English IV Translation Questions 2017: Chinese New Year

2017 English IV Translation Questions: Spring Festival

Originally:

The Spring Festival is the first traditional festival of the year for Chinese people. In the past, the Spring Festival was called "New Year's Day" because it was the first day of the first month, the beginning of a new year, according to the lunar calendar that has always been used in China. According to records, the Chinese people have been celebrating the Spring Festival for more than 4,000 years, and it was started by Yu Shun. On a day more than 2,000 years B.C., Shun became the son of heaven and led his men to worship heaven and earth. Since then, this day has been regarded as the first day of the year and is considered the first day of the first month. This is said to be the origin of the Lunar New Year, which was later called the Spring Festival, and after the 1911 Xinhai Revolution, when China adopted the Gregorian calendar, the Lunar New Year was renamed the Spring Festival.

Reference translation:

Spring Festival is the first traditional festival for the Chinese people. In the past years, Spring Festival was called "new year", for "Chinese New Year". was called "new year", for this day was the first day of the lunar month according to the lunar calendar which had long been used In the past years, Spring Festival was called "new year", for this day was the first day of the lunar month according to the lunar calendar which had long been used in China, so it was the beginning of a new year. One day as far back as 2000 B.C, Shun was inaugurated as the emperor. He led his men to hold a ceremony in honor of Heaven and Earth. From then, people saw that day as the beginning of the year, i.e. the first day of the lunar month. This is said to be the origin of the lunar new year, which was called Spring Festival later. Spring Festival later. After the Revolution of 1911, China began to number the years according to the Gregorian calendar, and it was then that the lunar new year began to be called Spring Festival. After the Revolution of 1911, China began to number the years according to the Gregorian calendar, and it was then that the lunar new year began to be called Spring Festival.