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春節(jié)
春節(jié)慶祝活動(dòng)是一年中最重要的慶;顒(dòng)。中國(guó)人慶祝春節(jié)的方式可能略微不同,但其愿望幾乎是相同的,他們希望其家人和朋友來年健康和幸運(yùn)。春節(jié)慶;顒(dòng)通常持續(xù)15天。慶;顒(dòng)包括春節(jié)的年夜飯,放鞭炮,給兒童壓歲錢,春節(jié)鐘聲和春節(jié)問候。大多數(shù)中國(guó)人將在春節(jié)的第7天停止慶祝活動(dòng),因?yàn)槿珖?guó)性節(jié)假通常在這一天結(jié)束,但在公共場(chǎng)所的慶祝活動(dòng)可能最終持續(xù)到正月十五。
參考翻譯:
Chinese New Year Celebration is the most important celebration of the year. Chinese people may celebrate the Chinese New Year in slightly different ways but their wishes are almost the same; they want their family members and friends to be healthy and lucky during next year.Chinese New Year Celebration usually lasts for 15 days. Celebratory activities include Chinese New Feast, firecrackers, giving lucky money to children, the New Year bell ringing and Chinese New Year Greetings. Most of Chinese people will stop the celebrating in their home on the 7th day of New Year because the national holiday usually ends around that day, however celebrations in public areas can last until the 15th day of New Year.
清明節(jié)
清明節(jié)的習(xí)俗是豐富有趣的,除了講究禁火、掃墓,還有踏青、蕩秋千、蹴鞠、打馬球、插柳等一系列風(fēng)俗體育活動(dòng)。相傳這是因?yàn)榍迕鞴?jié)要寒食禁火,為了防止寒食冷藏傷身,所以大家來參加一些體育活動(dòng),以鍛煉身體。因此,這個(gè)節(jié)日既有祭掃新墳生別死離得悲酸淚,又有踏青游玩的歡笑聲,是一個(gè)富有特色的節(jié)日。
參考翻譯:
Ching Ming Festival (the Tomb-sweeping Festival), the custom is full of interesting. In addition to pay attention to ban fire, tomb-sweeping, as well as spring outing, swinging, Cuju, playing polo, Liu inserted a series of custom sports. According to legend, this is because the Ching Ming Festival to Cold Food Observance ban fire, in order to prevent the Cold Food Observance buffet beverages, so we come to participate in some sports, in order to exercise. Therefore, this festival which has both the acid tears of sorrow for the died and the laughter from the players, is a distinctive holiday.
元宵節(jié)
與大多數(shù)中國(guó)節(jié)日一樣,元宵節(jié)同樣有自己的特色小吃,成為“湯圓”(也叫“元宵”)。湯圓外形圓圓的,外皮由糯米制成,內(nèi)陷或甜或辣。人們都說湯圓有兩個(gè)象征之意,一為農(nóng)歷的第一個(gè)月圓,二為家庭團(tuán)聚圓滿。元宵節(jié)傳統(tǒng)習(xí)俗中還有一部分是關(guān)于猜燈謎的游戲。在過去,這些謎語大多出自于模糊的文學(xué)典故和中國(guó)古典文學(xué)之中,所以猜燈謎以前多為知識(shí)份子的“領(lǐng)地”。踩高蹺,敲大鼓和舞龍獅也是元宵節(jié)主要的娛樂活動(dòng)。
參考翻譯:
Like most Chinese festivals, the Lantern Festival has its own special food, called “tang yuan”. These are round, glutinous rice dumplings with sweet or spicy fillings. The dumplings are said to symbolize both the first full moon and family utility and completeness. Part of the lantern festival tradition involves a game to guess riddles attached to the lanterns. In the old days the riddles were obscure literary allusions to the Chinese classics and so were mainly the preserve of the educated classes. Stilt-walking, drumming and dragon and lion dancing are the main entertainment forms of the Lantern Festival.
端午節(jié)
端午節(jié),又叫龍舟節(jié),是為了紀(jì)念愛國(guó)詩人屈原。屈原是一位忠誠和受人敬仰的大臣(minister),他給國(guó)家?guī)砹撕推胶头睒s。但最后因?yàn)槭艿秸u謗(vilify)而最終投河自盡。人們撐船到他自盡的地方,拋下粽子,希望魚兒吃粽子,不要吃屈原的身軀。幾千年來,端午節(jié)的特色在于吃粽子(glutinous dumplings)和賽龍舟,尤其是在一些河湖密布的南方省份。
參考翻譯:
The Duan Wu Festival, also called the Dragon Boat Festival, is to commemorate the patriotic poet Qu Yuan. Qu Yuan was a loyal and highly esteemed minister, who brought peace and prosperity to the state but ended up drowning himself in a river as a result of being vilified.People got to the spot by boat and cast glutinous dumplings into the water,hoping that the fishes ate the dumplings instead of Qu Yuan’s body. For thousands of years, the festival has been marked by glutinous dumplings and dragon boat races, especially in the southern provinces where there are many rivers and lakes.
中秋節(jié)
農(nóng)歷八月十五日是中國(guó)的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日——中秋節(jié)。在這天,每個(gè)家庭都團(tuán)聚在一起,一家人共同觀賞象征豐裕、和諧和好運(yùn)的圓月。此時(shí),大人們盡情吃著美味的月餅,品著熱騰騰的香茗,而孩子們則在一旁拉著明亮的兔子燈盡情玩耍。月宮里美麗的仙女嫦娥的神話故事賦予了這個(gè)節(jié)日神話色彩。傳說古時(shí)候,天空曾有10個(gè)太陽圍著地球旋轉(zhuǎn)。后翌射下了其中9個(gè)太陽,拯救了地球上的生靈。他偷了長(zhǎng)生不老藥,卻被妻子嫦娥偷偷喝下,從而產(chǎn)生了嫦娥奔月的故事。
參考翻譯:
The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar month. It is a time for family members to congregate and enjoy the full moon, which is a symbol of abundance, harmony and luck. Adults usually indulge in fragrant mooncakes of various kinds with a good cup of hot Chinese tea, while the children run around with their brightly-lit rabbit lanterns. The festival was endowed a mythological flavour with legends of Chang-E, the beautiful lady in the moon. According to Chinese mythology, the earth once had 10 suns circling over it. Hou Yi, shot down 9 of the suns to save all the lives on carth. He stole the elixir of life, which can make people immortal. However, his wife, Chang-E drank it. Thus the legend of Chang-E flying into the moon came into being.
七夕節(jié)
七夕節(jié)(Double Seventh Festival)是中國(guó)最具浪漫色彩的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日。每年農(nóng)歷(lunar calendar)七月初七就是七夕節(jié),亦稱“乞巧節(jié)”。七夕節(jié)起源于中國(guó)古代牛郎(Cowherd)和織女(Weaver Maid)的愛情神話,他們的故事感動(dòng)了一代又一代的中國(guó)人。許多有情男女會(huì)在七夕的晚上祈禱自己的姻緣美滿,期望“有情人終成眷屬”。近年來,越來越多的都市青年男女把這個(gè)節(jié)日當(dāng)作“中國(guó)情人節(jié)”(Chinese Valentine's Day)。
參考翻譯:
The Double Seventh Festival is the most romantic traditional Chinese festival. Also known as "Qiqiao Festival" it falls annually on the 7th day of the 7th month of the lunar calendar. The festival came from an ancient Chinese romantic fairy tale about the Cowherd and the Weaver Maid, which has deeply moved generations of Chinese people. Many men and women in love usually pray for a happy marriage on that night, hoping for "a happy ending for true love". In recent yean, more and more youths in cities celebrate the Double Seventh Festival as Chinese Valentine's Day.
冬至
在中國(guó)北方的一些地區(qū),冬至要喝餃子湯;其他一些地區(qū)的居民則會(huì)吃餃子,他們認(rèn)為吃餃子可以免受來年的霜凍。然而,在南方,最常見的慶祝方法是一家人聚到一起,吃上一頓用紅豆和糯米做成的飯,他們相信這樣可以驅(qū)鬼辟邪。還有一些地區(qū)會(huì)吃湯圓。冬至的湯圓也可能會(huì)被用于祭祀,或者饋贈(zèng)親友。臺(tái)灣人甚至還保留著向祖先進(jìn)貢九層糕的習(xí)俗。他們用糯米粉捏成雞、鴨、龜、豬、牛、羊等象征福祿壽的動(dòng)物,然后用蒸籠分層蒸熟。
參考翻譯:
In some parts of north China, people have jiaozi soup on this day; while residents of some other places eat jiaozi, saying doing so will keep them from frost in the upcoming winter. But in south China, it is commonplace for the whole family to get together to have a meal made of red beans and glutinous rice. They believe, by doing this, they can drive away ghosts and other evil things. In other places, people also eat tangyuan, a kind of stuffed small dumpling ball made of glutinous rice flour. The Winter Solstice rice dumplings may be used as sacrifices to ancestors, or gifts for friends and relatives. The Taiwanese even keep the custom of offering nine-layer cakes to their ancestors. They made cakes in the shape of chicken, duck, tortoise, pig, cow or sheep with glutinous rice flour and steam them on different layers of a pot. These animals all signify auspiciousness in Chinese tradition.
臘八節(jié)
臘八節(jié)(the Laba Festival)在農(nóng)歷最后一個(gè)月的第八天慶祝,標(biāo)志著春節(jié)慶祝 活動(dòng)的開始。“臘”指“臘月(the 12th lunar month)”,是農(nóng)歷第十二個(gè)月,“八”指的 是數(shù)字8。臘八節(jié)通常在1月中旬。大多數(shù)漢族人遵循臘八節(jié)喝臘八粥(Laba rice porridge)的習(xí)俗。臘八粥最早在宋朝傳入中國(guó)。據(jù)史料記載,一些大型寺廟會(huì)為窮人提供臘八粥來表達(dá)對(duì)佛祖(Buddha)的虔誠。明朝時(shí),臘八粥成為皇帝在此節(jié)日賞賜群臣的神圣食物。
參考翻譯:
Laba Festival is celebrated on the eighth day of the last lunar month, marking the beginning of celebrating the Chinese Spring Festival. La means the 12th lunar month and ba means the number eight. The date usually falls in mid-January. The majority of people from Han nationality has followed the tradition of eating Laba rice porridge on the Laba Festival. Laba rice porridge was first introduced to China in the Song Dynasty. According to historical records, some large temples would offer the poor Laba rice porridge to show their faith to Buddha. In the Ming Dynasty, it became a holy food that emperors would use to award their officials on the festival.
重陽節(jié)
重陽節(jié),由于它是在中國(guó)農(nóng)歷九月初九這一天,所以又被稱為重九節(jié),至今有約兩千年的歷史。在中國(guó)古代,重陽節(jié)是一個(gè)重要的節(jié)日,這一天要舉行各種慶;顒(dòng),如:登高、賞菊(chrysanthemum )、插茱萸(cornel)、吃重陽糕等。登髙是重陽節(jié)的主要習(xí)俗。古人認(rèn)為,在這一天登高可以避禍免災(zāi)。近年來,這個(gè)古老的節(jié)日被賦予新的含義,逐漸成為開展各種敬老活動(dòng)、一年一度的“老年節(jié)”。
參考翻譯:
Chongyang Festival,falls on the ninth day of theninth lunar month, because of which,it is alsonamed as the Double-ninth Festival, which has ahistory of some 2,000 years. As an important festivalin ancient China, Chongyang Festival was celebrated by holding various activities, such asclimbing mountains, appreciating chrysanthemums, wearing cornel and eating Chongyangcakes. Climbing mountains is a major custom in Chongyang Festival. Ancient people thoughtclimbing mountains on this day could help them avoid misfortune and prevent disasters. Inrecent years, a new meaning has been given to the old festival,and it gradually becomes anannual Seniors’ Day, on which various activities are held in honor of senior people.
1.農(nóng)歷九月初九:可譯為the ninth day of the ninth lunar month或者the ninth day of the ninth month in the lunar calendar。
2.被稱為:可譯為be known as, be referred to, be named as 或者be called。
3.舉行各種慶祝活動(dòng):此處中文省去了主語,并不強(qiáng)調(diào)動(dòng)作的發(fā)出者,所以翻譯成英語時(shí)使用被動(dòng)語態(tài)更地道,故譯為be celebrated by holding various activities。
4.避禍免災(zāi):其意為“避免禍?zhǔn),免除?zāi)難”,故直譯成avoid misfortune and prevent disasters即可。
5.被賦予新的含義:可譯為a new meaning has been given to。
6.敬老:in honor of表示“向…致敬”;“老”表示“年長(zhǎng)者”,可譯為 senior people 或 the elderly。
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