篇五：关于春节的英语作文

　　Chinese New Year or Spring Festival is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays。 It is sometimes called the "Lunar New Year" by English speakers。 The festival traditionally begins on the first day of the first month (Chinese: 正月; pinyin: zhēng yuè) in the Chinese calendar and ends on the 15th; this day is called Lantern Festival。 Chinese New Year's Eve is known as chú xī。 It literally means "Year-pass Eve"。

　　Chinese New Year is the longest and most important festivity in the Lunar Calendar。 The origin of Chinese New Year is itself centuries old and gains significance because of several myths and traditions。 Ancient Chinese New Year is a reflection on how the people behaved and what they believed in the most。

　　Celebrated in areas with large populations of ethnic Chinese， Chinese New Year is considered a major holiday for the Chinese and has had influence on the new year celebrations of its geographic neighbors， as well as cultures with whom the Chinese have had extensive interaction。 These include Koreans (Seollal)， Tibetans and Bhutanese (Losar)， Mongolians (Tsagaan Sar)， Vietnamese (T?t)， and formerly the Japanese before 1873 (Oshogatsu)。 Outside of Mainland China， Hong Kong， Macau， and Taiwan， Chinese New Year is also celebrated in countries with significant Han Chinese populations， such as Singapore， Indonesia， Laos， Malaysia， the Philippines， and Thailand。 In countries such as Australia， Canada and the United States， although Chinese New Year is not an official holiday， many ethnic Chinese hold large celebrations and Australia Post， Canada Post， and the US Postal Service issues New Year's themed stamps。

　　Within China， regional customs and traditions concerning the celebration of the Chinese new year vary widely。 People will pour out their money to buy presents， decoration， material， food， and clothing。 It is also the tradition that every family thoroughly cleans the house to sweep away any ill-fortune in hopes to make way for good ining luck。 Windows and doors will be decorated with red colour paper-cuts and couplets with popular themes of “happiness”， “wealth”， and “longevity”。 On the Eve of Chinese New Year， supper is a feast with families。 Food will include such items as pigs， ducks， chicken and sweet delicacies。 The family will end the night with firecrackers。 Early the next morning， children will greet their parents by wishing them a healthy and happy new year， and receive money in red paper envelopes。 The Chinese New Year tradition is a great way to reconcile forgetting all grudges， and sincerely wish peace and happiness for everyone。

　　Although the Chinese calendar traditionally does not use continuously numbered years， outside China its years are often numbered from the reign of Huangdi。 But at least three different years numbered 1 are now used by various scholars， making the year 2009 "Chinese Year" 4707， 4706， or 4646。

译文：

　　农历新年或春节是中国传统节日中最重要的节日，有时也被英文人称为“农历新年”，传统节日从正月初一（中文：正月; pinyin：zhēng在中国历法上，十五日结束; 这一天叫做元宵节，中国的除夕叫做chúxī，字面意思是“年夏夜”。

　　中国农历新年是农历中最长最重要的节日，中国农历新年的起源本身就有几百年的历史，因为有几个神话和传统而有意义，中国农历新年是对人们如何行为的反映，相信最多。

　　在华人人口众多的地区庆祝，农历新年被认为是中国人的重要节日，对地理邻居的新年庆典以及与中国人有广泛互动的文化产生了影响，包括韩国人（Seollal），西藏人和不丹人（Losar），蒙古人（Tsagaan Sar），越南人（T？t），以及1873年以前的日本人（Oshogatsu），中国大陆，港澳台地区之外，在新加坡，印度尼西亚，老挝，马来西亚，菲律宾，泰国等重要汉族人口的国家，也有一年庆祝，在澳大利亚，加拿大和美国等国家，虽然春节不是假期，许多华人举行大型庆祝活动，澳大利亚邮政和加拿大邮政和美国邮政署发行新年主题邮票。

　　在中国，庆祝中国新年的地区风俗和传统差别很大，人们倾倒钱来购买礼物，装饰，材料，食物和衣服，也是每个家庭彻底打扫房子的传统扫除任何不幸，希望为好运带来好运，门窗上将摆放着红色剪纸和“幸福”，“财富”，“长寿”等流行主题的对联。农历新年，晚餐是家庭的盛宴，食物包括猪，鸭子，鸡肉和甜食等，家庭晚上会放鞭炮，第二天早上，孩子们会问候父母，健康快乐的新年，用红纸信封收钱忘却一切怨恨的好方法，真诚地祝愿大家和平幸福。

　　虽然中国历法不是连续使用数年，但是在中国以外的地区，中国的年代往往是从黄帝统治时期开始的，但至少有三个不同的年份，现在被不同的学者使用，使得2009年的中国年为4707年， 4706或4646。