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1、-第 1 页传统节日介绍(高中英语作文)-第 2 页1 春节(农历一月一日)Spring Festival除夕(农历十二月三十日)New Years Eve在除夕夜吃年夜饭、祭祀和守岁等，大年三天，也要要拜访至亲和尊贵的亲戚，各地还举行各种庙会、社火、乡戏。Spring Festival is the most important festival in China.Its to celebrate the lunar calendar snew year.In the evening before the Spring Festival,families get together and h

2、ave a big meal.Inmany places people like to set off firecrackers.Dumplings are the most traditional food.Childrenlike the festival very much,because they can have delicious food and wear new clothes.They canalso get some money from their parents.This money is given to children for good luck.Peoplepu

3、t New Year scrolls on the wall for good fortune.The Spring Festival lasts about 15 days long.People visit relatives and friends with the words“Have all your wishes”.People enjoy the Spring Festival,during this time they can have a goodrest.2 元宵节(农历一月十五日)Lantern Festival农历正月十五为元宵节，节日里有吃元宵、观花灯、耍社火、猜灯谜

4、等习俗。Till today,the lantern festival is still held each year around the country.Lanterns of variousshapes and sizes are hung in the streets,attracting countless visitors.Children will holdself-made or bought lanterns to stroll with on the streets,extremely excited.Guessing lanternriddlesis an essenti

5、al part of the Festival.Lantern owners write riddles on a piece of paper andpost them on the lanterns.If visitors have solutions to the riddles,they can pull the paper outand go to the lantern owners to check their answer.If they are right,they will get a little gift.Theactivity emerged during peopl

6、es enjoyment of lanterns in the Song Dynasty(960-1279).Asriddle guessing is interesting and full of wisdom,it has become popular among all social strata.People will eat yuanxiao,or rice dumplings,on this day,so it is also called the YuanxiaoFestival.Yuanxiao also has another name,tangyuan.It is smal

7、l dumpling balls made of glutinousrice flour with rose petals,sesame,bean paste,jujube paste,walnut meat,dried fruit,sugar andedible oil as filling.Tangyuan can be boiled,fried or steamed.It tastes sweet and delicious.Whats more,tangyuan in Chinese has a similar pronunciation with tuanyuan”,meaningr

8、eunion.So people eat them to denote union,harmony and happiness for the family.In the daytime of the Festival,performances such as a dragon lantern dance,a lion dance,aland boat dance,a yangge dance,walking on stilts and beating drums while dancing will bestaged.On the night,except for magnificent l

9、anterns,fireworks form a beautiful scene.Mostfamilies spare some fireworks from the Spring Festival and let them off in the Lantern Festival.Some local governments will even organize a fireworks party.On the night when the first fullmoon enters the New Year,people become really intoxicated by the im

10、posing fireworks andbright moon in the sky.3 二月二 Dragon Heads-raising Day俗称龙抬头，也叫青龙节，是一年农业生产开始的标志。活动有撒灰引龙、熏虫、挑菜、忌针线（以防扎坏龙眼）等。关于此节风俗的记载唐代就有。要动素食。Today,its a little less agriculturally-inclined,and ways to celebrate in style include eatingpancakes and noodles,and,believe it or not,getting a haircut or

11、 an entirely new hairstyle.-第 3 页So start making pancakes,and book that hair appointment today-youll want to makesure youre ready for Long Tai Tou!4 清明节(4 月 5 日)Tomb-Sweeping Day祭扫祖坟、踏青游春，忌动烟火。Qing Ming is a time to remember the dead and the dearly departed.More important,it is aperiod to honour and

12、 to pay respect to ones deceased ancestors and family members.Because it reinforces the ethic of filial piety,Qing Ming is a major Chinese festival.Literally meaning clear(Qing)and bright(Ming),this Chinese festival falls in early spring,on the 106th day after the winter solstice.It is a spring fest

13、ival,and it is an occasion for thewhole family to leave the home and to sweep the graves of their forebears.Chinese beingpractical people this sweeping of the graves is given an extended period,that is,10 daysbefore and after Qing Ming day.Among some dialect groups a whole month is allocated.5 端午节(农

14、历五月初五)Dragon Boat Festival也叫端阳节，相传是为纪念屈原而来。主要有吃粽子、赛龙舟的活动，The Dragon Boat Festival,also called the Duanwu Festival,is celebrated on the fifth day ofthe fifth month according to the Chinese calendar.People always eat rice dumplings and watchdragon boat races to celebrate it.The festival is best known

15、for its dragon-boat races,especially in the southern places wherethere are many rivers and lakes.Its very popular.The rice dumpling is made of glutinous rice,meat and so on.You can eat different kinds ofrice dumplings.They are very delicious.And Dragon Boat Festival is for Qu Yuan.He is anhonest min

16、ister who is said to have committed suicide by drowning himself in a river.Overall,the Dragon Boat Festival is very interesting6 七巧节也叫乞巧节，传说是牛郎织女鹊桥相会的日子。也称为中国的爱情节。The Double Seventh Festival refers to the seventh night of the seventh lunar month.It is atraditional folk festival of the Han people.Thi

17、s night is not only the time when the legendaryCowherd and the Girl Weaver are supposed to have their annual meeting,but also a goodopportunity for women to pray for the Girl Weaver for the purpose of seeking dexterity.Therefore,this festival is also named Maidens Day,Daughters Day7 中秋节(农历八月十五)Mid-A

18、utumn(Moon)Festival这一天全家团圆赏月、吃月饼，原来还有“烧斗香”、“走月亮”、“放天灯”、“树中秋”、“点塔灯”、“舞火龙”、“曳石”、“卖兔儿爷”等节庆活动。此节被海外游子更为重视。The Midautumn Festival is the traditional festival in China.In this day,people,espically familymembers will have a happy get-together.So Chinese people vaule this festival for its importantmeaning o

19、f reunion.And the mooncake is the symbolic food.It represents the reunion justlike the full moon.8 重阳节(农历九月九日)Double-ninth Day取九九重阳之意。主要活动为登高、赏菊、饮酒等，颇受老年人喜爱。-第 4 页The 9th day of the 9th lunar month is the traditional Chongyang Festival,or Double NinthFestival.It usually falls in October in the Grego

20、rian calendar.In an ancient and mysterious bookYi Jing,or The Book of Changes,number 6 was thought to be of Yin character,meaningfeminine or negative,while number 9 was thought to be Yang,meaning masculine orpositive.So the number nine in both month and day create the Double Ninth Festival,orChongya

21、ng Festival.Chong in Chinese means double.Also,as double ninth was pronouncedthe same as the word to signify forever,both are Jiu Jiu,the Chinese ancestors consideredit an auspicious day worth celebration.Thats why ancient Chinese began to celebrate thisfestival long time ago.9 腊八节人们习惯上把农历的十二月称为腊月，把

22、腊月的初八称为腊日或腊八，并将其当作一个传统节日即腊八节来对待。许多与腊月或腊八有关的习俗也往往都被冠以“腊”字。这天，许多地方都吃腊八粥，腊八其实也是春节准备工作的开始。the Laba Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday celebrated on the eighth day of the twelfthmonth of the lunar Chinese calendar.La is the name given to the 12th lunar month and 8 ispronounced as ba in Chinese,whi

23、ch translated is Laba.There are several legends about theorigin of this festivity and we could not tell which one is true.But what we know today is that thisfestival started as a sacrificial offering to ancestors.It was also a time for the ancient Chinese topray to heaven and earth that there would

24、be a bountiful harvest.Many people hoped for goodluck as well for the coming year过年 celebrate the spring festival春联 spring festival couplets剪纸 paper-cuts年画 new year paintings买年货 do shopping for the spring festival；dospring festival shopping敬酒 propose a toast灯笼 lantern烟花 fireworks爆竹 firecrackers红包 re

25、d packets舞狮 lion danceIt is festivals that make usreunite.People all enjoy ourselves.。I can have a rest,and put troubleaside.Celebrating festivals is a good wayto hand down the tradition.-第 5 页舞龙 dragon dance戏曲 traditional opera杂耍 variety show灯谜 riddles written on lanterns灯会 exhibit of lanterns守岁 st

26、aying-up拜年 pay new years call；givenew yearsgreetings；pay new years visit去晦气 get rid of the ill-fortune祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to ones ancestors压岁钱 gift money；辞旧岁 bid farewell to the old year扫房 spring cleaning;generalhouse-cleaning年糕 nian-gao;rise cake;new year cake团圆饭 family reunion dinner年夜饭 the dinner on new years eve饺子 jiao-zi/dumpling;chinese meatravioli粽子 rice dumpling