春节习俗英语的作文（通用20篇）

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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

Spring Festival

The Spring Festival is very important to Chinese people. In the past，people could not often have meat，rice or other delicious food. They could only eat these during the Spring festival. So every year they hoped that the Spring Festival would come soon. Now， although people‘s life is much better，and we can eat the delicious foods everyday. People still like the festival.

Because most people can have a long holiday，and we are free to go on a trip or visit our friends or have parties with our family. In the evenings，we can have a big meal in the restaurant or stay at home with family and watch the TV programs.I like the Spring Festival very much. How wonderful the Spring Festival is！

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.

Dear Simon,

I’m glad to tell you something about Spring Festival. Spring Festival is very important in China. It happens every year, but not on the same day. It usually comes in February, but sometimes it comes in January. A few days before Spring Festival we clean our house and sweep away all the bad luck. We always buy new clothes for Spring Festival. We buy lots of food, too. On the evening before Spring Festival, we have a big family dinner. We eat lots of traditional food, such as jiaozi— a kind of dumping. We usually watch a special programme on television. Parents usually give thEir children a hongbao. It means good money. We visit our friends and relatives the day before Spring Festival. Spring Festival finishes at Lantern Festival, and we often eat yuanxiao on that day.

Tell me about a festival in your country.

Love from,

Lingling

[春节相关的英语作文

过年了！家家户户都在忙着贴春联，做年夜饭，放鞭炮……要做的事情太多了。而这些，都是过年的习俗。过年有那些习俗呢？通过上网搜查我了解了许多。

1、贴福字。过年时，家家户户都要贴“福”字，并且这个“福”字是倒着的，意为福到。

2、放鞭炮。过年还有一种放鞭炮的习俗，来源于“年兽”的故事。很久以前有一只“年兽”，到了除夕就到处作恶。有一年一个老人用放炮，穿红衣，贴红春联的方法驱赶走“年兽”，这才得以平静，此后这个方法就流传开来，直至今日。

3、贴对联。春联也叫门对、春贴、对联、对子、桃符等，它以工整、对偶、简洁、精巧的文字描绘时代背景，抒发美好愿望，是我国特有的文学形式。这一习俗起于宋代，在明代开始盛行。

4、贴窗花。在民间人们还喜欢在窗户上贴上各种剪纸——窗花。窗花不仅烘托了喜庆的节日气氛，也集装饰性、欣赏性和实用性于一体。剪纸在我国是一种很普及的民间艺术，千百年来深受人们的喜爱，因它大多是贴在窗户上的，所以也被称其为“窗花”。

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春天的温暖。从农历年的最后一天开始，到了农历的第十五天结束，也是元宵节。

春节期间，人们用红灯笼和春联装饰房子，穿上各种颜色的衣服，经常拜访亲朋好友，或者一起吃饺子、鱼、肉和其他美味的食物。孩子们盼望着收到红包，他们一起玩烟花，开心地玩着。

街上有舞龙舞狮等狂欢活动，中央电视台将举行盛大的春节联欢晚会。

Spring Festival is a traditional Chinese festival, the Spring Festival fireworks, eat dumplings and wearing new clothes, can also receive red envelopes.

Every new year, when I was the most happy, because I can put the fireworks, I most like the fireworks is throwing gun, I threw it on the ground, it will explode, just like a hand grenade, can be fun, sometimes I will tell my friends to fight. Xiao network composition

On holidays, we should pay attention when eating, eat dumplings, we have a small small time to eat, because when we make dumplings, put a coin in one of the dumplings, if those who eat the coin, is equal to him this blessed

When Spring Festival comes, we will wear new clothes, for adults to pay New Years call said: "the red envelope, may you be happy and prosperous! " , so that we can get rich.

The Spring Festival is really fun, I really wanted to have the Spring Festival every day.

在我的家乡，不同的传统节日都有着不同的习俗，有舞狮子，赏花灯等习俗。春节也不例外，关于春节的习俗有吃年夜饭，守岁，吃年糕，吃饺子……

每当春节来临的时候，不管离家有多远，不论事业进展得如何，人们都会不约而同地放下手中的活，买上一张回家的车票，从异地赶到家乡，开开心心地与家人团聚，一起吃年夜饭，聊一聊天，这一顿饭叫做“团圆饭”，象征着一家人团团圆圆，平平安安。

吃完年夜饭，人们会坐在一起叙旧话新，谈谈这一年所经历的酸甜苦辣，这就叫做“守岁”。“守岁”就是在旧年最后一天夜里不睡觉，熬夜迎接新一年到来的习俗，也叫除夕守岁，俗名“熬年”。“守岁”对于年长者和年轻人来说有着不同的意义，年长者守岁是为“辞旧岁”，有珍爱光阴的意思；而年轻人守岁，是为延长父母寿命。“守岁”是春节的习俗之一。

新年的早晨，烟花爆竹将节日的喜庆气氛推向高潮。人们忙着串亲戚，拜年，互相送出对新的一年的美好祝福。我国北方地区在春节有吃饺子的习俗，而南方则有吃年糕的习惯，象征着生活步步高。

在春节的时候，母亲从她公司抱了一只小狗回来，小狗的眼睛圆溜溜的，非常可爱，眼睛下面一个乌黑的鼻子翘得高高的，母亲对我说：“我们来给小狗洗个澡吧！”

我拿了一根红色的绳子把小狗栓了起来，系在卫生间里。母亲找了个大盆子，打开热水，把小狗放了进去。一开始，小狗动不动就跳出盆子，后来好像是感到很舒服就不动了。母亲拿来了沐浴露抹在了小狗身上，母亲用手揉啊揉，小狗好像很痒，就继续往外跑，只听“呼！”地一声，直见母亲换了一盆水，浇到了小狗身上，终于洗完了！

母亲把小狗抱到了地上，拿着吹风机给小狗吹风，吹完后，小狗变得干干净净，浑身的绒毛也干干的，还有一股香气，摸起来可舒服了!它在地上走来走去，我看着电视，几十分钟后，爸爸母亲把饭做好了，是我最爱的炒饭，我三口两口的吃完了，然后又倒了一些给小狗吃，小狗吃得可香了！

这就是我觉得春节里最有趣的事！

Spring FestivalThe Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese people and is when all family members get together, just like Christmas in the West. All people living away from home go back, becoming the busiest time for transportation systems of about half a month from the Spring Festival. Airports, railway stations and long-distance bus stations are crowded with home returnees.

The Spring Festival falls on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month, often one month later than the Gregorian calendar. It originated in the Shang Dynasty (c.1600 BC-c.1100 BC) from the peoples sacrifice to gods and ancestors at the end of an old year and the beginning of a new one.

导语：端午节马上要到了，端午节是古老的传统节日，始于中国的春秋战国时期，下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!​

Do you know who is "Qu Yuan"? What type of "Zongzi" do you like most? Have you ever joined a dragon boat competition? All these are related to the Dragon Boat Festival.

Do you know the origin of this festival? Read the following essay and you will have a clear picture of the Dragon Boat Festival.

The 5th day of the 5th month of the lunar year is an important day for the Chinese people. The day is called Duan Wu Festival, or Dragon Boat Festival, celebrated everywhere in China.

This festival dates back to about 2,000 years ago with a number of legends explaining its origin. The best-known story centers on a great patriotic poet named Qu Yuan.

The customs vary a lot in different areas of the country, but most of the families would hang the picture of Zhong Kui (a ghost that can exorcise), calamus and moxa in their houses. People have Dragon Boat Races, eat Zong Zi (dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves) and carry a spice bag around with them. ​

【参考译文】

你知道“屈原”是谁吗?你最喜欢什么类型的粽子?你参加过龙舟比赛吗?所有这些都与端午节有关。

你知道这个节日的由来吗?读下面的短文，你就会有一个清晰的端午节的画面。

农历第五月的第五天是中国人民的一个重要日子。这一天被称为端午节，或是端午节，在中国各地庆祝。

这个节日可以追溯到大约2000年前，一些传说解释了它的起源。最著名的故事集中在一位名叫屈原的爱国诗人。

海关在该国不同地区差别很大，但大多数家庭会挂钟奎的图片(可以驱邪鬼)、菖蒲、艾条在他们的房子。人们有龙舟比赛，吃粽子(饺子由糯米包在竹子或芦苇叶)和携带香料袋与他们。

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Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon（新月）on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon（满月）15 days later. The 15th day of the new year is called the Lantern Festival（元宵节）, which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade.?

The Chinese calendar is based on a combination of lunar and solar movements. The lunar cycle（月运周期）is about 29.5 days. In order to "catch up" with the solar calendar the Chinese an extra month once every few years (seven years out of a 19-yearcycle). This is the same as adding an extra day on leap year （闰年）. This is why, according to the solar calendar, the Chinese New Year falls on a different date each year.

New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day are celebrated as a family affair, a time of reunion and thanksgiving. The celebration was traditionally highlighted with a religious ceremony given in honor of Heaven and Earth（万物）, the gods of the household and the family ancestors.?

The sacrifice to the ancestors, the most vital of all the rituals（仪式）, united the living members with those who had passed away. Departed relatives are remembered with great respect because they were responsible for laying the foundations for the fortune and glory of the family.?

The presence of the ancestors is acknowledged on New Year’s Eve with a dinner arranged for them at the family banquet table. The spirits of the ancestors, together with the living, celebrate the onset of the New Year as one great community. The communal feast called "surrounding the stove" or Weilu. It symbolizes family unity and honors the past and present generations.

“爆竹声中一岁除，春风送暖入屠苏。千 门万户曈曈日，总把新桃换旧符。”这是多姿多彩的春节，我们这儿春节的习俗也不少：放鞭炮，吃团圆饭，拜年，贴春联，贴“倒福”。今天，我要讲的是吃饺子时的趣事。

吃饺子，可不是一般的饺子，有些饺子里裹进了糖、红枣和铜钱。吃到糖的饺子就会在新的一年里甜甜蜜蜜;吃到红枣的饺子就会在新的一年里好运早来;吃到铜钱的饺子就会在新的一年里财运滚滚。外婆把带有三种“祝福馅”的饺子各裹了六个，“六”是个吉利的数字。

随着外婆的一声令下，我和爸爸妈妈三位参赛选手的“惊喜饺子”大赛拉开帷幕。我迅速找准目标，拿起筷子向盘子里伸去。谁知半路杀出一个程咬金——爸爸。唉，遇到强劲对手，只能退让三分。当我从另一个碗里夹起一个饺子，刚要揭开它的神秘面纱时，只听见“吱嚓”一声，爸爸把一枚铜钱吐了出来。糟糕，我已经比对手落后了，我得赶紧追上比分呀!

可恶的妈妈也比我领先一分，因为她咬到了一个红枣。正当我愤愤不平，想要扭转乾坤时，好运悄然无声地来到我的身边——我也咬到了铜钱!我欣喜若狂地团团转，但没有想到，危险也来得如此突然——

“什么?就剩下十个饺子了!”我瞟了瞟敌方情况——爸爸，两个铜钱，一个红枣;妈妈，两个铜钱，两个红枣。我细细一算，哈哈，十个里面还有三个红枣和一个铜钱!我狼吞虎咽地吃着，直到吃完，满意地打了个饱嗝。可是……一种不祥的预感似藤蔓般在我心中蔓延着。我一个也没吃到!

“小傻瓜，还有一碗呢!”只见外婆指着她身边的大碗，哈哈大笑着……

这就是我们慈溪的过年习俗——包饺子。我在睡梦中喃喃道：“新年，真好……”

盼望着，盼望着，终于临近年末了，春节也即将来临。

日子一天天过去，春节的气息也越来越浓了。家家户户门前都贴上喜庆的“福”大街上人们都忙着买年货，家长领着孩子在服装店里买新衣服。许多大人们忙着清洗着自己房屋。这一切都在告诉我们：春节即将来临，好一副生机勃勃的样子。

春节终于到了，当钟声响起时，噼里啪啦鞭炮声响遍每个角落，窗外的草地上已经有许多穿着新衣服的孩子在游戏。我重睡梦中醒来，第一反应是我又长一岁，穿上新买衣服，和屋外的伙伴们一起玩耍。

大人们在自家的院子里放鞭炮，鞭炮声一浪高过一浪，许多孩子都在旁边捂着耳朵驻足观看，鞭炮响完后，就是孩子的乐园。孩子冲到鞭炮堆里去寻找未燃的鞭炮，比一比谁找的数量多。看着伙伴们都认真的在寻找，我也拿着一根小木棍努力的找着。

家家户户都换上了新的对联，看着一副副春联，我不禁想到了一副对联：”新年纳余庆，春节号长春”。家家的门前都被装扮成了红色，我不禁看到了节日的气息。还看到了人们对新的一年的希望与祝福。

拜年是每年春节必不可少的，每当到外婆家拜年时，外婆总会端来一杯用冰糖泡的冰糖茶，让我喝，接过茶一口下肚，那个甜味一下甜到心底，真想再喝一杯，接着就向外婆说着吉祥的话，拜完年后外婆就会从口袋里摸出一张红包塞进我的手里，此时我不必像平时那样看父母的脸色，而是大大方方的把红包接过，心里美滋滋的。

夜幕降临后，人们都在屋外放烟花，这激动人心的时刻，“3——2——1”瞬时，烟花四射，仿佛如惊雷般的响声出现，我忙出来观看，这一看可了不得，天空呈现迷人的黑色，再加上灿烂的烟花，让人目不暇接，红的，紫的，蓝的，绿的，金的……五彩缤纷，一个比一个漂亮，一个比一个高，就象在比美似的，只见一个金色的点，高高的飞起，这五彩的烟花仿佛就是印在天上。地上传出人们的欢声笑语，欢呼声随着烟花飘荡在节日的夜空中！

春节预示着新的一年又开始了，这你年一定充满朝气，一定充满着希望。

Hope, look forward to, finally near the end of the year, the Spring Festival is coming.

Day by day, the Spring Festival is getting thicker and thicker. Every family in front of people posted a festive "blessing" the streets are busy to buy special purchases for the Spring Festival, parents lead their children to buy new clothes in the clothing store. Many people are busy cleaning their own houses. All of this is telling us that the Spring Festival is coming, a very lively look.

Spring has finally arrived, when the bell rang, crackling firecrackers everywhere, there are many new clothes out of the window on the grass have children in the game. I woke up in my sleep, and the first reaction was that I was one year old again, put on new clothes, and played with my friends outside the house.

The adults set off firecrackers in their yard, and there was a wave of fireworks. Many children stopped by their ears. After the firecrackers were ringing, they were childrens paradise. The child rushed to the pile of firecrackers to find unflunked firecrackers, more than one. Looking at the partners, I also looked for it with a small stick.

Every family has replaced a new couplet, looking at a pair of vice spring couplets, I can not help thinking of a couplet: "New Years Yuqing, the Spring Festival Changchun." The door of the family was dressed up in red, and I could not help seeing the breath of the festival. We also see the hope and blessing of the new year.

It is essential to pay New Years call the Spring Festival every year, every time to grandma grandmother always pay New Years call, a cup of sugar candy bubble tea, let me drink tea, took a look after the sweet sweet to the heart, really want to drink a cup, then to the grandmother saying auspicious words, after she will worship from his pocket a red envelope into my hand, I need not as usual to see their parents face at this time, but the red openly took heart.

After nightfall, there are fireworks on the outside, this exciting moment, "3 - 2 - 1" instantaneous fireworks shoot, like the sound of thunder, I hurried out to watch, this watch can not, the sky show charming black, plus gorgeous fireworks, let a person dizzying, red, purple, blue, green, gold...... A riot of colours, a more than a beautiful, than a high, like in the match like, I saw a golden point, high flying, this colorful fireworks is like in heaven. On the ground, the peoples laughter and laughter, the cheering sound along with the fireworks in the festival night sky!

The Spring Festival indicates the beginning of the new year. It must be full of vigor and hope in this year.

Since the Spring Festival Gala on CCTV was established in the 1980s, it has been confirmed to be a huge success by attracting most audience in China. On the Eve of the Spring Festival, numerous Chinese will sit in front of the television screens looking forward to enjoy the annual celebration.

In modern China, watching the gala is still a traditional way to celebrate Chinese lunar New Year. However, the Gala seems to be suffering from declining rates of audience over the past few years. Actually, the Gala is never the only option any more when competing with several local televisions, which provide better possible choices. In addition, it is criticized that the traditional items of the Gala fail to appeal to people’s changing appetite, particularly the younger generation. Although the famous stars from Hong Kong and Taiwan are highly expected to add some freshness and modern elements to the performance, the Gala are still somewhat disappointing, far away from splendid. Consequently, the Gala is advocated to be cancelled due to its declination of reputation as well as the stereotyped content.

From my point of view, the Spring Festival Gala on CCTV should be still reserved because it is really good at creating a very colorful holiday atmosphere. Besides, it does have at least one or two excellent performance every year some of which become indelible memories. If the Gala can be redesigned to enrich its performance further, it will get away from being mediocre. But it is unnecessary to expect achieving its previous success. After all, the time has changed.

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。

Spring Festival is very important in China.We always celebrate every  year ,and everyong likes  the Spring Festival very much.

Before Spring Festival , the people often do some shopping in the shopping mall,they buy the new ciothes,something to eat  and so on.

On New Years eve, the family will get together to eat meal.

In the Spring Festival,people usually eat dumplings.People will go to elder home happy New Year ,then children can get red packets from their grandparents, parents,uncle,aunt.

I like the Spring Festival very much.How about you ？

大年初一是我感到最快乐的一天。我不仅可以穿漂亮的新衣服，而且还可以收到许多压岁钱和新年礼物呢!

一大早，我就被此起彼伏的鞭炮声吵醒了。我一睁开眼，就往枕头下面摸，哇!我摸到了两个红包。原来是爷爷奶奶和爸爸妈妈给我的压岁钱。我打开一看，啊，里面有这么多压岁钱呀!我高兴极了，大声喊道：“祝爸爸妈妈工作顺利，永远幸福;爷爷奶奶身体健康，长命百岁!”全家人都高兴地笑了。

吃完早饭，我就和爸爸一起去他的朋友家拜年了。我们来到了大伯伯大妈妈家，他们热情地接待了我们。大伯伯在一旁和爸爸说话，而我就和大妈妈在一起看看电视，嗑嗑瓜子，好不快活。忽然，大妈妈起身走进书房里去了，我正感到纳闷。不一会儿，大妈妈出来了，原来大妈妈是去拿送给我的新年礼物和压岁钱了呢!我打开礼物一看，原来是一只正在跳舞的芭比娃娃。她长着一头柔美的秀发，身穿一件洁白的粉色纱裙，真是漂亮极了!我非常高兴，连声说：“谢谢大妈妈。”……

离开了大伯伯大妈妈家，我又准备和爸爸妈妈一起去外婆家拜年了。当然我又可以收到很多压岁钱喽!

有了这么多的压岁钱，今年我又可以参加学校组织的“元宵灯会义卖”活动，我要用自己收到的压岁钱为学校里生病的同学献上一份爱心。

时间可真是飞逝啊！转眼间我已经度过了十多个新年了……这不，新年又来临了。

在除夕之夜，我们全家团聚，吃年夜饭，这是我们普遍存在的除夕守岁的习俗。还有史料记载，这种习俗最早起于南北朝，以后逐渐盛行，到唐朝初期，唐太宗李世民写有“守岁”诗：“寒辞去冬雪，暖带入春风。”直到今天，我国人民还习惯在除夕之夜守岁，屋外时鸣鞭炮，室内围坐看电视，一家人笑语连连……

据说最早年糕是为年夜祭神、岁朝供祖先所用，后来才成为春节食品。

我们在过年时还有一道不可缺少的佳肴——饺子。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。可又为什么它是必不可缺的呢？说其中的原因，一是饺子形如元宝，春节吃饺子取“招财进宝”之意，二是饺子有馅，便于人们把各种吉祥的东西包到馅里，以寄托人们对新的一年的祈望。有些地区的人家在吃饺子的同时，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。台湾人吃鱼团、肉团和发菜，象征团圆发财。

我们在腊月二十八扫完房子后还要贴福字！“福”字现在的解释是“幸福”，而在过去则指“福气”、“福运”。无论是现在还是过去，都寄托了人们对幸福生活的向往，也是对美好未来的祝愿。民间为了更充分地体现这种向往和祝愿，干脆将“福”字倒过来贴，表示“幸福已倒”“福气已到”。“福”字倒贴在民间还有一则传说。明太祖朱元璋当年用“福”字作暗号准备杀人。好心的马皇后为消除这场灾祸，令全城大小人家必须在天明之前在自家门上贴上一个“福”字。马皇后的旨意自然没人敢违抗，于是家家门上都贴了“福”字。其中有户人家不识字，竟把“福”字贴倒了。第二天，皇帝派人上街查看，发现家家都贴了“福”字，还有一家把“福”字贴倒了。皇帝听了禀报大怒，立即命令御林军把那家满门抄斩。马皇后一看事情不好，忙对朱元漳说：“那家人知道您今日来访，故意把福字贴倒了，这不是‘福到’的意思吗？”皇帝一听有道理，便下令放人，一场大祸终于消除了。从此人们便将福字倒贴起来，一求吉利，二为纪念马皇后。

新春佳节时，许多地区的人们喜欢在窗户上贴上各种剪纸———窗花。窗花不仅烘托了喜庆的节日气氛，而且也为人们带来了美的享受，集装饰性、欣赏性和实用性于一体。

剪纸是一种非常普及的民间艺术，千百年来深受人们的喜爱，因它大多是贴在窗户上的，所以人们一般称其为“窗花”。窗花的内容丰富、题材广泛。因窗花的购买者多为农民，窗花有相当的内容表现农民生活，如耕种、纺织、打鱼、牧羊、喂猪、养鸡等。除此，窗花还有神话传说、戏曲故事等题材。另外，花鸟虫鱼及十二生肖等形象亦十分常见。

中国民间有“开门爆竹”一说。新年第一件事就是燃放爆竹，以除旧迎新。

爆竹为中国特产，其起源很早，至今已有两千多年的历史。现在我们一般的人都认为放爆竹可以创造一种喜庆气氛，是节日的一种娱乐活动，它可以给人们带来欢愉和吉利。

我们还有一个传说：

从前，有一种怪兽的名字叫年，它的头上长着角，非常厉害。平时，年兽就会从海底下爬出来，吃牛羊鸡猪、人。

有一次，老百姓知道年兽要来了，都很惧怕“年”来伤害他们就带着牲口进山里躲避。这时候，来了一位白胡子爷爷，一位老婆婆劝白胡子爷爷快躲一躲。白胡子爷爷很平常的说，我住在这里，不会怕年兽的，只会是年兽怕我。

老婆婆和村里的人都躲到大山里去了，只有白胡子老爷爷留在了老婆婆家里。晚上，年兽闯进村子，第一个就到了老婆婆家。它看到老婆婆的门口贴着红纸，身体抖了起来，年兽气得怪叫一声，怒气冲冲的就朝院子里跑过去。正在这时候，院子里响起了“嘭嘭啪啪”的声音，还有火光。年兽抖得更厉害了。原来年兽最怕红色、响声和火光。年兽刚进院子，屋子的门就开了，白胡子爷爷穿着红衣服从屋子里慢悠悠地走出来，朝着年兽哈哈大笑。年兽一看，吓得转身就逃。白胡子爷爷去追年兽，一直追到大海边。年兽躲到海里。再也不敢出来了。

第二天，老婆婆和村子里的人回来一看，家家户户的门口都贴着红纸，院子里都堆着一燃烧一边啪啪响的竹子。

从那以后，大家知道了赶走年兽的好办法。春节快到的时候，都会在门口贴上红对联、红窗花、红福字，还会放起砰砰啪啪响的爆竹、烟花。

大年初一我们就要去拜年了，“拜年”一词原有的含义是为长者拜贺新年。初一早晨，晚辈要先向长辈拜年。压岁有谐音“压祟”的意思，所以长辈受拜以后，就会将事先准备好的“压岁钱”分给晚辈。而晚辈得到压岁钱就可以平平安安度过一岁。人们外出相遇时也要互道“恭喜发财”、“新年快乐”等吉祥的话语。

民间传说正月初五是财神的生日，各家置办酒席，为财神贺辰。关于财神，民间有诸多传说：宋朝蔡京富有，民间传说他是富神降生，他恰生于正月初五，所以民间把他当作财神来祭把。后蔡京被贬，民间另换财神，当时宋朝的国姓为赵，玄字为“岚”字的一个组成部分，便给财神起了一个赵玄坛的名字加以敬拜。

初五接财神，赵玄坛最受尊拜。除了赵玄坛被尊为“正财神”外，民间还有“偏财神”五显财神、“文财神”财帛星君和“武财神”关圣帝君的说法。五显财神信仰流行于江西德兴婪源一带。北京安定门外有五显财神庙。“文财神”财帛星君，也称“增福财神”，他的绘像经常与“福”、“禄”、“寿”三星和喜神列在一起，合起来为福、禄、寿、财、喜。财帛星君脸白发长，手捧一个宝盆，“招财进宝”四字由此而来。

其实我们的春节还有着许许多多的风俗，值得我们去了解它，还有去传承它，不要让它变成一个回忆。只有和家人在一起甜甜蜜蜜的生活才能互相理解，互相沟通，从中获得快乐。所以在过年之际，我们就回家看看吧，不要再一次与家人失去团圆的机会吧！

在我的家乡，春节热闹非凡。按照家乡的风俗，春节舞龙，一年四季风调雨顺，五谷丰登。于是，大人们舞黄龙、青龙，小孩舞草龙。今年，我们几个小孩就来个“孙悟空带领小猴舞草龙”。

正月初二上午，我们几个小伙伴分工，有的用稻草做龙身，有的用彩色纸糊龙头、龙须，有的用旧日历贴龙珠，最后还安上矿灯，一条精致的草龙栩栩如生地展现在眼前。

初二晚上，夜幕降临，小明穿着孙悟空的衣服握住龙头神气地说：“俺齐天大圣带领猴子来舞龙了。”我们几个扮演猴子的小伙伴披着黄衣服跟在孙悟空的后面舞草龙，在大街上游动着。刚走到军属张大妈的家门口，张大伯马上点燃鞭炮，随着“噼噼啪啪”的鞭炮声，孙悟空舞着草龙龙腾虎跃，小猴东东举着“龙珠”忽上忽下、忽左忽右地引逗龙头，孙悟空舞的龙身不停地扭动、翻腾，像海上的波浪翻滚着。看的人越来越多，不一会儿就围得水泄不通。“齐天大圣的草龙舞得真妙！”喝彩声响彻夜空。

孙悟空唱起了“军属张大妈，送儿参军保国家，立功受奖戴红花，光荣军属人人夸”的顺口溜。张大妈笑得眼睛眯成了一条缝。

忽然，青年们舞来了一条青龙，草龙和青龙在一块空坪上比舞，一个像腾云驾雾，一个似兴风作浪，各显神通。一位老大爷跷起大拇指夸奖说：“孙悟空的草龙与青龙比舞，真不赖。”孙悟空眨眨火眼金睛，高兴地说：“谢谢乡亲们的夸奖。

这个春节我在外婆家过年。一天早上，我们刚吃过早饭，远远地就听见“咚咚锵咚咚锵”的声音，我好奇地问外婆：“这是什么声音?”外婆告诉我是在闹船灯，“闹船灯是怎么样的?”我刨根问底地问外婆，为了满足我的好奇心，外婆决定请他们过来表演。

“咚咚锵咚咚锵”的声音时远时近，我坐不住了，跑进跑出地去看，希望船灯快点来。外婆忙着打开堂前门，并在堂前中央放了一张八仙桌，在桌上摆放好一些糖果和茶水，说是让这些表演的人品尝。

终于，“咚咚锵咚咚锵”的声音近了，近了……我飞奔着跑到门口，看到闹船灯的人浩浩荡荡地走来。这是一个长长的队伍，最前面的是一个“大头和尚”，说是“大头”是因为他的头是用一个只露眼睛和嘴的大铁桶面具罩着，外面画着的面具虽然是微笑着，我也知道这是一些老人扮演的，可我看着还是觉得有些诡异，远远地躲开了。“大头和尚”捧着个金元宝走在队伍的最前面，他的后面是一群敲锣打鼓的人，紧接着是两艘漂亮的彩船。船身是用布围起来的，上面画着龙和凤，还有各种彩色的花儿装饰在船舷上，有两个人分别顶着一只彩船，慢慢走来，这个船一定比较重吧。彩船后面跟着两个背着包的人，背包里鼓鼓囊囊的有不少东西，大概是一路的人家赠送的果品。紧随其后的是一大群围观的人，有老人，有小孩，后面还有一个“大头和尚”拿着一把扇子，突然的一个动作，吓得小孩害怕地跑，逗得老人开心地笑。

队伍到了院子里，敲锣打鼓的人在院子一角坐下了，船灯站在院子中间，那些围观的人都在院子的角落或大门口找了个地。接着二胡的声音响起来，一个女人大声唱起来，彩船随着歌声舞动起来，先是原地小步子地摆动，好似船在风浪中颠簸摇摆，过了一会，两艘船转向跑起来，他们跟着锣鼓声踏着有节奏的步伐，快速移动，好似船在与风浪抗争努力前行，随着音乐的变化船又原地摇摆，好似船在风平浪静的海面休息，积蓄能量……“大头和尚”一会儿如船长般指挥彩船舞动，一会儿又如调皮的小孩般和围观的人打趣，每个人的脸上都是开心的笑脸，我正看得投入，一个“大头和尚”突然走近我，我吓得想躲开，外婆抓住我，说是这个“大头和尚”是让我们捧一下金元宝，寓意新年财源滚滚，我捧了金元宝，“大头和尚”给我竖了大拇指，还亲切友好地默默我的头，我对他的害怕减少了几分。

很快，音乐停了，闹船灯结束了，我还没看够，当船灯走向另一家的时候，我也加入了围观的队伍……