Vocabulary二十四节气the 24 seasonal division points 民族ethnic group重阳节Double Ninth Festival腊八粥laba porridge春联New year’s scrolls庙会Temple Fairs猜灯谜guessing lantern riddles端午节Dragon Boat Festival七夕节the Double Seven Festival元宵节Lantern Festival踩高跷stilts扫墓sweep tombs香囊perfume pouch登高ascending a height冬至Winter SolsticeThe formal expressions of Chinese traditional festivals:春节the Sprlng Festival （NewYearls Day of the Chinese lunar calendar）农历正月初一元宵节（灯节) the Lantern Festival 农历正月十五清明节the Qing Ming Festival 四月五日前后端午节the Dragon-Boat Festiva 农历五月初五中秋节the MidAutumn Festival（the Moon Festival）农历八月十五七夕节the Double-Seventh Day农历七月初七重阳节the Double Ninth Festival 农历九月初九The expressions of customs:春游spring outing荡秋千playing on a swing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 ; do spring festival shopping敬酒propose a toast灯笼lantern烟花fireworks爆竹firecrackers (people scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.)红包red packets (cash wrapped up in red paper, symbolize fortune and wealth in the coming year.)舞狮lion dance (the lion is believed to be able to dispel evil and bring good luck.)舞龙dragon dance (to expect good weather and good harvests)戏曲traditional opera杂耍variety show灯谜riddles written on lanterns灯会exhibit of lanterns守岁staying-up拜年pay new year's call; give new year's greetings; pay new year's visit禁忌taboo去晦气get rid of the ill- fortune祭祖宗offer sacrifices to one's ancestors压岁钱gift money; money given to children as a lunar new year gift辞旧岁bid farewell to the old year扫房spring cleaning; general house-cleaning年糕nian-gao; rise cake; new year cake团圆饭family reunion dinner年夜饭the dinner on new year's eve饺子jiao-zi; chinese meat ravioliTranslation1. 中国的传统节日拥有丰富的文化意义和悠久的历史，组成了中华文化重要辉煌的一部分。
节日的形成是一个国家历史文化积累起来的漫长过程。
一些历史人物被赋予永恒的纪念渗入节日，所有这些，都融合凝聚节日的内容里，使中国的节日有了深沉的历史感。
中国土地广袤有许多民族，不同民族在不同的地方有不同的节日。
甚至在同一个节日，他们也遵习不同的风俗。
在这里我们介绍一些重要普遍的节日。
事实上，这些传统节日吸收了不同地域许多民族的营养，是整个中国的珍贵文化遗产。
Boasting rich cultural meaning and a long history, traditionalChinese festivals compose an important and brilliant part of Chinese culture. The formation of traditional festivals is a long process of historical and cultural accumulation in a nation. Sometimes historical figures become the focus of a festival, showing people's commemoration for them and endowing some historical sense to it. As China is a vast land and has many ethnic groups, different ethnic groups have different festivals in different places. Even on the same festival, they follow different customs. Here we introduce some important and commonly celebrated festivals. In fact, these traditional festivals have absorbed nourishment from different regions and various ethnic cultures and are a precious cultural heritage for the whole Chinese nation.2. 传统节日是一个民族发展的历史产物。
大多数传统节日都源自于人们在农业生产生活中对丰收的期盼、对天地神灵和自然的崇拜、以及对历史人物的祭奠等等。
中国传统节日深深植根于农耕文化之中，在演变过程中深受儒家思想的影响。
透过传统节日可以反映一个民族的文化特色和民族精神。
从某种程度而言，中国传统节日已经渐渐摆脱原始禁忌和崇拜，演化成为体现儒家和谐思想的欢庆祥和的节日。
传统节日定型于汉代，在盛唐时被发扬光大,成为具有丰富内容和多样形式的弘扬中华民族优秀传统文化和传承中华传统美德的重要载体。
历代的文人雅士、诗人墨客，为一个个节日谱写了许多千古名篇，使中国的传统节日包含着深厚的文化底蕴。
Traditional festivals are the historical p roducts of a nation’s development. Most traditional festivals originated from people’s expectation for harvest in the agricultural production, the worship towards the gods and the nature, sacrifices to the historical characters and etc. Chinese traditional festivals are deeply rooted in the agricultural civilization and greatly influenced by Confucianism in the term of evolution.Through traditional festivals, the distinct cultural characteristics of a people and the national spirits can be observed. To some extent, Chinese traditional festivals have relieved from the primitive taboos and tended to be happy festivals which reflect the concept of harmony in Confucianism.Traditionl festivals are shaped in Han dynasty and booming in Tang dynasty,and it was at that time that traditional festivals became a important carrier of the great traditional Chinese culture and the noble traditional virtues with various forms and rich contents.Litterateurs and poets in centuries have wrriten massive amount of masterpieces for these festivals,letting traditional festivals full of deep inside cultural information.3. 中国传统节日作为一种行为层面的传统文化，根植于中国古代农耕文化，在长期的流传过程中形成了自身独特的文化内涵，体现了强大的文化凝聚力与生命力，有时甚至于文化精神，民族精神相联系，在社会发展过程中具有非常重要的作用。
Chinese traditional festivals which belong to a traditional customary culture rooted in the farming culture in ancient China.All the festivals contain their unique cultural connotations ,reflect the strong cohesion and vitality of the culture in the long historical development.They are sometimes even related to the cultural spirit and national spirit,and should play important roles in the development of society.4．农历九月九日，为传统的重阳节。