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【Editor's Note】 Xiaonian is a festival in traditional Chinese culture, due to different customs in various places, the days called Xiaonian are not the same, Chinese folk have the tradition of "official three people four boats and five", the small year of the official family is the twenty-third month of the WaxIng, the people's home is the twenty-fourth of the Waxing Moon, and the water people's home is the twenty-fifth of the Waxing Moon. However, the question is, do you know what the English translation of Xiaonian is?
Since foreigners are only young, there is really no accurate word or definition of small years in English, most of them are phrases or translations that are Chinese to define and describe, and you still need to analyze the advantages and disadvantages.
English translation of the little year
off year
This interpretation comes from the "Chinese-English Dictionary", off year is currently the most commonly used translation, but this translation is not appropriate, because off year in the English interpretation of the meaning of "non-election year", is Chinese translated as "small year", at the same time off year in English also refers to fruit trees, bamboo harvest year, so the off year translation is completely incompatible with our Chinese small year rituals and other activities.
a lunar year
This interpretation comes from the Shanghai Translation of the Chinese-English Dictionary, which means that the lunar month is the year of Xiao Jian, that is, the lunar month is only 29 days, and there is no year Chinese New Year's Eve. At the same time, there is a similar explanation in the Chinese-English Bilingual Modern Chinese Dictionary of the Foreign Research Agency.
The explanation of the small year that appears in the Chinese-English Dictionary: festival on the 23rd or 24th of the 12th month of the lunar year, when sacrifices are made to the kitchen god means festival, the twenty-third or twenty-fourth day of the waxing moon, the old custom of this day of sacrifice.
Lunar year in which the last month has 29 days is every year lunar calendar in December 23 or 24, it is the start of the entire Spring Festival celebration. There are many famous activities and customs during this time such as sweeping dust, offering sacrifice to the God of the Kitchen, writing couplets, cutting window paper and so on.
Xiaonian is a festival in traditional Chinese culture, due to different local customs, the days known as Xiaonian are not the same, Chinese folk have the tradition of "official three people four boats and five", the small year of the official family is the twenty-third month of the WaxIng, the people's home is the twenty-fourth of the Waxing Moon, and the water people's home is the Twenty-fifth of the Waxing Moon. It is the beginning and foreshadowing of the entire Chinese New Year celebrations.
English translation of the customs of the Little Year
Offering Sacrifice to the God of Kitchen
Worship the god Vesta
Lunar Year (in which the lastmonth has 29 days) is also called the Kitchen God Festival. People will offer candy, fruit, water to the Kitchen God in order to pray for safety and happiness in the coming new year.
The sacrifice of the king of the stove is one of the traditional festival customs of the Han people, and it is an activity to sacrifice the king of the stove during the Spring Festival. The king of the stove is the god of the folk stove head worship, also known as the stove king, the stove king and so on. In order to show their gratitude to the inventor of fire, primitive people worshipped zu every summer, symbolizing fire in summer, and stoves also represented fire. In northern China, there is a custom of offering candy to the stove on the 23rd day of the Waxing Moon. The Han people prayed to the gods to bless the new year and the peace of the family, and the wind and rain were smooth.
Sweeping Dust
Dust removal
During this time, it's only a fewdays until the Spring Festival. So every family will clean their rooms, whichis called sweeping dust. It is believed that evil things can be swept away by doing this.
After twenty-three days, there are only six or seven days left before the Spring Festival, and the preparations for the New Year are even more enthusiastic. To clean the room thoroughly, commonly known as sweeping dust, sweeping dust is to remove the old and welcome the new, pull out the ominous. Every household must be carefully and thoroughly cleaned, so that the windows are clear and clean. Paint the walls, scrub the glass, paste the windows, paste the New Year paintings and so on.
Cutting Window Paper
Window cut paper
Among all the preparation activities for the new year, cutting window paper is the most popular one. The content of the window paper includes animals, plants and famous folk stories.
Of all the preparations, cutting and pasting window flowers is the most popular folk activity. The content has a variety of animals, plants and other palms, such as magpie Dengmei, swallow wearing peach willow, peacock play peony, lion rolling hydrangea ball, three sheep (Yang) Kaitai, two dragon play beads, deer crane Tong Chun (six contract spring), five bat (Fu) Bo Shou, rhinoceros Wangyue, lotus (Lian) year there are fish (Yu), Mandarin duck playing water, bangs playing with golden cicadas, Hehe Erxian and so on.
Bathing and Cutting Hair
Bathe and cut hair
Both adults and children need to bath and cut their hair at this time. One of the old saying goes, with or without money, cutting hair to celebrate the new year.
Adults and children are required to take a bath and get a haircut. Han folk have a saying that "there is no money, shave your head for the New Year". On this evening, aunt Ruzi washed her feet with boiling water. Girls who don't understand things, adults also have to help her scrub her feet clean, without leaving a little filth. Han folk legend has that "on the twenty-seventh day of the waxing moon, the mother-in-law Ruzi washes her feet." A saying that does not wash one's feet and bleed pus and water for seven months"
English is a practical language Oh, the above materials can be used in the oral exam, or accumulate first, and then go international, but it is a good performance opportunity~
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