Another important tradition which is also my favourite part of the Chinese New Year is the "red pocket" - a small red envelope with some money inside, that married people give to the younger generation. After collecting all my red pockets, I can buy something I like. I normally use the money to buy some new stationery for school, buy some snacks to share with my cousins, buy some fireworks to play with and buy a new bicycle.
Other traditions include a big clean-up day at home 3 days before the 1st New Year day. A big family dinner will normally be held on both Chinese New Year's Eve and the 2nd day of the New Year. On New Year's Eve, everyone will go back to the Husband's side to have dinner and on the other night everyone goes to have dinner on the Wife's side. I still remember the big family dinner at my grandma's house every year, there will be over 40 people there and we enjoy it very very much!
Ok, so let's talk a little bit about the history. In 1911, China started to officially use the Gregorian calendar (the one which everyone uses now), which as we all know splits a year up into 365 days - or the time it takes the earth to orbit the sun. However, the Chinese calendar - which has been in use for about 4000 years - measures a year by the way the moon orbits the earth. One orbit takes about 29 and a half days which is a lunar month. There are 12 lunar months in a year, which makes 354 days in a lunar year. This is why, compared to the normal calendar, the Chinese New Year (also called Lunar New Year) is on a different day each year. In 2004, the Chinese New Year is on January 22. Also, rather than having a leap year, we have a leap month!
In short, I like school holidays, I like Mid-Autumn day better and I like Chinese New Year the most!
我最喜愛的節日
農歷新年是中國最重要的事件中,有許多節日和傳統. 慶祝活動長達15天,煙花爆竹,舞龍舞獅表演,家人和朋友的會議上,彩燈廟會, 此外,當然不少的食物! 妳看開心的臉,大慶典,到處. 這些噪音會繼續通宵達旦和公正保持持續到第二天. 我愛死它了!
另壹項重要的傳統,這也是我最喜歡的農歷新年是中國的"紅口袋"- 小紅包有壹些錢內,已婚的人給年輕的壹代. 收齊後我所有的紅色口袋,我可以買東西,我喜歡. 我通常用這筆錢購買了壹些新的文具學校 買些零食跟表弟,買壹些煙花玩,買了新的自行車.
其他傳統包括大大掃除每天在家3天前的壹次元旦. 壹個大家庭晚餐通常將於於農歷新年除夕,第2天的 新年. 在除夕夜, 大家都回到丈夫的方***進晚餐,並就其他nightgoes人人有 晚宴上,妻子的身邊. 猶記得大家族晚宴我奶奶家年年 將有40多人,但我們享受這很遠!
ok,讓我談壹下歷史. 1911年,我國開始正式使用公歷(壹個人人利用現在), 而眾所周知splits去年上升到365天,甚至花費的時間地球 軌道太陽. 不過, 中國日歷已使用了約4000年的壹系列措施,今年的途徑 月球繞地球運轉. 其中軌道約需29個半天,即農歷七月. ***有12個農歷年壹年,使354天的農歷年. 這就是為什麽,比起壹般的日歷, 農歷新年(又稱春節)是壹個不同的壹天每壹年. 在2004年的農歷新年是在1月22日. 還有,我不是壹個閏年,我們有個飛躍!
總之,我很喜歡學校假期,我更喜歡中秋節,我最喜歡中國新年!