關於春節的優秀英語美文
春節,是我國最為盛大的一個傳統節日,它來自民間,是最為特殊和普遍的一種文化現象。小編分享，希望可以幫助大家!
：貼春聯的歷史起源和典故
the spring festival couplet is to be pasted on doorposts or hall pillars, hence also known as the doorpost scroll. it consists of two vertical lines and one horizontal line, and all the lines convey the idea of good luck or jubilation, constituting a unique form in the chinese literature.
the chinese festival couplet was born of the peachwood charm. a legendary story has it that long long ago, two brothers named shen tu and yu lei lived in a stone house near a big lush peach tree in the dushoumountains. they addicted themselves very much to the tree, watering it in dry spells, often pruning off its branches and eliminating insect pests for it. thanks to the brothers’ painstaking work, the tree was in full blossom in spring and laden with big peach in summer.the peach, sweet and succulent, was reputed as the immortality peach and its eaters, some say, would be free from disasters and diseases, live to a ripe old age or even become immortals. a prince, known as wild prince, lived at the same time on the wild ox ridge of the same mountains. he was insatiably avaricious and rode roughshod over the common locals by dint of his power. having learned of the magical peach, he commanded several hundred soldiers to fight for it from shen tu and yu lei. just through a couple of rounds, the prince and his gang were defeated and fled helter-skelter to the wild ox ridge. covetous of the peach, he devised an evil scheme. one night he led to the house of the brothers several hundred soldiers disguised as ghosts and monsters, intending to scare the brothers into presenting the magical fruit. utterly undaunted, the brothers charged at the enemy, with shen tu ahead holding a peach tree branch and yu lei behind grasping a coil of coir rope. it was so strange that the masked soldiers collapsed, helplessly allowing themselves to be caught, the moment they touched the branch. shen tu did catching ahead while yu lei trussed the caught behind. before long, they subdued all the soldiers. the incident made people think that peachwood was immortal and able to exorcise spirits and ward off evils. hence later on new year’s eve, every household hung on two doorposts two peachwood strips, one on each side, respectively bearing the pictures of shen tu and yu lei.
such strips were anciently referred to as peachwood charms. on the next new year’s eve, the old strips were to be replaced with new ones. hence the verses by the winter wang anshi 1021-1086 of the northern song dynasty: “to every home the sun imparts its brighter rays. old peachwood charms, renewed, against evil shall insure.” in the five-dynasty period 907-960 , people began to inscribe on peachwood strips some auspicious verses conveying their good wishes. meng chang, the king of the kingdom of later shu of the five-dynasty period, inscribed on two peachwood strips the vcrses, “new year sees lingering jubilation, joyous festival ushers in a long spring.” historical records show that the inscription is the first of its kind as well as the first recorded spring festival couplet. in the song dynasty 960- 1279 , pasting spring festival couplets grew into a popular folk custom. the ming dynasty 1384-1644 saw a greater popularity of the custom. this was partly owed to zhu yuanzhang 1328-1398 , the ming dynasty emperor taizu who attached importance to the couplet. born in a peasant’s family and almost, zhu loved the spring festival couplet very much. one year one on an incognito inspection tour, he was puzzled about the absence of spring festival couplets on the doorposts of a butcher’s house since the new year was drawing near. it turned out that the butcher could not read and write. so the emperor immediately wrote for him a couplet, which read, “open up a way out with two hands, cut off the roots of trouble with a single blow.” also in the ming dynasty, the spring festival couplet got its present name and began to be written on red paper to heighten the joyous festive air. some couples of the kind give expression to the writer’s aspirations, and others point out ills of times and offer salutary advice.
all, whatever contents, are marked by jubilation, auspiciousness, exquisiteness, succinctness and instructiveness. take for instance. often seen on the doorposts of a peasant’s house is the couplet, “joyful to seeone thousand bushes of spring flowers, beaming to drink one cup of wine of a good year,” which describes well the countryside’s prosperity and the peasant’s joy; usually pasted on the doorposts of a barber’s shop is usually the couplet, “a hair renders one younger looks, a shave makes one radiant with happiness,” which reads very witty and humorous.
歷史起源
春聯，起源於桃符周代懸掛在大門兩旁的長方形桃木板。 貼春聯據《後漢書·禮儀志》說，桃符長六寸，寬三寸，桃木板上書“神荼”、“鬱壘”二神。“正月一日，造桃符著戶，名仙木，百鬼所畏。”所以，清代《燕京時歲記》上說：“春聯者，即桃符也。”五代時，西蜀的宮廷裡，有人在桃符上提寫聯語。據《宋史·蜀世家》說：後蜀主孟昶令學士章遜題桃木板，“以其非工，自命筆題雲：‘新年納餘慶，嘉節號長春’”，這便是我國的第一副春聯。直到宋代，春聯仍稱“桃符”。王安石的詩中就有“千門萬戶瞳瞳日，總把新桃換舊符”之句。宋代，桃符由桃木板改為紙張，叫“春貼紙”。明代：桃符才改稱“春聯”。明代陳雲瞻《簪雲樓雜話》中載：“春聯之設，自明太祖始。帝都金陵，除夕前忽傳旨：公卿士庶家門口須加春聯一副,帝微行時出現。”朱元璋不僅親自微服出城，觀賞笑樂，他還親自題春聯。他經過一戶人家，見門上不曾貼春聯，便去詢問，知道這是一家閹豬的，還未請人代寫。朱元璋就特地為那閹豬人寫了“雙手劈開生死路，一刀割斷是非根”的春聯。聯意貼切、幽默。經明太祖這一提倡，此後春聯便沿習成為習俗，一直流傳至今。
春聯典故
據說五代時的後蜀國國君孟昶是個喜歡標新立異的國君，在公元964年歲尾的除夕，他突發奇想，讓他手下的一個叫辛寅遜的學士，在桃木板上寫了兩句話，作為桃符掛在他的住室的門框上。這兩句話是“新年納餘慶，嘉節號長春”。第一句的大意是：新年享受著先代的遺澤。第二句的大意是：佳節預示著春意常在。由此開始，桃符的形式和內容都發生了變化，這不僅表現在開始用駢體聯語來替代“神荼”。
：臘八節泡臘八蒜
The Spring Festival every year eat dumplings, we have to have a bottle LaBa vinegar and the mother LaBa garlic. That is luxuriantly green color, steady vinegar and sour garlic, would give the Spring Festival add thick Beijing flavour of the dumplings. One day, my mother brought out already prepared garlic, let me together with her LaBa garlic bubble.
We'll put garlic break into small disc, then the same small skin open. The skin of the true not the same small strip, the strength of the small strip does not open, the strength that big will pick the same. We stripped off for a long time, and slowly I more skilled, not only peeled off the skin, will also thin lining also strip off neatly. Mother to get a jar let me off with the good garlic in, and mother put vinegar into bottle, pushing the bottle of garlic after all didn't.
：春節英語神話故事Kitchen God's Day
On the 24th day of the last lunar month the Kitchen god returns to heaven to give a report to the Jade Emperor in Chinese mythology the Jade Emperor is the ruler of heaven about the family's activities over the past year. This day is marked by acts of appeasement to the Kitchen god so that he will give the Jade Emperor a favourable report.
Traditionally images of the Kitchen god are burned as a symbolic act of departure. Often some gold or silver money will also be burned for travelling expenses. In some households the lips of the Kitchen god are brushed with honey or a sugar solution just before the image is burned - this will increase the likelihood that only sweet things will be said by the Kitchen god. From the 24th the Kitchen god will be absent from his shrine in the kitchen, and during this time it will be cleaned in preparation for his return on New Year's Eve.
敬灶神的傳說：
每年農曆十二月二十四日，灶神上天，報告人間功過，定人禍福。因此，北方習俗於農歷十二月二十三日晚上奉祀灶君，焚香祀送。南方習俗於農歷十二月二十四日晚上奉祀灶君，焚香祀送。舊時亦有士紳家於二十三日送灶，百姓家二十四日送灶之別。奉祀灶君多用糖元寶、炒米糖、花生糖、芝麻糖和糯米糰子之類，以冀塞住灶神之口，不講人間罪惡，世稱「上天言好事，下界保平安」。祭畢，即將奉祀經年的灶君舊紙馬從灶上揭下，連同紙錠等一起焚化，以示灶神上天。除夕接神時，再行接灶神之禮，奉祀灶神後，再在灶上貼上新的灶君紙馬。 關於祭灶禮儀 祭灶的禮儀各地可能不同，大體上來說是如此規矩： 祭灶時間：多數地區於農歷十二月二十四日，少數地區為農曆十二月二十三日，也有“官三民四”的說法。 祭灶地點：廚房爐灶邊 祭灶供品：三牲雞、豬、魚肉、飴糖麥芽糖、清茶、水果、金紙等 祭灶以麥芽糖塞住灶神之口，使其不講人間罪惡，祭祀之人口稱：“上天言好事，下界保平安。”焚香祀送，祭畢，即將奉祀經年的灶君舊紙馬畫像從灶上揭下，連同金紙等一起焚化，以示灶神上天。 祭灶的禮儀，在我看來是整個灶神傳說及祭祀風俗中最為精彩的部分，因為它充分體現出了中國人的神怪觀念。神仙不僅是可以溝通和控制的，甚至是可以戲弄的。人們的娛神行為同時也是自娛，神仙在年節當前的時候不再是高高在上不食人間煙火的一個影子，而是與我們一同歡慶佳節的血脈相通的家人。祭祀活動在敬神行為的背後，是以強化家族觀及民族觀為目的，也許這就是中華民族星火相傳、團結進取、生生不息的奧祕所在。