冬至英语短文

When I am feeling weak,you give me wings.When the fire has no heat,you light it up again.When I hear no violins,you play my every string.当我软弱时，你给我翅膀。当火苗奄奄一息时，你把它点燃。当我听不见小提琴声时，你为我拨动每一根琴弦。

说起圣诞节，估计大家都会滔滔不绝，但说起中国传统的春节，大家又知不知道怎么用英语(论坛)来个简短介绍呢？赶紧来看看吧。跟老外侃圣诞不算什么，不如侃侃春节。不过很多这些风俗连小编自己都不了解，也许我们现在过的春节已经不是正宗的春节了吧。 New Year celebrations is a grand event of China. New Year festivitieslasts for one month in China. Chinese New Year is also called Springfestival. It begins from the middle of the last month of the year andends up in the first month of the new year. These last day celebrationsin China is called Lantern Festival。 History of Chinese New Year 追溯历史：名叫“年”的怪兽 ChineseNew Year has a very interesting and unique history. According to theChinese legends, there was a giant beast Nian who used to swallowhumans in a single bite. Relief from the horrifying beast came onlywhen people realized that Nian was scared of red color and loud noises.They started bursting crackersand used red color to scare the beast. Since then, this day was namedas GuNian meaning "Pass over the Nian". Chinese considered the day an auspicious one as it brought new life for them and celebrated it as a New Year。 Chinese New Year Dates 农历新年，年年不同 Chinese New Year falls on a different date every year. Chinese calendar is a combination of solar and lunar calendar. Chinese New Year falls on second new moon after the winter solstice(冬至). Chinese calendar has a 12 year cycle and each year is named afteranimal. Chinese believe that every person resembles an animal and thisreflects their traits. Year 2006 was the Year of the Dog. People born on this date are said to be very loyal and trustworthy。 Chinese New Year Celebrations 新年找乐，日日不同 Lot of excitement can be seen in the last 15 days of New Year celebrations. Every day has a special importance to it. Chinese ritualize and celebrate each day in a customary manner. Given below are the line wise celebrations of the New Year in China: 年初一：祭拜天地 Day1: People began their day by offering prayers and welcome the gods ofheaven and earth. Most of the people stay away from meat to ensurehealthy living。 年初二：狗狗过生日 Day 2:Successively, prayers are offer to their ancestors and other gods.Chinese are strict care-taker of dogs and feed them well. This is dayis considered to be the birthday of all dogs。 初三初四：走亲访友，媳妇回娘家 Day3 and 4: These are very important days for the families to keep uptheir relations. It calls for every son-in-law to pay respect to theirparents-in-law。 年初五：“破五”祭财神 Day5: According to the traditions, nobody visits friends and relativeshouses as it would bring bad omen. They stay back home to worship theGod of wealth. The day is called Po Woo。 年初六：百无禁忌，出门活动筋骨 Day6: On this day, people freely meet their near and dear ones and evenvisit nearby temples to pray for their well being and high spirits。 年初七：吃面条，祝长寿 Day 7: This is Chinese farmers' day. They display their backbreaking produce. They also prepare a drink from seven different types ofvegetables. On this day, everybody eats noodles which is a symbol oflong life and fish representing success。 年初八：凌晨拜天公 Day8: It's an other day to be celebrated with the family and friends. Theyalso offer midnight prayers to Tian Gong, the God of Heaven。 年初九：玉皇大帝登场 Day 9: Prayers are offered to Jade Emperor。 初十、十一、十二、十三：大吃大喝，最后记得回归清淡 Days 10 to 13: From 10 to 12, people celebrate the days by having sumptuous dinner with the loved ones and the 13th day is left for a very light dinner to cleanse the system。 年十四：准备闹元宵 Day 14: People start preparing for the celebration of Lantern Festival to be held on next day。 年十五：吃元宵看灯火 Day 15: Since it is the first night to see full moon, people hang out colorful lanterns, eat glutinous rice balls and enjoy the day with their families。

New Year's Day is a traditional festival for the people of Western countries, this day, whether in the streets or villages in the city. People will meet each other a blessing to celebrate the Lunar New Year. In the United Kingdom, New Year's Eve should clean the kitchen door-to-door to drive out the devil, judging smoothly in good health, happiness and contentment. In some places, such as New Year's day did not know who to treat, brought him a piece of coal as the best New Year gift. New Year blessings host stoves burn more brightly Vietnam. In Italy, New Year's Eve, all took to the streets, fireworks, singing and dancing to celebrate the show. Midnight, some families will be thrown into the abandoned broken door and damaged children can be arbitrary things in order to see off the old and welcome the new. In France, the New Year's Eve had better not have liquor, liquor inauspicious coming year. Therefore, many people drank on New Year's Eve With the allocation cool months, all opened bottles of wine had to drink through. In Greece, New Year's Day elected beautiful girls playing angels sent New Year gifts for the children. In Portugal, people used to celebrate the New Year Bull. Bull New Year's is the climax of 10 days after all the major cities and towns have a specific venue. The New Year's Eve feast permeated with a festive atmosphere. In soft music, people frequently drank each other blessings. Faced with such joyful scenes full of interesting people, most witty. Sometimes, the guests were invited to "forcibly" brought into the steeple hats with timeworn, blocking them with a bell, and danced for joy, out of America. New Year after the bell rang, hands seemed joyful crowd sang "beautiful past," a well-known Scottish folk song. New Year's Eve dinner in the formal Westerners much emphasis on apparel, men usually wore Unitary equipment and attire. the women wear beautiful gowns. However, the New Year's fancy dress party, it is a different situation. In fancy dress party, the people of the detective was innovative and unique, so that others could not tell time. In such occasions, neither guests nor far as, all at a relaxed and happy atmosphere. Some in the West during the New Year's Eve not to a public place, not to participate in Feast and vigils, They held by the old church to arrive. Although the New Year is not a religious holiday, but New Year's Eve, leaving church services are held in various churches. In the United States, New Year's customs from various cultural backgrounds, mainly because the United States is the immigration of foreign countries, New Year's Eve night. They all forms of the arts to express their feelings of joy. Some attend New Year's Eve feast, and others pour into the public square for public celebrations. The most spectacular New Year's Eve night, the most exciting scenes in the public celebration at Times Square in New York (TimeSquare). New York citizens and visitors gathered in Times Square Place over Shenchanglebozi people waiting for the upcoming Happy New Year lighting words. New Year's gift-giving practices in the face of the American society is gradually disappearing, replaced New Year's card is presented. greeting cards and so on. Open House (warm reception) is the custom of New Year's customs of the Americans as one of the characteristics. They opened the door and let the guests who freely. Open House is the beginning of the first President George Washington, 1789 New Year's Day He opened the door of his residence, the parties received from the visitors. 18O0, the United States capital, Washington, the White House New Year's residence -- are open to the public. In the New Year approaching, Some Westerners like holding a scythe time round, fat little angels and the elderly color portrait People believe that in the new year, the elderly and Little Angels will give people time to bring greater happiness and joy.

Chinese New Year Chinese New Year is a Chinese traditional festival. We also call it the Spring Festival. It is on lunar January 1st. On New Year’s Eve, all the people sit around the desk and have a big family dinner. There are some vegetables, some fish, some meat, some fruits and some drink like juice, Coke, Pepsi and some nice wine. Overall, this is a good and delicious dinner. After dinner, we always watch TV New Year progammes. We have a wonderful evening on New Year’s Eve. On the first day of the Spring Festival, most of people get up early and say “happy new year” to each other. For breakfast, people often eat dumplings and baozi. After breakfast, people often make many delicious foods, and children often play cards, computer games and fireworks. On the second and third day, we visit friends and relatives. Everyone is busy on Chinese New Year, and everyone is happy, too.