以春节为题英语作文【经典20篇】

Chinese New Year is the most important festival in China. Before the Spring Festival People clean their houses，put red couplets on their gates，and set off firecrackers to drive away the legendary monster “Nian”.

On the eve of the Spring Festival, families get together and have a big dinner. Dumplings are the most traditional food.

The Spring Festival lasts about 15 days long .People visit relatives and friends with the words “Happy new year”. People enjoy the Spring Festival, during this time they can have a good rest.

Children like the festival very much, because they can have delicious food and wear new clothes .They can also get some money from their elders. This money is given to children for good luck.

Falling on the first day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, the Spring Festival is in fact the Chinese New Year. Before it, people usually give their house a thorough cleaning and do a lot of shopping. On the New Year’s Eve, people come home and the whole family have a big dinner together. On the New Year’s Day and the few days to follow, people often visit their relatives and friends to give one another their best wishes for the new year. Throughout this festival period firecrackers can be heard everywhere. This festival is the most important festival for the Chinese.

Its so nice to celebrate the Spring Festival, my in the mind. Because can see the lantern show and guess riddles, set off firecrackers, watch fireworks, but also can work normally cannot do.

Mom took me to grandmas first. Tianyi fading, I let my mother take me to see the light, the streets are full of all kinds of lights, with a snake type lamp, circular lights, bar lights; Modelling lamp and children very like animals, such as a quick, leg, heaven; There are lights on many riddle let you guess, but fun. Watching the lantern show, we went back to grandmas house. Dad and I took off firecrackers began shooting from the basement. I put small gun, dad put whip, double bang firecracker and firecrackers, in less than a few minutes the whole yard is colorful, the more we put more huan, laughter, firecrackers, mixed together, full of festive atmosphere. That night, I want to watch more TV dont want to sleep, because of the Spring Festival, mother also no matter, I Im so happy.

Its time for bed, listening to the trickle of firecrackers outside the window, I seem to hear their cheerful laughter, for them I also happy for myself, what a nice New Year!

过春节了，我心里真高兴。因为又可以看灯展、猜灯谜、放鞭炮、看焰火，而且还可以干平常不能干的事。

妈妈先带我来到了奶奶家。天一擦黑，我就让妈妈带我去看灯，那里的大街小巷挂满了各各样的彩灯，有蛇型灯、圆形灯、条形灯; 还有小朋友非常喜欢的动物造型灯，比如马到成功、金鸡独立、大闹天宫;还有的灯上写着许多谜语让大家猜，可好玩儿了。看完灯展，我们就回到了奶奶家。我和爸爸从地下室拿出鞭炮开始放炮。我放小炮，爸爸放挂鞭、二踢脚和花炮，用不了几分钟整个院子就成了五颜六色了，我们越放越欢，笑声、鞭炮声夹杂在一起，充满了喜庆气氛。夜深了，我还想看电视不愿意睡觉，因为过春节，妈妈也不管我，我真是太高兴了。

该睡觉了，听着窗外稀稀拉拉的鞭炮声，我仿佛听到了他们欢快的笑声，我为他们也为我自己高兴，好一个惬意的春节!

The Spring Festival, is the most important festival in peoples hearts, in the northeast, we pay attention to is a lot about the Spring Festival.

Every New Years day my home, this year is no exception. The day of the year, I got up early, help mom and dad and sister stick couplets, everyone. Hang everyone also has exquisite, everyone want to hang down, so that it says "fu". Mother every time for the Chinese New Year we do a dinner table, become richer than usual this year. Every mother do fish, because fish can say, "more than" year after year, there are fish meal on the table is not only to have pigs feet, pigs feet said "head".

Its time to eat, before this must set off firecrackers, because it can get rid of a "monster" and next year. At night, the lamp to burn always, it can be said for future light shine. In the evening to make dumplings, in the package dumplings, put only one have a coin, to eat the dumpling, next year everything will be good luck. In the middle of the night 12 o clock every household to set off firecrackers, because after 12 o clock for the New Year, setting off firecrackers is a happy New Year, this time to set off firecrackers said vientiane update, prosperous, also represents a new meaning.

春节，是人们心中最重要的节日，在我们东北，关于春节的讲究就不少。

每年过年我家都热热闹闹的，今年也不例外。大年三十那天，我早早的起了床，帮助爸爸妈妈和姐姐贴对联，挂福字。挂福字也有讲究，福字要倒了挂，这样就表示“福到了”。妈妈每当过年时都为我们做上一桌子的大餐，今年比往年更丰盛。每年妈妈都会做鱼，因为鱼可以表示“年年有余”，饭桌子上不仅要有鱼还要有猪蹄，猪蹄表示“有抓头”。

吃饭的时间到了，在这之前一定要放鞭炮，因为这样可以去除“怪兽”来年保平安。到了晚上，灯要一直点着，这样可以表示来年前程光明无阻。到了晚上要包饺子，在包的饺子里，只有一个放有硬币，吃到这个饺子的人，来年一切事都会顺顺利利的。到了半夜12点每家每户都要放鞭炮，因为12点后为新年，放鞭炮是喜庆新年，这个时间放鞭炮表示万象更新，大吉大利，也代表着辞旧迎新之意。

Before the Chinese Spring Festival,everyone is very busy.They want the Spring Festival to be a new beginning,so everyone is busy cleaning the room.They keep the room tidy.This is the first thing to welcome the Spring Festival.

The elderly take children to buy snacks and fireworks.But parents just stay at home to make tasty meals for dinner.On the evening of New Year’s Eve,my parents and my sister have dinner with me.We have a good time.After dinner,Oh!Yeah!My father is ready to give us red pockets.Oh,how nice the red pockets are!My sister and I both all say,“Peace all year round to my parents!Now,give us red pockets.” My parents give us the red pockets at once with a smile on their faces.

What a wonderful time we have!

I think “Everything goes well” this year!

"Spring Festival" is a festival every year, and you enjoy the holiday. Because every year Spring Festival everybody together and eat at the home of the family reunion dinner. This is just one part of it, theres a better Spring Festival party in the evening.

Many customs accompany the Spring Festival is also, let me give you simply introduce a few kinds.

The first: to stick couplets on the Spring Festival. This is the Spring Festival is bound to do. By Spring Festival couplets, bottom allied, horizontal batch of three parts, couplet, under the same words, horizontal batch are four word. If you head is rich enough, you can also create oh!

The second: stick to everyone. This is a very interesting word. General post, everyone is is that many home are down this post, it is said that here the hidden meaning is "blessing down (f)" in this way, it is also the important link.

Third, is also one of the most important: eat dumplings. Is the whole family were like this, can not make dumplings, but also in the dumplings into the special things, such as: COINS, peanut, jujube, etc. Each food contains different meanings, also let the family to eat dumpling of time to share their joy!

The custom of "Spring Festival" there are a lot of, I will introduce to here, hope you success, come!

“春节”是每年都会过的节日，也是大家喜欢过的节日。因为每年春节大家都会聚集在一起，热热闹闹的吃上一顿年夜饭。这只是其中的一部分，晚上还有更好的春节晚会。

春节也是有许多习俗的，下面我给大家简单的介绍几种。

第一种：贴春联。这是春节必定要做的事。春联由上联、下联、横批三部分组成，对联上、下字数相同，横批均为四个字。如果你的脑袋够丰富，自己也可以创造噢!

第二种：贴福字。这就是个十分有趣的字。一般贴福字都是正这贴，而许多家都是倒这贴，据说这里隐藏的意思是“福倒了(福到了)”就这样，它也是重要的环节。

第三种，也是最重要的一种：吃饺子。这就是全家人都喜欢的事，光包饺子可不行，还要在饺子里放入特殊的东西，例如：硬币、花生、枣等。每种食材都蕴含不同的意思，也让家人在吃饺子的时候分享自己的喜悦!

“春节”的习俗还有好多，我就介绍到这里，希望大家马到成功、心想事成!

From then on, the tradition of observing the conquest of Nian is carried on  from generation to generation. The term "Guo Nian", which may mean "Survive the  Nian" becomes today "Celebrate the (New) Year" as the word "guo" in Chinese  having both the meaning of "pass-over" and "observe". The custom of putting up  red paper and firing fire-crackers to scare away Nian should it have a chance to  run loose is still around. However, people today have long forgotten why they  are doing all this, except that they feel the color and the sound add to the  excitement of the celebration.

The Lunar Happy New Year

The Lunar Happy New Year is a great occasion to the Chinese people. It lasts about the first four days of the year， during which people do not work except for the workers on duty. Students do not go to school， and shops are closed.

Several days before the Happy New Year， people begin to prepare. Farmers kill pigs， sheep， cocks and hens. City dwellers buy meat fish and vegetables. Houses are cleaned; coupletsare posted on the doors. Colourful lanterns are hung at the gate.

On the eve of the Happy New Year， each family has its members gatherd together and eats a family reunion dinner. After the meal they watch TV until the clock strickes twelve. Then every family sets off long strings of small firecrackers and other fire works to welcome the Happy New Year. On the first day of the Happy New Year， almost everyone is dressed in his or her best. When people meet on the way， they say to each other "Happy Happy New Year". Friends and relatives pay Happy New Year calls and gives presents to each other. Children indulge themselves in games.

在中国,凡逢春节和其他的喜庆日子,人们总要燃放爆竹来表示庆贺.燃放爆竹可以说是中国民间一个十分重要的风俗习惯.

爆竹也叫"炮竹","爆仗","炮仗",平常人们更习惯叫"鞭炮",有大约2000多年的历史了.最早的爆竹叫"庭燎".是用竹竿一类的东西做成火炬,燃烧时发出噼噼啪啪的爆裂声,也叫"爆竿.

燃放爆竹风俗最早起因于驱鬼除邪,祈求一年的吉祥顺利.传说,有个叫做"山臊"的四角怪兽和恶鬼平常藏在深山,每隔365天便出来伤害人畜.这些无恶不做的坏东西害怕爆炸的声音和亮光.于是,每到岁末年首,人们就争着燃放鞭炮,用来驱赶"山臊"和恶鬼.

中国的唐代发明火药以后,人们便把火药放进竹筒,点燃后发出巨大的声音,这种爆竹叫做"爆竹筒".到了宋代,爆竹的制作方法改为把火药装进用纸卷成的筒里,名字也叫爆竹了.后来人们开始把许多小的炮仗用药线连接起来,成为"一发连百余响不绝"的鞭炮.讲究的鞭炮用红颜色的纸制作,鞭炮爆炸后,红屑满地,人称"满地红",表示吉利.随着发展,鞭炮的品种和色彩也由原来的单调发展得丰富多彩,有小鞭炮,电光雷,母子雷,射天炮,百头,千头鞭,甚至还有几万头长的鞭炮.

现在,随着人们环保意识的加强,燃放鞭炮的习俗在中国很多大城市中受到禁止.但是,聪明的中国人依然想出了其他热闹的庆祝节日的办法.

Useful Words and Expression The spring festival(春节)

generation gap(代沟)

stereotyped concept/opinion(传统观念)

commercialized versions(商业化版本)

shopping rush(购物热)

tourism-oriented trend(春节旅游化趋势)

spring outing(春游)

the spring festival eve dinner(年夜饭)

spring festival couplets(pasted on gatepost or door panels)(春联)

Variety Show on CCTV-1(春节联欢晚会)

migrant workers(民工)

home-returning(返乡)

white-collar(白领)

petty bourgeoisie(小资)

over-loaded transportation during the spring festival(春运)

pay aNew Year call(拜年)

Christmas prayer(religious aspect)(圣诞祷告)

the thorough house-cleaning(年前大扫除)

etraditional entertainment(playing cards,mahjong)(传统娱乐节目,如打扑克,玩麻将)

The Spring Festival is anational holiday.

On that day,people often play firecrackers,hang lantern,affix Spring Festival couplets and New Year paintings,pay New Years call and eat Jiao-zi.

For the children,the most exited thing is fetting their gift money.

It is really ahappy day.

上面的生词是必须要的,是介绍春节的

春节是全国人民的假期.

那天,人们常常放鞭炮,挂灯笼,贴春联和年画,互相拜年,和吃饺子.

对于孩子们来说,最兴奋的是能得到压岁钱.

那真是一个让人愉快的日子

Spring Festival The Spring Festival is very important to Chinese people.

In the past,people could not often have meat,rice or other delicious food.They could only eat these during the Spring festival.So every year they hoped that the Spring Festival would come soon.Now,although peoples life is much better,and we can eat the delicious foods everyday.People still like the festiv al.Because most people can have along holiday,and we are free to go on atrip or visit our friends or have parties with our family.In the evenings,we can have abig meal in the restaurant or stay at home with family and watch the TV programmes.

I like the Spring Festival very much.How wonderful the Spring Festival is！

春节见闻英语作文1 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 Years 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.

春节见闻英语作文2 Spring Festival is the most importantand popular festival in China.Before Spring Festival,the people usually clean and decorate their houses.And they go to the Flower Fairs to buy some flowers.During Spring Festival,the adults usually give lucky money to children.People often get together and have abig meal.Some people eat dumpling for dinner.

I love Spring Festival.

春节见闻英语作文3 The spring Festival is coming soon！The festivel is considereded the most important one for Chinese people.It is on the first day of lunar year.It is also the day of reunion among family members.During these days,people would say"happy new year！or wish you make fortune！to each other.They would also visit their relatives and friends.Children would be given"red packets".Children would have more to eat and play than usual.Playing firecrackers is also apopular game for children.春节见闻英语作文

春节见闻英语作文4 Spring Festival is the most important festival in China.Its to celebrate the lunar calendars new year.In the evening before the Spring Festival,families get together and have abig 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.

The Spring Festival lasts about 15days long.People visit relatives and friends with the words"Have all your wishes".People enjoy the Spring Festival,during this time they can have agood rest.

new year party

on new year‘s 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.”

在除夕，我们班有一个聚会。气氛好。它是寻常从一开始。从一间卧室男生给一个不寻常的表现。我们看到名为李新民在突然关闭所有的灯单元一个男孩。然后用三个响亮的（响亮的）的回荡在大厅里鸡叫，大厅明亮又在瞬间点燃。

然后，卧室的朱国章代表要求我们猜测了有关上述情况的诗。他补充说，李新民单是出生在狗年，其他三个都在鸡年出生的。他们给我们留下了所有的混乱。它是我们的班长谁是quickwitted（机智的）。他喊我们，“天休息的鸡叫三在黎明倍。“大厅之后，他们还有另外一个项目。这一次李新民被放置在圆的中间。当他站在那里，其他三个人围着他站着，低头在每一个120度的角度下去见他。这是一个成语。这一次我得到了它的权利：“。狗中脱颖而出的鸡群！“

The first day is for the welcoming of the deities of the heavens and earth, officially beginning at midnight. Many people, especially Buddhists, abstain from meat consumption on the first day because it is believed that this will ensure longevity for them. Some consider lighting fires and using knives to be bad luck on New Years Day, so all food to be consumed is cooked the day before. For Buddhists, the first day is also the birthday of Maitreya Bodhisattva (better known as the more familiar Budai Luohan), the Buddha-to-be. People also abstain from killing animals.

Most importantly, the first day of Chinese New Year is a time when families visit the oldest and most senior members of their extended family, usually their parents, grandparents or great-grandparents.

Some families may invite a lion dance troupe as a symbolic ritual to usher in the Lunar New Year as well as to evict bad spirits from the premises. Members of the family who are married also give red packets containing cash to junior members of the family, mostly children and teenagers.

While fireworks and firecrackers are traditionally very popular, some regions have banned them due to concerns over fire hazards, which have resulted in increased number of fires around New Years and challenged municipal fire departments work capacity. For this reason, various city governments (e.g., Hong Kong, and Beijing, for a number of years) issued bans over fireworks and firecrackers in certain premises of the city. As a substitute, large-scale fireworks have been launched by governments in cities like Hong Kong to offer citizens the experience.

The  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.

新的一年，新的开始，当我站在新年的边缘时，我禁不住想起我明年的计划。

正如俗话所说：“好的开始是成功的一半”，所以我决定我应该在工作，而其他人仍然放松，然后，在开始的时候，我比其他人更快，当然我会得到比其他人更好的结果。

但是，我真正决定要做的是，无论何时何地我都要好好利用，尽管这似乎是不可能的。同时，我会尽我最大的努力实现我的计划，结果将证明这一点。

The Spring Festival is a traditional festival of our country. Every year, every household will eat dinner, paste couplets, fireworks, but busy!

"Get up, get up..." On February 17th, early in the morning, mother urged me to get up, said to take me to buy necessities. I am a listen to immediately get out of bed, dressed quickly, in a hurry after breakfast, and mother go to the market. We came to a couplet of the stall. A: wow! There were so many styles, our eyes are spent. Suddenly I saw a pair of couplets, top allied: happiness chardonnay thousand music, bottom allied write: offer the old plum Singapore flavours. I feel very good, then show it to the mother, mother also feel good, bought it. Today, we went to the vegetable market to buy vegetables much more special, my mother and I managed to squeeze in. Mom bought a roast duck, sausage, vegetables, meatballs, etc. A lot of delicious, we cant carry it all. Back home, the home has come a lot of relatives, sister, brother, uncle, aunt... Good lively! They gave me money, I was really big harvest!

In the afternoon, my brother and I together stick couplets, paste, my brother and I ran upstairs together, waiting for a big family reunion dinner on the table, by the way, I also help make dumplings, ha ha. The fireworks in the evening, my in the mind very happy! "Chip, pa" "dong, dong," came the voice of fireworks exploded outside the window, a chain of moments of fireworks fly in the sky, colorful, beautiful! Look at the others fireworks, there isnt much to take, I also went downstairs fireworks! When we have a good time, father shouted upstairs "come on, the Spring Festival evening party started! We have a listen to, and scrambled upstairs.

This year the Spring Festival is fun! More and more, I like the Spring Festival.

春节是我国的传统节日。每到大年三十，家家户户都会吃年夜饭、贴对联、放烟花，可热闹了!

“起床了，起床了……”，大年三十一大早，妈妈就催促我起床，说要带我去购买年货。我一听立刻从床上爬起来，急忙穿好衣服，匆匆吃完早饭，和妈妈一起去市场。我们来到一个卖对联的小摊上。哇!样式可真多啊，挑的我们眼睛都花了。忽然我看到了一副对联，上联写着：岁岁瑞霞千家乐，下联写着：献岁梅花万里香。我觉得挺好的，便拿给妈妈看，妈妈也觉得不错，就买下了。我们又去了菜市场，今天来买菜的人特别多，我和妈妈好不容易才挤了进去。妈妈买了烤鸭、香肠、青菜、肉丸等好多好吃的，我们都拿不动了。回到家里，家里已经来了好多亲人，有大姨、哥哥、舅舅、舅妈……好热闹啊!他们还给了我压岁钱呢，我可真是大丰收啊!

下午，我和哥哥一起贴对联，贴好后，我和哥哥一起跑上楼，等着丰盛的年夜饭上桌，对了，我还帮忙包饺子了呢，呵呵。到了晚上，该放烟花了，我心里好开心呀!“噼、啪”“咚、咚”，窗外传来烟花爆炸的声音，一串串的烟花飞上了天空，五彩缤纷的，漂亮极了!看别人放烟花，没有自己放好玩，我也下楼放烟花喽!正当我们玩的开心时，爸爸在楼上喊道：“快上来啦，春节晚会开始了”!我们一听，又争先恐后的拥上楼去。

今年过春节真好玩啊!我越来越喜欢春节了。

There are a lot of valid, rich and colorful legends about the origin of the Lunar New Year. They can be traced to thousands of years ago, among which the most famous one is the legend of Monster Nian. Monster Nian was a cruel wild animal. Ancient people believed that Monster Nian would come out to eat people on New Year’s Eve. It was said that Monster Nian was afraid of red, fire and noise. In order to repel it, people would put the red notes on doors and keep the torch alight all night as well as set off firecrackers. Early next morning, people greeted each other. The air was filled with the victory and the rebirth joy.

农历新年的来源，有根据。丰富而多彩的传说，可追溯到几千年前。其中，最有名的就是“年兽”的传说。“年兽”是一只残忍凶猛的野兽，古代人相信“年兽”在除夕夜时会出来吃人。传说“年兽”极惧怕红色、火光及吵杂的声音，于是人们就在门上贴著红纸条，并整夜点著火炬、燃放炮烛，来避开“年兽”。到了第二天一大早，“恭喜”之声不绝于耳，空气中弥漫著打败“年兽”胜利与重生的喜悦。

The Spring Festival is very important to Chinese people. In the past，people could not often have meat，rice or other delicious food. They could only eat these during the Spring festival. So every year they hoped that the Spring Festival would come soon. Now， although people‘s life is much better，and we can eat the delicious foods everyday. People still like the festival. Because most people can have a long holiday，and we are free to go on a trip or visit our friends or have parties with our family. In the evenings，we can have a big meal in the restaurant or stay at home with family and watch the TV programs.

I like the Spring Festival very much. How wonderful the Spring Festival is！

The Spring Festival is our Chinese nation an important festival to couplets, firecrackers, etc. staying-up late on new years Eve, pay New Years call. Different nationalities have different customs.

In the year thirty, our family changed new clothes and attached new Spring Festival couplets to welcome the arrival of the new year. In the evening, our family eats dumplings. The dumplings have a moral meaning: the money is rolling. Because dumplings are like a treasure, in ancient times Yuan Bao was money. Not certain staying-up late on new years Eve "spring", not "spring", there is no meaning staying-up late on new years eve. We were sitting on the sofa, laughing and laughing, watching the Spring Festival evening, and it was happy.

On the first day of the year, my father and I were sitting in their own car, walking on the new road. Although the cold wind was sharp, it was still very happy. When I arrived at Grandmas house, I got a big red bag with my grandmother for a year and thought: "Im rich this year!" And then the neighbours of grandmas neighborhood had a year of worship. Then came to the great uncles house, came to the great uncles house, and went to the paradise of the book, with the story, the science, the art... After dinner at the great uncles house, I received a red bag and some books, and I had to digest the books a little bit. Its a pleasure to come to the great uncles house.

Im really happy this year. Its a happy Spring Festival!

Spring Festival is the most important festival for Chinese people. The Spring Festival is very exciting, especially on the eve of the Spring Festival.

春节对于中国人来说是最重要的节日。在每年的春节都让人兴高采烈，尤其是大年三十那晚，更是达到了高潮。

The Spring Festival lasts for 15 days, there would be starting on the first day, to the end of the January 15 Lantern Festival.it is the busiest time of the year for Chinese people. The arrangements they have to make for family reunions， buying necessities and preparing food keeps them busy throughout the holiday. Many of them travel back home and meet friends over dinner and drinks. The celebrations include decorating the house and setting off fireworks.But we are talking about a tradition that seems to be fading.

春节一共有15天，从大年初一开始，到元月十五元宵节这一天结束。在这段比较长的时间是中国人最忙的时候，他们为家庭聚会作安排，采购年货，准备丰盛的食物，以至于整个春节假期都忙忙碌碌的。许多人在春季期间都要回老家过年，跟朋友碰碰头，聚个餐。庆祝春节也包括大扫除和放烟火。但是我们现在要谈的是越来越淡的年味。

Spring Festival， as it is celebrated today， has undergone many changes， thanks to the country‘s economic development and globalization.

现在的春节已经因为我国经济的发展和全球化的影响而改变了很多。

Yet no Spring Festival is complete without food. People could not get good food whenever they desired in earlier times， something that does not apply to society today. More often than not， people faced the risk of famine. The best time for people to celebrate was when food was available in plenty， and that was possible in spring， or the beginning of the lunar new year. That was the main reason why Spring Festival acquired such great importance among Chinese people.

但是没有哪个春节是完全离得开“吃”的。从前，不论人们提前多久想要买年货，总是不能如愿，而现在早已今非昔比。过去常常还要闹饥荒。人们最好的庆祝时间就是他们能得到食物丰盛的时候，也就是春天或是元月初的那段时间。那也是为什么春节对于中国人如此重要的主要原因。

But three decades of economic growth has ensured that people in China， except for those who are still poor， can enjoy a good meal whenever they want. Such has been the change in people‘s fortune that some have to be treated for obesity and other health problems associated with excessive eating.

但是三十年来的经济发展已经让中国人，除了那些仍然穷苦的人以外，随时都能享受美食。这得益于人民财富的增长，但是后者也导致一些人吃得太多而受到肥胖威胁和健康问题。

In the past， celebrations were limited to events like song-and-dance duets in North China， dragon/lion dances in South China and fireworks， which required the joint efforts of the entire community. But economic development and urbanization seems to have weakened the social links among people. Many， especially those living in cities， are not interested in celebrating the festival with people they hardly know.

在过去，庆祝春节还只停留在北方的二人转和南方的舞龙舞狮等形式。那些庆祝活动往往需要许多人合力才能办得起来。但是经济的发展和国际化程度的提升似乎已经将这种社会联系弱化了。许多人，特别是城市居民，不太愿意与不相识的人一起共度春节。

Many customs associated with Spring Festival have changed， too. In the past， people used to visit relatives and friends with gifts and lots of good wishes. Today， many people， especially the youth， use their cell phones or the Internet to send their good wishes and even "gifts" to their relatives and friends. Some may say this a sign that people have become less caring about their near and dear ones， but we should see this development as a time- and energy-saving exercise granted by the information age.

与春节相关的许多习俗也被改变了。在过去，人们常常会带着礼物走亲访友，互道祝福。今天许多人，特别是年轻人，用手机或是网络向亲朋好友发去“礼物”和祝福。有些人或许会说，这说明人们已经没有那么关心至爱亲朋了，但是我们应该把这种变化看作信息化时代省钱省力的好办法。

In recent times， many people have started praying for a career promotion or more money instead of invoking God or the Buddha for a healthy and long life and the welfare of their family. But the number of such people is decreasing now， which shows that people are becoming more reasonable.

最近几年，许多人开始祈祷事业高升，财源滚滚，而不是求神拜佛，他们身体健康，长命百岁，家庭美满。但是这样的人数现在正在减少，说明人们开始变得更加理性。

Spring Festival is the most importantand popular festival in China．Before Spring Festival ，the people usually clean and decorate their houses．And they go to the Flower Fairs to buy some flowers．During Spring Festival ，the adults usually give lucky money to children．

People often get together and have a big meal．Some people eat dumpling for dinner．

The Spring Festival is the most important festival all the year round for the Chinese. During this Spring Festival, I have a good time.

First of all, I did so well in the final exam that makes my parents very happy. They say that it’s their best gift for the New Year. And we come back our hometown to spend this biggest festival with other relatives. We had a big dinner on the New Year’s Eve. There were about thirty people had the dinner together. It was really great. After dinner, we enjoyed the Spring Festival Gala Evening. On the New Year’s Day, we gathered together to play games or cards. We children got lucky money from adults. This was the most exciting thing for us. On the following days, we visited to each other, bringing our best wishes.

In south China, the favorite and most typical dishes were nian gao, sweet  steamed glutinous rice(糯米)pudding and zong zi (glutinous rice wrapped up in  reed(芦苇)leaves), another popular delicacy.

In the north, steamed-wheat bread (man tou) and small meat dumplings were the  preferred food. The tremendous amount of food prepared at this time was meant to  symbolize abundance and wealth for the household.

The Spring Festival is a traditional festival of all nationalities in our country, more than 100 years ago, folk artists "one hundred" in his QuBenZhong writes: "in the first month in every New Year, Lantern Festival view on the lamp, month circle, flower box at everywhere, loud fireworks, make streets are swim series." Set in the history about the beginning of the Spring Festival.

Legend rao period, our country has this festival, shells we find in the oracle, there are also records about the Spring Festival, celebrated the first Spring Festival custom wind, but at that time, calendar, is to rely on "view as timing", is accurate, it is difficult to determine, in 104 BC the first year of emperor too early, created "the beginning calendar", our people and at specified day of the first lunar month as from then on, the customs of the lunar New Year is been around for 2000 years, until the founding of new China, to switch to the later, the holiday is to the Spring Festival.

In our country the most ancient written records, there are many stories about the beginning of month, and the New Year, it is "the autumn harvest winterizing later in the season," han zheng xuan also said that early age is not "of LaoNong to rest." Our todays terms, is the meaning of combining exertion and rest.

So whats the Spring Festival? According to legend, in a long time ago, there was a man named ten thousand youth, see the seasonal mess, want to seasonal probable, one day, he went up into the mountain cutting wood, sit down to rest under the shade and shadow movement inspired him, and he devised a sundial shadow gauge measurement days. Day rain fog, however, affect the measurement, the later, cliff drops springs cause his interest, he began to make the five layers clepsydra, over time, he found that every three hundred and sixty days, and the length of days will repeat.

At that time the king called ZuYi, days of the contingency, made him very upset. The secretary of a named scale, in order to curry favor with the emperor, play to tiantai worship god worship, ZuYi justification, has led officials to worship, but to no avail, know that in ten thousand, could not help but to see the emperor with the sundial and clepsydra, to explained the lunisolar ZuYi run of reason. ZuYi incurred after listen to big yue, feel that makes sense. Then leave in ten thousand, built in the temple of heaven before the sun pavilion, built sundial and clepsydra pavilion, and sent 12 serve in ten thousand, the lad ZuYi to said in ten thousand: "rule, hope you can measure the accurate runs calculated accurately ChenXi time, create a calendar, the plebeian inhabitants of the world."

Once ZuYi regards the scale to know the progress of testing the calendar in ten thousand, when he appeared on the day of 20:30 liu jianhua calls to see cliff wrote some words on the side of the temple of heaven, equilibrium saw after know ten thousand calendar has research is successful, he is afraid of the emperor reuse, founded in ten thousand, sent to assassinate, the assassin was caught by the guards, ZuYi know later, to punish the criterion, personally the pagoda to see the sun in ten thousand, in ten thousand, pointing to astronomical phenomena, the ZuYi said: "now is the full twelve months, out has ended, and spring after beginning, king please appoint a section." ZuYi said: "spring for years, just call the Spring Festival."

Winter, year after year, then, in ten thousand after long-term observation, carefully calculated, formulated the accurate solar, later in ten thousand to commemorate the merits, will be solar day named "calendar" in ten thousand for the birthday girl and, later, people hang up the birthday girl figure during Chinese New Year, according to legend is in memory of the ten thousand.

Now we also have a New Year customs, such as "f" word, firecrackers, happy New Year and so on.

春节是我国各民族的传统节日，100多年前，民间艺人“百本张”曾在他的曲本中这样写道：“正月里家家贺新年，元宵佳节把灯观，月正圆，花盒子处处瞅，炮竹阵阵喧，惹得人大街小巷都游串。”这历史上关于岁首春节的生动定照。

相传尧舜时期，我国就有这个节日，殷商甲骨文的卜辞中，亦有关于春节的记载，有庆祝风首春节的风俗，但当时历法，是靠“观象授时”，是否准确，尚难确定，到了公元前104年汉武帝太初元年，我国人民创造了“太初历”，明确规定以农历正月为岁首，从这时起，农历新年的习俗就流传了2000多年，直到新中国成立，改用公元以后，这个节日就改为春节。

在我国最古的文字记载中，有许多关于岁首的故事，腊月和新春，正是“秋收冬藏”以后的农闲季节，汉郑玄也说过，岁未年初“劳农以休息之”。拿我们今天的话来说，就是劳逸结合的意思。

那么春节到底是怎么来的呢?相传，在很久以前，有一个名叫万年的青年，看到当时节令很乱，想把节令定准，一天，他上山砍柴，坐在树阴下面休息，树影的移动启发了他，他设计了一个测日影计天时的日晷仪。可是，天阴雨雾，影响测量，后来，山崖上的滴泉引起他的兴趣，他又动手做了五层漏壶，天长日久，他发现每隔三百六十多天，天时的长短就会重复一遍。

那时的国君叫祖乙，天时风云的不测，使他很苦恼。一个名叫阿衡的大臣，为讨好皇上，奏称要设天台敬祭天神，祖乙认为有理，便带领百官去祭天，却无济于事，万年知道后，忍不住带着日晷仪和漏壶去见皇上，对祖乙讲清了日月运行的道理。祖乙听后龙颜大悦，感到有道理。于是把万年留下，在天坛前修建日月阁，筑起日晷台和漏壶亭，并派了十二童子服待万年，祖乙对万年说：“希望你能测准日月规律，推算出准确的晨夕时间，创建历法，为天下的黎民百姓造福。”

有一次，祖乙传旨要阿衡去了解万年测试历法的进展情况，当他登上日月坛时看见天坛边的石壁上写了一些字，阿衡看见后，知道万年的历法已研究成功，怕皇上重用他，于日派人刺杀万年，结果刺客被士卫抓住了，祖乙知道后，惩处了阿衡，亲自登上日月阁看望万年，万年指着天象，对祖乙说：“现在正是十二个月满，旧岁已完，新春复始，祈请国君定个节吧。”祖乙说：“春为岁道，就叫春节吧。”

冬去春来，年复一年，后来，万年经过长期观察，精心推算，制定了准确的太阳历，后来为了纪念万年的功绩，便将太阳日命名为“万年历”封万年为日月寿星，以后，人们在过年时挂上寿星图，据传说就是为了纪念万年的。

现在我们过年也有一些习俗，如倒贴“福”字，放爆竹，拜年等等。