New Year's Customs in English

New Year's Customs in English. Chinese New Year is a very grand festival in our country, which is the festival of great reunion, and many people are curious about how to express the customs of New Year in English. Next let me take you to understand the customs of New Year in English.

New Year's Customs English 1

Paste window paper

People in North China are used to posting paper-cut on their windows. When sticking When sticking the window decoration paper-cuts, people paste on the door large red Chinese character "fu". A red fu means good luck and fortune, so it is customary to post fu on doors or walls on auspicious occasions such as wedding and festivals.

People in North China are used to posting paper-cut on their windows. used to stick paper cuttings on windows. People not only put paper cuttings on the windows, but also put a big red Chinese character "福" on the door, a red "福" means good luck and wealth, so it is customary to post fu on doors or walls on auspicious occasions such as weddings and festivals. The red "Fu" character means good luck and wealth.

Post Spring Festival Couplets

During the Spring Festival, every family pastes the Spring Festival couplets on their doors to express sincere gratitude. couplets on their doors to express sincere blessings and good wishes.

During the Spring Festival, every family pastes the Spring Festival Couplets on their doors to express sincere good wishes.

Stay up late or all night

on New Years Eve

Shousui means to stay up late or all night on New Years Eve. After the great dinner, families sit together and chat happily to wait for the New Year's arrival.

Shousui means to Not sleeping on New Year's Eve. After the great dinner, families sit together and chat happily to wait for the New Year's arrival.

New Year Feast

Spring Festival is a time for family reunion. The New Year`s Feast is a must banquet with all the family members getting together. The New Year`s Feast is a must banquet with all the family members getting together. The food eaten on the New Year Eve banquet varies according to regions. In south China, It is customary to eat niangao (New Year cake made of glutinous rice flour) because as a homophone, niangao means higher and higher every year. In the north, the traditional food for the feast is Jiaozi or dumplings. In the north, the traditional food for the feast is Jiaozi or dumplings shaped like a crescent moon.

Chinese New Year is a time for family reunion. The New Year's Eve dinner is a "must" feast for all family members to get together. The food eaten at the New Year's Eve feast varies from region to region. In the south of China, it is customary to eat "nian gao" (New Year's pastries made of glutinous rice flour), which, as a homonym, means "rising higher with every step". In the north, the traditional New Year's Eve meal is "dumplings" or crescent-shaped soup dumplings.

Lucky Money

It is the money given to kids from their parents and grandparents as New Year gift. It is the money given to kids from their parents and grandparents as New Year gift. The money is believed to bring good luck and ward off monsters; hence the name lucky money. Parents and grandparents put money in small, especially-made red envelopes beforehand, and give the red envelopes to their kids after the New Year`s Feast or when children come to pay New Year calls. They choose to put the money in red envelopes because Chinese people think red is the best gift. They choose to put the money in red envelopes because Chinese people think red is a lucky color. They want to give their children both the lucky money and the lucky color.

These are the red envelopes that the children's parents and grandparents give them as gifts for Chinese New Year. grandparents give them money as a gift for Chinese New Year. The money is said to bring good luck and ward off evil spirits; hence the name "New Year's money". Parents and grandparents put the money into small red envelopes, which are specially made and given to the children after the New Year's Eve dinner or when they come to pay their respects. The reason they put the money in the red envelopes is that the Chinese consider red to be a lucky color. They want to give their children both the money and the lucky color.

English phrases related to Spring Festival

Spring Festival couplets

paper-cuts

lantern: a portable light

fireworks

Fireworks

Firecrackers

Red packets

Stay-up

Taboo taboo

Get rid of the misfortune

Resignation bid farewell to the old year

Offer sacrifices to ones ancestors

Chinese New Year customs in English2

Spring Festival customs in English

Chinese New Year Celebration is the most important celebration of the year. Chinese people may celebrate the Chinese New Year in slightly different ways but their wishes are almost the same; they want their children to have a good time. are almost the same; they want their family members and friends to be healthy and lucky during next year.

Chinese New Year Celebration usually lasts for 15 days. Celebratory activities include Chinese New Feast, firecrackers, giving lucky money to children, the New Year bell ringing and Chinese New Year Greetings. Most of Chinese people will stop the celebrating in their home on the 7th day of New Year because the national holiday usually ends around that day, however celebrations in New Year celebrations are usually held on the same day. Most of Chinese people will stop the celebrating in their home on the 7th day of New Year because the national holiday usually ends around that day, however celebrations in public areas can last until the 15th day of New Year.

House Cleaning

To Clean Houses on the New Year Evening

To clean houses on the New Year Even is a very old custom dating back to thousands of years ago. The dust is traditionally associated with "old" so cleaning their houses and sweeping them clean is not a good idea. " so cleaning their houses and sweeping the dust mean to bid farewell to the "old" and usher in the " new". old" and usher in the " new". Days before the New Year, Chinese families clean their houses, sweeping the floor, washing daily things, cleaning the spider webs and dredging the ditches. People do all these things happily in the hope of a good coming year.

House decoration

One of the house decorations is to post couplets on the floor. On the Spring Festival couplets, good wishes are expressed. New Year couplets are usually posted in pairs as even numbers are associated with good luck and auspiciousness. New Year couplets are usually posted in pairs as even numbers are associated with good luck and auspiciousness in Chinese culture.

People in north China are used to posting paper-cut on their windows . When sticking the window decoration paper-cuts, people paste on the door large red Chinese character "fu" A red "fu" means good luck and fortune, so it is A red "fu" means good luck and fortune, so it is customary to post "fu" on doors or walls on auspicious occasions such as wedding, festivals.

Waiting for the First Bell Ringing of Chinese New Year

The first bell ringing is the symbol of Chinese New Year. Chinese people like to go to a large squares where there are huge bells are set up on New Year. The first bell ringing is the symbol of Chinese New Year

The first bell ringing is the symbol of Chinese New Year

Chinese people like to go to a large squares where there are huge bells are set up on New Year's Eve. The people believe that the ringing of huge bell can drive all the bad luck away and bring the fortune to them. In recent years, some people have begun going to mountain temples to wait for the first ringing. Hanshan Temple in Suzhou, is very famous temple for its first ringing of the bell to herald Chinese New Year. Many foreigners now go to Hanshan Temple to celebrate Chinese New Year. Hanshan Temple to celebrate Chinese New Year.

Staying up late ("Shousui")

Shousui means to stay up late or all night on New Years Eve. Shousui means to stay up late or all night on New Years Eve. After the great dinner, families sit together and chat happily to wait for the New Year's arrival.

New Year Feast

Spring Festival is a time for the celebration of the New Year. p> Spring Festival is a time for family reunion. The New Years Feast is "a must" banquet with all the family members getting together. The food eaten on the New Year Even banquet varies according to the size of the family. The food eaten on the New Year Even banquet varies according to regions. In south China, It is customary to eat "niangao" (New Year cake made of glutinous rice flour) because as a homophone, niangao means "to eat". In south China, It is customary to eat "niangao" (New Year cake made of glutinous rice flour) because as a homophone, niangao means "higher and higher every year". In the north, a traditional dish for the feast is "Jiaozi" or dumplings shaped like a crescent moon.

Setting Firecrackers

Lighting Firecrackers

Lighting Firecrackers

Lighting Firecrackers used to be one of the most important customs in the Spring Festival celebration. However, concerning the danger and the negative noises that lighting firecrackers can cause, it is not easy to find out how the firecrackers are used. However, concerning the danger and the negative noises that lighting firecrackers may bring, the government has banned this practice in many major cities. Right as the clock strike 12 oclock midnight of New Years Eve, cities and towns are lit up with the glitter from fireworks, and the sound can be heard from the firecrackers. Right as the clock strikes 12 o'clock midnight of New Years Eve, cities and towns are lit up with the glitter from fireworks, and the sound can be deafening. Families stay up for this joyful moment and kids with firecrackers in one hand and a lighter in another cheerfully light their happiness in this especial occasion. cheerfully light their happiness in this especial occasion, even though they plug their ears.

New Year Greetings(Bai Nian) <

On the first day of the New Year or shortly thereafter, everybody wears new clothes and greets relatives and friends with bows and Gongxi (congratulations). In Chinese villages, some villagers may have hundreds of relatives so they have to spend more than two weeks in the village. In Chinese villages, some villagers may have hundreds of relatives so they have to spend more than two weeks visiting their relatives.

On the first day of the new year, it's customary for the younger generations to visit the elders, wishing them good luck and happiness during the new year. On the first day of the new year, it's customary for the younger generations to visit the elders, wishing them health and longevity.

Because visiting relatives and friends takes a lot of time, now, some busy people will send New Year cards to express their love for each other.

Lucky Money

It is the money given to kids from their parents and friends. money given to kids from their parents and grandparents as New Year gift. The money is believed to bring good luck, ward off monsters; hence the name "lucky money". The money is believed to bring good luck, ward off monsters; hence the name "lucky money". Parents and grandparents first put money in small, especially-made red envelopes and give the red envelopes to their kids after the New Years Feast or when Parents and grandparents first put money in small, especially-made red envelopes and give the red envelopes to their kids after the New Years Feast or when they come to visit them on the New Year. children both lucky money and lucky color.

New Year's Customs in English3

Spring Festival Customs in English

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

Spring Festival, the Chinese New Year, is the most important festival for all of us. All the family members get together on New Year's Eve and have a big dinner. At the same time, everyone celebrates with each other. Around 12 o'clock, some parents and children light cookies. The whole sky is lit up. We can watch the fireworks excitedly. It was so busy!

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 houses windows are sticked on red paper cutlings.

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. The windows of some houses are pasted on red paper.

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.

The Chinese New Year lasts for fifteen days. So during these fifteen days, we always visit our relatives from house to house. At that time, children are the happiest because they get a lot of red packets from their parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts etc. The last day of Spring Festival is another festival. It is called Lantern Festival.

So the Chinese New Year comes to the end.