春節(jié)禁忌 The Taboos On Spring Festival

Spring Festival is the biggest day in China. As this festival has a long history, so people keep some old traditions, such as what they should do to bring the good luck and what they should do to avoid the bad luck. Still the young generation remembers the taboo and they believe that avoiding these can bring them good luck in a year.

春節(jié)是中國最大的節(jié)日，因為這個節(jié)日有悠久的歷史，所以人們保持了一些舊的傳統(tǒng)，如他們應該做些什么才能帶來好運和應該做些什么來避免壞運氣。年輕一代仍然記得避免這些禁忌，他們相信避免禁忌能在一年帶給他們好運。

The first taboo is to avoid sweeping the floor in the first seven days of the new year. It is said that every family will collect some luck in the house. If people sweep the floor, the luck will run away and they will feel bad all the year around. So if my mother sees me to clean the house in the new year, she will be very nervous and keeps telling me not to sweep the floor.

第一個禁忌是要避免在新年的前七天里掃地。據說，每個家庭都會聚集到一些好運氣，如果掃地了，好運氣就會被掃掉，這樣他們一整年里都會過得不好。所以，要是我媽媽看到我在新年里掃地，她就會非常緊張，之后不停地跟我說不要掃地。

The second taboo is not to wash hair in the first day of the new year. It is almost the same reason with sweeping floor. People believe that the ancestors have given them good luck and washing hair would drive away the luck. Though I don’t believe in this tradition, I still respect it for avoiding my mother’s babbling.

第二個禁忌是在新年的第一天不要洗頭。理由跟掃地差不多是一樣的。人們相信他們的祖先給予了他們好運氣，洗頭發(fā)會把好運趕走。雖然我不相信這樣的說法，但我仍然尊重它，避免了我媽媽的嘮叨。