完整版春节所有习俗英语作文【合集20篇】

Chinese Spring Festival celebrating the end of winter and the warmth of spring.It began in the last day of the lunar year,end in the 15th day of lunar New Year,also is the Lantern Festival.During the Spring Festival,people use red lantern and Spring Festival couplets decorate a house,put on all kinds of colored clothes,often visit friends and relatives or together eat dumplings,fish,meat and other delicious food.The children are looking forward to receiving red envelope money,and together they play each other the fireworks,with happy.Street with dragon and lion dance and some other carnival activities,CCTV will held the grand Spring Festival gala.

中国的春节庆祝冬天的结束和温暖春天的来临.它开始于农历年的最后一天,结束于农历正月十五,也就是元宵节.在春节期间,人们用红灯笼和春联装饰房子,穿上各式各样的彩色衣服,经常拜访亲戚朋友或聚在一起吃饺子、鱼、肉和其他美味的食物.孩子们盼望着收到红包的压岁钱,他们一起放烟花,相互玩的跟开心.大街上有舞龙、舞狮和其他一些狂欢活动,中央电视台会举行盛大的春节联欢晚会.

The Spring Festival is the most important festival in China. Before the Spring Festival People clean their houses，put red couplets on their gates，and set off firecrackers to drive away the legendary monster “Nian”.

春节是中华民族最重要的节日。春节来临之前，人们要扫尘、贴对联、放鞭炮来驱赶传说中的怪兽“年”。

On the eve of the Spring Festival, families get together and have a big dinner. Dumplings are the most traditional food.

春节前夕，家人都会团聚在一起享受丰盛的年夜饭。饺子是最传统的食物。

The Spring Festival lasts about 15 days long .People visit relatives and friends with the words “Happy new year”. People enjoy the Spring Festival, during this time they can have a good rest.

春节大约持续15天。人们都要走亲访友，相互拜年，还要说：“新年快乐，万事如意。”还可以好好休息一段时间。

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

孩子们更是喜欢过节，因为他们不仅可以吃到美味佳肴、穿上新衣服，还可以得到很多压岁钱。晚辈得到压岁钱就可以平平安安度过一岁。

俗称破五。民俗一说破五前诸多禁忌过此日皆可破。按照旧的习惯要吃“水饺子”五日，北方叫“煮饽饽”。如今有的人家只吃三、二天，有的隔一天一吃，然而没有不吃的。从王公大宅到街巷小户都如是，就连待客也如此。妇女们也不再忌门，开始互相走访拜年、道贺。新嫁女子在这一天归宁。一说破五这一天不宜做事，否则本年内遇事破败。破五习俗除了以上禁忌外，主要是送穷，迎财神，开市贸易。

祭财神

南方人在正月初五祭财神。民间传说，财神即五路神。所谓五路，指东西南北中，意为出门五路，皆可得财。

清代顾禄《清嘉录》云：“正月初五日，为路头神诞辰。金锣爆竹，牲醴毕陈，以争先为利市，必早起迎之，谓之接路头。”又说：“今之路头，是五祀中之行神。所谓五路，当是东西南北中耳。”上海旧历年有抢路头的习俗。正月初四子夜，备好祭牲、糕果、香烛等物，并鸣锣击鼓焚香礼拜，虔诚恭恭敬财神。初五日俗传是财神诞辰，为争利市，故先于初四接之，名曰“抢路头”，又称“接财神”。

五祀即祭户神、灶神、土神、门神、行神，所谓“路头”，即五祀中之得神。凡接财神须供羊头与鲤鱼，供羊头有“吉祥”之意，供鲤鱼是图“鱼”与“余”谐音，诗个吉利。人们深信只要能够得到财神显灵，便可发财致富。

因此，每到过年，人们都在正月初五零时零分，打开大门和窗户，燃香放爆竹，点烟花，向财神表示欢迎。接过财神，大家还要吃路头酒，往往吃到天亮。大家满怀发财的希望，但愿财神爷能把金银财宝带来家里，在新的一年里大发大富。

路头神

路头神是吴地所信奉的一位财神。俗以是日为他的生日，祭晒迎接，颇为壮观。

路头又称“五路神”。据说元末有一何五路，为抵御外寇而死，人们因此祀他为神，名“五路神”。但此五路神似乎与作为财神的路头五路神无涉。或又以五路神实为五圣神，或曰五通神，在康熙年间汤斌毁禁上方山五通寺以后，民间不敢祀五通神，故改其名为路头而祀之。一般以此路头为古五祀中的行神，所谓五路乃东西南北中也;财货无不凭路而行，故人们以行神为财神，谨加祭祀，冀求它引财入门，或出行获利。古人外出行旅，祭祀路神以求平安，此为“祖道”之俗;吴俗接路头，祭祀的也是路神，而这路神变成财神。路神变为财神，是因商业的发展，财货流通的加剧。财货往来于陆水之间，人们直观地认为，路在冥冥之中主宰了财货。

俗以为接路头，越早越好，最早接到的才是真神，特别灵验，因此叫“抢路头”。有的地方，真的在元日初四便“匆匆抢路头”了，且相沿成俗。既然路神已不再是行旅的保护者，人们便不再在赴旅时祭祀它了。

至于人们在元月初五祭拜路头神，并以此日为其生日，乃五路神中之“五”与初五之“五”牵连之故。北方于此日祭“五穷”也是一样。在正月而非其他月，乃取新年新气象，图一年吉利，财源茂盛，东西南北中，财富五路并进。

送穷

正月初五“送穷”，是我国古代民间一种很有特色的岁时风俗。这一天各家用纸造妇人，称为“扫晴娘”，“五穷妇”，“五穷娘”，身背纸袋，将屋内秽土扫到袋内，送门外燃炮炸之。这一习俗又称为“送穷土”，“送穷媳妇出门”。陕西韩城一带，破五这一天忌出门，而且要将鲜肉放在锅中炙烤，还要爆炒麻豆，令其崩裂发声，认为这样可以崩除穷气，求得财运。此外旧时除夕或正月初五要吃得特别饱，俗称“填穷坑”。民间广泛流行的送穷习俗，反映了我国人民普遍希望辞旧迎新，送走旧日贫穷困苦，迎接新一年的美好生活的传统心理。

开市

旧俗春节期间大小店铺从大年初一起关门，而在正月初五开市。俗以正月初五为财神圣日，认为选择这一天开市必将招财进宝。

The children, the Spring Festival, what is your custom? Id like to introduce to you!

First of all, was up at 5 am, at that time, Im still in the dream, my mother called me up, I hastily put on new clothes, grandma relatives.it guided me, brother, sister.

We have a lot of relatives, made a lot of lucky money, happy dead.

In the evening, grandma made dumplings with meat stuffing, stuffing, and a lot. Hang lanterns uncle took off firecrackers, dad. The family looked at the party, lay off firecrackers, eat dinner together, how happy ah.

Little friends, what is your custom?

小朋友们，过春节了，你家的习俗是什么呢?我来介绍给你吧!

首先，早上5点就要起床，那时候，我还在梦境当中呢，妈妈把我叫了起来，我草草的穿好新衣服，奶奶领着我、哥哥、妹妹去串亲戚。

我们串了好多亲戚，挣到了许多的压岁钱，开心死了。

晚上，奶奶做了饺子，有肉馅儿的，素馅儿的，还有好多好多。叔叔拿来鞭炮，爸爸挂上灯笼。一家人看着晚会，放着鞭炮，吃着年夜饭，多开心呀。

小朋友们，你家的习俗是什么呢?

There are many festivals in China. Among them, I like the Spring Festival most. Not only because it’s the biggest festival in the year, but also because it’s a new beginning that brings hope to people and it’s time for family gathering. Before the festival, people come home no matter where they are. Usually, we have a big dinner on the New Year’s Eve.

And then families sit together and share their lives or planes. Some will play games or hang out to have some fun. On the New Year’s Day, people get up early and say good words to anyone they meet. Children can get lucky money from relatives.

In the following days, we will visit relative’s home and bring New Year’s wishes to them. In short, it’s a time for family gathering and all of us enjoy it.

The lunar calendar new year origin, has the basis, also is rich and picks the varied fable to be possible to trace to several millenniums before; Most is famous is "the year beast" fable. "The year beast" is a cruel terrible wild animal, ancient times the person believed "year beast" when lunar New Years Eve night can come out eats the person.

The fable "the year beast" extremely fears red, the flame and quarrels the mixed sound, the people on paste the red paper in the gate, and selects the torch all night, is setting off the artillery candle,avoids "the year beast". To second day early morning, "has congratulated" the sound to the ear, in the air does not fill theair is defeating "the year beast" the victory and the rebirth joy.

Topic 1: Festivals

春节The Spring Festival 农历 lunar calendar 正月 lunar January; the first month by lunar calendar

买年货 do Spring Festival shopping

红包 red packets (cash wrapped up in red paper, symbolize fortune and wealth in the coming year.)

New Year’s Day 元旦 Christmas Day 圣诞节 New Year’s Eve 除夕 Spring Festival 春节

April Fools’Day 愚人节 Mid-autumn Festival 中秋节 Lantern Festival 元宵节 Dragon Boat Festival 端午节

Labor Day 劳动节 Day of the Dead 清明节 lucky money 压岁钱 世界爱滋病日(12月1日)-----WORLD AIDS DAY

介绍春节

假如你是李华，你校的外教要在中国过春节，请你根据以下内容，用英文写一篇短文介绍我国的春节，并祝他们节日愉快。

时间 一般在二月份，中国农历正月初一，前后要持续半个月

风俗 :

1. 12生肖命名，如狗、猴、虎等，今年是猪年

2. 春节前人们要大扫除，大年夜全家人在聚集一起吃年夜饭

3. 年初一、初二走访亲友，给孩子们压岁钱

写作要求：

(1)必须包括以上全部内容(题目已经写好);

(2)只能使用5个句子。

参考词汇： 农历Chinese Lunar Calendar 压岁钱lucky money

A brief Introduction of the Chinese Spring Festival

The Chinese Spring Festival comes on the first day of the Chinese Lunar Year, which is usually in February. There is a name for each year, such as the dog, the monkey, the tiger or one of the twelve animals, and this year is the year of the pig.

Before the New Year’s Day, the Chinese people usually give their houses a good cleaning and on the last evening of the old year, all the members of a family will get together and have a big meal. On the first or second day of the new year, people usually go to visit their relatives and friends and give some lucky money to children.

I wish you have a good time during the Spring Festival.

[高中优秀英语作文：《春节》

my plan of next year

A new year ，a new start，when I stand on the edge of a new year，I cant help thinking about my plan of next year.

Just as the old saying：“Well began is the half of the success.”So I decide that I should be at work while the others are still relaxing ，and then ，at the beginning ，Im quicker than the others and of course I will get better result than the others.

But ，what I really decide to do is that I must make good of anytime I can spare though it seems impossible. While，I will do my best to live up with what I have planned，and the result will prove it.

Chinese spring festival

The spring festival is Chinese most traditional festival every 365 days. Each Chinese pay much attention on it. Every year about 15 days before spring festival， the migrate works and white-collars are beginning crowded home-returning.

But， in recent years， with the development of the world， many different attitudes between the young and the old towards the spring festival come forth. The old are still pay more attention to the spring festival， but the young gradually change the mode to spend their spring festival holiday， such as travel overseas.

When I am a childhood， I celebrated the spring festival with my family about a month in my winter vacation in traditional way， such as helping cleaning our houses， putting red couplets on gates， setting off firecrackers， and wear new clothes. Now， I spend only 4 or 5 days at home with my parents in celebrating the spring festival， then I will hurry back to work. Maybe in the near future， I will have no time celebrating spring festival hometown， and my parents have to come to stay with us in the city.

Whether or no， I like the spring festival. It is one of the most important part of our Chinese culture. However busy I am， I will try my best to celebrating it with the traditional way to protect those our ancestor has leave behind.

[怎样过春节英语作文

I had a wonderfulspring festival holiday.I went to the park with my friends.We met at eight o‘clock at the school gate.We went to the park by bike.It was a sunnyday.We sat under a big tree and talkedwith each other.We talked about some movies andfunny things.Then we hadhamburgers and some drinks for lunch.Then we played some games.

We went home at 5pm.Although we were all fell tired,we were very happy.It was great fun!

我们国家一年中有一个最重要的节日，它就是古老的“春节”。千百年来，形成了一些较为固定的风俗习惯，如扫尘，贴春联，贴年画，贴窗花，贴‘福’字，守岁，爆竹，拜年与春节食俗文化等等。春节的众多风俗至今都代代相传的。

“腊月二十四，掸尘扫房子”，原古时代就记载着春节扫尘的风俗。因为‘尘’与‘陈’是谐音，新春扫尘有除旧布新的涵义，用意是把一切贫穷，晦气统统扫地出门，人们寄托着破旧立新的愿望和辞旧迎新的祈求，借扫尘的方法去整理全年来的得失，向往打算春节的美好开始。用贴春联，贴年画，贴窗花，贴‘福’字等方式来描绘时代背景，抒发美好愿望，烘托出喜庆的节日气氛，把福字倒着贴，意示着“福气已到，幸福已到”。还有行行色色的年画，窗花，春联贴挂，期盼赐予福禄寿，一年更比一年好。

“一夜连双岁，五更分两天”。除夕之夜全家团聚在一起，吃过年夜饭，等待着辞旧迎新的时刻，当五彩缤纷的爆竹遍地开花，四处响起的时候，春节走到我们眼前，人们都会穿得整齐漂亮，出门走亲访友，相互拜年祝贺。长辈们给孩子分发压岁红包，真是其乐融融，春节新气象啊！春节还有不得不说的食俗，正月初一吃红豆，寓示着一年红红火火；吃年糕，寓示着一年更比一年高；吃汤圆，寓示着全家都团团圆圆。春节的习俗还有很多很多，趣味乐事也说不胜说，祝福寓意讲不胜讲。试问有谁不爱这传统的春节呢？试问又有谁不想传承这古老的习俗呢？

Spring festival is on the first day of the first lunar month.Chinese people most like the Spring Festival.During Spring Festival,Chinese people like having meals with their families,playing fireworks in the open air.My sisters and I played fireworks on that day.We had many fireworks.

They were very beautiful.They were running into the sky and breaking into pieces.They looked like flowers in the sky.We were very happy and excited.After that,I made a wish.I hope that,we can have a happy and healthy life next year and everyone in my family can be happy.

I enjoy the festival very happy.

An important activity during the Spring Festival is bainian (to pay a New Year call). People start to pay New Year calls from the lunar New Years Day, that is, the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar. Ever since the Ming Dynasty in the 14th century, ordinary people have begun to exchange greeting cards on this day.

春节期间的重要活动是拜年。人们从农历新年，也就是，农历的第一个月的第一天就开始拜年了。自从十四世纪明朝开始普通人在这一天也开始交换贺卡。

On the morning of the lunar New Years Day, people get up very early and call on others. The earlier one does so, the more sincere he is. Moreover, people wear new clothes and a new cap, symbolizing that a new year has begun.

在农历新年的早上，人们起得很早拜访别人。越早越有诚意。此外，人们还会穿上新衣服，戴新帽，这象征着新的一年开始了。

The younger generation should call on their elders first, such as the grandfather, grandmother, father and mother, wishing them "Good health" and "Long life". Then the elders give children some money in a red envelope as a New Year gift. After that, people call on their relatives, friends and neighbors. As "big tangerine" is a homonym for "very lucky" in Chinese, so people often present red big tangerines as a gift while paying a New Year call.

年轻的一代去拜访他们的长辈，如爷爷，奶奶，爸爸，妈妈，祝他们“健康”、“长寿”。然后，长辈会给孩子们红包作为新年礼物。在那之后，人们给亲戚，朋友和邻居拜年。由于“大橘子”是“很幸运”的中文谐音，所以人们常常把红色大橘子作为拜年礼物。

Nowadays, besides greeting cards, people also use telephones and e-mails to pay New Year calls.

如今，除了贺卡，人们还用电话和电子邮件进行拜年。

In a year of many programs, my favorite is the Spring Festival. The Spring Festival is also called the Chinese New Year.

According to legend, "year" is a monster, every Chinese new year it ran to the scourge of human people, so people in the door to paste the red antithetical couplet, home burning fire, burning firecrackers to scare away Sheng "year", so the formation of people with fire, burning, paste antithetical couplet Sheng firecrackers is celebrated a year of good harvest and pray for a bumper harvest in the coming year tradition.

As soon as the Spring Festival comes, our family will go to grandmas home. The old house is busy, and the people out are going back. Every year is waiting for my father to write a couplet, we help to stick. The most interesting thing is to put off fireworks and firecrackers, and always do not play enough. Grandpa and grandmas "money" is more than a year, saying that it is saving for us to read the University. With mom and dad went from door to door, a relative blessing, "Happy New Year" "Happy New Year" "fortune" and "when leading" the university entrance exam

The Spring Festival is the end of a year. It is also the beginning of the year. People celebrate the years harvest in the Spring Festival, and summarize the results of the year. The harvest of people on holidays, jubilant, eat delicacy, to reward their relatives. At this time, I will calm down in the bustle, think of the past year, how I have passed, what is worth remembering, and what is worth celebrating. "The plan of a year is spring". Spring is a new beginning of a year, and it is my starting point. We should plan my life for a year and get better results.

旧时，差不多家家灶间都设有“灶王爷”神位。灶王是旧时民间信仰的灶神。民谣中“二十三，糖瓜粘”，指的就是每年腊月二十三或二十四日的祭灶，有所谓“官三民四船家五”的说法，也就是官府在腊月二十三日，一般民家在二十四日，水上人家则在二十五日举行祭灶。

小年的习俗作文两篇关于习俗的作文：过小年

何为小年夜？

在中国古代，小年有“官三民四船五”的说法，也就是说，官家的小年是腊月二十三，百姓家的是腊月二十四，而水上人家则是腊月二十五。到了现在，小年在各地依旧有着不同的概念和日期，有的是腊月二十三，有的是腊月二十四，还有称正月十五的元宵节为小年等等，各不相同，但是小年祭灶却是大江南北共同的习俗。

小年祭灶习俗 | 小年的习俗与由来

灶王爷的传说

传说灶王爷原为平民张生，娶妻之后终日花天酒地，败尽家业沦落到上街行乞。一天，他乞讨到了前妻郭丁香家，羞愧难当，一头钻到灶锅底下烧死了。

玉帝知道后，认为张生能回心转意，还没坏到底，既然死在了锅底，就把他封为灶王，每年“小年”上天汇报。老百姓觉得灶王一定要敬重，因为他要上天汇报。于是，民间就有了祭灶“小年”，祈求来年平安和财运的传统。

绍兴人祭灶神，有供奉老酒、年糕和饴糖的习俗。供奉老酒和年糕，让灶王吃了嘴甜，希望他在玉帝面前多说好话；供奉饴糖，正如鲁迅先生所说是想粘住灶神的嘴巴，省得他在玉帝面前乱说一通。

还要供上碗面汤（面条），俗话说："灶王爷本姓张，一年一顿杂面汤。"杂面汤是用白面、豆面、地瓜面混合制成，这种粥，总之就是为了让灶王爷多说好话。

最后还要焚香祭拜，将旧灶君像揭下焚化。换上新像，就算送灶王爷上天找玉皇大帝汇报去了。

灶王腊月二十三上天，初一五更回来，就算完成汇报任务，带着吉祥保佑一家过平安日子了。

今天晚上，我来到阳光作文班来学作文。上课了，只见唐老师笑咪咪地走上了讲台桌，给我们看了两张图片，让我们猜是什么游戏。大部分同学都说出了答案—抢凳子。

是，今天我们玩游戏就是抢凳子。规则是这样：六人一组，但只有五张凳子，当裁判就“开始”时，队员就开始跑动；当裁判说停时，就马上去占其中一张凳子。其中会有人没凳子坐，那同学就被淘汰了。同时也要拿出一张凳子。这样，占到最后一张凳子人就是冠军。

比赛开始了，第一轮是挑战赛，是三个组之间较量。分别是“无名组”、“火力银电组”和“快乐组”。另外我们还选了三位小裁判呢！三个组都派出了两位选手来参“战”。“开始！”唐假裁判发令。同学们都围绕着五张凳子跑了起来。谁知唐假裁判抢了裁判口令“停！”其中四位同学不分清红皂白地听了停这个字，就坐了下去。“哈！”唐假裁判大笑，“你们中计了！”那几个同学这才反映过来自己中了唐假裁判花招了！最后，冠军揭晓，是“快乐队”！很多人都笑了，还有人对唐教师行为抗议！

亚季军争夺也很有趣，有个同学看凳子抢完了，不知所措，到底是谁喊，到底喊没喊，只能睁着眼看着凳子被抢完。最后，“火力银电队”是亚军。“无名队”是季军。

友谊赛………

这次活动告诉我们：友谊第一，比赛第二；还告诉我们做事不能盲目，要仔细分清对与错。

Will Christmas Replace the Spring Festival?

Christmas arouses increasing attention year by year in China. Christmas cards become popular with students. People hold Christmas parties and exchange Christmas girts. A lot or TV and radio programs about Christmas are on. Meanwhile the Spring Festival is less appealing (有吸引力的)to youngsters. Thus some people wonder whether Christmas will replace the Spring Festival.

This worry is fairly unnecessary. Why ? One reason lies that Christmas only affects Christians，college students and joint-venture (合资企业)workers. Another reason is that Christmas is mostly celebrated in cities. Few people in countryside show extreme interest in this exotic(带有异国情调的) festival. By contrast，the Spring Festival is the most influential traditional festival in every family.

I think，it is natural that with increasing exchanges with the West，a lot of Western holidays have been gradually introduced into China. For us Chinese we should never neglect or even discard our own traditional festivals. For centuries Chinese have observed this traditional holiday to welcome the beginning of a new year. And we will treasure the Spring Festival forever.

As the saying goes: women kiss offer more to its parent when no memory in young. I have also recognized but I turn to. I do not know who is not often youyue. My first kiss from memory dedicated to love people in my most beautiful years. Who ever thought that things were always against.

俗话说：女人亲吻，在青春没有记忆时给予父母更多。我也承认，但我转向。我不知道是不是经常优越。我的初吻，从记忆中，献给爱的人，在我最美的年华里。谁曾经认为事情总是反对。

Origin of the Spring Festival

Spring Festival is the lunar Suishou, is also our ancient traditional festivals. Ancient-off "year" is not in the twelfth lunar month on the 29th or on the 30th, but in the "wax on", that later, "Laba." Southern and Northern Dynasties later, the "wax Festival" to the end of the year. To the Republican era, the switch to Gregorian calendar was only then that the lunar year is called "Spring Festival", because the Spring Festival is generally in the "Spring," both before and after.

翻译：春节，是农历的岁首，也是我国古老的传统节日。古代过“年”不是在腊月二十九日或三十日，而是在“蜡日”，即后来的“腊八”。南北朝以后，把“蜡祭”移至岁末。到了民国时 ，改用阳历，才把阴历年叫“春节”，因为春节一般都在“立春”前后。

我们的祖国有许多的传统节日，有中秋节、端午节、重阳节……但是我最喜欢春节，因为春节可以穿新衣服、吃好吃的，还可以得到压岁钱，男孩子还可以放鞭炮呢！

春节是我国人民最重视的节日。关于春节的来历是这样的：中国古时候有一种叫“年”的怪兽，头长触角，凶猛异常。“年”常年深居海底，每到除夕这天，才爬上岸，吞食牲畜，伤害人命。因此，每到除夕这天，村里的人们都要逃往深山，以躲避“年”兽的伤害。后来有一位老人，告诉大家。“年”兽最怕红色，火光和炸响。从此每年除夕，家家贴红对联，燃放爆竹，户户灯火通明，守更待岁。初一一大早，还要走亲串友道喜问好。这风俗越传越广，成了中国民间最隆重的传统节日。

在我们的家乡，人们在除夕前好几天，就开始准备过年了。人们会买鞭炮、买春联、准备年货、买新衣服，人们还要彻底打扫卫生。除夕之夜，我们还要吃饺子，每年包饺子的时候，妈妈会在一些饺子里包上硬币，谁吃到了有硬币的饺子，就代表着谁在新的一年里会交好运的。吃完饺子后，我们都会守在电视机前看《春节联欢晚会》。

到了春节那天，我很高兴，因为我可以穿新衣服，而且还可以收到很多压岁钱，另外我发现别人也都很精神，也很高兴，到处都充满了欢乐的笑声！

我喜欢春节！

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春节 Spring festival n.

农历 Lunar calendar n.

传统 Traditional adj.

节日 Festival n.

饺子 Dumpling n.

年糕 Rice cake n.

象征 Symbolize v.

放松 Relax v.

打扫 Sweep v.

对联 Couplet n.

鞭炮 Firecraker n.

传说 Story n.

驱赶 Drive v.

魔鬼 Devil n.

除夕 The New Years Eve n.

会餐 Dine together v.

主食 Staple food n.

好运 Good luck n.

吉祥 Auspicious adj.

走亲访友 Visit relatives and friends Phrase.

鞠躬 Take a bow v.

祝福 Bless v.

stereotyped concept/opinion (传统观念)

shopping rush (购物热)

tourism-oriented trend (春节旅游化趋势)

spring outing (春游)

the spring festival eve dinner (年夜饭)

spring festival couplets(pasted on gatepost or door panels) (春联)

Variety Show on CCTV-1 (春节联欢晚会)

migrant workers (民工)

home-returning (返乡)

over-loaded transportation during the spring festival (春运)

pay a New Year call (拜年)

the thorough house -cleaning (年前大扫除)

exchange gifts (互换礼物)

traditional entertainment (playing cards， mahjong) (传统娱乐节目，如打扑克，玩麻将)

【Customs】：

过年 Guo-nian; have the Spring Festival

对联 poetic couplet: two successive rhyming lines in poetry

春联 Spring Festival couplets 剪纸 paper-cuts

买年货 special purchases for the Spring Festival ; do Spring Festival shopping

年画 New Year paintings 敬酒 propose a toast

灯笼 lantern: a portable light 烟花 fireworks

爆竹 firecrackers (People scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.)

红包 red packets (cash wrapped up in red paper, symbolize fortune and wealth in the coming year.)

舞狮 lion dance (The lion is believed to be able to dispel evil and bring good luck.)

舞龙 dragon dance (to expect good weather and good harvests)

戏曲 traditional opera 杂耍 variety show; vaudeville

灯谜 riddles written on lanterns 灯会 exhibit of lanterns

守岁 staying-up 禁忌 taboo

拜年 pay New Year‘s call; give New Year‘s greetings; New Year‘s visit

去晦气 get rid of the ill- fortune

祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one‘s ancestors

压岁钱 gift money; money given to children as a lunar New Year gift

【Food names】：

年糕 Nian-gao; rise cake; New Year cake

团圆饭 family reunion dinner 年夜饭 the dinner on New Year‘s Eve

饺子 Jiao-zi; Chinese meat ravioli 八宝饭 eight treasures rice pudding

汤圆 Tang-yuan; dumplings made of sweet rice, rolled into balls and stuffed with either sweet or spicy fillings

糖果盘 candy tray: 什锦糖 assorted candies - sweet and fortune

蜜冬瓜 candied winter melon - growth and good health

西瓜子 red melon seed - joy, happiness, truth and sincerity

金桔 cumquat - prosperity 红枣 red dates - prosperity

糖莲子 candied lotus seed - many descendents to come

糖藕 candied lotus root - fulfilling love relationship

花生糖 peanut candy - sweet