1、1关于春节的英语作文（6 篇）【第 1 篇】The Spring FestivalFar and away the most important holiday in China is Spring Festival, also known as the Chinese New Year. To the Chinese people it is as important as Christmas to people in the West. the dates for this annual celebration are determined by the lunar calendar ra
2、ther than the GREgorian calendar, so the timing of the holiday varies from late January to early February.To the ordinary Chinese, the festival actually begins on the eve of the lunar New Year s Day and ends on the fifth day of the first month of the lunar calendar. But the 15th of the first month,
3、which normally is called the Lantern Festival, means the official end of the Spring Festival in many parts of the country.【第 2 篇】The Spring FestivalSpring Festival is the most importantand popular festival in China.Before Spring Festival ,the people usually clean and decorate their houses.And they g
4、o to the Flower Fairs to buy 2some flowers.During Spring Festival ,the adults usually give lucky money to children.People often get together and have a big meal.Some people eat dumpling for dinner.I love Spring Festival.【第 3 篇】The Spring FestivalSpring FestivalThe Spring Festival is the most importa
5、nt festival for the Chinese people and is when all family members get together, just like Christmas in the West. All people living away from home go back, becoming the busiest time for transportation systems of about half a month from the Spring Festival. Airports, railway stations and long-distance
6、 bus stations are crowded with home returnees.The Spring Festival falls on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month, often one month later than the Gregorian calendar. It originated in the Shang Dynasty (c.1600 BC-c.1100 BC) from the people s sacrifice to gods and ancestors at the end of an old year and t
7、he beginning of a new one.【第 4 篇】The Spring FestivalStrictly speaking, the Spring Festival starts every year in the early days of the 12th lunar month and will last till the 3mid 1st lunar month of the next year. Of them, the most important days are Spring Festival Eve and the first three days. The
8、Chinese government now stipulates people have seven days off for the Chinese Lunar New Year.Many customs accompany the Spring Festival. Some are still followed today, but others have weakened.On the 8th day of the 12th lunar month, many families make laba porridge, a delicious kind of porridge made
9、with glutinous rice, millet, seeds of Job s tears, jujube berries, lotus seeds, beans, longan and gingko.The 23rd day of the 12th lunar month is called Preliminary Eve. At this time, people offer sacrifice to the kitchen god. Now however, most families make delicious food to enjoy themselves.【第 5 篇】
10、The Spring FestivalWaking up on New Year, everybody dresses up. First they extend greetings to their parents. Then each child will get money as a New Year gift, wrapped up in red paper. People in northern China will eat jiaozi, or dumplings, for breakfast, as they think jiaozi in sound means bidding
11、 farewell to the old and ushering in the new . Also, the shape 4of the dumpling is like gold ingot from ancient China. So people eat them and wish for money and treasure.Southern Chinese eat niangao (New Year cake made of glutinous rice flour) on this occasion, because as a homophone, niangao means
12、higher and higher, one year after another. The first five days after the Spring Festival are a good time for relatives, friends, and classmates as well as colleagues to exchange greetings, gifts and chat leisurely.China has 56 ethnic groups. Minorities celebrate their Spring Festival almost the same
13、 day as the Han people, and they have different customs.【第 6 篇】The Spring FestivalAfter the Preliminary Eve, people begin preparing for the coming New Year. This is called Seeing the New Year in .Store owners are busy then as everybody goes out to purchase necessities for the New Year. Materials not
14、 only include edible oil, rice, flour, chicken, duck, fish and meat, but also fruit, candies and kinds of nuts. What s more, various decorations, new clothes and shoes for the children as well as gifts for the elderly, friends and relatives, are all on the list of purchasing.5Before the New Year com
15、es, the people completely clean the indoors and outdoors of their homes as well as their clothes, bedclothes and all their utensils.Then people begin decorating their clean rooms featuring an atmosphere of rejoicing and festivity. All the door panels will be pasted with Spring Festival couplets, highlighting Chinese calligraphy with black characters on red paper. The content varies from house owners wishes for a bright future to good luck for the New Year. Also, pictures of the god of doors and wealth will be posted on front doors to ward off evil spirits and welcome peace and abundance.
