春节的英文作文

The Spring Festival is very important to Chinese people. In the past，people could not often have meat，rice or other delicious food. They could only eat these during the Spring festival. So every year they hoped that the Spring Festival would come soon. Now， although people‘s life is much better，and we can eat the delicious foods everyday. People still like the festival. Because most people can have a long holiday，and we are free to go on a trip or visit our friends or have parties with our family. In the evenings，we can have a big meal in the restaurant or stay at home with family and watch the TV programmes.

I like the Spring Festival very much. How wonderful the Spring Festival is!

春节是中国人民非常重要。在过去,人们不可能经常有肉,大米或其他美味的食物。在春节期间他们只能吃这些。所以每一年他们希望春节很快就会来的。现在,虽然人们的生活要好得多,我们可以每天吃美味的食物。人们仍然喜欢这个节日。因为大多数人可以有很长的假期,我们可以去旅行或访问我们的朋友和我们家有聚会。在晚上,我们可以有一顿大餐在餐馆或呆在家里和我的家人看电视节目。

我非常喜欢春节。春节是多么美妙!

Chinese New Year, also called Spring Festival, has more than 4,000 years of history. It is the grandest and the most important annual event for Chinese people.

中国的新年，也叫春节，有4000多年的历史。对于中国人民来说，这是最盛大也是最重要的年度活动。

Time for Family Reunion

Being one of the traditional festivals, it is the time for the whole families to reunite together, which is similar with Christmas Day to the westerners.

家庭团聚的时候

作为传统节日之一，是全家团圆的日子，与西方人的圣诞节很相似。

新春 中国结 分割线

The Longest Public Holiday

Most employees in China have at least seven days off work, including three days' legal holiday, while students take one month absence from school. The celebration lasts for 15 days from the 1st to 15th day of the first lunar month, and in folklore it starts even earlier, from the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month.

最长的公共假日

在中国，大多数员工至少有7天的休假时间，包括三天的法定假期，而学生请假一个月。从农历正月初一到第十五天，庆祝活动持续15天，民间传说则从腊月23日开始。

新春 中国结 分割线

Holiday Origins from Monster Nian

Originating during the Shang Dynasty (17th - 11th century BC), the festival used to be observed to fight against the monster "Nian" who liked to eat children and livestock. The monster was afraid of red color and loud sound. Therefore, people decorated their houses in red and set off firecrackers to expel it.

节日起源于怪兽“年”

这个节日起源于商朝(公元前17世纪至公元前11世纪)，用来与喜欢吃儿童和牲畜的怪兽“年”进行斗争。怪物害怕红色和巨大的声音。因此，人们用红色装饰房子，用燃放鞭炮来驱赶它。