介绍中国春节

seamanlww · 发表于 2011-1-27 21:00

Why New Year is so special?

为什么新年那么特别呢？

The Chinese zodiac features 12 animals in the sequence of Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig. This year is the year of Tiger. Each animal represents a different "personality". According to legend, people held a conference with all the animals, informing them that they would pick the 12 to represent the zodiac. However, in spite of being fast, the cat was not picked as its then-close friend, the rat, did not wake it. This action sparked off a rivalry that continues till this day.

中国的十二生肖代表了十二种动物，他们的顺序是：鼠、牛、兔、龙、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗和猪。今年是虎年。每一种动物有他们自己的“性格”。根据传说，人们当初和动物们开了一个会，最先到会的动物们就可以进入十二生肖。而身为猫最好的朋友，老鼠却没有把猫叫醒去开会。因此，它们之间的战争一直持续到今天。

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seamanlww · 发表于 2011-1-27 21:01

What do people do?
那人们在新年都干啥呢？
Eat, eat again, and then eat some more! As the old Chinese saying goes: food is everything.
吃、接着吃、再吃更多东西！就跟一句中国古话说的那样：食物即一切。（沪江小编：这算是哪门子“中国古话”！？）
The tradition is to have different main courses everyday from the 1st day of the New Year to the 15th day of the New Year, from Jiao Zi (dumplings), noodles, spring rolls, sticky rice cakes, and Tang Yuan (stuffed rice balls). Besides culinary satisfaction, each food has a meaning as well: for instance, Jiao Zi looks like gold, implying a wealthy year ahead.
传统就是，从新年第一天开始直到正月十五，每天都要吃不同的主菜。从饺子、面条、春卷、年糕到汤圆。除了祭好五脏庙以外，每一种食物也有含义：比如饺子看起来就像金元宝，这意味来年的丰衣足食。
Besides eating, young people visit older family members and kids are blessed with a red pack of "lucky" money. And then, people gather and eat again (!), leading to a lot of advertisements about fitness right after the Chinese New Year holiday.
除了吃以外，年轻人要去拜会家里的老人家，而小盆友们就有大把压岁钱拿。跟着，人们又聚在一起吃，所以节后中国就会出现很多减肥广告……（沪江小编：写这东西的老外看就知道被骗了。这是哪家的规矩……不过没事，大家随机应变、等见了老外把真正的中国习俗告诉他们吧。）

seamanlww · 发表于 2011-1-27 21:04

tomorrow morning ,I will go my hometown by train !

hoohoo !

gce660909 · 发表于 2011-1-27 22:01

苏北地区春节来临时家家蒸馍头、炸肉元，正月初一吃圆子，寓意新年满意，团团圆圆。

gudulangzi123 · 发表于 2011-1-28 08:10

祝船友们新年快乐、来年的船市会更好！CHEERS!

等待…… · 发表于 2011-1-28 11:52

回复 4# gce660909

还要吃饺子（叫万万顺）

wllsn · 发表于 2011-1-31 16:31

popppppppppppp

shanvens · 发表于 2011-2-5 01:13

greetings to all of you guys and wish you a happy new year.

DALLAS41 · 发表于 2011-2-11 16:54

new year,new beginning

DALLAS41 · 发表于 2011-2-11 16:54

everybody,fighting~~~~~~

午夜剧 · 发表于 2011-11-27 15:10

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