2016高考英語寫作素材：春節的由來

　　The Spring Festival, the most important festival to Chinese. Is China the biggest, the most lively, one of the most important ancient traditional festivals, is also unique to Chinese festival.

　　Festival, is the beginning of the lunar calendar, another name is called New Year's day, Spring Festival is the biggest, the most lively, China one of the most important ancient traditional festivals, is also unique to Chinese festival. Is the most concentrated expression of Chinese civilization. Since the western han dynasty, the custom of Spring Festival continues today. The Spring Festival, generally refers to New Year's eve and the first day. But in private, in the traditional sense of the Spring Festival is from the Greek festival of the day or month, 23 or 24 people, until the fifteenth, among them with New Year's eve and the first day of the first lunar month. How to celebrate this holiday, in one thousand years of history development, formed some relatively fixed customs and habits, there are a lot of handed down also. During the traditional festival, the Spring Festival of the han nationality in our country and most of ethnic minorities have to hold various celebration activities, these activities are to worship deities, worshiping ancestors, blow away the cobwebs, meet jubilee blessing, pray for good harvest as the main content. Form rich and colorful, activities with strong ethnic characteristics. On May 20, 2006, "Spring Festival" folk have been approved by the state council listed in the first batch of state-level non-material cultural heritage list.

　　The origin of the Spring Festival has a legend, the Chinese ancient times have a kind of call "year" monster, head long feelers, fierce abnormalities. "Year" the elder deep in the bottom of the sea, every New Year's eve just climbed out, swallowed cattle damage lives. Therefore, every New Year's eve that day, the people of CunCunZhaiZhai could flee to the mountains, to escape the "year" animal damage. One NianChuXi, from the village outside a begging the old man. Folks a hurried panic scene, only the east village, an old woman gave the old man some food, and urged him quickly up the hill avoid "year" beast, the old man stroked his beard say with smile: "mother-in-law if let me stay overnight in the home, I must have" years "beast." Old woman continue to persuasion, begging the old man smiling without a word. At midnight, "nian" beast into the village. It found the village atmosphere unlike previous years, village east wife's husband's family, the door stick red paper, candle lit the room. "Year" beast was a shake, long a sound. Nearly the door, hospital suddenly spread "banging spluttered" Fried sound, "nian" shuddered, again dare not go up. Originally, "year" the most afraid of red, fire and exploding. At this time, her mother-in-law's door open and saw hospital a red-robed man laughed. "Year" frightened to disgrace, mess up. The next day is the first day, the people of refuge back very surprised to see the village safe. At this point, the old woman was suddenly enlighted, quickly spoke to the fellow villagers begging the old man's promise. This matter quickly spread around the village, people know driven "years" beast approach. (the legend of hakka) from then on, every year New Year's eve, families paste red couplets, firecrackers; Household candle lit, keeping stay by age. Beginning in the early morning, still walk close bunch of congratulate friends say hello. This custom spread more widely, Chinese the most solemn of the folk traditional festival.

　　春節，中國人最重要的節日。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。

　　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。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灶，一直到正月十五，其中以除夕和正月初一為高潮。如何過慶賀這個節日，在千百年的歷史發展中，形成了一些較為固定的風俗習慣，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、除舊佈新、迎禧接福、祈求豐年為主要內容。活動形式豐富多彩，帶有濃郁的民族特色。2006年5月20日，“春節”民俗經國務院批准列入第一批國家級非物質文化遺產名錄。

　　春節的來歷有一種傳說，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，村村寨寨的人們扶老攜幼逃往深山，以躲避“年”獸的傷害。有一年除夕，從村外來了個乞討的.老人。鄉親們一片匆忙恐慌景象，只有村東頭一位老婆婆給了老人些食物，並勸他快上山躲避“年”獸，那老人捋髯笑道：“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，乞討老人笑而不語。半夜時分，“年”獸闖進村。它發現村裡氣氛與往年不同：村東頭老婆婆家，門貼大紅紙，屋內燭火通明。“年”獸渾身一抖，怪叫了一聲。將近門口時，院內突然傳來“砰砰啪啪”的炸響聲，“年”渾身戰慄，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，只見院內一位身披紅袍的老人在哈哈大笑。“年”大驚失色，狼狽逃躥了。第二天是正月初一，避難回來的人們見村裡安然無恙十分驚奇。這時，老婆婆才恍然大悟，趕忙向鄉親們述說了乞討老人的許諾。這件事很快在周圍村裡傳開了，人們都知道了驅趕“年”獸的辦法。(客家人的傳說)從此每年除夕，家家貼紅、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。