【初中英语】名师工作室弘扬中国传统文化系列活动（二）

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国风•英韵 中国传统文化是我们的民族瑰宝，是我们最深厚的文化软实力，也是中国特色社会主义植根的文化沃土。春节，不仅仅意味着丰收的喜悦、团聚的温馨、也承载着朴素的心愿，平凡的希冀。欢喜中国年，人们等待的是“故节当歌守，新年把烛迎”的除旧布新，宣示的是“昨夜斗回北，今朝岁起东”的昂扬自信，激荡的是“千门万户曈曈日，总把新桃换旧符”的精神气象。乌鲁木齐市第五批初中英语名师工作室“国风•英韵”——弘扬中国传统文化系列活动第二期《春节》（the Spring Festival），带您体悟过年的味道，品味春节文化。让我们与初中英语名师工作室一起，吐故纳新，传颂经典！ 平安辞旧岁，吉祥庆新春 春节是什么？ What is the Spring Festival？    The Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese people and is when all family members get together. The Spring Festival falls on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month, often one month later than the Gregorian calendar. It originated in the Shang Dynasty   (c. 1600 BC-c. 1100 BC) from the people's sacrifice to gods and ancestors at the end of an old year and the beginning of a new one. Strictly speaking, the Spring Festival starts every year in the early days of the 12th lunar month and will last till the mid-1st lunar month of the next year.      春节，又叫农历新年，是中国民间最隆重、最热闹的一个节日，是举家欢庆团团圆圆的大好时节。春季是每年农历正月初一，通常比公历新年要晚一个月。它起源于殷商时期年头岁尾的民间祭祖活动。严格来讲，春节不只是一天的庆祝，而是从农历的12月底到新年的正月十五。 百里不同风，千里不同俗 传统风俗 <div>Spring Festival Traditions</div><div>1）Spring Cleaning大扫除 </div>     “Dust”（尘）is homophonic with “chen”（陈）in Chinese, which means old and past. In this way, “sweeping the dust” before the Spring Festival means a thorough cleaning of houses to sweep away bad luck in the past year. Chinese People believe that in order to receive the new luck, you have to swipe the bad luck. All the cleaning has to be done before the end of New Year’s Eve, that’s what Chinese people always called “Ci Jiu Ying Xin”: saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new.     “Dust” 与“陈”是谐音（陈在汉语中的意思是旧的和过去的）。这样，“在春节前扫尘”是指彻底清洁房屋扫除过去一年的厄运。勤劳勇敢的中国人民相信，只有把旧的坏运气赶走了，才能迎接美好新生活。所有的大扫除必须要在除夕夜之前完成，干干净净整整齐齐迎接新年，就是我们常说的辞旧迎新。 2) Paper Cut贴窗花       After the thoroughly clean up, people will paste paper-cut decorations on the s and doors. Paper-cuts, usually with auspicious patterns, give a happy and prosperous atmosphere of the festival and express the good wishes of Chinese people looking forward to a good life. It is common for Chinese to paste the character “fu（福）”, big and small, on walls or doors. “Fu（福）” shows people’s yearning toward a good life.      在大扫除之后，大家会在家中门窗上贴上窗花。通常带有吉祥图案的窗花，传递节日喜庆和执闹的气氛和表达中国人期待幸福生活的美好愿望。除了贴窗花，在墙上，门上的大小福字是中国人表达对美好生活渴望的普遍习俗。 3)Spring Couplet贴春联 　“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 inion, 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”在中国是一种特殊的文学形式。春联是由贴在门口两侧两组对仗的句子组成，在门上面的横批通常是一个吉祥的短语。不论是大富大贵还是贫困潦倒，学富五车还是乡野村夫，每家每户都要在新年时门前贴春联，以寄托对新年的美好祝愿。 4) Family Reunion Dinner年夜团圆饭      The Spring Festival is a time for the Chinese to have family reunion, on Chinese New Year’s Eve (Chu Xi), the whole family must sit at the table to eat the New Year’s Supper together. In the New Year’s Supper, it is essential that some dishes contain the family wishes for the New Year.       Niangao or the New Year’s Cake, is very common in Southern China, it is made of sticky rice. In Chinese, niangao sounds like “getting higher year by year”. It can be expected that people's life will be better and better than before.      Jiaozi or the stuffed Dumpling, is a very common Northern Chinese Dish, Chinese dumplings look like silver ingots. Legend has it that the more dumplings you eat during New Year celebration, the more wonderful things will happen in the New Year. When making these dumplings, coins and pennies are usually put into selected few, those lucky family members that happen to eat those special dumplings are believed to have special good fortune in the upcoming year.      春节是一个合家团圆的日子，在除夕夜，全家都合家团圆一起共享除夕大餐。在年夜饭中，有一些美好象征意义的美食是必备的。      南方人在春节早晨吃年糕（由糯米粉制成的新年糕点），因为年糕的同音是每年节节高升，意寓人们的工作和生活一年比一年好。      饺子的外观酷似一个元宝，并且在传统观念里认为饺子吃得越多，那么来年就会有更多的好事发生。在做饺子的时候，人们喜欢在一些饺子里放上硬币，吃到硬币的幸运儿就意味着来年会有特殊的好运。 5)Firecrackers放鞭炮      Lighting firecrackers used to be one of the most important customs in the Spring Festival celebration. Right as the clock strike 12 o’ clock midnight of New Year’s Eve, cities and towns are lit up with the glitter from fireworks, and the sound can be deafening.      放鞭炮曾是春节庆祝活动中最重要的习俗之一。除夕夜一旦撞响午夜12点钟，城市和乡镇都被烟花的闪闪光芒映亮，鞭炮声震耳欲聋。 6)Red Packet/ Lucky Money红包/压岁钱      Children love the Spring Festival because they can receive red packet! A red packet is simply a red envelope with lucky money in it, which symbolizes luck and wealth. In traditional Chinese culture, red is considered a lucky color, red packet is believed to ward off evil spirits and to bring good fortune to the receiver.       孩子们最爱过春节，因为春节有红包！红包就是在一个红色信封里装上压岁钱，寓意为幸运和财富。在中国传统文化中，红色是幸运色，大家相信红包能帮人赶走霉运，带来幸福富贵。 历添新岁月，佳句问平安 恭喜发财：Wishing you prosperity岁岁平安：Peace all year round心想事成：May all your wishes come true吉祥如意：Everything goes well金玉满堂：Treasures fill the home出入平安：Safe trip wherever you go生意兴隆：Business flourishes一帆风顺：Wishing you every success步步高升：Promoting to a higher position国泰民安：The country flourishes and people live in peace      文化的价值，既在于对传统优秀文化的坚守，也在于与时俱进的传扬；文化的魅力，既表现在绚丽多姿的形式，更体现为感染心灵的内核。春节是万家团圆的日子，悉心感受春节的文化魅力，我们坚定的是文化自信，收获的则是更加暖心的中国年。