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初三年八班陈景楠

The origin of the Lunar New Year Festival can be traced back thousands of years, involving a series of colorful legends and traditions. One of the most famous legends is Nian, an extremely cruel and ferocious beast that the ancients believed would devour people on New Year's Eve. To keep Nian away, red-paper couplets are pasted on doors, torches are lit, and firecrackers are set off throughout the night, because Nian is said to fear the color red, the light of fire, and loud noises. Early the next morning, as feelings of triumph and renewal fill the air at successfully keeping Nian away for another year, the most popular greeting heard is "gong xi fa cai", or "congratulations."

农历新年的起源可以追溯到几千年前，有着一系列丰富多彩的传说和传统。最著名的传说之一是“年”，一种极其残忍和凶猛的野兽，古人认为它会在新年前夜吞噬人类。为了赶走年兽，人们在门上贴红纸对联，点燃火把，整夜放鞭炮，因为据说年兽害怕红色、火光和巨大的噪音。第二天一大早，空气中弥漫着成功地将年兽赶走的喜庆氛围，最常听到的问候语是“恭喜发财”。

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初二年八班许歆蕾

House Cleaning & Decorating大扫除和布置

Sweeping, mopping, wiping, washing… Sometimes the whole family needs to give a hand with the chores, to make sure the house is rid of the old year’s dust and is prepared for taking in the fortune of the New Year. Then every house is decorated with the most favored color, the bright Red – red lanterns, Chinses knots, Spring Festival couplets, ‘Fu’ character pictures, and red window paper-cuts.

扫地、拖地、擦地、洗地……有时全家人都要帮忙做家务，以确保房子里没有旧年的灰尘，为迎接新年的好运做好准备。家家户户都用最喜欢的颜色来装饰，鲜艳的红灯笼，中国结，春联，“福”字的年画，以及红色的窗花。

New Year Paintings 贴年画

During the Spring Festival (Chinese New Year), it is traditional to decorate the homes with new year paintings. The most popular paintings are Door Gods pasted on the front doors to keep ghosts and monsters away.

Spring Couplets 贴春联

Spring couplets are traditionally written with black ink on red paper. They are hung in storefronts in the month before the New Year’s Day, and often stay up for two months. They express best wishes and fortune for the coming year. There is a great variety in the writing of these poetic couplets to fit the situation. A store would generally use couplets hat make references to their line of trade. Couplets that say "Happy New Year" and " Continuing Advancement in Education" are appropriate for a school.

在春节期间，用年画装饰房屋是传统的方式。最受欢迎的是把门神贴在前门，以赶走鬼魂和怪物。

春联传统上是用黑墨水在红纸上写的。在新年前一个月在门口贴上春联，通常会挂两个月。他们表达了对来年的美好祝愿和好运。这些对联的写作有很大的变化，以适应不同的情况。商店通常会使用对联来说明他们的行业。在学校里的春联多是“新年快乐”和“学业有成”。

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初三年七班吕梓杨

The New Year’s Eve – Reunion Dinner 团圆饭

A reunion dinner is held on New Year's Eve where members of the family, near and far, get together for celebration. The New Year's Eve dinner is very large and traditionally includes chicken. Fish is included, but not eaten up completely (and the remaining stored overnight), as the Chinese phrase "nian nian you yu", or "every year there is fish/leftover", is a homophone for phrases which could mean "be blessed every year" or "have profit every year".

The New Year's Eve celebration was traditionally highlighted with a religious ceremony given in honor of Heaven and Earth, the gods of the household and the family ancestors.

团圆饭是在除夕夜举行的，家庭成员无论远近都会聚在一起庆祝。年夜饭非常丰盛，传统上包括鸡肉，鱼。但菜不会完全吃完(剩下的隔夜储存)，因为中国短语“年年有鱼”，或“年年有鱼乘”，同音表示“年年有福”或“年年有利润”。

传统上，除夕庆祝活动的重点是举行宗教仪式，向天地、家中的神明和家族祖先表示敬意。

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初三年七班吕梓杨

初三年八班陈景楠

There are many foods in Chinese culture associated with the Chinese New Year.

在中国文化中，有许多与春节有关的食物。

Jiaozi 饺子

Jiaozi (dumplings), are small or large mounds of dough that are usually dropped into a liquid mixture (such as soup or stew) and cooked until done, some are stuffed with meat and/or vegetables.

饺子是一种或大或小的面团状食物，通常将其放入液体混合物中(如热水或炖汤)，煮至熟透，饺子里塞满了肉馅或菜馅。

Mandarin oranges 桔子

Mandarin oranges (a symbol of wealth and good fortune). The Cantonese word for these oranges is a homonym for gold.

桔子象征财富和好运。在粤语中，这些桔子与金子谐音。

Fagao 发糕

Fagao is made with wheat flour, water, sugar and leavened with either yeast or baking powder. Fagao batter is steamed until it rises and splits open at the top. The sound "fa" means either "to raise/generate" or "be prosperous".

发糕是由小麦粉、水、糖和酵母或发酵粉发酵而成。发酵面糊蒸至发胀，顶部裂开。“发”的意思是“生产”或“繁荣。

Red Jujubes 红枣

Red Jujubes symbolizes the gaining of prosperity.

红枣象征发财

Whole Steamed Fish 蒸全鱼

Whole steamed fish (a symbol of long life and good fortune). The word 鱼 (yú), meaning "fish", shares the same pronunciation with the word 余, meaning "surplus". The common greeting for the new year "niannian you yu" can mean to enjoy a surplus, financial security, year after year.

整条清蒸鱼象征长寿和好运。鱼(yú)与“余”发音相同意思是“剩余”。常见的新年问候语“年年有余”意味着年年有剩余的钱，也就是说年年经济都有保障。

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三年四班谢宛庭

Half-month Visiting Relatives – From One Family to Another

半个月的拜年、探亲

After a day at home, people start to visit relatives from the second day of the New Year.

在家待了一天之后，人们从大年初二开始走亲访友。

Giving Red Envelopes – Best Wishes through Money发红包

From newborn babies to teenagers, luck money will be given by seniors, wrapped in red packets in the hope of dispelling evil spirits from the kids.

从刚出生的婴儿到十几岁的青少年，长辈会给他们压岁钱，包在红色的袋子里，希望能驱散邪灵。

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四年四班施舒晨

15^th Day of the Near Year – Lantern Festival 正月十五 – 元宵节

The New Year celebrations ended on the 15th of the First Moon with the Lantern Festival. On the evening of that day, people carried lanterns into the streets to take part in a great parade. Young men would highlight the parade with a dragon dance. The dragon was made of bamboo, silk, and paper, and might stretch for more than hundred feet in length. The bobbing and weaving of the dragon was an impressive sight, and formed a fitting finish to the New Year festival.

新年庆祝活动在正月十五元宵节结束。那天晚上，人们提着灯笼走上街头参加盛大的游行。年轻人会以舞龙来突出游行。舞龙龙是用竹子、丝绸和纸做成的，可能有一百多英尺长。龙的摆动和编织是一个令人印象深刻的景象，象征着春节圆满过完。

文稿/编辑：王俭

视频/美编：姚筱炜

策划/指导：涂剑

审核：张振伟

审批：涂剑

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