Reunion Dinner: The reunion dinner is one of the most important customs of Chinese New Year's Eve. The whole family sits around the table and enjoys a sumptuous dinner, symbolizing reunion and happiness. The dining table is usually filled with various auspicious foods. For example, fish symbolizes “abundance every year”;
On the last night of the year, a monster comes out of the sea. The monster’s name is Nian. The monster is hungry!
春节起源中国,发展于中国,但韩国人却说春节起源于韩国,存在偷换概念和强词夺理之嫌疑。春节的发展可以总结为:起源于上古,萌发于周,兴于汉唐,盛于明清,并发展至今,他明没有因为政权和不同的民族更迭而消失,而是蓬勃发展。
根据英文版的网络所述,春节的英文常见者有三:Chinese New Year、Spring Festival、和Lunar New Year,然而此三者并非皆为英文词典所收。既要忙着大扫除、贴春联,还要忙着讨红包、打麻将,当然,以下的新年节庆英文,更是要学起来啦!
The 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.
“The Spring Couplet”, also called “couplet” and “a pair of antithetical phrases”, is a special form of literature in China. The Spring Couplet is composed of two antithetical sentences on both sides of the door and a horizontal scroll bearing an inscription, usually an auspicious phrase, above the gate. Whether the family is rich or poor, educated or ignorant, everyone must put on the Spring Couplet to symbolize the hopes for the coming new year.“春联”或“对联”对立在中国是一种特殊的文学形式。
On lunar New Year’s Eve,在农历除夕,they all sit by the big table,他们都坐在大桌子旁边,they laugh, they talk, and they drink.
春节: Spring Festival。除夕: Lunar New Year's Eve。儿童节: Children's Day。母亲节: Mother's Day。父亲节: Father's Day。妇女节: Women's Day。
In the season of joy I present my sincere wishes and kind thoughts. May the kind of New Year outshine all the rest.