中国春节民风民俗英文版

春节，传统名称为新年、大年、新岁，但口头上又称度岁、庆新岁、过年。古时春节曾专指节气中的立春，也被视为一年的开始，后来改为农历正月初一开始为新年。 Chinese New Year, the traditional name for the New Year, Danian, New Year, but also called the degree of verbal-year-old Qing New Year, Chinese New Year. Ancient Chinese New Year have been specifically moral courage in the beginning of spring, is also seen as the beginning of the year, and later changed to start the New Year who started the first lunar month.春节到了，意味着春天将要来临，万象复苏草木更新，新一轮播种和收获季节又要开始。人们刚刚度过冰天雪地草木凋零的漫漫寒冬，早就盼望着春暖花开生机勃勃的日子，当新春到来之际，自然要充满喜悦载歌载舞地迎接这个节日。

　　春节又叫阴历年、农历新年、农历年、旧历年，俗称“过年、大年、过大年”。阴历是根据月亮阴晴圆缺的规律来制定的；而阳历是根据地球绕太阳的运转周期指定的。春节的历史很悠久，它起源于殷商时期年头岁尾的祭神祭祖活动。古时春节曾专指二十四节气中的立春，后来改为夏历正月初一（即农历正月初一），被视为农历年的开始，即为岁首。按照我国农历，正月初一古称元日、元辰、元正、元朔、元旦等，俗称年初一。这是我国民间最隆重、最热闹的一个传统节日。而传统意义上的春节，是从腊月初八的腊祭或腊月廿三、廿四的祭灶，直到正月十五日元宵节结束，有些地方甚至到整个正月，均以除夕和正月初一为高潮。

　　春节是汉族最重要的传统节日。在春节这一传统节日期间，人们举行各种庆祝活动，这些活动大多以祭祀神佛、祭奠祖先、除旧布新、迎禧接福、祈求丰年为主要内容。瑶、壮、白、高山、赫哲、哈尼、达斡尔、侗、黎、满、蒙古、等十几个少数民族也有过春节的习俗，只是过节的形式各具自己的民族特色。

　　春节是东亚许多国家和地区庆祝新年的主要节日。越南语称为“T?t Nguyên ?án”（节元旦）、日语称为“正月”（注：日本节日“正月”类似于中国的元旦也即1月1日。）（明治维新后改称旧正月）、韩语称为“??”（此乃固有词，即新年之意）。现在春节除了在中国、朝鲜半岛、越南、日本等地之外，在蒙古、老挝、缅甸、柬埔寨、泰国、新加坡、马来西亚、印度尼西亚等地也都是最重要的节日之一。

　　春节与清明节、端午节、中秋节并称为中国汉族的四大传统节日。“春节”一词已入选中国世界纪录协会中国最大的节日，位居中国四大传统节日之首。2006年5月20日，“春节”民俗经国务院批准列入第一批国家级非物质文化遗产名录。

　　据《尔雅》记载，尧舜时称年为“载”，夏代称年为“岁”，商代称年为“祀”，直到周代才称为“年”。Spring Festival to the means spring will come, Vientiane vegetation recovery updates, a new round of sowing and harvesting season is beginning. It has just withered vegetation, ice and snow through the long winter, has long been looking forward to the vibrant warmth of spring days, when the Lunar New Year is approaching, will naturally be filled with the joy of singing and dancing to welcome the holiday.

Spring Festival is also called the lunar year, Chinese New Year, Chinese New Year, New Year, commonly known as "New Year, Danian, Guo Danian." Lunar calendar is based on the law of the Moon Yin Qing Yuan to set missing; and the solar calendar is based on the functioning of the Earth around the sun cycles specified. A very long history of the Spring Festival, which originated in the Shang period drew to a close in the first ritual of ancestor worship activities. Ancient Chinese New Year have been specifically refers to 24 solar terms in the beginning of spring, and later changed to who started this first month in lunar calendar (ie, who started the first lunar month), is considered the beginning of the Lunar New Year, namely Suishou. According to China's Lunar New Year, the first month who started in ancient times known Mongol Yuan Chen, Yuan-cheng, Yuan Shuo, New Year's Day and so on, commonly known as New Year's Day.

This is our most solemn people, the most lively one traditional festivals. The traditional sense of the Spring Festival is the eighth day of the wax from the twelfth lunar month festival, or the twelfth lunar month Niansan, Niansi the Jizao, until the end of the first month in the Lantern Festival on the 15th, and even the whole first month, are New Year's Eve and the first lunar month started this as a climax.

Han Chinese New Year is the most important traditional festivals. Chinese New Year this tradition during the holiday season, it held various kinds of celebration activities, these activities are to worship deities, worshiping ancestors, Chujiubuxin, Fu Ying Hei then pray for good harvest as the main content. Yao, Zhuang, white, mountains, Hezhen, Hani, Daur, Dong, Li, Manchu, Mongolian and a dozen ethnic minorities also had the custom of Chinese New Year, but in the form of festivals each with their own ethnic characteristics.

Chinese New Year is celebrated in many East Asian countries and regions, the main New Year's holiday. Vietnamese known as the "T? T Nguyên? �0�9n" (Day New Year's Day), Japanese, known as the "first month" (Note: The Japanese Festival, "the first month," that is similar to the Chinese New Year's Day January 1.) (Later renamed the old Meiji Restoration the first month), Korean "??"( This is known as the inherent word, meaning that the New Year). In addition to the Spring Festival is now in China, the Korean Peninsula, Vietnam, Japan and other places outside of Mongolia, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and other places are also the most important festivals.

Chinese New Year and Ching Ming, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival known as Han Chinese of the four traditional festivals. "Spring Festival" has been selected for the world record of China Association for China's biggest holiday, ranking first among China's four traditional festivals. May 20, 2006, "Spring Festival" Folk by the State Council approved the inclusion of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage site.

According to "Er Ya," records, Yao and Shun, said that as the "set" Hsia said that as the "old," Shang said that as the "worship" until the Zhou Dynasty was known as the "years."