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Spring Festival in Beijing (Lao She)

(Translation: alexcwlin Editor: Adam Lin)

According to the old rules in Beijing, the Spring Festival begins almost at the beginning of the twelfth lunar month.

According to the practice in Beijing, the Spring Festival begins on the tenth day of the last month of the lunar calendar.

Lazibara, frozen to death in western Western jackdaw,

There is an old saying: "In July and August of the lunar calendar, Western jackdaw froze to death".

This is the coldest time of the year.

This is the coldest time of the year.

On Laba Festival, everyone cooks Laba porridge.

On the eighth day of the last month of the lunar calendar, almost every family cooks Laba porridge.

Porridge is made of all kinds of rice, beans and dried fruits.

This kind of porridge is stewed in water for a long time with different types of rice, beans and dried fruits.

This is not porridge, but a small agricultural exhibition.

You can say that this is not porridge, but a small-scale agricultural product exhibition.

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In addition, laba garlic will be soaked on this day.

Besides, people usually pickle laba garlic on this day.

Put garlic cloves in vinegar, seal them, and serve as jiaozi for the New Year.

They put garlic in vinegar and sealed the container until China New Year. The pickled garlic will be eaten with jiaozi.

By the end of the year, garlic is soaked like jade, and vinegar has some spicy taste.

At the end of the lunar calendar, pickled garlic will be as green as jade, and vinegar will be a little spicy.

The color, smell and beauty make people want to eat more jiaozi.

The color and taste of garlic are so attractive that people can't help eating several jiaozi at the same time.

In Beijing, during the Spring Festival, every family eats jiaozi.

During the Spring Festival in Beijing, all families eat jiaozi.

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When children prepare for the Spring Festival, the first important thing is to buy miscellaneous company.

When children prepare for China New Year, the first important thing they have to do is to buy mixed nut candy.

This is made of dried fruits such as peanuts, dates, hazelnuts and chestnuts mixed with candied fruit.

This is a mixture of peanuts, ripe dates, hazelnuts, chestnuts, other dried fruits and candied fruits.

Children like to eat these odds and ends.

Children like to eat these snacks.

The second important thing is to buy firecrackers, especially boys.

The second important thing they want to do is to buy firecrackers-especially for boys.

I'm afraid the third thing is to buy all kinds of things-kites, diabolos, harmonicas and so on.

I am afraid to buy different toys, such as kites, diabolos and harmonicas. , will only be the third thing on the to-do list.

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The children are happy and the adults are busy.

Children like this time of year, and adults are busy preparing.

They must prepare food, drinks, clothes and food for the New Year.

They must prepare food, drinks, clothes and things to use during the Spring Festival.

Fortunately, everything is new in the new year.

In the new year, this is a favorable opportunity, and everything will have a completely new atmosphere.

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Lunar New Year's Eve is almost a preview of the Spring Festival.

The 23rd day of the last month of the lunar calendar is more or less a rehearsal for the Spring Festival.

As soon as black firecrackers go off, it smells like Chinese New Year.

Once it gets dark, a string of firecrackers will add a flavor to China New Year.

I want to eat sugar on this day, and there are many people selling maltose and glutinous rice candy on the street.

Anyone who wants to eat candy on this day can find vendors selling barley candy and glutinous rice candy in the street.

Sugar-shaped or rectangular or melon-shaped, sweet and sticky, children like it best.

These sweet and sticky sweets are made into rectangular or melon shapes, which are definitely children's favorite.

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After twenty-three, everyone is busier.

After the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, people are busier.

We must do a thorough cleaning and prepare enough meat, chicken, fish, vegetables and rice cakes.

They must clean the house thoroughly and store enough meat, chicken, fish, vegetables, rice cakes and so on.

Most shops are closed from the first day of the first month to the fifth day of the first month and don't open until the sixth day of the first month.

Most shops are closed from the first day to the fifth day of the sixth lunar month and don't open until the sixth day.

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New Year's Eve is really lively.

New Year's Eve is really lively.

Everyone is scrambling to make new year's dishes,

All the families hurried to prepare New Year's dishes.

The smell of wine and meat is everywhere.

The pleasant smell of wine and cooked meat is everywhere.

Men, women and children put on new clothes,

People of all ages wear new clothes on this day.

Red couplets are posted outside the door, and all kinds of New Year pictures are posted in the room.

Red lucky Spring Festival couplets are posted outside the door, and various colors of New Year greetings are posted in the house.

On New Year's Eve, every household lights up all night without interruption.

On New Year's Eve, the lights are brightly lit and never stop.

Firecrackers don't stop day and night.

The sound of firecrackers can be heard all day.

People who work outside will go home for a reunion dinner unless they have to.

People who work far away from home will go home to reunite with their families on New Year's Eve unless circumstances require.

That night, except for very young children, no one slept, and everyone had to stay up late.

On this night, except for very young children, almost no one will sleep. They will stay up all night as usual.

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The first day of the first month and New Year's Eve are very different:

The scene on New Year's Day is completely different from that on New Year's Eve.

Shoppers have been nailed to death,

The shops are closed, and the front is covered with boards.

There is a pile of wrapping paper for firecrackers set off last night in front of the door.

Last night's firecrackers were scattered in front of the door.

The whole city is resting.

The whole city is resting.

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Men pay New Year greetings to relatives and friends before noon.

Before noon, men will go to relatives and friends' homes to express their wishes for the China New Year.

Women receive guests at home.

Women stay at home to meet visitors.

Many temples outside the city have temple fairs.

Many temples inside and outside the city are holding temple fairs.

Vendors set up stalls outside the temple to sell tea, food and various toys.

Street vendors set up stalls outside the temple to sell tea, food and toys.

Children especially like to visit temple fairs, in order to have a chance to see the wild scenery outside the city, ride donkeys and buy those special toys for the New Year.

Children especially like to visit temple fairs, because they can have the opportunity to see the wilderness outside the city, ride donkeys and buy unique New Year toys.

There are horse races and camel races at the temple fair.

Horse racing and camel racing are held at the temple fair.

These competitions are not to see who is the first and who is the second, but to show the graceful posture and skillful skills of horses, camels and riders in front of the audience.

These competitions do not compete for the first/second place, but aim to show the elegance and skills of horses, camels and riders in front of the audience.

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Most shops open on the sixth day of the first month, but they are not very busy.

Most shops open on the sixth day of the new year, but the business is not too busy.

The guys in the shop can also take turns visiting temple fairs, flyovers and operas.

Many store employees can take turns visiting temple fairs, strolling on flyovers and listening to China operas.

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The listing of the Lantern Festival has brought another climax to Spring Festival travel rush.

Zongzi is on the market and the Spring Festival is here again.

On the fifteenth day of the first month, lights are decorated everywhere, and the whole street seems to be a happy event, prosperous and beautiful.

On the first15th day of the new year, lanterns and ribbons are decorated everywhere, as if the whole street had turned into beautiful red to celebrate a happy event.

Hundreds of lamps of all kinds are hung in famous old shops.

The famous time-honored shops display hundreds of lanterns of all kinds.

Some are all glass, some are all horns, some are gauze lanterns, and some are all stories painted with a dream of red mansions or water margin.

These lanterns are usually of the same style, such as glass lanterns, horn lanterns, tulle lanterns, or colorful lanterns with story lines, such as A Dream of Red Mansions or Water Margin.

This is also the advertisement of that year.

At that time, it was also an advertisement.

As soon as the light is hung, anyone can visit the shop.

When the lantern is hung, anyone can enter the shop to watch it.

At night, more people will watch by lighting candles under the light.

In the evening, when candles are lit in lanterns, more audiences will come.

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Children buy all kinds of fireworks to set off.

Children will buy different kinds of firecrackers to set off.

Even if you don't go to the street to be naughty, you can still play with sound and light at home.

Even if these children don't take to the streets to make mischief, they can cause an uproar by staying at home.

There are also lanterns at home: lanterns, palace lanterns, all kinds of paper lanterns and gauze lanterns.

There are lanterns at home: merry-go-round lanterns, palace lanterns, paper lanterns and gauze lanterns.

There is a small bell in it, which will jingle then.

Some of them have small bells inside, which will ring when a certain time comes.

On this day, everyone must also eat Yuanxiao!

Also on this day, people will eat glutinous rice dumplings.

This is indeed a beautiful and happy day.

This is indeed a happy day.

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Blink of an eye, I arrived at the residual lamp temple.

In the blink of an eye, the light of lanterns began to dim, and temple fair activities began to decrease.

The Spring Festival ends on the 19th day of the first month.

The Spring Festival ends on the first 19 day of the New Year.

Students have to go to school and adults have to do things as usual.

Students go back to school and adults go back to work as usual.

The twelfth lunar month and the first lunar month are the most leisure times for everyone in the countryside.

The last month and the first month of the lunar calendar are the least busy times in the countryside.

After the Lantern Festival, the weather turned warmer and everyone went to work again.

After the Lantern Festival, the weather became warmer and people began to be busy making a living.

Although Beijing is a city, it also celebrates the New Year with the countryside. It's too noisy.

Although Beijing is a city, it celebrates China New Year just like a village, but its activities are more active.

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