
Chinese Festivals 中国传统节日
1.New Year's Day 元旦(1月1日)
2.Spring Festival;Chinese New Year's Day 春节(农历一月一日)
3.Lantern Festival 元宵节(农历一月十五日)
4.Tomb-sweeping Festival 清明节(4月5日)
5.Dragon Boat Festival 端午节(农历五月初五)
6.Mid-Autumn Day 中秋节(农历八月十五)
7.Double-ninth Festival 重阳节(农历九月九日)
8.National Day 国庆节(10月1日)
9.New Year's Eve 除夕(农历十二月三十日)
Foreign Festivals 西方节日
元旦(1月1日)-----NEW YEAR'S DAY
成人节(日本,1月15日)-----ADULTS DAY
情人节(2月14日)-----ST.VALENTINE'S DAY (VALENTINE'S DAY)
元宵节(阴历1月15日)-----LANTERN FESTIVAL
狂欢节(巴西,二月中、下旬)-----CARNIVAL
桃花节(日本女孩节,3月3日)-----PEACH FLOWER FESTIVAL (DOLL'S FESTIVAL)
国际妇女节(3月8日)-----INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
圣帕特里克节(爱尔兰,3月17日)-----ST. PATRICK'S DAY
枫糖节(加拿大,3-4月)-----MAPLE SUGAR FESTIVAL
愚人节(4月1日)-----FOOL'S DAY
复活节(春分月圆后第一个星期日)-----EASTER
宋干节(泰国新年4月13日)-----SONGKRAN FESTIVAL DAY
食品节(新加坡,4月17日)-----FOOD FESTIVAL
国际劳动节(5月1日)-----INTERNATIONAL LABOUR DAY
男孩节(日本,5月5日)-----BOY'S DAY
母亲节(5月的第二个星期日)-----MOTHER'S DAY
把斋节-----BAMADAN
开斋节(4月或5月,回历十月一日)-----LESSER BAIRAM
银行休假日(英国, 5月31日)-----BANK HOLIDAY
国际儿童节(6月1日)-----INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S DAY
父亲节(6月的第三个星期日)-----FATHER'S DAY
端午节(阴历5月5日)-----DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL
仲夏节(北欧6月)-----MID-SUMMER DAY
古尔邦节(节,7月下旬)-----CORBAN
筷子节(日本,8月4日)-----CHOPSTICS DAY
中秋节(阴历8月15日)-----MOON FESTIVAL
教师节(中国,9月10日)-----TEACHER'S DAY
敬老节(日本,9月15日)-----OLD PEOPLE'S DAY
啤酒节(德国十月节,10月10日)-----OKTOBERFEST
南瓜节(北美10月31日)-----PUMPKIN DAY
鬼节(万圣节除夕,10月31日夜)-----HALLOWEEN
万圣节(11月1日)-----HALLOWMAS
感恩节(美国,11月最后一个星期4)-----THANKSGIVING
护士节(12月12日)-----NRUSE DAY
圣诞除夕(12月24日)-----CHRISTMAS EVE
圣诞节(12月25日)-----CHRISTMAS DAD
节礼日(12月26日)-----BOXING DAY
新年除夕(12月31日)-----NEW YEAR'S EVE(a bank holiday in many countries)
春节(阴历一月一日)-----SPRING FESTIVAL (CHINESE NEW YEAR)
中国传统节日英文资料
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Chinese Festivals 中国传统节日
1..The Spring Festival 春节(农历一月一日)
2. The Lantern Festival 元宵节(农历一月十五日)
3.Tomb-sweeping Day 清明节(4月5日)
4.Dragon Boat Festival 端午节(农历五月初五)
5.Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节(农历八月十五)
6.Double-ninth Festival 重阳节(农历九月九日)
7.National Day 国庆节(10月1日)
1.The Spring Festival is a very important festival in China. During this holiday, people go back to hometown from everywhere no matter how far the distance is. They make delicious food and buy presents for the Spring Festival. Chinese will have a happy family party on the Spring Festival Eve. They believe that’s the end day of last year and they will stay up for good luck until the first day of next year. Spring Festival is also the happiest time for children, because they can get pocket money as a gift from the elder.
2.The Lantern Festival is on January 15 on the lunar calendar. During Lantern Festival, people watch lanterns and children light their own small lanterns for some fun. Some lanterns have puzzles (灯谜)on them, the one who gets the answer could receive small presents. The traditional food for Lantern Festival is yuanxiao. It is especially welcomed by children.
3.Tomb–sweeping Day is an ancient festival in spring, also called Qing Ming Festival. It is on April 5th. Qing Ming is a time to remember the dead. Families get together to sweep tombs for the dead family members. In some cities, people eat qingtuan during Qing Ming Festival.
4.The Dragon Boat Festival, also called the Duanwu Festival, is on the fifth day of the fifth month in Chinese calendar. On this day, people have dragon-boat races to remember the death of Qu Yuan. During this festival, people usually eat zongzi. It is a kind of sticky rice dumpling.
5.Mid-Autumn Day is on August 15th on lunar calendar. As August 15th is in the middle of autumn, so it is called Mid-Autumn Day. The traditional food of Mid-Autumn Day is Moon cake, a round baked cake with fillings in it. At the night of Mid-Autumn Day, every family has moon cake and enjoys the moon.
6.The Double Ninth Festival. Ancient Chinese believes nine represents the sun, the brightest thing. September 9th has two nine, the sun being doubled, so they call it Double Ninth Festival. Nine also means Long in Chinese words, so the Double Ninth Festival is also recognized The Old Festival.
7.The National Day of the People's Republic of China is on October 1st. It is a China. The PRC was founded on October 1, 1949 with a ceremony at Tiananmen Square. The National Day marks the start of one of the Golden Week(黄金周) in the PRC. People will have a holiday of 7days.
