1、1春節(jié)(農(nóng)歷一月一日) Spring Festival除夕(農(nóng)歷十二月三十日)New Years Eve在除夕夜吃年夜飯、祭祀和守歲等，大年三天，也要要拜訪至親和尊貴的親戚，各地還舉行各種廟會(huì)、社火、鄉(xiāng)戲。 Spring Festival is the most important festival in China .Its to celebrate the lunar calendar s new year .In the evening before the Spring Festival ,families get together and have a big meal .In ma

2、ny places people like to set off firecrackers .Dumplings are the most traditional food .Children like the festival very much ,because they can have delicious food and wear new clothes .They can also get some money from their parents. This money is given to children for good luck . People put New Yea

3、r 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 good rest .2元宵節(jié)(農(nóng)歷一月十五日) Lantern Festival農(nóng)歷正月十五為元宵節(jié)，節(jié)日里有吃元宵、觀花燈、耍社火、猜燈謎

4、等習(xí)俗。 Till today, the lantern festival is still held each year around the country. Lanterns of various shapes and sizes are hung in the streets, attracting countless visitors. Children will hold self-made or bought lanterns to stroll with on the streets, extremely excited. Guessing lantern riddlesis

5、an essential part of the Festival. Lantern owners write riddles on a piece of paper and post them on the lanterns. If visitors have solutions to the riddles, they can pull the paper out and go to the lantern owners to check their answer. If they are right, they will get a little gift. The activity e

6、merged during peoples enjoyment of lanterns in the Song Dynasty (960-1279). As riddle 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 Yuanxiao Festival.Yuanxiao also has anoth

7、er name, tangyuan. It is small dumpling balls made of glutinous rice flour with rose petals, sesame, bean paste, jujube paste, walnut meat, dried fruit, sugar and edible oil as filling. Tangyuan can be boiled, fried or steamed. It tastes sweet and delicious. Whats more, tangyuan in Chinese has a sim

8、ilar pronunciation with tuanyuan”, meaning reunion. 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, a land boat dance, a yangge dance, walking on stilts and beating drums while dancing

9、 will be staged. On the night, except for magnificent lanterns, fireworks form a beautiful scene. Most families 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 full moon e

10、nters the New Year, people become really intoxicated by the imposing fireworks and bright moon in the sky.3二月二Dragon Heads-raising Day 俗稱龍?zhí)ь^，也叫青龍節(jié)，是一年農(nóng)業(yè)生產(chǎn)開始的標(biāo)志?；顒?dòng)有撒灰引龍、熏蟲、挑菜、忌針線（以防扎壞龍眼）等。關(guān)于此節(jié)風(fēng)俗的記載唐代就有。要?jiǎng)铀厥场?Today, its a little less agriculturally-inclined, and ways to celebrate in style include eati

11、ng pancakes and noodles, and, believe it or not, getting a haircut or an entirely new hairstyle.So start making pancakes, and book that hair appointment today - youll want to make sure youre ready for Long Tai Tou!4清明節(jié)(4月5日)Tomb-Sweeping Day祭掃祖墳、踏青游春，忌動(dòng)煙火。 Qing Ming is a time to remember the dead an

12、d the dearly departed. More important, it is a period to honour and 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 e

13、arly spring, on the 106th day after the winter solstice. It is a spring festival, and it is an occasion for the whole family to leave the home and to sweep the graves of their forebears. Chinese being practical people this sweeping of the graves is given an extended period, that is, 10 days before a

14、nd after Qing Ming day. Among some dialect groups a whole month is allocated.5端午節(jié)(農(nóng)歷五月初五) Dragon Boat Festival也叫端陽(yáng)節(jié)，相傳是為紀(jì)念屈原而來(lái)。主要有吃粽子、賽龍舟的活動(dòng)，The Dragon Boat Festival ,also called the Duanwu Festival ,is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar.People always ea

15、t rice dumplings and watch dragon boat races to celebrate it. The festival is best known for its dragon-boat races,especially in the southern places where there 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 of ric

16、e dumplings.They are very delicious.And Dragon Boat Festival is for Qu Yuan. He is an honest minister who is said to have committed suicide by drowning himself in a river. Overall, the Dragon Boat Festival is very interesting6七巧節(jié) 也叫乞巧節(jié)，傳說(shuō)是牛郎織女鵲橋相會(huì)的日子。也稱為中國(guó)的愛情節(jié)。 The Double Seventh Festival refers to

17、the seventh night of the seventh lunar month. It is a traditional folk festival of the Han people. This night is not only the time when the legendary Cowherd and the Girl Weaver are supposed to have their annual meeting, but also a good opportunity for women to pray for the Girl Weaver for the purpo

18、se of seeking dexterity. Therefore, this festival is also named Maidens Day, Daughters Day7中秋節(jié)(農(nóng)歷八月十五) Mid-Autumn (Moon)Festival這一天全家團(tuán)圓賞月、吃月餅，原來(lái)還有“燒斗香”、“走月亮”、“放天燈”、“樹中秋”、“點(diǎn)塔燈”、“舞火龍”、“曳石”、“賣兔兒爺”等節(jié)慶活動(dòng)。此節(jié)被海外游子更為重視。 The Midautumn Festival is the traditional festival in China.In this day,people ,espicall

19、y family members will have a happy get-together.So Chinese people vaule this festival for its important meaning of reunion.And the mooncake is the symbolic food.It represents the reunion just like the full moon.8 重陽(yáng)節(jié)(農(nóng)歷九月九日) Double-ninth Day取九九重陽(yáng)之意。主要活動(dòng)為登高、賞菊、飲酒等，頗受老年人喜愛。 The 9th day of the 9th luna

20、r month is the traditional Chongyang Festival, or Double Ninth Festival. It usually falls in October in the Gregorian calendar. In an ancient and mysterious book Yi Jing, or The Book of Changes, number 6 was thought to be of Yin character, meaning feminine or negative, while number 9 was thought to

21、be Yang, meaning masculine or positive. So the number nine in both month and day create the Double Ninth Festival, or Chongyang Festival. Chong in Chinese means double. Also, as double ninth was pronounced the same as the word to signify forever, both are Jiu Jiu, the Chinese ancestors considered it

22、 an auspicious day worth celebration. Thats why ancient Chinese began to celebrate this festival long time ago. 9臘八節(jié) 人們習(xí)慣上把農(nóng)歷的十二月稱為臘月，把臘月的初八稱為臘日或臘八，并將其當(dāng)作一個(gè)傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日即臘八節(jié)來(lái)對(duì)待。許多與臘月或臘八有關(guān)的習(xí)俗也往往都被冠以“臘”字。這天，許多地方都吃臘八粥，臘八其實(shí)也是春節(jié)準(zhǔn)備工作的開始。the Laba Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday celebrated on the eighth day

23、 of the twelfth month of the lunar Chinese calendar. La is the name given to the 12th lunar month and 8 is pronounced as ba in Chinese, which translated is Laba. There are several legends about the origin of this festivity and we could not tell which one is true. But what we know today is that this

24、festival started as a sacrificial offering to ancestors. It was also a time for the ancient Chinese to pray to heaven and earth that there would be a bountiful harvest. Many people hoped for good luck as well for the coming year歡迎下載過(guò)年 celebrate the spring festival 春聯(lián) spring festival couplets剪紙 paper-cuts 年畫 new year paintings買年貨 d