英语写作｜中国传统节日的15个英语表达

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1. 春节: the Spring Festival / Chinese New Year's Day/ Chinese Lunar New Year

• For Spring Festival，dumpling is a must.
• 春节必吃饺子。
• The annual Spring Festival is coming again.
• 一年一度的春节又将来临。

2. 除夕: New Year's Eve

• In the New Year's Eve, people play fireworks.
• 人们在除夕夜放烟花。

3. 正月: lunar January

• From the eve to the fifteenth day of the lunar January is the Spring Festival, the Chinese New Year.
• 从除夕到农历正月十五是春节，也就是中国人的新年。

4. 正月初一: the beginning of New Year/the first day of lunar January

• The first day of lunar January is the beginning of New Year.
• 农历正月初一是新年的开始。

5. 元宵节: the Lantern Festival

• lanter是灯笼的意思
• We will send lanterns in the Lantern Festival.
• 我们会在元宵节赠送花灯。

6. 春龙节: the Dragon-head-raising Festival (龙抬头)

• The Longtaitou Festival,also known as the Eryueer Festival,is literally referred to as "Dragon raising its head".
• 龙抬头也称二月二，字面意义就是龙抬起了头。

7. 寒食节: Cold Food Festival

• The Cold food festival or Hanshi Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday celebrated for one ot two consecutive days before the Qingming Festival in the Chinese calender.
• 寒食节是中华传统节日，在清明节前一二日。

8. 清明节: Tomb Sweeping Day/Qingming Festival

• Every Tomb Sweeping Festival,people sweep their ancestors tombs.
• 每逢清明节，人们就会为祖先扫墓。

9. 端午节: Dragon Boat Festival (龙舟节)

• It is customary to eat Zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival.
• 端午吃粽子很是应景。

10. 七夕节: Magpie Festival / Double Seventh Day (中国情人节)/the Begging Day

• magpie是喜鹊的意思
• 七夕在七月初七，所以是“双七”（Double Seventh）
• 七夕又称乞巧节（Begging）

11. 中元节: Hungry Ghost Festival

• Unlike other celebrations of the dead in Eastern cultures that seek to honor dead ancestors, the Hungry Ghost Festival seeks to pacify the hungry ghosts.
• 在东方文化中，其他庆祝死者的活动都是为了纪念死去的祖先，而中元节则是为了安抚饥饿的鬼魂。

12. 中秋节: Mid-Autumn Festival

• The Mid-Autumn Festival is around the corner.
• 中秋节即将来临。

13. 重阳节: Double Ninth Festival

• On the Double Ninth Festival people often climb hills or mountains to look far into the distance.
• 人们经常在重阳节登高远眺。

14. 腊八节: Laba Festival

• The Laba Festival is a major festival in La month (the 12th month on the Chinese lunar calendar), falling on its eighth day.
• 腊八节是腊月的主要节日,在腊月初八。

15. 泼水节: Water-Splashing Day

• Water-splashing Festival is popular among Dai people of China and the southeast Asia.
• 泼水节深受中国傣族和东南亚人民的喜爱。

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