中國新年除夕習(xí)俗
中國新年的傳統(tǒng)
Before New Year's Eve
除夕夜以前
The celebration actually starts on New Year's Eve with the family reunion dinner. By New Year's Eve, you should have done the following:
除夕夜全家會以吃團(tuán)圓飯來慶祝。在除夕之前，你應(yīng)該做以下事情
Clean the entire home to get rid of all the things that are associated with the old year.
Put away all brooms and brushes.來源：考試大
Pay all your debts.
Resolve differences with family members, friends, neighbors and business associates.
打掃整個房間清除所有與舊年有關(guān)的東西，把所有的掃把和刷子收起來放好；償還所有的債務(wù)；與家人，朋友，鄰居和商業(yè)伙伴解除分歧。
Buy the following:
Red money envelopes,
Oranges and/or tangerines,
Fill a "Cheun hup(a circular red tray separated in eight compartments) with melon seedslotuschocolate coinsnuts etc.
Flowers (especially plum blossoms, peach blossoms, water lilies),
A new set of clothes and shoes for children, preferably something red or orange.
Get new dollar bills from the bank. Insert the new dollar bills into the red envelopes. Now the red envelope is called a lai see or lucky money envelope.
購買以下東西：
裝錢的紅包；橙子和橘子；把紅色的圓形托盤里放進(jìn)瓜子，蓮子，巧克力，椰果硬幣等等；買花（尤其是梅花，桃花，睡蓮）；給孩子買一套新衣服和一雙新鞋，最好是紅色或橙色；從銀行獲取一些新美元鈔票，然后把其放入紅包里?，F(xiàn)在紅包被稱為來囍或者幸運(yùn)的錢包。
On New Year's Eve
Get together with close family members (not including married daughters and their families) for the "reunion" dinner. 來源：考試大
Pay respect to ancestors and household gods. Acknowledge the presence of ancestors because they are responsible for the fortunes of future generations.
Open every door and window in your home at midnight to let go of the old year.
除夕
和家人一起吃團(tuán)圓飯（不包括已經(jīng)嫁出去的女兒和她們的家人）;
參拜祖先和家神，承認(rèn)祖先的存在因為它們對未來幾代人的財富負(fù)責(zé)。
為了迎接新年在午夜時打開家里的每一扇窗戶和門
On New Year's Day來源：考試大
Decorate your home with symbols of good fortune. Here are some suggestions:
Colors: Bright red (happiness); gold/orange (wealth & happiness).
Fruits: Oranges and tangerines (good health & long life); tangerines with leaves intact (long lasting relationships; being fruitful and multiply); persimmons (happiness and wealth).
"Chuen Hup" circular candy tray (candy for sweet and circular for togetherness and continuity).
春節(jié)
把你的房間裝飾成代表好運(yùn)的氣象，這有一些建議：
顏色：鮮紅色（快樂）金色、橙色（代表幸福和財富）
水果：柑橘（身體健康和長壽）帶有完整葉的橘子（長久的人際關(guān)系，富有成效的和繁榮的）；柿子（代表幸福和財富）
圓形的糖果盤（糖果代表甜蜜，親切，圓形代表團(tuán)結(jié)和一致性）
（聽力課堂網(wǎng)Vicky翻譯）
Traditions of Chinese New Year
