How to write the words of the English tabloids about the Spring Festival

Answer 1

Here are some articles about the Spring Festival English tabloids:
** I. The Meaning and Origin of the Spring Festival **
The Spring Festival is one of the most important festivals in China.
Its origin can be traced back to the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties.
At that time, people regarded "the handle of the Big Dipper pointing to Yin" as the beginning of spring.
Spring means the start of everything anew, marking the beginning of a new cycle.
** 2. Legend of the Spring Festival **
There is a popular legend about the Spring Festival.
In ancient times, there was a huge and fierce beast named "Nian".
It came out on every New Year's Eve, hurting people and livestock.
So on New Year's Eve, people would light big fires in the yard, paste bright red couplets on the doors, set off fireworks and firecrackers, and perform dragon and lion dances to scare "Nian" away.
Eventually, these became long - standing customs passed down from generation to generation.
** 3. The customs of the Spring Festival **
1.
**Eating reunion dinner**
On New Year's Eve, every family has a lively and happy reunion dinner.
The table is usually filled with a sumptuous meal.
There are two things that are often indispensable: one is hot pot, which symbolizes prosperity as it boils vigorously; the other is fish.
Because "fish" has the same pronunciation as "surplus" in Chinese, it represents "more than enough" and also implies "surplus every year".
2.
**Eating dumplings**
People in northern China are used to eating dumplings during the New Year.
Dumplings mean the alternation of the old and the new as it is called "Geng Sui Jiao Zi".
And the shape of white - flour dumplings is like silver ingots, which symbolizes "great wealth in the New Year, with ingots rolling in" when served on the table.
Some families will also put a few coins sterilized by boiling water into the dumplings.
It is said that whoever eats them first will have good luck.
3.
**Eating rice cakes**
Eating rice cakes during the Spring Festival implies that everything goes well and gets better every year.
There are various types of rice cakes: in the north, there are white cakes and yellow - millet cakes; in the south of the Yangtze River, there are water - milled rice cakes; in the southwest, there are glutinous rice cakes; and in Taiwan, there are red - turtle cakes.
In the north, rice cakes can be steamed or fried, while in the south, in addition to steaming and frying, they can also be stir - fried in slices or boiled in soup.
4.
**Pasting spring couplets**
Spring couplets, also known as door pairs, spring stickers, couplets, pairs, and peach - wood charms, are unique literary forms in China.
With neat, dual, concise and exquisite words, they depict the background of the times and express good wishes.
Every Spring Festival, every household, whether in the city or the countryside, will carefully select a big red spring couplet and paste it on the door to add a festive atmosphere.
This custom began in the Song Dynasty and became popular from the Ming Dynasty.
5.
**Pasting the character 'Fu'**
The character "Fu" refers to good fortune and luck, representing people's longing for a happy life and good wishes for a bright future.
Some people simply paste the "Fu" character upside down, which means "happiness has arrived" and "good fortune has arrived".
There are also patterns of the "Fu" character made into the longevity star, longevity peaches, carp leaping over the dragon gate, bumper harvests of all grains, and dragon and phoenix presenting auspiciousness.
6.
**Setting off firecrackers**
There is a saying of "opening - the - door firecrackers" among the people.
That is, when the new year arrives, the first thing every household does when opening the door is to set off firecrackers.
The sound of firecrackers is used to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new.
Firecrackers are a Chinese specialty, also known as firecrackers, which have a history of more than 2,000 years.
Setting off firecrackers can create a festive and lively atmosphere, which is an entertainment activity during the festival and can bring joy and good luck to people.
7.
**Ancestor worship**
Due to different local customs, the forms of ancestor worship also vary.
Some people go to the wild to pay respects to ancestral tombs, some go to ancestral halls to worship ancestors, and some place the ancestral tablets in the main hall at home in order, display offerings, and then the worshippers burn incense and kneel down according to the order of seniority.
When the Han people worship their ancestors, they mostly make fish and meat dishes and serve them in high bowls, which gives a sense of living a luxurious life.
8.
**Hanging lanterns**
Chinese lanterns, also known as colored lanterns, originated more than 1,800 years ago in the Western Han Dynasty.
Around New Year's Eve every year, people hang red lanterns symbolizing reunion to create a festive atmosphere.
On New Year's Eve, with red lanterns hanging at the door and a roaring fire burning in the main room, candles or oil lamps are lit, and the family gathers around the table to talk.
9.
**Giving lucky money**
In some families, after the New Year's Eve dinner, the elders will give lucky money to the juniors; in some families, the parents will put it under their children's pillows after they fall asleep at night; and in some families, the children will go to the elders' bedrooms to ask for it loudly, from bargaining to scrambling around, and finally dig out the red envelopes and snatch them all.
The elders are very happy, believing that this is a good omen for everything to go smoothly in the new year.
** IV. English greetings for the Spring Festival **
1.
Happy Chinese New Year!
2.
Wish you good health.
3.
Everything goes well.
4.
May all your wishes come true.
5.
Wish you happiness and prosperity.
6.
At New Year and always, may peace and love fill your heart, beauty fill your world, and contentment and joy fill your days.
7.
May the coming New Year bring you joy, love and peace.
8.
Please accept my sincere wishes for the New Year.
I hope you will continue to enjoy good health.
9.
I would like to wish you a joyous new year and express my hope for your happiness and good future.
10.
May you come into a good fortune!
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