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”;
例句:酒店经理说,他们提供了15桌年夜饭,大部分已经预订了。The hotel manager said they offered 15 tables for Spring Festival Eve meals and most had already been booked.
“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。
In the season of joy I present my sincere wishes and kind thoughts. May the kind of New Year outshine all the rest.
年是中华文化的浓缩,是中国人的一份情结和期盼。中国年俗有说不完的故事,道不尽的风情。今天,我们就和五湖四海的朋友们聊一聊家乡的年俗。京津北京:除夕老理儿一箩筐除夕,我们一群晚辈要叩拜尊长,也叫"辞岁"。
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.
大寒,是二十四节气的终章,也是新岁的前奏。此时,天地间寒意凛然,大地银装素裹,万物蛰伏,静待春的苏醒。Major Cold, the 24th solar term, marks the prelude to Chinese New Year.
On the first day of the New Year or shortly thereafter, everybody wears new clothes and brings New Year Greetings to their relatives and fri
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.