The Spring Festival, is the beginning of the lunar year, the Spring Festival is another name called the Chinese New Year, is China’s most grand, the most lively, the most important of an ancient traditional festival, is also the Chinese unique festival. It is the most concentrated expression of Chinese civilization. Since the Western Han Dynasty, the custom of Spring Festival has continued until today.
春節，是農曆的歲首，春節的另一名稱叫過年，是中國最盛大、最熱鬧、最重要的一個古老傳統節日，也是中國人所獨有的節日。是中華文明最集中的表現。自西漢以來，春節的習俗一直延續到今天。
The Spring Festival generally refers to the New Year’s Eve and the first day of the first month. But in the folk, the traditional sense of the Spring Festival refers to the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month or the twelfth lunar month 23 or 24 sacrificial stove, until the fifteenth day of the first month, which with New Year’s Eve and the first day of the first month for the climax.
春節一般指除夕和正月初一。但在民間，傳統意義上的春節是指從臘月初八的臘祭或臘月二十三或二十四的祭竈，一直到正月十五，其中以除夕和正月初一爲高潮。
How to celebrate this festival, in thousands of years of historical development, formed some relatively fixed customs, many still handed down to the present. During the Spring Festival, the Chinese Han nationality and most ethnic minorities will hold a variety of celebrations. Most of these activities include offering sacrifices to gods and Buddhas, offering sacrifices to ancestors, refreshing the old and praying for a good year. The activity forms are rich and colorful, with strong ethnic characteristics.
如何過慶賀這個節日，在千百年的曆史發展中，形成了一些較爲固定的風俗習慣，有許多還相傳至今。在春節這一傳統節日期間，我國的漢族和大多數少數民族都有要舉行各種慶祝活動，這些活動大多以祭祀神佛、祭奠祖先、除舊布新、迎禧接福、祈求豐年爲主要内容。活動形式豐富多彩，帶有濃郁的民族特色。
On May 20, 2006, “Spring Festival” folk custom was approved by The State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.
2006年5月20日，“春節”民俗經國務院批準列入第一批國家級非物質文化遺産名錄。
There is a legend about the origin of the Spring Festival. In ancient China, there was a monster called “Nian”, with long tentacles and a ferocious head. “Nian” years of deep seabed, every New Year’s Eve to climb ashore, devour livestock harm human life. Therefore, every New Year’s Eve that day, the village village race village people fled to the mountains, in order to avoid the “year” animal injury.
春節的來曆有一種傳說，中國古時候有一種叫“年”的怪獸，頭長觸角，兇猛異常。“年”長年深居海底，每到除夕才爬上岸，吞食牲畜傷害人命。因此，每到除夕這天，村村賽寨的人們扶老攜幼逃往深山，以躲避“年”獸的傷害。
One New Year’s Eve, from outside the village a begging old man. Villagers a panic scene in a hurry, only the village east of an old woman gave the old man some food, and advised him to quickly up the mountain to avoid the “Nian” beast, the old man smiled and said: “mother-in-law if let me stay at home for one night, I will put the ‘Nian’ beast away.” The old woman still continued to persuade, begging the old man smiled without a word. In the middle of the night, “year” beast into the village. It found that the atmosphere of the village is different from previous years: the east of the village, the wife’s husband’s home, the door paste big red paper, the house candle light. “Nian” beast body a shake, a strange cry. Nearly the door, hospital suddenly spread “banging spluttered” Fried sound, “nian” shuddered, again dare not go up. It turned out that Nian was most afraid of red, fire and explosion. At this time, the door of the mother-in-law opened, I saw a hospital wearing a red robe in the old man laughed. “Year” be frightened and frightened, panic fled. The second day is the first day of the first month, the people who came back to see the village safe and sound very surprised. At this time, the old woman suddenly saw the light and hastened to tell the villagers the promise of the begging old man. This matter soon spread around the village, people know the drive “Nian” beast way.
有一年除夕，從村外來了個乞讨的老人。鄉親們一片匆忙恐慌景象，隻有村東頭一位老婆婆給了老人些食物，并勸他快上山躲避“年”獸，那老人捋笑道: “婆婆若讓我在家呆一夜，我一定把’年’獸攆走。”老婆婆仍然繼續勸說，乞讨老人笑而不語。 半夜時分，“年”獸闖進村。它發現村裏氣氛與往年不同:村東頭老婆婆家，門貼大紅紙，屋内燭火通明。“年”獸渾身一抖，怪叫了一聲。将近門口時，院内突然傳來“砰砰啪啪”的炸響聲，“年”渾身戰栗，再不敢往前湊了。原來”年”最怕紅色、火光和炸響。這時，婆婆的家門大開，隻見院内一位身披紅袍的老人在哈哈大笑。“年”大驚失色，狼狽逃蹿了。第二天是正月初一，避難回來的人們見村裏安然無恙十分驚奇。這時，老婆婆才恍然大悟，趕忙向鄉親們述說了乞讨老人的許諾。這件事很快在周圍村裏傳開了，人們都知道了驅趕“年”獸的辦法。
From now on every New Year’s Eve, every family stick red couplets, set off firecrackers, every household candle light, keep more to stay. Early in the morning, but also walk friends Daoxi greetings. This custom spread more and more widely, and became the most solemn traditional festival of Chinese folk.
從此每年除夕，家家貼紅對聯、燃放爆竹，戶戶燭火通明、守更待歲。初一一大早，還要走親串友道喜問好。這風俗越傳越廣，成了中國民間最隆重的傳統節日。
關于春節的英語作文還有：
【紅包Lucky Money】、【最大的節日The Biggest Festival】、【我的新年願望 My New Year’s Wish】、【在春節到來之前 Before Spring Festival】、【我的壓歲錢 My Lucky Money】、【春節 Spring Festival】、【春節禁忌 The Taboos On Spring Festival】、【春節 Spring Festival】
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