春节是个欢乐祥和的节日，也是亲人团聚的日子，离家在外的孩子都要回家欢聚。下面是小编收集的春节来历英语作文，欢迎阅读。

　　春节来历英语作文1

　　The Chinese New Year is now popularly known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the Begining of Spring (the first of the twenty-four terms in coodination with the changes of Nature). Its origin is too old to be traced. Several explanations are hanging around. All agree, however, that the word Nian, which in modern Chinese solely means year, was originally the name of a monster beast that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of a new year.

　　One legend goes that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would swallow a great many people with one bite. People were very scared. One day, an old man came to their rescue, offering to subdue Nian. To Nian he said, I hear say that you are very capable, but can you swallow the other beasts of prey on earth instead of people who are by no means of your worthy opponents? So, it did swallow many of the beasts of prey on earth that also harrassed people and their domestic animals from time to time.

　　After that, the old man disappeared riding the beast Nian. He turned out to be an immortal god. Now that Nian is gone and other beasts of prey are also scared into forests, people begin to enjoy their peaceful life. Before the old man left, he had told people to put up red paper decorations on their windows and doors at each year's end to scare away Nian in case it sneaked back again, because red is the color the beast feared the most.

　　春节来历英语作文2

　　The Lunar New Year is a great occasion to the Chinese people. It lasts about the first four days of the year， during which people do not work except for the workers on duty. Students do not go to school， and shops are closed.

　　Several days before the new year， people begin to prepare. Farmers kill pigs， sheep， cocks and hens. City dwellers buy meat fish and vegetables. Houses are cleaned; coupletsare posted on the doors. Colourful lanterns are hung at the gate.

　　On the eve of the new year， each family has its members gatherd together and eats a family reunion dinner. After the meal they watch TV until the clock strickes twelve. Then every family sets off long strings of small firecrackers and other fire works to welcome the new year. On the first day of the new year， almost everyone is dressed in his or her best. When people meet on the way， they say to each other "Happy New Year". Friends and relatives pay new year calls and gives presents to each other. Children indulge themselves in games.

　　春节来历英语作文3

　　The Spring Festival， Chinese New Year，is the most important festival for all of us. All family members get together on New Year'Eve to have a big meal.At the same time， everyone celebrates to each other.At about 12 o'clock，some parents and children light crackers.The whole sky is lighted brightly. We may watch the fireworks excitedly.How busy it is！

　　On the first early moring of one year， many senior citizen get up early and they stick the reversed Fu or hang some couplets on the front door. Some house's windows are sticked on red paper cutlings.

　　The Chinese New Year lasts fifteen days. So during the fifteen days， we always visit our relatives from door to door. At that time， children are the happiest because they can get many red packets form their parents，grandparents， uncles， aunts and so on. The last day of the Chinese New Year is another festival. It names the Lantern Festival.

　　So the Chinese New Year comes to the end.

　　春节来历英语作文4

　　The Chinese New Year has a great history. In our past, people lived in an agricultural society and worked all year long. They only took a break after the harvest and before the planting of seeds. This happens to coincide with the beginning of the lunar New Year.

　　The Chinese New Year is very similar to the Western one, rich in traditions, folklores and rituals. It has been said that it is a combination of the Western Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year. This is hardly an exaggeration!

　　The origin of the Chinese New Year itself is centuries old - in fact, too old to actually be traced. It is popularly recognized as the Spring Festival and celebrations last 15 days.

　　Preparations tend to begin a month before the date of the Chinese New Year (similar to a Western Christmas). During this time people start buying presents, decoration materials, food and clothing. A huge clean-up gets underway days before the New Year, when Chinese houses are cleaned from top to bottom. This ritual is supposed to sweep away all traces of bad luck. Doors and windowpanes are often given a new coat of paint, usually red, then decorated with paper cuts and couplets with themes such as happiness, wealth and longevity printed on them.

　　The end of the New Year is marked by the Festival of Lanterns, which is a celebration with singing, dancing and lantern shows.

　　At the Festival, all traditions are honored. The predominant colors are red and gold. "Good Wish" banners are hung from the ceilings and walls. The "God of Fortune" is there to give Hong Baos. Lion dancers perform on stage continuously. Visitors take home plants and flowers symbolizing good luck. An array of New Years specialty food is available in the Food Market. Visitors purchase new clothing, shoes and pottery at the Market Fair. Bargaining for the best deal is commonplace!

　　春节来历英语作文5

　　On New Year's Eve，our class had a party. The atmosphere was good. It was out of the ordinary from the very begining. The boy student from one bedroom gave an unusual performance. We saw a boy named Li Xinmin turn off all the lights in a sudden snap. Then with three resounding crow of a cock echoing in the hall，the hall was again brightly lit in a snap.

　　Then，the representative of the bedroom Zhu Guozhang asked us to guess a line of a poem related to the above situation. He added that Li Xinmin alone was born in the year of the dog and the other three were all born in the year of the chicken. They left us all in confusion. And it was our monitor who was quickwitted. He shouted our， "The day breaks as the cock crows three times at dawn." The hall After that，they had another item. This time Li Xinmin was placed in the middle of the circle. While he was standing there，the other three stood around him，each bowing down to him at an angle of 120 degrees. It was an idiom. This time I got it right："The dog stands out among a group of chickens."

　　春节来历英语作文6

　　In the modern folk custom celebrates the Spring Festival to be called the new year's celebration.

　　Actually, the year and the Spring Festival origin is very not same.

　　Actually then "the year" is how does come? The folk mainly has two views: One kind said, ancient time, some one kind is called "the year" 凶猛 怪兽, whenever in the December 30, then flees the village door to door, looks for food the person meat, cruelly harms the life.

　　Some in December 30 evenings, "the year" arrived a village, just happens to meet two shepherd boys in the competition cow whip.

　　"The year" suddenly heard in the midair has resounded pa pa the whip sound, frightens flees at the mere distant sight of.

　　It flees to another village, also directly looked an entrance to expose to the sun scarlet upper and lower garments, it did not know why it, did frighten hurries to turn around escapes.

　　Afterwards it arrived a village, faces in a household person main house gate as soon as to look inside, only sees brilliantly illuminated, punctures it to be dizzy, had to clamp the tail to slide.

　　The people from this traced "the year" to have fear the sound, feared red, feared the light weakness, then thought many resisted its method, thereupon gradually evolved the custom which today celebrates the new year.

　　Another view is, our country ancient times calligraphy book the character put "the year" the standing grain department, showed the good crop weather, the grain bumper harvest.

　　Because the valley standing grain generally all is a year one is ripe.

　　The institute "the year" is then expanded for the year old name.

　　Our country ancient times folk although already has the new year's celebration the custom, but at that time certainly is not called the Spring Festival.

　　Because at that time said the Spring Festival, refers is in 24 solar terms "the spring beginning".

　　The Southern and Northern Dynasties make a general reference the Spring Festival for the entire spring.

　　It is said, new year officially chooses a name the lunar calendar as the Spring Festival, after is the 1911 Revolution matter.

　　Because at that time must change to the solar calendar, in order to differentiate the agriculture, positive two, therefore has first day to change name lunar calendar in first lunar month as "the Spring Festival".