中国的传统节日China'sTraditionalFestivals中国的传统节日(Zhōngguódechuántǒng激ērì,China'sTraditionalFestivals)中国的传统节日数量众多,据统计,源于汉族的民间节日有150多个,少数民族节日更多。源于汉族的一些传统节日不仅流行,而且也为少数民族接受,有的还在众多民族中广泛传播,成为全国性的节日,像春节、端午节和中秋节,通常合称“中国三大传统节日”。后面还会有源于汉族的中国传统节日的相关介绍。Chinahasalargenumberoftraditionalfestivals.Thereareatleastsome150folkfestivalsoriginatedfromtheHancommunities.FestivalsfromethnicminoritiesareevenmoreinnumberthatthatoftheHanChinese.SometraditionalfestivalsofHanChinesearenotonlypopular,butalsowellacceptedamongminoritygroups.Somehaveevenbecomenationalholidays,suchastheSpringFestival,theDragonBoatFestivalandtheMid-AutumnFestival,whichareknownasthethreemajortraditionalfestivalsinChina.Comingupinthefollowandinotherlessons,wewilloffermoreonsometraditionalfestivalsthathaveoriginatedfromtheHanChineseculture.中国农历(Zhōngguónónglì,China’sLunarCalendar)相传在4000多年前的夏朝,即中国历史上第一个奴隶制王朝就开始有了历法,后人把当时中国古老的传统历法叫“夏历”(XiàLì)。夏历是按月亮的运行周期制定的,故又称作“阴历”(YīnLì)。由于夏历中有一年四季节气的变化和农事安排,所以后世又习惯称之为“农历”,也就是今天所说的“中国农历”。Accordingtolegend,China’sfirstslavedynastyinhistory-theXiaDynastydatingbackover4000yearsagodevelopedthefirstcalendar.TheancienttraditionalChinesecalendarwaslaterknownasthe"XiaCalendar”.Sinceitwasbasedontherotatingcycleofthemoon,itisalsoknownasthe"LunarCalendar".AstheXiarevolvesaroundfarmingarrangementsbasedontheseasons,itiscommonlycalled"NongLi”,literallythefarmingmooncalendar,alsoknownastheChinaLunarCalendar.春节(Chūn激ē,TheSpringFestival)春节,又称中国农历新年,是中国最大、最隆重的传统节日。春节在中国农历正月初一,古称“元旦”,1911年后改称春节。广义上说,中国的春节从每年腊月二十三或二十四“祭灶王爷”(简称“祭灶”)之日开始,往下一直延伸至正月十五的元宵节,欢度节日的时间长达近一月。春节表示除旧迎新,除汉族以外,满、蒙、苗、壮、侗、布衣、朝鲜等20多个民族也过春节。春节期间,各种年俗活动精彩纷呈,主要有贴春联、贴年画、剪窗花、挂福字、放鞭炮、吃年夜饭、守岁、拜年、给压岁钱、祭天祭祖、接财神等。另---本文来源于网络,仅供参考,勿照抄,如有侵权请联系删除---外,过年大都要吃年俗食品,像饺子、年糕等等,至今仍沿古俗,且有许多口彩。北方人习惯在除夕子时(夜里11点至12点)吃饺子,意为“岁更交子”;南方人春节喜欢吃年糕,寓意“年年高”。TheSpringFestival,alsoknowntheChineselunarNewYear,isthelargestandmostceremonioustraditionalfestivalofChina.ThelunarnewyearfallsonthefirstdayofthefirstmonthontheChineselunarcalendar.Itwasalreadyknownasthe"NewYear"inancient.After1911,itwasrenamedastheSpringFestival.Inalargersense,theChineseSpringFestivalwouldstartfromthetwenty-thirdortwenty-fourthdayofthetwelfthlunarmonth,adaywhenpeopleoftenbegintoofferprayerstothe“GodofKitchen”.Fromthenon,thefestivalwoulddragonuntilthefifteenthdayofthefirstlunarmonth,i.e.,theLanternFestival.Thetimetocelebratethefestivalalwayslastsab0utamonth.TheSpringFestivalisatimetosaygoodbyetothepastyearandwelcometheNewYear.OtherthantheHan,some20othernationalitiesliketheManchurian,Mongolian,Miao,Zhuang,Dong,Buyi,andKoreanalsocelebratetheSpringFestival.Duringthefestival,peopleobservevarioustraditions,suchasputtingupcoupletsandnewyearpaintings,mak...