关于春节习俗的英语作文（通用20篇）

The Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese people.   All family members will get together to have a big meal on the New Years Eve. Well watch the fireworks and eat dumplings. And some families will sit together to chat or watch the get-together of CCTV. Its a big and special programme.

Almost every family will watch it until 12 oclock. During the spring festival,people can visit their relatives or friends .Its also a happy time for children . They can get a red package from parents and grandparents, or relatives , and there is money in it. So the children are very happy during the festival.

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There are many festivals in china. And among them, I like the most is the Spring Festival. Because of it, not only is the biggest holiday of the year, but the start of a new year, but also all of us all the people, come together festival.

Before the Spring Festival, people go home, no matter where they are. Usually, we in the new years Eve dinner. Then the family sat together to share their lives or aircraft. Some people play games or go out to play. On New Years day, people get up early to meet people who say. Children can get lucky money from relatives. In the coming days, we will visit relatives to pay New Years call, give them. In a word, it is the family reunion and we all the time to enjoy it.

This is our happy Spring Festival, Do you feel happy?

译文：

在中国有很多节日。其中,我最喜欢的是春节。正因为如此,不仅是一年中最大的节日,但新的一年的开始,也是我们所有的人,聚在一起的节日。

在春节之前,人们回家,无论他们在哪里。通常,我们的年夜饭。然后一家人坐在一起分享他们的生活或飞机。有些人玩游戏或出去玩。在元旦,人们早起人说。孩子可以从亲戚那里得到压岁钱。在未来几天,我们将拜访亲戚支付新年的电话,给他们。一句话,这是家庭团聚,我们所有的时间去享受它。

这是我们的春节快乐,你觉得快乐吗?

The Spring Festival, the most jubilant and important festival in China, is observed by most Chinese people at home and abroad. Our hometown is not an exception.

Similar with other places in china, we prepare for the festival about half a month before. With the lunar New Year approaching, the red lanterns are hung up along the main streets, making the ancient town filled with the festival atmosphere. While people clean up their houses, decorate it with traditional decorations such as Chinese knots and paper cutting. Each family pastes up Spring Festival couplets to convey their best wishes for the coming year.

Spring Festival is a traditional festival in china.Chinese Spring Festival celebrating the end of winter and the warmthof spring. The whole family got together happily for the spring festival. Decorations are hanging up everywhere in the city on the springfestival. we have the Spring Festivals celebrations with feasts and fireworks. Welcome to have the Chinese New Year with my family!

我们的国家，有着浓厚的历史文化底蕴。就连一些传统节日也折射出中国文化的独特魅力。在这些节日中，我最喜欢的节日莫过于春节。

今年的春节比往年更热闹，更有年味。大约傍晚时，我们一家人在思南陪外公、外婆吃过团圆饭之后，就乘车赶往老家。沿途看见城内挂满了一盏盏火红的灯笼，仿佛置身于灯的世界，使年味更浓了。此时，我的心早已飞到老家。到了老家，看到久违的伙伴欣喜若狂。家家户户早已贴上了对联。

夜幕降临，让人梦寐以求的时刻终于来临了。只见爸爸拿着烟花筒放在院子，点燃引线“轰”地一声，新的一年来了。天空中呈现出五颜六色的烟花，把整个夜空装点得更加漂亮。看了让人陶醉不已。

大人高兴的时刻已过，现在该是我们表演的时候了！“冲、冲”一阵轰隆隆的声音传入我的耳中。哇！烟花筒把烟花送到了空中，冲天炮也不甘示弱，急速地飞上云宵，讨人们欢心！

欢乐的时间总是那么短暂，直到现在，那一声声炮竹声都似乎在我耳边回响。

With the bursts of firecrackers. The celebration of the Spring Festival comes at last.

However, at the same time, people play a lot of waste. According to the survey, the waste of the Spring Festival is 10 times as much as usual (non holiday). These figures are really to be counted, and you can imagine how amazing it is. So, at the same time, we do not forget to save.

The waste of food is especially serious during the Spring Festival. The new year, we have to prepare enough things in the supermarket to buy special purchases for the Spring Festival, convenient to move home; there are people who work units, friends. The source of special purchases for the Spring Festival not put, the home refrigerator, but on the outside. But just a few days later, the weather is getting warmer. The thing broke out immediately, couldnt eat it, and had to throw it away. There are also years of night meal, in order to be rich, all families have bought a lot of things, but they can eat very little, and finally there is a lot of surplus. “ more than &rdquo in years; a good omen, but the remaining things, but in the case of no one, were poured into the ditch or the roadside. New years festival is the peak of consumption. At this time for the Spring Festival shopping, eat and drink, do special purchases for the Spring Festival can. However, do not forget to save in the consumption, to eliminate waste.

In addition to the waste of food, the waste of the new year is very serious. In our lives, there is often a waste of electricity. As far as our family is concerned, thirty nights in the big year, the lanterns are hung up on my house, all night, and how much electricity is consumed. Also, in order to have a good sign, on the thirty night houses are the lights lit, night lights, electricity consumption as can be imagined how much.

There is a lot of waste in the Spring Festival. For example, gifts are given during the Spring Festival, which also presents the waste of gift packaging. Some units send gifts to employees in the new year, and everything is covered with beautiful packaging. It is too big to take home, but when the packing is removed, the original thing is much smaller. These packages are about half of the space, and most of them are new, so its a bit wasteful. Many shopping malls, supermarkets can see, many for the gift of people in the selection of those exquisite gift boxes. There is only two bottles of wine in a box that looks like the size of a normal TV screen. A lot of gifts are packed in layer after layer, so people dont know what it is inside. Its even doubted that the box is worth more than the inside. During the Spring Festival, the packing box is the most important time. It did cause a lot of waste of paper and plastic.

“ save the resources, start from me. ” to eliminate waste, the key is to start from yourself, start from small things, start from now!

在我们老家，从腊八到正月十五之间，人们都快乐的过着春节。

“腊八吉照，新年来到”，腊八那天早晨，人们要喇腊八粥，小孩子们把腊八粥抹到枣树上，预示着明年的枣能结得又大又多又甜。

腊月二十三是传统的吉照，白天人们要把厨房、院子和屋子打扫得干干净净。晚上人们把糖果摆到灶王爷的画像前，把粘糊糊的吉照糖抹到灶王爷的嘴巴上，让他上天向老天爷汇报时，多说人间的好事，少说人间的坏事。这真是“上天言好事，下界保平安”。

除夕的上午，人们家家户户都在贴对联，还有的人把对联贴到车上，预示着新的一年快乐吉祥。晚上人们要吃团圆饭。吃完饭后，人们还要在院子里洒上一些芝麻杆，在门的后面放一根木棍，挡着财宝不滚出门，人们就开始守岁，一直到夜里12点，人们走出门开始放鞭炮，整条街灯火通明，鞭炮声彻夜不绝。天亮了，都吃起饺子，然后人们穿着新衣服去长辈家拜年，长辈就发红包给孩子们。拜完年，小孩子们到大街上去买玩具，大人们在一旁看戏曲，欢欢乐乐真热闹。

正月十五到了，人们在家里吃元宵和饺子，晚上他们聚集在街上，开始放烟花，小孩子们欢天喜地地跳来跳去。第二天早晨大家都要早早地起床去跑步，也有的人牵着牛、马去跑步，他们在野地里捡起一些柴火，把柴火点着，大家围着火堆蹦蹦跳跳，预示着新年的勤劳和兴旺。

这就是我家乡的过年习俗，真是多彩多样呀！

Spring Festival ,known as the Chinese New Year,is the most important

holiday in China.From late January to early February,Chinese people are busy

preparing for the New Year.They clean their houses ,have their hair cut,and buy

new clothes .Jiaozi or dumpling is most popular.To those who live far away from

their home,this festival is also a framily reunion occasion.

And they often go back home to celebrate the festival with their family.The

first day of the new year is the time when people visit their friends adn wish

each other good luck in the new year.

原来，民间春节吃饺子的习俗在明朝和清朝时已相当盛行。饺子一般要在大年三十晚上12点以前包好，待到半夜子时吃。而子时是农历正月初一的开始，吃饺子取“更岁交子”之意，“子”为“子时”，交与“饺”谐音，有“喜庆团圆”和“吉祥如意”的意思。

春节吃饺子有很多神奇的传说。一说是为了纪念盘古氏开天辟地，结束了混沌状态。二说是取其与“浑囤”的谐音，意为“粮食满囤”。三说与女娲造人有关。女娲捏土造人时，由于天寒地冻，人的耳朵很容易被冻掉。为了使人的耳朵能固定不掉，女娲便在人的耳朵上扎一个小眼儿，用细线把耳朵拴住，线的另一端放在人的嘴里咬着，这样才把耳朵做好。老百姓为了纪念女娲的功绩，就包起饺子来，用面捏成人耳朵的形状，内包有馅(线)，用嘴咬着吃。

其实，饺子是一种历史悠久的传统美食，深受老百姓喜爱，民间就有“好吃不过饺子”的俗语。每逢春节，饺子更成为一种应时不可缺少的美食。究其原因：一方面，饺子形如元宝。人们在春节吃饺子取“招财进宝”之音;另一方面，饺子有馅，便于人们把各种吉祥的东西包到馅里，以寄托人们的新年祈望。在包饺子时，人们常常将金如意、糖、花生、枣和栗子等包进馅里。吃到如意、吃到糖的人，来年的日子更甜美;吃到花生的人，将健康长寿;吃到枣和栗子的人将早生贵子。有些地方春节吃饺子时，还要配些副食以示吉利。如：吃豆腐，象征全家幸福;吃柿饼，象征事事如意;吃三鲜菜，象征三阳开泰;吃鱼团、肉丸和发菜，象征团圆发财。还有些地方吃法很独特。如：在我国河南的一些地区，将面条与饺子一起煮着吃，取名“金钱穿元宝”。你说有趣不有趣?

看来，爱吃饺子真不错!查着查着，我又想吃饺子啦。

20xx年11月14日 星期日 天气：晴

Sun.,Feb. 14 Rainy Spring Festival ,known as the Chinese New Year, is the most important holiday in China.From late January to early February,Chinese people are busy preparing for the New Year.They clean their houses ,have their hair cut,and buy new clothes .Jiaozi or dumpling is most popular.To those who live far away from their home,this festival is also a framily reunion occasion. And they often go back home to celebrate the festival with their family.The first day of the new year is the time when people visit their friends adn wish each other good luck in the new year.

二月十四日 星期日 雨春节，即中国人的新年，是中国最重要的节日。从一月末到二月初人们忙着为新年做准备。他们打扫房屋、理发和买新衣服。饺子是最受欢迎的。对那些远离家乡的人们，春节是一个合家团聚的时刻。他们经常回家和家人欢度春节。新年第一天人们访友并互祝新年好运。

我的家乡在重庆。在我们这里有很多过年习俗比如：贴对联、贴“福”字、贴“财神”、放鞭炮、包汤圆、杀年猪还有熏猪肉、灌香肠等。

其中我最喜欢的是包汤圆。大年三十这天，我们一家人围在大圆桌边一起包汤圆。外婆把包汤圆的材料拿了出来。就开始包很快就包好了。包好了就开始煮，我很想吃我亲手包的汤圆，于是我焦急不安的等待着。一分钟、两分钟、三分钟……啊汤圆终于出锅了!外婆给我们一人盛了一碗。在吃之前外婆对我们说在这锅汤圆里只有一个汤圆包着一元钱，谁吃到它在这一年里就会顺顺利利。我和我的表哥一听就埋头猛吃汤圆，我满嘴都是芝麻陷和糯米皮。呀!真好吃。我真想细细的品味汤圆的味道，可是为了在一年中顺顺利利，就不能让我的嘴消停一下。我瞟了一眼大人们，他们有说有笑地吃着汤圆。我心里很困惑：外婆是不是把有硬币的汤圆放到他们碗里了?于是我吃的更快了。我迅速地吃着，吃到最后一个时我突然被一个东西硌着了。我一下子从嘴里取出那东西时不由得大声叫起来：“呀!钱，我吃到它了!”我高兴得一蹦蹦了三尺高……

今年的事，和我家乡有趣的习俗我永远不会忘。

The Lunar New Year

The Lunar New Year is a great occasion to the Chinese people。 It lasts about the first four days of the year， during which people do not work except for the workers on duty。 Students do not go to school， and shops are closed。

Several days before the new year， people begin to prepare。 Farmers kill pigs， sheep， cocks and hens。 City dwellers buy meat fish and vegetables。  Houses are cleaned； coupletsare posted on the doors。 Colourful lanterns are hung at the gate。

On the eve of the new year， each family has its members gatherd together and eats a family reunion dinner。 After the meal they watch TV until the clock strickes twelve。 Then every family sets off long strings of small firecrackers and other fire works to wele the new year。 On the first day of the new year， almost everyone is dressed in his or her best。 When people meet on the way， they say to each other "Happy New Year"。 Friends and relatives pay new year calls and gives presents to each other。 Children indulge themselves in games。

我的家乡是清丰，各地过年的习俗也是不同，五花八门，但都有>幸福美满的欢乐寓意。

农历十二月是最冷的天气，我家乡的腊八节差不多就算是春节的开始，也就是说开始准备过年的年货了。特别是家乡的农会，商店的老板会把店里的商品都搬出来，给客人们选购。家乡的腊八节标志着春节的慢慢到来，同时家乡还有说这样一种说法“腊七腊八，冻死寒鸦”，这一天还要喝上一碗香香的腊八粥，胃里热热的，心里暖暖的。在这个粥里放入了各种豆、米，足足有八种以上的谷类进行熬制，这不仅是粥，而是小型农业展览会。

现在农民生活好了，鸡鸭鱼肉是必不可少的，而孩子们最喜欢的却是那甜甜糖果儿，有的晶莹剔透，有的“红红火火”，这也是春节必备之一。再有就是买花炮了，那包装精致的柳叶鞭，更是我们男孩子的最爱。还有就是增添新衣服了，这是家乡的孩子所盼望的，穿着新衣服，心里那个美呀！年三十那天走在大街上更是热闹，孩子们成帮结队的在大街上放花炮，无忧无虑的跟朋友们走街串巷。特别是各家各户都做着美味的佳肴，散出的那个味道，那真是香味

扑鼻呀！下午黄昏时，火红的对联 开始上门了，喜气洋洋的对联迎接着祝福，迎接着春天，迎接着各路大神的到来。晚上的除夕大餐就是饺子了，我们在家门口放鞭炮，而奶奶们却在自己家的院子里烧香拜神，烧元宝，拜五神，企求他们保佑我们一家平平安安。吃着香香的饺子，看着好看的春晚，一家人其乐融融，快要睡觉的时候，长辈们会在我们的枕头下面放上盼望已久的压岁钱。

正月初一的早晨四五点钟，老家还有起五更的习俗，我就跟在爸爸、妈妈、叔叔、婶婶后面就开始先给袓爷爷们袓奶奶们磕头，然后再给爷爷、奶奶磕头，哈哈哈，小孩子们就可以得到更多的糖果了。吃完早饭，我们就开始去逛庙会、走亲戚了，我们小孩子就可以跟在大人的后面，去买好吃的东西，在亲戚家还可以挣到压岁钱，呵呵，心里那个美呀！真希望天天过大年！晚上的节目就是放烟花了，看着那一朵朵绽放的花朵，真是心花努放。>这就是我农村老家的春节，是不是很美呀！

在不同的民族里，都有着不同的节日，都蕴含着不同的含义。对我们汉族中所有的人来说，最开心的节日就是春节。

对我们来说，春节是最快乐的日子，在春节里，我们会长一岁，还会收到压岁钱，还能穿新衣。我们过春节时，都会把家里里外外的打扫干净。还有去街上买灯笼、对联、福字、窗花、还有买屋里需要贴的神灵。买回家后，把灯笼挂在屋里的四个角上。把对联贴在门的两旁，横联贴在门的上面。还要拿一个大点的福字倒着贴在门上，表示福到了。窗花有各式各样的，我做喜欢的事，就是把剩下的窗花上漂亮的图案剪下来，收藏好。令我最好奇的，就是贴神灵，这神灵有很多种，少一个都不行。有时候晚上，还需要给神灵烧香。

每次拜年的前一天晚上，有些孩子都会迫不及待的把新年衣服全部穿上好好的看一看，然后在脱下来放到一处。等着第二天醒来，孩子们就穿着新买的衣服去拜年。到了那里，晚辈们都会跪下，给长辈磕头，然后长辈们就给每个孩子压岁钱，去亲戚朋友家拜年，也会收到压岁钱，不管是小孩还是18岁以上的大孩子，到最后，孩子们都会把压岁钱交给家长，让家长保管。

在春节的这几天里，所有的男女老少都过得非常开心，非常快乐。过完年后，大人就又开始忙了，孩子们就又开始了学习旅程。

Similar to the importance of the Christmas Day for the westerners， the Spring Festival is the most important celebration for Chinese people. Although the meaning and the methods of celebration of the Spring Festival are changing with the time， the important status of the Spring Festival is incomparable.

Chinese Spring Festival has a long history， which is nearly four thousand years old. Initially， the festival had no name or fixed date However， people called Spring Festival “the age” according to the revolution period of Jupiter by B.C. 2100. Before B.C. 1000， people used “the year”， which means “Great Harvest” representing the Spring Festival.

According to the traditional custom， the Spring Festival lasts from the 23rd day of 12th lunar month to the 15th day of 1st lunar month， and the climax should be the New Year Eve and the first day of first lunar month.

类似于圣诞节对于西方人的重要性，春节是中国人最重要的节日。虽然庆祝春节的意义和方法随着时间的变化，春节的地位是无与伦比。

中国的春节有着悠久的历史，这是近四千岁。最初，该节没有名称或固定日期，然而，人们称为“春节”根据公元前2100年木星的革命时期的时代”。在公元前1000年，人们用“年”，这意味着“大丰收”代表的春节。

按照传统习俗，春节是从第十二月第二十三日至第一月第十五日，高潮应该是除夕和正月初一。

Then, the representative of the bedroom Zhu Guozhang asked us to guess a line of a poem related to the above situation. He added that Li Xinmin alone was born in the year of the dog and the other three were all born in the year of the chicken.

They left us all in confusion. And it was our monitor who was quickwitted. He shouted our, "The day breaks as the cock crows three times at dawn." The hall After that, they had another item. This time Li Xinmin was placed in the middle of the circle. While he was standing there, the other three stood around him, each bowing down to him at an angle of 120 degrees. It was an idiom. This time I got it right:"The dog stands out among a group of chickens."

每年都等着、盼着过春节。因为这是一年中最热闹的一天。

早晨，早早的起床，穿上妈妈早给准备好的新衣服、新鞋子。心里别提多高兴了！

到了晚上，大人们都开始忙着包饺子。这时我们小孩子便拿着好多的烟花出去。大的、小的、长的、短的各式各样的。我最喜欢的是摇花，拿上几根，点上火。那花便飞洒起来，我前后的摇，转圈的摇，那火花随着我的摇摆闪闪亮亮。像一串串小星星围在我的身旁，我仿佛是飞到了天上与他们一起玩耍。接着就是要点燃花了。我躲在爸爸的身后看着，砰、砰，每一声响都开出一朵美丽的花，有红的、绿的、蓝的、紫的，五颜六色，美丽极了。

吃完了饺子，就要睡觉了，我真的希望时间快点过，我期盼着过年的春节！

春节传说之一：贴春联和门神

据说贴春联的习俗，大约始于一千多年前的后蜀时期，这是有史为证的。此外根据《玉烛宝典》，《燕京岁时记》等着作记载，春联的原始形式就是人们所说的“桃符”。

在中国古代神话中，相传有一个鬼域的世界，当中有座山，山上有一棵覆盖三千里的大桃树，树梢上有一只金鸡。每当清晨金鸡长鸣的时候，夜晚出去游荡的鬼魂必赶回鬼域。鬼域的大门坐落在桃树的东北，门边站着两个神人，名叫神荼、郁垒。如果鬼魂在夜间干了伤天害理的事情，神荼、郁垒就会立即发现并将它捉住，用芒苇做的绳子把它捆起来，送去喂虎。因而天下的鬼都畏惧神荼、郁垒。于是民间就用桃木刻成他们的模样，放在自家门口，以避邪防害。后来，人们干脆在桃木板上刻上神荼、郁垒的名字，认为这样做同样可以镇邪去恶。这种桃木板后来就被叫做“桃符”。

到了宋代，人们便开始在桃木板上写对联，一则不失桃木镇邪的意义，二则表达自己美好心愿，三则装饰门户，以求美观。又在象征喜气吉祥的红纸上写对联，新春之际贴在门窗两边，用以表达人们祈求来年福运的美好心愿。

为了祈求一家的福寿康宁，一些地方的人们还保留着贴门神的习惯。据说，大门上贴上两位门神，一切妖魔鬼怪都会望而生畏。在民间，门神是正气和武力的象征，古人认为，相貌出奇的人往往具有神奇的禀性和不凡的本领。他们心地正直善良，捉鬼擒魔是他们的天性和责任，人们所仰慕的捉鬼天师钟馗，即是此种奇形怪相。所以民间的门神永远都怒目圆睁，相貌狰狞，手里拿着各种传统的武器，随时准备同敢于上门来的鬼魅战斗。由于我国民居的大门，通常都是两扇对开，所以门神总是成双成对。

结尾：唐朝以后，除了以往的神荼、郁垒二将以外，人们又把秦叔宝和尉迟恭两位唐代武将当作门神。相传，唐太宗生病，听见门外鬼魅呼号，彻夜不得安宁。于是他让这两位将军手持武器立于门旁镇守，第二天夜里就再也没有鬼魅搔扰了。其后，唐太宗让人把这两位将军的形象画下来贴在门上，这一习俗开始在民间广为流传。作文

从“小年夜”到除夕，春节踏着农历12月24日零时的钟声，走入桂林的城乡。这天是桂林人的“小年夜”，也就是“过小年”。过小年这天，人们宰狗、杀鸭，庆贺春节来临。这天的爆竹声，带着人们送灶王爷“上天言好事”的心愿噼哩啪啦地炸响，声传高宇。人们认为灶神是一家之主，一家的善恶功过祸福都由它掌管，所以每年将尽，都要送灶神上天向玉帝奏明，为全家降福免灾。祭灶的仪式多由家里的长辈去办，他们将糖果放在灶头祭祀灶神，祈求灶神“上天言好事，下凡降吉祥”。用糖果祭灶神，目的是让糖“粘住”灶神的嘴巴，让他甜甜的嘴巴尽说好话。除夕夜幕降临后，再放爆竹接灶王爷下凡。这是桂林“过小年”的古俗，现在即便是鸣放鞭炮，也仅是古俗遗存的仪式罢了。

从腊月二十四到三十，人们忙着置办年货，打扫居室内外，以干干净净迎接新年。过节的传统食品种类繁多，且寓有美好的愿望：腊月二十九蒸年糕，年糕有甜、有成、有荤、有素，吃了年糕（高），新的一年生活、工作蒸蒸日上，步步高升。

除夕的晚餐，人们喜欢阖家团聚，菜肴中必有“圆子”、“欢喜”，取其团团圆圆，欢欢喜喜之意。这个夜晚，万人空巷，都在家中守岁。守岁时，要把火盆的炭火烧得红红火火，以象征生活岁岁兴旺。当零时一到，老老少少喜气盈盈，以爆竹声声迎接新年。这喜炮声不绝于耳，此起彼伏，直到更深夜静，人们仍无睡意，炉火依然旺着，就是要去休息，也依然不会忘记把火盆的火偎好，留下火种，等明天一早燃上一盆好火。新年的火种犹如人的生命，它是新年财旺、家旺的好兆头。人们对火的感情如此深厚，或许是因为火给人类带来了文明、带来了温暖吧。爱火就如同热爱自己的生命，在新年尤其如此。

Favorite Spring Festival is the most important festival in China .Its to celebrate the lunar calendar s new year .

In the evening before the Spring Festival ,families get together and have a big meal .In many places people like to set off firecrackers .Dumplings are the most traditional food .

Children like the festival very much ,because they can have delicious food and wear new clothes .They can also get some money from their parents. This money is given to children for good luck .

People put New Year scrolls on the wall for good fortune .

The Spring Festival lasts about 15 days long .People visit relatives and friends with the words "Have all your wishes ". People enjoy the Spring Festival ,during this time they can have a good rest .

过年喽！过年喽！新的一年又来到了。小朋友们，你们知道过年是有怎样的来历吗？有怎样的习俗吗？哈哈，就让我来告诉大家吧！

相传以前，有一头叫“年”的怪兽。每到除夕这天。村里的人们便逃往深山，以躲避“年”兽的伤害。

这年除夕，人们准备上山避难。这时，从村外来了一个乞讨老人，乡亲们谁都顾不上这位乞讨老人。只有一位老婆婆给了老人一些食物，并劝他快上山躲避“年”兽，老人笑道：“婆婆若让我借宿一夜，定把‘年’撵走。”半夜时分，“年”兽闯进村，发现老婆婆家门贴大红纸，屋内灯火通明，还传来了“噼里啪啦”的鞭炮声。“年”最怕红色、火光和鞭炮声，只能狼狈逃蹿。第二天，人们回来后，村里依然安然无恙。

这件事很快传开了，人们都知道了驱赶“年”的办法。

从此，每年除夕，家家户户贴红对联、燃放爆竹、守更待岁。这种风俗越传越广，最后成为了中国民间最隆重的传统节日——春节。

知道了过年的来历，就让我们再去了解一下绍兴人是怎样过年的吧！

在绍兴，一跨入农历十二月，人们就忙着准备过年：裹粽、掸尘、杀鸡宰鹅、晒鱼干、酱猪肉，准备新年的衣裳，购买赠送亲友的礼品。

腊月二十三晚上，家家户户都要送灶神上天。送灶神之后，除夕之前，每户人家总要选择一个祝福的吉日，这是一年之中最为隆重的大祭典。绍兴人叫祝福菩萨，来答谢神明保佑和祈求来年幸福。人们都说，天上的菩萨，不进不洁之家。因此，祝福之前，必须把厅堂、祭桌、祭器等掸扫、洗刷得干干净净。

大年夜，首先要给祖宗分岁，就是祭祖。祭祖后，一家人就会聚在一起吃年夜饭，年夜饭所备饭菜是最为丰盛的一餐。年夜饭后，就是“辞岁”，小孩向长辈行礼，长辈将事先用红纸所包的钱币分发给晚辈，俗称“压岁钱”。在新年的钟声敲响的时候，有些人会燃放爆竹，俗称放关门炮仗。有些人则嬉戏娱乐，通宵不眠，直至天明，俗称守岁、坐长命夜，据说坐长生夜可以保佑长生不老。

过年的习俗，绍兴和外地大同小异。在新年旧岁交替的一个月里，人们就是这么忙碌着的。