Introduce the Spring Festival in English

A brief introduction to the Spring Festival (bilingual version) is as follows:

Spring Festival?

Undoubtedly, the most important festival in China is the Spring Festival, also known as the China New Year. For China people, it is as important as Christmas in the west. ?

The date of this annual celebration is determined by the lunar calendar rather than the Gregorian calendar, so the time of this festival varies from the end of January to the beginning of February. ?

For ordinary people in China, this festival actually begins on the eve of the Lunar New Year and ends on the fifth day of the first lunar month. ?

But 15 in the first month, usually called Lantern Festival, means the official end of the Spring Festival in many parts of this country.

Spring Festival is the most important and popular festival in China. Before the Spring Festival, people usually clean and decorate their houses.

They went to the flower market to buy some flowers. During the Spring Festival, adults usually give children lucky money. People often get together for a big meal. Some people have jiaozi for dinner. ?

Spring Festival?

Long ago, the most important festival in the history of China was the Spring Festival, which is said to be the New Year in China. For China people, it is as important as Christmas in the west. The date of this annual celebration is set in the lunar calendar, which is equivalent to the Gregorian calendar, so the date of the holiday is changed from the end of January to the beginning of February. ?

For China people with yellow skin, this explanation actually started on the eve of the Spring Festival and ended at 15 of the first full moon. The first full moon night is generally called Lantern Festival, which means that the Spring Festival ends in most parts of the country. ?

Spring Festival is the most important and popular festival in China. A long time ago, during the Spring Festival, people often needed to tidy and clean their rooms. Go to the flower market to buy some flowers. During the Spring Festival, adults often give children lucky money. People often eat together, and some people eat jiaozi at midnight.

Spring Festival custom:

A busy year

The twenty-third or twenty-fourth day of training for soldiers and bandits is called off-year, but people have been busy since childhood. Off-year doesn't mean a certain day. Due to local customs, the days called off-year are different.

During the off-year period, the main folk activities include sweeping dust and offering sacrifices to stoves. Before the Qing Dynasty, the traditional festival of offering sacrifices to stoves in the off-year was the 24th of the twelfth lunar month.

Since the middle and late Qing Dynasty, the emperor's family held a ceremony to worship heaven on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. In order to save money, they also offered sacrifices to the kitchen god, so people in the northern region followed suit and celebrated the off-year holiday on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month.

In most parts of the south, the old tradition of celebrating the Lunar New Year on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month is still maintained.

sweep the dust

Years ago, the busy work was mainly to get rid of the old cloth, and sweeping dust was one of the customs of getting rid of the old cloth. People say that the twelfth lunar month, dust and sweep the floor. At the end of the 23rd and 24th years, preparations for the Chinese New Year officially began.

Dust removal means year-end cleaning, which is called cleaning in the north and cleaning in the south. Whenever the Spring Festival comes, every household should clean the environment, clean all kinds of electrical appliances, remove and wash bedding curtains, sweep six yards, dust cobwebs and dredge culverts in open channels.

Everywhere is filled with the joyful atmosphere of cleaning and welcoming the Spring Festival cleanly.