元旦的习俗英语版

元旦的习俗英语版

元旦的习俗英语版

元旦是庆贺新年的开始，欢度元旦是世界各国各地区的普遍习俗。

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【元旦节的习俗】

1. Kaisui(beginning of the year): According to the Chine

traditional custom, starting from to )of the

last evening of the twelfth lunar month, each family must prepare

offering s to deities at the altar.

At the same time, they too prepare food for the New Year

day: The whole family will then stay awake together to attend to

the year(called shou sui). After haishi, )will

come, and this is the arrival of New Year(Yuandan). At this

moment, people begin the celebration with fireworks.

Vegetarian and sweet foods will then be placed are the altar

for offerings, and incen be burned to welcome the deities. In

the ancient times, it was believed that haishi connected the two

years and thus was called kaisui.

At the same night, some families will follow the instruction

in Tongshu and place preparing altar in the direction of the

"fortune deity" during the "fortune time" to receive the deity.

If the direction of the "fortune deity" is at the "ill position",

people will choo to receive "happy deity" or "noble deity"

instead.

2. There is an apparent difference in the custom of food

taking on Yuandan between the Chine in the northern and

southern regions.

The northern Chine has the habit of taking jiao zi(dumpling

made of flour with vegetable and meat wrapped inside). Some

people may put a sweet or a coin inside jiao zi, hoping to have a

sweet year after tasting the sweet and a wealthy year after tasting

the coin.

on the other hand, the southern Chine have the taboo for

killing on Yuandan. Therefore, they do not take meat in tee

morning of Yuandan, so as to avoid bloodshed or mutual

slaughter. In order to evade misfortune, they have the first meal

of this day without meat. Instead, they take vegetarian food for

the sake of virtue.

3. What is special during the New Year is that parents or

elders will distribute red packets(ang pao or ya sui qian)to the

children. People in the ancient times were more particular in

giving away the red packets: the distribution took place on the

eve of New Year so that the kids could suppress the past year and

enter the New Year.

Ya sui has the meaning of overcoming the unpredictable

future. Reprenting the wishes for the healthy psychological

growth of the children, ya sui qian symbolis the elders' hope to

e their children overcome all the unpredictable elements

brought by the "year".

4. There is an extraordinary number of taboos on Yuandan.

Each place has its own customs of taboo. Here, we will mention

only a few common taboos in Fujian Province, Guangdong

Province and Southeast Asia:

In the past, people commonly believed that fortune was

hidden in the hou. So, wsweeping of floor must be done in the

direction moving inwards, and there was no clearance of rubbish

at night.

Particularly on the New Tear day, in order to keep fortune

from flowing out, there was no sweeping. Some families kept this

taboo until the fifth or even the fifteenth day. If anything was

broken, the pieces were wrapped up in order not to let the

fortune slip away and were dispod only the fifth day.

Yuandan(in more rious families, the period extends from

the 1st to the 15th day) marks the new beginning. In the hope

that New Year brings good beginning, people should utter

neither unkind words nor vulgar language.

Making nois, fighting, quarreling and especially weeping

are avoided to deter misfortune. There are even taboos of taking

medicine and having sneeze, for it is believed that they can lead

to sickness throughout the year.

Taboos of the past also concerned the u of knife and the

breaking of things. If a thing was broken, the word "break" or any

other word importing similar meaning was not ud. Instead,

words like "failing to the floor and blossoming like flowers" which

delivered pleasant ns were ud to suggest good

connections.

On Yuandan, neither lending and nor giving of money to

others is done so that there will be no out-flowing of money

during the year.

There is also the saying that if a male sleeps in the afternoon,

his career will breakdown, and if a female has an afternoon nap,

the kitchen will collap.

5. Ancient rite: In the past, there was a rite called he

zheng(proper greeting)during New Year. When a person paid a

New Year visit to friends or relatives, he took along a piece of

paper or card on which the name of the host was written wit

Chine brush.

The receiver of this greeting card would normally paste it on

the wall of his main hall to show his respect to and appreciation

for the visitor. The quantity of greeting card received reflected

the person's public relationship with others, while the names and

status of the people who gave the greeting cards indicated the

host's boundary of social network and standard of living.

Nowadays, becau of easy communication, convenient

transportation system and wider social network, when people

nd their greetings they tend to follow the Western style.

The greeting is now done by mail and even by email. Today,

he zheng is done by simply bringing along red packets and food

prents when making a visit.

To be in line with the custom of to giving away money on the

first day, families in some places do not pay New Year call to

others. Instead, the whole family simply goes out to enjoy

themlves or stayed at home for family happiness.

6. In the past, there was a superstition that when a person

left his hou in the New Year, he must take the correct first step.

A particular person would look for the fortunate direction in

accordance with the day, month and year of this birth basing on

the explanation of Chine calendar.

On Yuan Dan, when a person stepped out of his hou, he

must go in the fortunate direction and avoid the unfortunate

direction. Even people of less particularity also consulted Chine

calendar to find out where the fortunate directions and fierce

deities were before the first step out of their hous.