关于春节来历的英语作文合集20篇

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.

Far and away the most important holiday in China is Spring Festival,also known as the Chinese New Year.To the Chinese people it is as important as Christmas to people in the West.the dates for this annual celebration are determined by the lunar calendar rather than the GREgorian calendar,so the timing of the holiday varies from late January to early February.

To the ordinary Chinese,the festival actually begins on the eve of the lunar New Year’s Day and ends on the fifth day of the first month of the lunar calendar.But the 15th of the first month,which normally is called the Lantern Festival,means the official end of the Spring Festival in many parts of the country.

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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.

My favorite festival is Spring Festival .On this day , I can receive some New Year Money from my grandparents . All of my family members will stay together and celebrate the new year . .In the afternoon, we can set fire works in the yard and dance together . At night , the adults will cook some delicious food for children . After meal , all the families will sit in front of TV and watch the Spring Festival Gala.

我最喜欢的节日是春节,在这一天,爷爷奶奶会给我压岁钱,家里人可以团聚在一起,共同庆祝春节,下午我们可以在后院放烟花,还可以在一起跳舞,到了晚上,大人们为我们做好了一顿美味的年夜饭.吃过年夜饭一会,我们一家人就可以坐在电视机前面观看春晚了.

Today is the beginning of seven, I went to town with cousin, the Zhuo flag hill of watching a wonderful acrobatic Festival " to celebrate Chinese New year ".

We arrived, to find a show place, find a place to sit down, and then patiently waited for the show to start.

" The beginning of the show ", do not know who is shouting. We immediately back to god.

The first program is, little monkey riding old goat go rope. I saw the old goat carrying small monkey step by step on the rope, hey, too. Is really amazing! The next program is more splendid! For example: wire walking, the tiger jumped the ring of fire, lions and tigers, bears swing across the beauty slip exercise, air swing ... ... And this " new acrobatic show" the protagonist is mainly animal.

This " new acrobatic show" is really meaningful!

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.

Today is an annual Chinese New Year, the first day of the new year,the traditional festival of China.At this day, everyone has a happy reunion , the families round together to eat regiment rice for year, is really a happy affair.Say for us, this festival is very happy, having a lot of delicious outside, can also take New Years Money to buy the thing that oneself wants to buy for a long time.

今天是一年一度的春节，也就是新年的第一天，中国的传统节日。在这一天，大家欢聚一堂，一家人围在一起吃团年饭，真是一件幸福的事情。对于我们来说，这一个节日是十分快乐的，有很多好吃的之外，还可以拿压岁钱去买自己很久想买的东西。

The first day of the Lunar New Year is "the welcoming of the gods of the heavens and earth. "Many people abstain from meat on the first day of the new year because it is believed that this will ensure long and happy lives for them.

On the second day, the Chinese pray to their ancestors as well as to all the gods. They are extra kind to dogs and feed them well as it is believed that the second day is the birthday of all dogs.?

The third and fourth days are for the sons-in-laws to pay respect to their parents-in-law.?

The fifth day is called Po Woo. On that day people stay home to welcome the God of Wealth. No one visits families and friends on the fifth day because it will bring both parties bad luck.?

On the sixth to the 10th day, the Chinese visit their relatives and friends freely. They also visit the temples to pray for good fortune and health.?

The seventh day of the New Year is the day for farmers to display their produce. These farmers make a drink from seven types of vegetables to celebrate the occasion. The seventh day is also considered the birthday of human beings. Noodles are eaten to promote longevity and raw fish for success.?

On the eighth day the Fujian people have another family reunion dinner, and at midnight they pray to Tian Gong, the God of Heaven.?

The ninth day is to make offerings to the Jade Emperor.?

The 10th through the 12th are days that friends and relatives should be invited for dinner. After so much rich food, on the 13th day you should have simple rice congee and mustard greens (choi sum) to cleanse the system.

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.

On New Years Eve,our class had a party. The atmosphere was good. It was out of the ordinary from the very begining. The boy student from one bedroom gave an unusual performance. We saw a boy named Li Xinmin turn off all the lights in a sudden snap. Then with three resounding（响亮的） crow of a cock echoing in the hall,the hall was again brightly lit in a snap.

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（机智的）. 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."

Hello ！welcome to the special Chinese new years edition of discovering China. Im Alina Li and Im Ben Hedges, and today well be taking you through some of the most important traditions of Chinese new year and historical background. We will look at some of the legends behind Chinese new year and how to celebrate it. Here in the US and Chinese across the world.

The Chinese have specific way to celebrate their new year. If you walk down the street in Chinatown during Chinese New Year, you see a variety of ancient traditions such as red banners, firecrackers and lion dance performances, streets are filled with lively celebration.

However, legend has said that the new year has not always been a time of festivity. An Asian Chinese story told a chilly start to this festive holiday, it begins with an ancient Chinese beast called Nian.

Every New Year Nian would rise from swelling in the sea to ravage Chinese village in livestock and hurting people. The villages soon found out from a wise gray-haired old man that the only way to scare the beast away was to set off firecrackers and light lamps and to hang red banners on each door. As the story goes, this was the beginning of a tradition that would last thousands of years.

So this story leads to the creation of many of other traditions for celebrating Chinese New Year. lets take a look at some of these traditions.

There is also a huge difference between Chinese and Western people. Chinese people use chopsticks and western people use fork and knife. Usually people who use fork and knife will use fork to hold the meat and cut it by knife and use fork to help to get that piece of meat into mouse. Chinese just use chopstick to pick things and pass it into your mouse.

Chinese people only have three meals during a day. But western people will have more, they have afternoon tea. Usually they would have fruits, homemade cake, tea (black tea) or biscuit with cheese. If you are a housewife and have a lot of time, you may have morning tea as well.

The Spring Festival is a big and grand festival, the Spring Festival represents the peace, happiness and reunion. I like the Spring Festival, because you can set off firecrackers, and wear new clothes, get lucky money.

The day before the Spring Festival is New Years eve, everybody cheerfully stick couplets on the Spring Festival, in front of his home in the kitchen making dumplings, have a meal before you set off firecrackers.

I put a lot of firecrackers, Spring Festival is "ZuanTianHou", "ZuanTianHou" fly to the sky, making sound, very nice. The second is the "big tanks", like real tanks rushed past, open to a half stopped, colorful light, beautiful! The third set is butterfly fireworks, firecrackers butterfly a fire like a rocket flying, fly far away. The fourth is cherry bomb, cherry bomb was thrown to the ground, one step also ring with their feet.

I like Spring Festival very much, want to wish every day is the Spring Festival!

春节是一个重大和隆重的节日，春节代表着平安、幸福、团圆。我最喜欢过春节，因为可以放鞭炮，穿新衣服，得到压岁钱。

春节前一天是除夕，大家高高兴兴地在自己家门前贴春联，在厨房包饺子，吃饭前要放鞭炮。

春节我放了很多很多的鞭炮，有“钻天猴”，“钻天猴”一放马上飞到天上，发出啪啪的声音，非常好听。第二个放的是“大坦克”，像真的坦克一样冲了过去，开到一半就停了下来，发出五颜六色的光芒，美丽极了!第三个放的是蝴蝶花炮，蝴蝶花炮一点火就像火箭一样飞了出去，飞的很远很远。第四个放的是摔炮，摔炮向地上一扔就响，用脚一踩也响。

我非常喜欢过春节，要天天都是春节那该多好呀!

1、The Happy Spring Festival 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.春节是在第一个月的第一天.中国人最喜欢春节.在春节期间,中国人喜欢和自己的家人一起吃饭,一起放焰火在空旷的地方.在那些日子里,我和我姐姐一起放焰火.我们有很多的焰火.它们非常漂亮.它们升上天空并且使一些地方变得很亮.在天空中,它们看起来像是花.我们很高兴也很兴奋.在这之后,我许了一个愿,我希望,在来年,我们能够高高兴兴并且拥有健康的生活,还有每一个人在我们家庭里都可以开开心心. 我感到在这个节日里非常高兴.2、有关旅游的;I went hiking to a mountain with my friends last summer. It was a good trip at the beginning but something unexpected happy on the half way. One of my friends suddenly felt a terrible pain in his stomach and he couldnt move any further. Nobody knew what to do. One girl tried to call her mum with her mobile phone but there was no signal in the mountain area. Luckily we brought a tent with us. We put it up and let him rest in it. He took some medicine. Then he drank some water, and ate some food. After a while, he felt much better and we walked on. We all enjoyed ourselves on the top of the mountain.

The Winter Holiday

I like the winter holiday very much.

Though its very short,I can enjoy the Spring Festival.

I can watch cartoon every day.

I neednt go to school frepuently.

Sometimes I can go to play with my friend outside.

With the festival coming,I can play all the time.

I can play video game with my brother.

I am good at playing PC game.

So I often beats my brother.

Then more and more relative came to my home.

We had dinner together.

Its so lively that Iam very happy.

But I still have to do my homework.

During the holiday,I learned a lot.

I love the winter holiday.

我非常喜欢寒假.

虽然它很短,但我可以高兴地过春节.

我可以天天看动画片.

我不用一直去学校.

有时我可以和朋友到外面去玩.

节日到了,我就可以一直玩了.

我可以和哥哥一起玩游戏.

我擅长打电脑游戏,

所以我一直赢.

然后越来越多亲戚来我家.

我们一起吃晚饭.

太热闹了,我很高兴.

但我仍然要做作业.

寒假期间我学到了很多.

我喜欢寒假.

[关于描写春节的英语作文

The Spring Festival is Chinas biggest, the most lively, ancient one of the most important traditional festival, is also unique to Chinese festival.

The Spring Festival, is the beginning of the lunar calendar, another name is called the Spring Festival Chinese New Year. Since the western han dynasty, the custom of Spring Festival continues today. The Spring Festival, generally refers to New Years eve and the first day.

The origin of the Spring Festival has a legend, the Chinese ancient times have a kind of call "year" monster, fierce abnormalities, deep in the bottom of the sea all the year round, every New Years eve just climbed out, swallowed cattle damage lives. Therefore, every year New Years eve this day, people will escape the "year" animal damage. A NianChuXi, from the village outside a begging the old man, said must be able to take the "year" beast nian away. In the middle of the night, "nian" beast into the village, it found the village atmosphere is different from previous years, village east wifes husbands family, the door stick red paper, candle lit the room. In the spread "banging spluttered" Fried sound, "year" the most afraid of red, fire and exploding. "Year" running away. From then on, people know driven "years" beast approach. From then on, every year New Years eve every posted red couplets, firecrackers; Household candle lit, keeping stay by age. This custom spread more widely, Chinese the most solemn of the folk traditional festival.

春节是中国最盛大、最热闹、最重要的一个古老的传统节日，也是中国人所独有的节日。

春节，是农历的岁首，春节的另一名称叫过年。自西汉以来，春节的习俗一直延续到今天。春节一般指除夕和正月初一。

春节的来历有一种传说，中国古时候有一种叫“年”的怪兽，凶猛异常，常年深居海底，每到除夕才爬上岸，吞食牲畜伤害人命。因此，每年除夕这天，人们就要躲避“年”兽的伤害。有一年除夕，从村外来了个乞讨的老人，说一定能把“年”兽撵走。半夜，“年”兽闯进村，它发现村里气氛与往年不同：村东头老婆婆家，门贴大红纸，屋内烛火通明。院内传来“砰砰啪啪”的炸响声，“年”最怕红色、火光和炸响。“年”狼狈逃窜了。从此人们都知道了驱赶“年”兽的办法。从此每年除夕家家贴红对联、燃放烟花爆竹;户户烛火通明、守更待岁。这风俗越传越广，成了中国民间最隆重的传统节日。

Spring Festival is the most important festival in China.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.

导语：在雪花飘起的时候，火红的春联，纷纷挂出；在冬意渐深的时候，震耳的鞭炮，纷纷响起；在花朵凋零的时候，回乡的梦想，纷纷绽放。以下是小编为大家分享的春节英语叙事作文，欢迎借鉴！

英语春节作文（1）

The Spring Festival， Chinese New Year，is the most important festival for all of us. All family members get together on New YearEve to have a big meal.At the same time， everyone celebrates to each other.At about 12 oclock，some parents and children light crackers.The whole sky is lighted brightly. We may watch the fireworks excitedly.How busy it is！

On the first early moring of one year， many senior citizen get up early and they stick the reversed Fu or hang some couplets on the front door. Some houses windows are sticked on red paper cutlings.

The Chinese New Year lasts fifteen days. So during the fifteen days， we always visit our relatives from door to door. At that time， children are the happiest because they can get many red packets form their parents，grandparents， uncles， aunts and so on. The last day of the Chinese New Year is another festival. It names the Lantern Festival.

So the Chinese New Year comes to the end.

英语春节作文（2）：

The happy spring festival 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 iplayed 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 awish.I hope that,we can have ahappy and healthy life next year and everyone in my family can be happy.

I enjoy the festival very happy!

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。

The end of the term, the Spring Festival is coming, my in the mind very excited, I already planned out how the Spring Festival, now the Spring Festival day and night looking forward to coming oh, I must have a full and meaningful.

First of all, have to take out couplet, the home of a few doors down to deck, let the home everywhere permeated with a festive atmosphere. Fireworks are essential, of course, I especially like the fireworks fly in the sky after, raining from falling. Dumpling is one of the food necessary for Spring Festival, mother handmade dumplings, fresh and tender, delicious, I simply have to and eat a meal, snack.

Secondly have to relatives friend home happy New Year. Comes in at the door, Im going to "uncle aunt long and short" to call them, then take mom and dad to buy a good gift to them, hee hee, their relatives dine and wine we will warmly, brought delicious dim sum and put candies, and my favorite hunan bud tea, that is made of sesame tamped, as long as with boiled water bubble, wow, the aroma, let a person lick ones chaps, appetite is big.

Then was to eat the meal of the eve, moms dinner can be said to be "special skill", the whole family sitting together, taste the big stuff, about smile and happy. Favorite is to look at the annual Spring Festival gala, which shows rich and colorful, have a funny comedy, beautiful songs, excellent performance, give a person to enjoy.

Is when I am drunk New Year plan, mom called me to write homework, ah, I love you to come the Spring Festival.

学期就要结束了，春节也快到了，我心里特别兴奋，我早已计划好了这个春节该怎么过，现在日日夜夜盼望的春节终于要来了哦，我一定要过得充实而有意义。

首先，得提前买好对联，把家里的几扇门好好装点一番，让家里到处洋溢出节日的气氛。当然烟花爆竹也必不可少，我特别喜欢烟花飞上天空以后，雨点般的洒落下来的壮丽景观。饺子是春节不可少的食物之一，妈妈亲手做的饺子，鲜嫩无比，回味无穷，我一定要痛痛快快地吃上一顿，解解馋。

其次还得去亲戚朋友家拜年。一进门，我就要“叔叔长、阿姨短”地叫他们，然后把爸爸妈妈买好的礼物送给他们，嘻嘻，亲戚们就会热情地款待我们，端上好吃的点心，摆上糖果，还有我最喜欢的湖南蕾茶，那是用芝麻捣制的，只要用开水一泡，哇，香气扑鼻，让人垂涎欲滴，胃口大开。

然后是吃年夜大餐了，妈妈做的年夜饭可以说是“一绝”了，全家人围坐在一起，尝着丰盛的酒菜，说说笑笑、其乐融融。最喜欢的是看一年一度的春节晚会，里面的节目丰富多彩，有滑稽的小品，动听的歌曲，精彩的表演，给人美的享受。

正在我沉醉新年计划之中的时候，妈妈又喊我写作业了，哎，我热爱的春节你快点到来吧。

The Spring Festival had turned up in the shells period the sacrifices of the tail and head of the ancestor worship god. The ancient New Year said: "ganjitsu", "New Years day". After the revolution, name the Spring Festival is to get the new day.

As for Beijing area, from households to the day bubble laba vinegar (garlic), began to have "the festival atmosphere. Folk: "the old lady dont upset, laba is years. Laba rice porridge, drink a few days? 23 scattered..." , the twelfth month is also called the "off-year". There is a song sings: "TangGua people, New Years day comes, wench, it take the kid to cannon..." . Since the day from Beijing with more work, people, sweep the house, steamed bread, buy necessities and stick "f" word, stick New Year pictures, cut grilles, stick couplets. Post hanging door gods, money, has been busy until New Years eve, began to holidays.

Beijing family reunion dinner on New Years eve night (also known as the family reunion dinner) is essential, is also one of the most abundant dinner all the year round. The years one of the New Years eve dinner to element together. LengHun, bulky and lightening. LengHun have cold stewed pork, mutton, cold stewed chicken and ducks. Major: braise in soy sauce meat, pork with rice flour meat, red and white balls, four balls. Lightening dishes are usually ten tofu, vegetables, pickles bergamot, etc. Staple food is given priority to with element of sleeping more.

Beijing New Years eve and the first day to eat dumplings, from the meaning of the "more old hand". Also always wrapped dumplings ChengYuanBao form, into the sugar in the dumplings, copper, peanut, jujube, chestnut, etc. Like to eat sugar, means that in the future life sweet; Eat to copper means rich flower; To eat peanut means longevity, for peanuts and peanut, be so called peanut.enrich to eat jujube and chestnut means early set son...

The custom of Spring Festival in Beijing really interesting!

春节原起于殷商时期年头岁尾的祭神祭祖活动。古代的春节称：“元日”、“元旦”。辛亥革命后，才把正月初一正式定名为春节。

就北京地区来说，从腊月初八家家户户要泡腊八醋(蒜)，就开始有了“年味”。民谣讲：“老太太别心烦，过了腊八就是年。腊八粥，喝几天?哩哩啦啦二十三……”，腊月二十三又称“小年”。有一首歌谣唱道：“糖瓜祭灶，新年来到，丫头要花，小子要炮……”。从这一天开始，北京人更加忙活了，要祭灶，扫房子，蒸馒头，置办年货，贴“福”字，贴年画，剪窗花，贴对联。贴门神，贴挂钱，一直忙活到除夕，开始过大年。

北京人除夕晚上的年夜饭(又称团圆饭)是必不可少的，也是全年最丰盛的一次晚餐。除夕的年嬉饭要荤素一起上。有冷荤、大件和清口菜。冷荤有冷炖猪、羊肉、冷炖鸡、鸭。大件有：红烧肉、扣肉、米粉肉、红白丸子，四喜丸子。清口菜一般都是豆腐、青菜、罗十、咸菜佛手等。主食多以荤素睡觉为主。

北京人除夕和正月初一都要吃饺子，取其“更岁交子之义“。还总是把饺子包成元宝形，在饺子中放进糖、铜钱、花生、枣、栗子等。如吃到糖的，意味着日后生活甜蜜;吃到铜钱意味着有钱花;吃到花生意味着长寿，因花生又名长生果，吃到枣和栗子的意味着早立子……

北京春节的习俗真有趣!