中国的传统节日China'sTraditionalFestivals中国的传统节日(Zhōngguódechuántǒngjiērì,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（Chūnjiē,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"inancienttimes.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,suchasputtingupcoupletsandnewyearpainting...