ChineseNewYear’sEve除夕英文介绍

Festival. So they have many celebrations and customs in that day. 　　Chinese has strong attachment to their family, andChinese family is usually a big family. In the past, they always dwell on together. In a family, there are grandparents, parents,aunts, uncles and many children. They all live in a big courtyard. Father, Mother and a few children are composed a minorfamily. Every brother of father makes his own minor family. And with grandparents, they form a big family. Each minor familypossesses a minor room in a courtyard, which grandparents live in the major room. Because old person has the superiorposition in a family, and Chinese respect the old as a long-standing tradition. In the modern time, not every family memberlives in a courtyard but live separately. However, they still maintain close link with each other. They often have get-togethersin holidays especially in festivals. 　　In New Year’s Eve, the most important festival, Chinese family often get together tospend the whole night. They often have the New Year’s dinner together, and celebrate the New Year in their own way. 　　The New Year’s dinner is very tasteful and delicious, for it not only a dinner but also a family meeting. Each family membersits around the table and talks while eating. It stands for the harmony and unity of a family. Since the dinner is very important,it takes too much time and effort to prepare it. As we all known, Chinese food is the most delicious food in the world. Perhapsbecause Chinese people are very particular about eating. For New Y ear’s dinner, the food is extremely exquisite andtraditional. First, Jiaozi is necessary. Jiaozi, also called dumpling, is well-known as traditional Chinese food all over theworld. In New Year’s Eve, we often make dumplings of meat and vegetable, and we also make special dumplings. For

example, we make a few dumplings with a coin in them. No matter who eat these special dumplings, it foresees he will haveluck of wealth the next year. Some special dumplings with shelled peanut in them mean longevity. Some with sugar in themmean a sweet life. Besides these wonderful Jiaozi, there are various cuisines. Usually, there should be a fish in the table,which means the family has enough to spare every year. 　　After enjoying the New Year’s dinner, the family seat in the sofaand watch the television. There is a culture New Year’s dinner waiting for them, which is the Spring Festival Evening Party.Since the Spring Festival Evening Party began to hold in 1982, every family consider watching it as a tradition. The party thatis held by CCTV starts at 8:00 and lasts four and a half hours. It gathers almost all the Chinese stars in mainland and

overseas. And its style of programs contains songs and dances, comic dialogues and sketches. CCTV invests big for thisparty every year, and they want to make the party be the best party on TV. Though the quality of the party decreased thesedays, it is still a better party than any other party held by other television stations. Yet Chinese still consider it as a culturedinner in New Year’s Eve. 　　Since New Year’s Eve comes, the sound of firecrackers will not disappear. Playing

firecrackers is the necessary custom in New Year’s Eve. There is a legend about firecrackers. Long long ago, a monstercalled Nian (means year) haunted around a peaceful village. He attacked the people and livestock in the village. Thevillagers had no idea to deal with the monster. They became very fearful and lived in danger. Until one day, a clever maninvented an arm called firecracker. On one New Year’s Eve, he used firecrackers to defeat the Nian monster. In order tocommemorate the man and his glory deeds, we play firecrackers and eat Nian cake every New Year’s eve. Nian cake, alsocalled New Year cake, stands for Nian monster. Eating New Year’s cake means “we will live a better and better life yearly”.Though it is fun of playing firecrackers, we cannot play firecrackers without control in that playing firecrackers causes

environmental pollution and safe problems. 　　At 12:00 of the night, the sound of New Year’s tolling bell rings. That’s theexciting moment. Every person waits for this time. When the bell rings, many firecrackers sound at the same time. Under thishot phenomenon, you will feel jubilant and happy. Every body celebrates this Chinese New Year joyfully. At the moment, wemake and eat Jiaozi again. I don’t know why, it is just a custom. Today it develops another custom: people always pay a NewYear call at this moment. Not by a visit but by a phone or mobile phone, we call our relatives and friends to say Happy NewYear, or sent our wishes by short message. We attach important to our relatives and friends, however, we don’t forget ourancestors. On New Year’s Eve, we often offer sacrifices to ancestors and close relatives. We put food and wine before thepicture of ancestors and burn joss papers for our close relatives. It expresses our respect and love to them. 　　We stay upall the night on New Year’s Eve sometimes. That’s a custom also. But the children are drove to sleep because they want togain new year money gift to children. The new year money should be given to children on New Year’s Eve and press underthe children’s pillow for a whole night. 　　This is the New Year’s Eve in China.