篇一：英文介绍春节
The term "pass year" is used for the Spring Festival (Chinese New Year). The word "Year" in
Chinese characters used to mean a horrible beast. To combat the beast, the Chinese hang "good luck" wishes on red paper on the door and use fireworks in the belief that the beast fears red and fire. This tradition in many ways resemblethe Western belief of using garlic and crosses to fight vampires.
中文中“过年”这个词组用以表示对春节（中国新年）的庆祝。“年”这个字在中文里
是一种恐怖的怪兽。因为“年”害怕红色和火，所以中国人会在门上悬挂“春联”写上美好 祝福，并放鞭炮来赶跑它。这个传统有点类似西方人用大蒜和十字架吓跑吸血鬼的传统。
The Chinese zodiac features 12 animals in the sequence of Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig. This year is the year of Sheep. Each animal represents a different "personality". According to legend, people held a conference with all the animals, informing them that they would pick the 12 to represent the zodiac. However, in spite of being fast, the cat was not picked as its then-close friend, the rat, did not wake it. This action sparked off a rivalrythat continues till this day.
中国的十二生肖代表了十二种动物，他们的顺序是：鼠、牛、兔、龙、蛇、马、羊、猴、 鸡、狗和猪。今年是羊年。每一种动物有他们自己的“性格”。根据传说，人们当初和动物 们开了一个会，最先到会的动物们就可以进入十二生肖。而身为猫最好的朋友，老鼠却没有 把猫叫醒去开会。因此，它们之间的战争一直持续到今天。
Chinese Spring Festival celebrating the end of winter and the warmth of spring. It began in the last day of the lunar year, end in the 15th day of lunar New Year, also is the Lantern Festival. The Spring Festival is the most important festival in China.
During the Spring Festival, People usually use red lantern and decorate the doors and windows with red papercuts.becouse red means good luck.People usually clean house too.becouse they want to sweep away bad luck, put on all kinds of colored clothes, often visit friends and relatives or together eat dumplings, fish, meat and other delicious food. The children are looking forward to receiving red envelope money, and together they play each other the fireworks, with happy. Street with dragon and lion dance and some other carnival activities.
中国的春节庆祝冬天的结束和温暖春天的来临。它开始于农历年的最后一天，结束于农历正月十五，也就是元宵节。在中国春节时非常重要的一个节日。在春节期间，人们用红灯笼和春联装饰房子，因为红色意味着好运，人们通常会大扫除，扫去一年的霉运，迎来新一年的好运。穿上各式各样的彩色衣服，经常拜访亲戚朋友或聚在一起吃饺子、鱼、肉和其他美味的食物。孩子们盼望着收到红包的压岁钱，他们一起放烟花，相互玩的跟开心。大街上有舞龙、舞狮和其他一些狂欢活动。
篇二：介绍春节的英语演讲稿
Today , my partner and I will compare Spring Festival with Christmas in three aspects.
1 Origin and Legend
2 Customs
3 Decoration
As we know, Spring Festival is the grandest and the most important annual event for Chinese people, but nowadays a few people concern the origin and story behind the holiday. So first of all, I want to introduce the origin and legend of Spring Festival to you.
(1)Origin and Legend
Origin
The origin of the festival can be traced back to the worshiping activitiesin the Shang Dynasty (17th century BC - 1046 BC).People attributed their food, clothes and harvest to the god and ancestor’s will, so they held sacrifice ceremonies to pray for blessing and peace at the end of each year.
The date for the ceremony wasn’t fixed till the Han Dynasty (202 BC - 220 AD), when Emperor Wudi commanded to use the lunar calendar. There was a big festival fair launched by the government, and civil people also gathered for celebration. New custom activities also arose, such as burning the bamboo (setting off fireworks nowadays), hanging peach boards (pasting Spring Couplets nowadays) and staying up at night.
Chinese New Year Story - Legend of Monster Nian
Many existing customs and activities of the festival actually can be traced back to a popular story of the Monster Nian, which helps to explain why and how the festival is celebrated.
in ancient time, there was a ferocious monster named “Nian” with sharp teeth and horns. Secluding itself in the dark sea for a long time, the beast would go onshore by the end of the lunar year and hunt people and livestock.However, the monster was afraid of red color and loud sound, Hence, on every New Year's Eve, people would paste red spring couplets, light candles and burn bamboos (set off firework) to ward off all the evil spirits. The entire village and town were ablaze with lights, and people would stay up to welcome the New Year.
(2)Customs
1 New Year’s Eve Dinner
Having reunion dinners is one of the most important customs of Spring Festival.
Chinese Dumplings: The Chinese dumpling now enjoys worldwide popularity. Its history can be traced back to South and North Dynasty (420 –589). This kind of tradition has a meaning of changing of years, because “jiao” has the meaning of changing. In some places, people even put a clean coin into the dumplings, because they think the one who eats the coin will become wealthier.
Fish:In China, there is a blessing speech as ‘NianNian You Yu’, which means ‘May you have surpluses and bountiful harvests every year.’In southern China, some people just eat the middle part of the fish on the New Year Eve, leaving the head and tail to the next day to symbolize completeness.
Spring Rolls: It was first eaten on fourth day of February in Eastern Jin Dynasty (317 – 420). Fresh vegetables or ingredients in spring time are wrapped inside and people eat it to welcome a new spring. Now it has also become a dessert in some places in the reunion dinner, which contain people’s wish to welcome a new start. Hot Pot: Hot pot is a necessary dish in some places in the country. Eating hot pot makes people feel warm and the atmosphere is very kind. The red color indicates that the following year is booming.
Rice Dumplings: Since the Song Dynasty (960 – 1279), people have had the custom of eating Yuanxiao during the Lantern Festival.In south part of the country, the rice dumplings are called Tangyuan in Chinese. The making process is similar with that of the traditional dumplings.But in north part of the country, the rice dumplings are called Yuanxiao, and are made by wrapping glutinous rice flour onto stuffing.
2 Firecrackers and Fireworks
People will set off firecrackers in the early morning of New Year’s Day. Once they wake up, it is the first thing they do. People wish to welcome the good luck inside when they open their doors in the morning.Fireworks are also set off in the evening of Lantern Festival.
3 CCTV New Year's Gala
This is a comprehensive art and performance event on the festival's eve.Performances include basic elements such as skits, cross talk (Xiangsheng), songs and dances.The performance always ends with the song “Cannot
Forget Tonight”.
4 Red Envelope
Red envelope, also known as lucky money, is prepared for children by adults and the elderly and given after the reunion dinner. In folk culture, the children will live safe and sound for the whole year if they get lucky money.Wechat Red Envelope has also become popular in recent years. During the Spring Festival, young people are inclined to send Wechat envelopes to each other as a way of greeting. It is fast and convenient way to contact with friends from afar.
5 Visting Friends and Relatives
People drop in at relatives and friends' houses, greeting one another with 'Happy New Year'.In ancient times younger people had to salute the elderly by kowtowing; today they salute them by offering good wishes. 6 Spring Couplets
On the New Year’s Eve, all the door panels will be pasted with the Spring Couplets, highlighting Chinese calligraphy with characters on red paper in black or gold ink, giving an atmosphere of rejoicing and festivity. 上联：迎新春江山锦绣 [yíng xīn chūn jiāng shān jǐn xiù]
下联：辞旧岁事泰辉煌 [cíjiùsuìshì tàihuīhuáng]
横批：春意盎然 [chūn yìàng rán]
Upper Scroll: Ring in the spring; landscape is splendid
Lower Scroll: Ring out the past; everything is glorious
Horizontal Scroll: A Refreshed Spring
上联：迎新春事事如意 [yíng xīn chūn shìshì rú yì]
下联：接鸿福步步高升 [jiē hóng fú bù bù gāo shēng]
横批：好事临门 [hǎo shì lín mén]
Upper Scroll: Everything goes well as you expect
Lower Scroll: Career rises steadily as you want
Horizontal Scroll: Luck Knocks on the Door
上联：事事如意大吉祥 [shìshì rú yì dà jí xiáng]
下联：家家顺心永安康 [jiājiāshùn xīn yǒng ān kāng]
横批：四季兴隆 [sì jì xīng lóng]
Upper Scroll: May you have good luck in everything
Lower Scroll: May you feel content and your family healty
Horizontal Scroll: Flourishing in Four Seasons
(3)Decoration
1 Pasting the “Fu”
The character “Fu”, meaning good fortune or happiness, is used to express people’s good wishes and yearning for the future, so people usually paste it gates or some furniture in the house during the Chinese New Year. Pasting the “Fu” upside down, meaning the arrival of happiness or good fortune, is a widely accepted and popular custom among Chinese people.
2 Paper-Cuts
Auspicious words or pictures are cut on red paper and pasted on windows to express good wishes for the future during the happy event.
3 New Year Pictures
They originated in Tang Dynasty (618 - 907) with simple patterns to drive away evil. Now they are a kind of decoration for the festival. New meanings and patterns such as conventions, women and babies have been added to the old pictures.
篇三：英文版传统节日介绍
传统节日中英文介绍。
1、 腊八节
腊八节是指农历的腊月初八。在这天，中国人有喝腊八粥的习俗。一般腊八粥是甜味粥，里面有干果和干鲜果品，当然每家的腊八粥做法都不营养，在我们家的腊八粥里一般有红小豆，香米，核桃，花生，小米等等。
过了腊八节，各家就开始置办年货，打扫卫生，正式开始为春节的到来做准备了。 the laba Rice Porridge Festival
“Laba Festival” falls on the eighth day of the twelfth month in lunar calendar. On that day, the majority Chinese have long followed the tradition of eating Laba rice porridge. Usually, the rice porridge tastes sweet, with nuts and dried fruit, but different families have different ingredients in the porridge. My family usually make porridge with small red beans，fragrant rice，walnut，peanut and millet.
Laba Festival also marks the beginning of preparing for spring festival. Some families begin to do spring festival shopping and clean their houses after that day.
2、小年
小年又叫“祭灶节”，在农历的12月23或者24。在中国传统中，祭灶节这天，是掌管全家命运的神仙灶神将向玉皇大帝汇报这一家人一年的情况，玉皇大帝根据灶神汇报的情况决定在下一年对这一家的奖励或者惩罚。小年这天，是各家欢送灶王爷上天的日子。
老百姓在这一天做糖瓜，希望灶神可以吃了糖瓜，多为自己家美言几句，让来年更加吉祥幸福。
Kitchen God's Day
Kitchen God’s Day falls on the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth month of the lunar year. According to tradition, Kitchen God who in charge of the fate of the whole family goes back to heaven during the spring festival to deliver what the family had done the last year to the Great God. According to Kitchen God’s words, the Great God makes decision to reward or punish the family in the next year. In other words, it is the day people honor the Kitchen God.
People usually made sugared melons with malt sugar on that day. We hope Kitchen God will eat sugared melons and put a good word for our family to the Great God, so we’ll be lucky next year.
3、 春节
对中国人来说，春节是最重要的节日。除夕这天，全家人要一起吃年夜饭。这是最好的一次家宴，不仅仅因为菜品丰富，更因为这是个全家人相聚的日子。
年夜饭后，我们会一起包饺子，通常会全家人一起看央视春晚。过年的时候，各家都放鞭炮，贴春联。还有一件事也很重要，那就是守岁，就是在旧年的最后一天夜里不睡觉，熬夜迎接新一年的到来的习俗。
大年初一， 亲戚朋友相互拜年，祝愿新的一年能事事顺利。通常大人们还会给小孩子发压岁钱。
大年初二回娘家，是指已婚妇女回娘家拜访。
初五这天全家再次团聚吃饺子。这天是人们要迎接灶王爷下界的日子。同时，人们打扫卫生，放鞭炮，来驱走“晦气”。
The Spring Festival
The spring festival is the most important festival for Chinese. At Chinese New Year’s Eve, family members have reunion dinner together. This dinner would be the best dinner, not only because we have various dishes, but it’s the day we could meet all our family members.
After family reunion dinner, we make Chinese dumplings together, and usually watch the Spring Festival Gala on CCTV. Each family would light firecrackers and paste up Spring Festival couplets. One more thing is important, that is people should stay up late or all night on New Year's Eve to welcome the new year.
On New Year’s Day of the Chinese lunar calendar, relatives and friends would send New Year's greetings to each other to wish everything smooth in the New Year. Adult usually give lucky money to children during Spring Festival.
The second day of the New Year is usually called the day of visiting parental home, which means that married daughters should return to their parents ' home.
Family members reunite to eat dumplings on the fifth day of the first lunar month. On that day, people welcome the Kitchen God come back to mortal world. People clean house and light firecracker so that keep away all bad luck.
4、正月十五
元宵节标志着中国春节的结束，是农历正月十五。通常这天家家都会吃元宵。元宵节的传统活动是赏花灯和猜灯谜。元宵节赏花灯正好是一个交谊的机会，未婚男女借着赏花灯也顺便可以为自己物色对象。这天我们还会看到舞龙和舞狮的表演。
The Lantern Festival
The Lantern Festival marks the end of the celebrations of the Chinese New Year, and it's on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, People usually eat rice glue balls on Lantern festival. Traditional activities are enjoying the display of various lanterns and riddle solving. Enjoying
beautiful lanterns is also an opportunity for singles to make friends. Dragon and lion dances can also been seen on that day.
5、清明节
清明节是我国传统节日，也是最重要的祭祀节日，是祭祖和扫墓的日子。
清明节是24节气之一，预示着春耕的好时节已经到了。清明节又叫踏青节，因为一般在四月5日左右，正是中国的春天，人们喜欢郊游踏青，还喜欢在清明节放风筝。
Qingming Festival/Tomb sweeping day
Tomb Sweeping Day is traditional festival of China, is also the most important sacrifice festival, on that day, people worships ancestors and visits grave. People pay respects to somebody at his tomb.
It is one of the 24 solar terms, means that it’s good time for spring ploughing. Tomb Sweeping Day falls around April fifth, and it’s during the spring of China, so it is also called “hiking day”. People go to the suburbs for an outing in spring. People love to fly kites during the Qingming Festival
6、端午节
端午节是为了纪念中国伟大的爱国诗人屈原，是农历五月初五。
端午节有吃粽子和赛龙舟的习俗。粽子是一种用竹叶或芦苇叶包成棱形的状的饭团子。我们将艾蒿放在门上辟邪，艾蒿还有驱除蚊虫的作用。
端午节给儿童缠七色线，一直要戴到节后第一次下雨才解下来扔在雨水里。
Dragon Boat Festival/Duanwu Festival
The festival is to commemorate a great patriotic poet of China—— Qu Yuan. It falls on the fifth day of the fifth month in lunar calendar.
There is the customs of eating Zongzi and racing dragon-boat on Dragon Boat Festival. Zongzi is a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice and wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves to give it a special flavor. We put mugwort on the door to ward off evil, and it has insect repellent function.
Children wear bracelet made by seven colored strings until the first rain after the festival, they should throw the strings into puddle.
7、中秋节
每年的农历八月十五是中秋节。对中国人来说圆月代表着幸福圆满，所以中秋节时中国人全家团聚，一同赏月、吃月饼、吃石榴。月饼是圆形或矩形的糕点，大多数月饼皮薄酥软，馅足香甜。
Mid-Autumn Day
Mid-autumn day falls on the fifteenth day of eighth lunar month. For Chinese, the full moon means blessedness and unity. Traditionally, on that day, Chinese family members and friends will gather to admire the bright mid-autumn moon, and eat moon cakes and pomegranate together. Typical mooncakes are round or rectangular pastries. Most mooncakes consist of a thin tender skin enveloping a sweet, dense filling
My explanations of interesting questions：
1、Why do Chinese have Spring Festival? Where did it come from?
In Chinese mythology, the monster Nian is a beast that lives in the mountains. Every 365 days, it comes out of hiding to attack people, especially children. That day is the critical day for people. But Nian is sensitive to loud noises and is afraid of the color red. People came up with a plan to drive the monster away. On the day Nian came out, people shut doors and stay at home. They made loud noises and light firecrackers to scare away Nian.
为什么中国人要过年？"年"是什么？
传说有一种凶猛的怪兽叫“年”住在山里，它每隔三百六十五天就出现一次，它咬伤百姓，尤其是小孩。百姓们便把每年的这可怕的一夜视为这一年的关口，但是年兽对噪音很敏感，而且害怕红色，于是百姓们想出了办法来赶走年兽。在年兽出没的那天，百姓们大门紧闭待在家里用，并用鞭炮的噪音来驱赶年兽。
2. Why should Chinese do house cleaning before Spring Festival?
The 24th day on the last lunar month is the day for cleanup. Everyone should have a
spring-cleaning, do home cleaning, sweep their home, clean windows, wash clothes and
clean dishes, so that keep dust away. In Chinese, the word “dust” has the same pronunciation with “old”. So to sweep dust is a metaphor of sweeping away the old and starting afresh.
为什么要大清扫？
农历腊月二十四传统扫房日。迎新首先要除旧。扫尘之日，全家上下齐动手，用心打扫房屋、庭院，擦洗锅碗、拆洗被褥，干干净净迎接新年。其实，人们借助“尘”与“陈”的谐音表达除陈、除旧的意愿。
3. Why do people wear new clothes on Spring Festival?
People wear new clothes in spring festival to make a good impression on others. New cloth is also the symbol of welcoming the New Year, hoping that everything is new and auspicious. 为什么要穿新衣？
人们穿上新衣服在新年时给别人留下好印象。新衣服也是迎接新年的标志，人们希望来年每件事是都是崭新而吉祥的。
4. Why do Chinese set off firecracker on Spring Festival?
In legend, people set off firecracker to scare the monster “Nian” away. Nowadays, we set off firecrackers to bid a farewell to old days and celebrate the start of the New Year.
为什么要放鞭炮？
传说以前人们放鞭炮以驱赶年兽，而如今，我们以劈劈啪啪的爆竹声辞旧迎新。
5. Why do Chinese Paste Spring Couplets?
Spring couplet is a kind of typical Chinese literature, expressing best wishes with brief, periodic and heroic couplets.
为什么要贴对联？
对联是以工整、对偶、简洁、精巧的文字描绘时代背景，抒发美好愿望，是我国特有的文学形式。
6. Why do Chinese hang red lanterns?
Red, in China always is to represent the good luck and auspiciousness. Red lantern is the symbol of happiness, peace and warmth,
为什么要挂红灯笼？
红色在中国一直有好运和吉祥之意。过春节挂红灯笼是因为灯笼是幸福、祥和和温馨的象征。
7. Why do Chinese make and eat Chinese dumpling?
In Chinese, the word of Chinese dumplings has the same pronunciation with the word which means the moment between the old and New Year. Chinese dumplings/Jiaozi means replacement of the old year by the New Year. Moreover, the shape of Chinese dumpling is like shoe-shaped gold ingot, which symbolizes the life rich and good luck.
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