染雾元旦节的由来英语 篇一：The Origin of New Year's Day
New Year's Day, also known as the First Day of the Year, is celebrated on January 1st in many countries around the world. It marks the beginning of the new year according to the Gregorian calendar. The origin of New Year's Day can be traced back to ancient times.
The celebration of New Year's Day dates back to over 4,000 years ago in ancient Babylon. The Babylonians were among the first to celebrate the new year, although their new year began in late March during the spring equinox. They held a massive religious festival called Akitu, which lasted for 11 days. During this festival, the Babylonians crowned a new king or reaffirmed their loyalty to the current king. They also made promises to their gods to pay off debts and return borrowed items.
The tradition of celebrating the new year spread to ancient Rome, where it was called Kalendae Ianuariae. The Romans celebrated the new year on March 1st until Julius Caesar introduced the Julian calendar in 45 BC. Under the new calendar, the new year was moved to January 1st to honor Janus, the Roman god of beginnings and transitions. Janus was often depicted with two faces, one looking back at the past and the other looking forward to the future.
However, the celebration of New Year's Day faced several changes throughout history. In the Middle Ages, the Christian church condemned the pagan celebrations associated with New Year's Day. It was not until the late 16th century that Pope Gregory XIII introduced the Gregorian calendar, which is still widely used today. The Gregorian calendar restored January 1st as the official start of the new year.
Today, the celebration of New Year's Day varies from country to country. In many Western countries, people gather with family and friends to countdown to midnight on December 31st. They often have parties, fireworks displays, and make resolutions for the upcoming year. In some cultures, it is also customary to eat specific foods, such as black-eyed peas in the southern United States or 12 grapes in Spain, to bring good luck for the new year.
In conclusion, the origin of New Year's Day can be traced back to ancient civilizations such as Babylon and Rome. Over time, the celebration of the new year has evolved and adapted to different cultures and traditions. It is a time for reflection, celebration, and setting goals for the future.
元旦节的由来英语 篇二：The Significance of New Year's Day
New Year's Day is a globally celebrated holiday that marks the beginning of the new year. It is a time of reflection, celebration, and setting goals for the future. The significance of New Year's Day varies from culture to culture, but it is universally regarded as a time of renewal and fresh starts.
One of the key aspects of New Year's Day is reflection. It provides an opportunity for individuals to look back on the past year and assess their accomplishments, challenges, and personal growth. Many people take this time to reflect on their achievements, as well as any areas where they may have fallen short. It is a time to take stock of one's life and make plans for improvement in the upcoming year.
New Year's Day is also a time for celebration. It is a time for people to come together with family and friends to celebrate the passing of the old year and the arrival of the new one. Festivities often include parties, fireworks displays, and special meals. In some cultures, it is also customary to exchange gifts or give money to children as a symbol of good luck for the new year. The celebration of New Year's Day is a way to let go of the past and embrace new beginnings.
Setting goals for the future is another important aspect of New Year's Day. Many people take this opportunity to make resolutions or set intentions for the upcoming year. These goals can range from personal development, such as improving health or learning a new skill, to professional goals, such as advancing in one's career or starting a new business. The act of setting goals helps individuals to focus their energy and efforts on what they want to achieve in the coming year.
New Year's Day is not only significant on an individual level but also on a societal level. It is a time when communities come together to celebrate and reflect on the past year. In some cultures, religious ceremonies or traditions are observed to mark the occasion. For example, in Japan, the New Year is celebrated with the ringing of bells at temples and the creation of special decorations called kadomatsu. These communal celebrations foster a sense of unity and hope for the future.
In conclusion, New Year's Day holds great significance worldwide. It is a time for reflection, celebration, and setting goals for the future. Whether it is through personal reflection, family gatherings, or communal celebrations, New Year's Day is a time for renewal and fresh starts. It is a time to leave the past behind and embrace the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.
元旦节的由来英语 篇三
Introduction
Yuandan is the first day of the lunar calendar. It is the day when the earth has circled the sun for one round and is beginning another circling. It represents a new beginning when people send off the old days and welcome the new ones. As the first day of the year, Yuandan has been considered to be the most important festival since the ancient times.
Customs
1. Kaisui(beginning of the year): According to the Chinese traditional custom, starting from haishi(9p.m. to 11p.m.)of the last evening of the twelfth lunar month, each family must prepare offering s to deities at the altar. At the same time, they too prepare food for the New Year day: The whole family will then stay awake together to attend to the year(called shou sui). After haishi, zishi(11p.m. to 1a.m.)will come, and this is the arrival of New Year(Yuandan). At this moment, people begin the celebration with fireworks. Vegetarian and sweet foods will then be placed are the altar for offerings, and incense be burned to welcome the deities. In the ancient times, it was believed that haishi connected the two years and thus was called kaisui.
At the same night, some families will follow the instruction in Tongshu and place preparing altar in the direction of the "fortune deity" during the "fortune time" to receive the deity. If the direction of the "fortune deity" is at the "ill position", people will choose to receive "happy deity" or "noble deity" instead.
2. There is an apparent difference in the custom of food taking on Yuandan between the Chinese in the northern and southern regions. The northern Chinese has the habit of taking jiao zi(dumpling made of flour with vegetable and meat wrapped inside). Some people may put a sweet or a coin inside jiao zi, hoping to have a sweet year after tasting the sweet and a wealthy year after tasting the coin. on the other hand, the southern Chinese have the taboo for killing on Yuandan. Therefore, they do not take meat in tee morning of Yuandan, so as to avoid bloodshed or mutual slaughter. In order to evade misfortune, they have the first meal of this day without meat. Instead, they take vegetarian food for the sake of virtue.
3. What is special during the New Year is that parents or elders will distribute red packets(ang pao or ya sui qian)to the children. People in the ancient times were more particular in giving away the red packets: the distribution took place on the eve of New Year so that the kids could suppress the past year and enter the New Year. Ya sui has the meaning of overcoming the unpredictable future. Representing the wishes for the healthy psychological growth of the children, ya sui qian symbolises the elders' hope to see their children overcome all the unpredictable elements brought by the "year".
4. There is an extraordinary number of taboos on Yuandan. Each place has its own customs of taboo. Here, we will mention only a few common taboos in Fujian Province, Guangdong Province and Southeast Asia:
In the past, people commonly believed that fortune was hidden in the house. So, w\sweeping of floor must be done in the direction moving inwards, and there was no clearance of rubbish at night. Particularly on the New Tear day, in order to keep fortune from flowing out, there was no sweeping. Some families kept this taboo until the fifth or even the fifteenth day. If anything was broken, the pieces were wrapped up in order not to let the fortune slip away and were disposed only the fifth day.
Yuandan(in more serious families, the period extends from the 1st to the 15th day) marks the new beginning. In the hope that New Year brings good beginning, people should utter neither unkind words nor vulgar language. Making noises, fighting, quarreling and especially weeping are avoided to deter misfortune. There are even taboos of taking medicine and having sneeze, for it is believed that they can lead to sickness throughout the year. Taboos of the past also concerned the use of knife and the breaking of things. If a thing was broken, the word "break" or any other word importing similar meaning was not used. Instead, words like "failing to the floor and blossoming like flowers" which delivered pleasant senses were used to suggest good connections.
On Yuandan, neither lending and nor giving of money to others is done so that there will be no out-flowing of money during the year. There is also the saying that if a male sleeps in the afternoon, his career will breakdown, and if a female has an afternoon nap, the kitchen will collapse.
5. Ancient rite: In the past, there was a rite called he zheng(proper greeting)during New Year. When a person paid a New Year visit to friends or relatives, he took along a piece of paper or card on which the name of the host was written wit Chinese brush. The receiver of this greeting card would normally paste it on the wall of his main hall to show his respect to and appreciation for the visitor. The quantity of greeting card received reflected the person's public relationship with others, while the names and status of the people who gave the greeting cards indicated the host's boundary of social network and standard of living. Nowadays, because of easy communication, convenient transportation system and wider social network, when people send their greetings they tend to follow the Western style. The greeting is now done by mail and even by email. Today, he zheng is done by simply bringing along red packets and food presents when making a visit.
To be in line with the custom of to giving away money on the first day, families in some places do not pay New Year call to others. Instead, the whole family simply goes out to enjoy themselves or stayed at home for family happiness.
6. In the past, there was a superstition that when a person left his house in the New Year, he must take the correct first step. A particular person would look for the fortunate direction in accordance with the day, month and year of this birth basing on the explanation of Chinese calendar. On Yuan Dan, when a person stepped out of his house, he must go in the fortunate direction and avoid the unfortunate direction. Even people of less particularity also consulted Chinese calendar to find out where the fortunate directions and fierce deities were before the first step out of their houses.
Meaning
From the above mentioned customs, we can see that there are especially many taboos during Chinese New Year. On Yuan Dan in particular, there are more taboos on speech and behaviour than those on other ordinary days. Similarly, there are more activities in pursuit of good cause than usual. On probing the activities and taboos, we have no difficulty to understand that the theme behind is always related to fortune, wealth and goodness, and that people usually concern themselves with a good beginning for the year.
Some taboos may look superstitious on the surface, but they do produce efficacy. If we practise them circumspectively, they will yield practical results. For example, the prohibition of bad words, quarrel, weeping and crying, together with the emphasis on thinking positively even when things are broken, provide some normative rules for people to follow. This gives people the opportunity to mend their ways, to develop good attitudes, and to form a habit of thinking positively and looking at the good side of things. The prohibition of sweeping and disposing the rubbish in the first five days forces people to arrange their things and clear away the rubbish properly at the end of each year, so that no unwanted things will be carried forward to the new year. At the same time, the taboo also compels people to learn to be thrifty. This is because to prevent accumulated things from becoming rubbish, people must be careful in the use of any paper or other things, and thus avoid waste of things.
The avoidance of medicine and sneeze on the first day looks like a joke and is absurd as far as the patient is concerned. However, because of the taboos, people will be conscious enough to take serious care of their health during the windy and snowing season. Thus, they will avoid falling sick in the New Year and wasting away the precious spring hours.
Nowadays, people have abandoned the custom of bringing along greeting cards when they go for New Year house visits. However, Chinese Malaysians still maintain the habit of sending New Year greeting cards by post before the New Year.
There are even non-Chinese sending New Year greeting cared in English or Malay languages to their Chinese friends. Moreover, the Chinese like to use colourful New Year cared to decorate their houses, so as to strengthen the New Year atmosphere. Like the ancient days' greeting cards for he zheng which were displayed in the main hall, these modern New Year cards also reflect the social position of the persons who receive the cards. Thus, in the way, the ancient rite of he zheng has developed in Malaysia with a Malaysian colour.
元旦节英语150字(2)
It’s the New Year\'s Day today。
I got up very early! I heard the bird singing in the trees。
After breakfast， my mum， my father and I went to the local park。
Everything was beautiful there，
We saw many boats in the lake。
Later on， we went to my grandfather’s home。
There are many trees and some flowers。
At seven o’clock， we went home。
It’s a happy day today。
关于元旦的英语作文(3)
New Year's Day is one of important days for many people in the word during the year.Most people spend the New Year'sDay in hotels.January 1st is considered as the New Year's Day.most companies,shops,school,and government offices are closed during that time.People prepare for New Year's Dayfrom late December.Firt,people spend a few days to clean their houses completely.Some families then put up some new painting from November to be sent in January.The New Year's meal is also prepared from the end of December.During the New Year's Day,people usually do not cook and relax at home. On New Year's Eve,it is common to have a bag dinner with family members or friends at home or in hotels and hear bells which informs us of the coming New Year.On New Year's Day,people fiest greet each other. Some people wear new coats and visit temples to pray for happiness and health theoughout the New Year.Children are
busy with getting the gifts from their parents and relatives.
