past year’s biggest events which spark discussion after watching the concert. I remember on one gala “S.H.E” performed with their song “Chinese words”. It was so amazing, I think, Chinese is becoming more and more internation-alized. Apart from songs, there are also some stand-up comedy performances. I like Song Dandan and Zhao Benshan.

Darya: Once I took part in Hunan Satellite TV’s New Year Gala. I was sitting in the first raw. That night there was “Panther”band performing which I liked so much. They were rocking, and I was following their rhythm. They were singing really well, very cool. Watching a live performance is something different. I still remember there were some dancers wearing the costumes of vegetables, so funny.

Filiz: I think the Spring Festival is getting more international. Once there was Celine Dion performing “Jasmin flowers” and Sophie Marso from France. Another thing, that I would like to mention, is the humor. I grew up in Japan, and I understand the Japanese humor. When I just came to Turkey, it was hard for me to get used to the local sense of humor, but as time passed, I grew accustomed to it. The same with China, after settling down only did I get used to the humor in New Year Gala. I began to reflect why the foreign audience didn’t understand this humor, maybe, it is merely a culture difference.

于嬿华，土耳其留学生，目前就读于北京大学对外汉语教育专业Filiz Unal,foreign student from Turkey, now at Beijing University learning Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages

于嬿平，土耳其留学生，目前就读于北京大学国际关系专业Deniz Unal, foreign student from Turkey, Studying International Relations at Peking University

杨爱萨（中排左二），俄罗斯留学生，目前就读于北京语言大学国际经济与贸易专业本科生Zavgorodnyaya Darya(middle row, second to the left), foreign student from Russia, now at Beijing Language and Culture University learning International Trade and Economics

春节有点闲

于嬿华：由于平常安排比较多，一到春节，事情突然少了，我不习惯什么都不做那种状态，空落落的。除夕那天，我们一般下午3点到姥姥家，一直到晚上12点，我基本干坐着就好，吃饭嗑瓜子，有时我会想，可以就这么闲着么？

杨爱萨：我对此深有体会。拿我自己来说，我和前男友过春节的时候，去了另外一个亲戚家，他们家的人特别热情，做两桌子的菜，主人对我和所有其他人都非常关心。我们在俄罗斯过年的时候，我们去别人家串门就是为了开心，大家不用担心安排，但中国人好像比较没有目的性，只是为了走形式。

Feeling so much idle on Spring Festival

Filiz: Normally I am so busy with things. Nevertheless, as the Spring Festival comes, there seems to have nothing to do. I did not get accustomed to such idleness. On Chinese New Year’s Eve, we usually visit our grandma at 3 o’clock and finish at midnight. I usually just sit there, snack on seeds. Sometimes a thought comes to my head: can one be so unoccupied? Darya: I am experienced in that question. Concerning myself, when I spent the Spring Festival with my ex-boyfriend, we went to his other relatives. Those relatives were so hospitable, prepared two tables, the host was really caring of me and other guests. When we celebrate the New Year in Russia, we go to other people’s homes to have fun; the guests don’t need to take care of any arrangements. But it is not like in Chinese, where people care too much about the ceremony.

礼物或许更温馨

于嬿平：中国的春节会持续很长时间，一般要到元宵节才结束。西方过节会送礼物，在中国则会送压岁钱。其实我觉得送礼物更温馨。

于嬿华：我发现微信里，朋友过生日时会互相发红包，微信红包也渗透到了春节了。在土耳其，节日那天一定要说节日快乐，并且行吻手礼，才给压岁钱，否则就不给了。到了我这个年龄，就特别“害怕”别的孩子吻我的手，吻了就必须得给钱。

杨爱萨：俄罗斯过节日送钱很少，基本都是送礼物。我继父会偷偷地给我钱，并且对我说这个钱你一定要好好地利用。

Exchanging presents is more sweet and warm

Deniz: Chinese New Year lasts for quite a long time, normally it finishes with Lantern Festival. In the Western countries during holidays people exchange gifts, but in China people exchange money. Actually I think, exchanging presents is more sweet and warm.

Filiz: I found out, in WeChat groups during birthdays people send to each other “red envelopes” ( money). This habit also reached the Spring Festival. In Turkey on New Year’s Day one has to congratulate with the holiday and kiss the hand of the older person, otherwise he won’t give you the money gift. In my age I have to stay super “cautious” when other kids kiss my hand. After kissing, I have to give them some money.

Darya: In Russia during the New Year there are only few people who give money as a present. Sometimes my step-dad gives me banknotes saying I have to use it for a good purpose.

属相与本命年

杨爱萨：俄罗斯也有属相这一说，是看农历。跟中国一模一样。

于嬿华：以前我不懂本命年这一说。后来有个日本朋友对我讲日本也有类似的概念，叫作厄年。了解了之后觉得挺有意思的。动物的概念很有意思，把一年和一年区分得更明确。

Chinese Zodiac and animal year

Darya: In Russia we also have Chinese Zodiac signs, counted according to the lunar calendar. The same with China.

Filiz: Before I didn’t understand the concept of animal year. Later my Japanese friend told me that in Japan they have the same point, called unlucky year. After I knew more about it, I think it was very interesting. The concept with animal year is also very peculiar. It differentiates one year from another.

新年愿望

于嬿华：明年跑一场全程马拉松，来一趟一个人的旅游，剪短发。

于嬿平：多了解中国的文化，多读一些哲学、传统思想方面的书，多培养一些兴趣爱好。

杨爱萨：我不会想具体的心愿，每一个目标都是突然出现，出现了就去做。如果非要说一个，那就是找到真爱，我是天秤座，一直追求浪漫。（中文整理：吴星铎，英文整理：苏莉，实习生闫彩萍参与讨论与录音整理）

New Year’s resolutions

Filiz: To complete a marathon, try travelling solo, cut hair.

Deniz: Learn more about Chinese culture, read more studies and books on philosophy and traditional way of thinking, take up more hobbies.

Darya: I can’t think of something special, the idea about my every goal usually comes suddenly. When it comes, I go for it. If I am asked about my new year resolution, let it be finding a true love. I am a Libra by Zodiac, very romantic by nature.

(Chinese version by Wu Xingduo,English version by Anastasia Sukhoretskaya,Intern Yan Caiping participated in discussion and voice recording decipherment）