中国节日.英文作文

中国节日.英文作文篇一

Chinese Traditional Festivals中国传统节日短文中英翻译

1.春节是中国最最重要的节日.2.春节前一天的晚上,一家人都聚在一起吃晚饭.3.许多人

都喜欢(在这时候)放炮竹.4.饺子是传统的食物. 5.小孩子非常喜欢这个节日,因为他们能吃到

很多美味的食物,穿漂亮的衣服.6.他们还能收到父母给的压岁钱.7这些钱能给孩子带来好

运.8人民也会把新年的画挂在墙上,为了来年的好运.

Spring Festival is the most important festival in China .In the evening before the

Spring Festival ,families get together and have a big meal .In many places people like to

set off firecrackers .Dumplings are the most traditional food .Children like the festival very

much ,because they can have delicious food and wear new clothes .They can also get

some money from their parents. This money is given to children for good luck . People put

New Year scrolls on the wall for good fortune .

【翻译练习】

与大多数中国节日一样，元宵节同样有自己的特色小吃，成为“汤圆”(也叫“元宵”)。汤圆

外形圆圆的，外皮由糯米制成，内陷或甜或辣。人们都说汤圆有两个象征之意，一为农历的

第一个月圆，二为家庭团聚圆满。元宵节传统习俗中还有一部分是关于猜灯谜的游戏。在过

去，这些谜语大多出自于模糊的文学典故和中国古典文学之中，所以猜灯谜以前多为知识份

子的“领地”。踩高跷，敲大鼓和舞龙狮也是元宵节主要的娱乐活动。

【词汇突破】 元宵节：the Lantern Festival

特色小吃：special food

糯米：glutinous rice

内陷：fillings

家庭团聚圆满：family unity and completeness

猜灯谜：guess riddles attached to the lanterns

文学典故：literary allusions

知识份子：educated class

踩高跷：stilt-walking

敲鼓：drumming

舞龙狮：dragon and lion dancing

【参考译文】

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.

请将下面的内容翻译成英文：

端午节，又叫龙舟节，是为了纪念爱国诗人屈原。屈原是一位忠诚和受人敬仰的大臣

(minister),他给国家带来了和平和繁荣。但最后因为受到诽谤(vilify)而最终投河自尽。人们

撑船到他自尽的地方，抛下粽子，希望鱼儿吃粽子，不要吃屈原的身躯。几千年来，端午节的特色在于吃粽子(glutinous dumplings)和赛龙舟，尤其是在一些河湖密布的南方省份。 参考译文：

The Duanwu 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.

“七夕节”， 农历七月七日，是一个充满浪漫色彩的传统节日，是庆祝牛郎和织女一年一度相会的日子。他们的爱情不被允许，因此他们被驱逐而分隔于银河两岸。每年的农历七月七日，喜鹊会来搭桥使这对情侣来相会。如今，一些传统的中国风俗仍在农村奉行，在城市却已经削弱。然而，牛郎和织女的传说已经深入人心。近些年来，尤其是城市的年轻人把它当作中国的情人节来庆祝。因此，花店、酒吧和商店的老板非常高兴，因为他们可以卖出更多的商品。

【翻译词汇】

七夕节 The Double Seventh Festival

浪漫色彩 romance

牛郎 Niu Lang (Cowherd)

织女 Zhi nü (Weaver Maid)

一年一度 annual

驱逐 banish

银河 the Milky Way

喜鹊 magpie

使相会 reunite

奉行 observe

削弱 weaken

情人节 Valentine’s Day

商品 commodity

【精彩译文】

The Double Seventh Festival, on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, is a traditional festival full of romance. It celebrates the annual meeting of Niu Lang (Cowherd) and Zhi nü (Weaver Maid). Their love was not allowed, and thus they were banished to opposite sides of the Milky Way. Once a year, on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, a flock of magpies would form a bridge to reunite the lovers for one day. Today some traditional customs are still observed in rural areas of China, but have been weakened in urban cities. However, the legend of the Cowhand and Weaver Maid has taken root in the hearts of people. In recent years, in particular, urban youths have celebrated it as Valentine’s Day in China. As a result, owners of flower shops, bars and stores are full of joy as they can

sell more commodities.

中秋节(the Mid-Autumn Festival)对中国汉族和少数民族来说都是个传统的节日。拜月的习俗可以追溯到古代夏商时期(the Xia and Shang Dynasties)。按照中国的农历，八月为秋季的第二个月，古时称为中秋。农历八月十五这天，月亮满圆，于是中国人将这天定为中秋节。圆形对中国人来说意味着家庭团聚，因此中秋节也是个家庭团聚的节日。这天，儿女们会带着自己的家人到父母家团聚。已经定居海外的人有时会回来探望父母。

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a conventional festival for both the Han and minority nationalities in China. The custom of worshipping the moon can be traced back to the ancient Xia and Shang Dynasties. According to Chinese lunar calendar,the 8th month is the second month in autumn and ancient people called it Mid-Autumn (Zhongqiu in Chinese). On the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar, the moon is extremely round and the Chinese people mark it Mid-Autumn Festival. The round shape to Chinese means family reunion, therefore the Mid-Autumn Festival is also a holiday for members of a family to get together. On that day, sons and daughters will bring their family members back to their parents'home for a reunion, and people who have already settled overseas sometimes will come back to visit their parents.

每年农历九月初九，人们会庆祝重阳节（the Double Ninth Festival)。《易经》 (The Book of Changes)认为数字“九”是阳数，故重九也叫重阳。登高是最受欢迎的重阳节传统之一。九月天空高远，空气新鲜，在这样的日子登高有助于保持身体健康。吃重阳糕(double-ninth cake)跟登高有关。重阳糕作为节日食品最初用来庆祝秋收，后来发展成登高、吃重阳糕的习俗，寓意是我们的生活将越来越好。由于“九九”谐音“久久”，重阳节如今已被赋予新涵义—老人节。

On the ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese lunar calendar, people celebrate the Double Ninth Festival. Nine is a yang number (a traditional Chinese spiritual concept) in The Book of Changes, so Double Ninth is called Chongyang.Climbing the mountains is one of the most popular traditions on that day. In September the sky is high and the air is fresh, and climbing the mountains is helpful to keep physical fitness. The tradition of eating double-ninth cakes is associated with climbing the mountains. As a kind of festival foods, the double-ninth cake was first used to celebrate the autumn harvest. Later, it developed into the custom of climbing the mountains and eating double-ninth cakes, which means that our life will become better and better. Because double ninth sounds like longevity (jiujiu in Chinese), the Double Ninth Festival nowadays has been given a new meaning-Seniors' Day.

中国节日.英文作文篇二

英语作文西方节日和中国传统节日

Improper expressions:

1. Spring Festival

2. For there is a long time …, we have to…

3. This phenomenon results in the doubt that whether Christmas will replace…

4. traditional festivals should be paid more attention than foreign festivals.

5. We exchange…, which results in more and more people get interested in foreign festivals.

6. The question that whether Christmas will replace the Spring Festival leads to a heated

discussion in society.

7. There are many people in the western countries celebrate the Spring Festival.

Proper and good expressions:

1. With the tendency towards globalization

2. the Spring Festival should be passed on from generation to generation

3. It seems that some traditional festivals like the Spring Festival are gradually overshadowed

By Christmas.

4. Globalization has encouraged the popularity of Christmas in Chinese.

5. The Spring Festival is an apparent symbol of Chinese culture which is engraved in every

Chinese’s mind.

6. cultural heritage

7. Learning their culture is a must…. We learn English in order to make more people learn

Chinese.

8. festival celebrating has been globalized

9. Some people suspect that the obsession with Christmas will lead us to neglect another

traditional festival--- the Spring Festival.

10. Observing Christmas doesn’t mean abandoning the Spring Festival.

11. the Spring Festival is more than a festival

12. an exotic festival{中国节日.英文作文}.

13. Chinese are celebrating some western festivals, and vice versa.

14. some most celebrated festivals in our country are the essence of our long history and rich

culture.

15. Currently, the word “Christmas” has evolved into a symbol of happiness and gifts.

16. people tend to have an increasing liking for observing western festivals

17. in the circumstances of globalization{中国节日.英文作文}.

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In the course of globalization, western culture has flooded into China at an almost non-stop rate. Along with it come western festivals, the most influential of which is Christmas. As a result of this “culture invasion”, more and more Chinese people, particularly the youth, are abandoning traditional Chinese festivals. There is even a prediction that the Spring Festival will ultimately be replaced by Christmas. However, personally I’m not in favor of this statement, as the Spring Festival is a kind of cultural heritage serving as a spiritual legacy for all of us to cling to, regardless of any hindrance.{中国节日.英文作文}.

First of all, observing Christmas does not mean that the Spring Festival can be neglected. The Spring Festival has its roots in Chinese history, from which it requires its identity and meaning irreplaceable by Christmas. As Christmas stemmed from Western civilization, it can’t easily fit in

with Chinese society, let alone take the place of the Spring Festival.

Secondly, the Spring Festival expresses our true emotions while Christmas cannot. Often, the Spring Festival arouses a feeling of eternal harmony, creates a sense of happiness, and conveys a message of family. However, Christmas goes no further than one night’s pleasure or some fancy presents, which is surely to fade away with passing tide of time and memory.

The Spring Festival is not going to lose its vigor to Christmas, as it’s just like a warm beacon for all the Chinese to gather around to cheer, to dream and to carry on.

中国节日.英文作文篇三

中国节日介绍中英文对照{中国节日.英文作文}.

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一、 农历节日

农历正月初一 春节(the Spring Festival)

农历正月十五 元宵节(Lantern Festival)

农历五月初五 端午节(the Dragon-Boat Festival)

农历七月初七 乞巧节(中国情人节）(Double-Seventh Day)

农历八月十五 中秋节(the Mid-Autumn Festival)

农历九月初九 重阳节(the Double Ninth Festival)

农历腊月初八 腊八节(the laba Rice Porridge Festival)

二、 阳历节日

1月1日 元旦（New Year's Day)

2月2日 世界湿地日(World Wetlands Day)

2月14日 情人节(Valentine's Day)

3月3日 全国爱耳日

3月5日 青年志愿者服务日

3月8日 国际妇女节(International Women' Day)

3月9日 保护母亲河日

3月12日 中国植树节(China Arbor Day)

3月14日 白色情人节(White Day)

3月14日 国际警察日(International Policemen' Day)

3月

3月

3月

3月15日 世界消费者权益日(World Consumer Right Day） 21日 世界森林日（World Forest Day) 21日 世界睡眠日(World Sleep Day) 22日 世界水日(World Water Day)

3月23日 世界气象日(World Meteorological Day)

3月24日 世界防治结核病日(World Tuberculosis Day)

4月1日 愚人节(April Fools' Day)

4月5日 清明节（Tomb-sweeping Day)

4月7日 世界卫生日(World Health Day）

4月22日 世界地球日(World Earth Day)

4月26日 世界知识产权日(World Intellectual Property Day)

5月1日 国际劳动节(International Labour Day)

5月3日 世界哮喘日(World Asthma Day)

5月4日 中国青年节（Chinese Youth Day)

5月8日 世界红十字日(World Red-Cross Day)

5月12日 国际护士节(International Nurse Day)

5月15日 国际家庭日(International Family Day)

5月17日 世界电信日(World Telecommunications Day)

5月20日 全国学生营养日

5月23日 国际牛奶日(International Milk Day)

5月31日 世界无烟日(World No-Smoking Day)

6月1日 国际儿童节(International Children's Day)

6月5日 世界环境日(International Environment Day)

6月6日 全国爱眼日

6月

6月

6月

6月17日 世界防治荒漠化和干旱日(World Day to combat desertification) 23日 国际奥林匹克日(International Olympic Day) 25日 全国土地日 26日 国际禁毒日(International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking)

7月1日 中国共产党诞生日(Anniversary of the Founding of the Chinese Communist Party)

7月1日 国际建筑日（International Architecture Day)

7月7日 中国人民抗日战争纪念日

7月11日 世界人口日(World Population Day)

8月1日 中国人民解放军建军节(Army Day)

8月12日 国际青年节(International Youth Day)

9月8日 国际扫盲日(International Anti-illiteracy Day)

9月10日 中国教师节(Teacher's Day)

9月16日 中国脑健康日

9月16日 国际臭氧层保护日(International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer) 9月20日 全国爱牙日

9月21日 世界停火日(World Cease-fire Day)

9月27日 世界旅游日(World Tourism Day)

10月1日 中华人民共和国国庆节(National Day)

10月1日 国际音乐日(International Music Day)

10月1日 国际老年人日(International Day of Older Persons)

春节作文

写春节作文前，我们可以先回忆下过春节是我们参加过的活动，如贴倒福、分压岁钱、吃饺子、掸扬尘、贴年画、贴剪纸、放鞭炮、守岁、给压岁钱、挂千千结、贴春联等，然后挑一个我们印象深刻的上网查些资料，可以到百度搜春节的八个习俗，春节的由来与传说等，也可以上作文网作文素材频道找到相关资料再进行介绍。

作文题目可以自拟，如欢度春节，春节游文庙，除夕之夜，美丽的春节，春节花会

开头部分：大致介绍一下春节，及春节的一些习俗，点明你所要介绍的习俗。（略写）

第二部分：介绍这一习俗的来历、象征意义等，像剪纸、年画、千千结等还可以写写这些物品的种类、样子等。（详细）

第三部分：回忆自己参与这一活动的情景。（详细）

结尾结尾部分：写写自己对这一习俗的感受。

每个部分举例：

开头部分：大致介绍一下春节，及春节的一些习俗，点明你所要介绍的习俗。（略写）

例：元宵节是我国的四大节日之一，元宵节一过，春节也就算过完了，所以这一天是非常隆重和热闹的。过元宵节的节目丰富多彩，有充满乐趣的看花灯猜灯谜，有喜气洋洋的舞龙，还有热闹非凡的赛龙船。不过，最吸引我们小孩子的却是那多姿多彩的烟花。

第二部分：介绍这一习俗的来历、象征意义等，像剪纸、年画、千千结等还可以写写这些物品的种类、样子等。（详细）

例：春联代表着欢乐祥和。在我们中国，每逢春节，无论城市还是农村，家家户户都要精选一副大红春联贴在门上，为节日增加喜庆的气氛。一幅幅春联不仅带来了吉祥和祝福，还带来了中国古老的浓浓的文化气息。瞧！“大地春光好，长天晓日红”、“岁岁皆如意，年年尽平安”、“江山万里如画，神州四时皆春”、“春风送春处处***美，喜鹊报喜家家喜事多”…… 幅幅春联让千家万户喜气盈门。春联的种类比较多。按照使用场所，可分为门心、框对、横批、春条、斗方等。因此，贴的位置也不同，如“门心”贴在门板上端中心部位；“横批”贴在门楣的横木上。

第三部分：回忆自己参与这一活动的情景。（详细）

例：记得去年元宵节的晚上爸爸妈妈带我去工人体育馆看烟花。八点整，只听见几声沉闷的声音，一个个烟花带着红红的火星窜上了天空，几声脆响，夜空绽放出几朵美丽的花朵。它们的形状和颜色各不相同，有五颜六色的满天星，金黄色的蒲公英，紫色的牵牛花，火红的玫瑰花，粉红的月季、银色的百合，真是绚丽多彩。随着一声声的炮响，人们在惊呼，在赞叹，夜色中，人们微微扬起的脸上也变幻着多姿的色彩，露出了幸福的笑容……

结尾结尾部分：写写自己对这一习俗的感受。

例：我看着那散发着传统文化芳香的中华结，仿佛品味到了中华民族远古的神秘和东方的灵秀。它的古香古色，它的千变万化，让我神往，让我遐想……

《春节的街头》

今天，是中国传统节日——春节。早晨我还没醒，就听到了鞭炮的声音。平静的社区，今日显得热闹非凡。这热闹的喧嚣，把我的睡意一股脑的全都打撒开来。于是，起床穿上了新衣服连早饭都来不及吃就冲到门外，看着各家各户的炮竹，烟花。接着就是跟爸爸妈妈一起去走街串巷——拜年！

“李伯伯，新年快乐”“王阿姨，工作顺了”“刘奶奶，身体健康”〃〃〃跟所有的长辈们拜过年之后，妈妈提议说：一会，去街上看看，感受下新年的气氛。

一上街，街上可就更热闹了。人们手里有提着大袋大袋的菜，身边的孩子手上握着一大把小花炮，蹦蹦跳跳地跑着。看！我左边的一位四、五岁左右的小女孩，跑到前面去。一下子又转过头对一位满手是鼓鼓的袋子的大人喊着：“爸爸，快点！我要回去放炮玩呢！”。有拿着那边超市发的小气球的，红的，黄的，绿的，还有蓝的。也有三五成群，手挽着手说说笑笑的姑娘们，小伙子们，忙绿了一年，辛苦了一年，我想这个时候应该是大家最放松，最高兴的时候。你看，路灯上还挂着两个小红灯，喜气洋洋的。就像在说，“我们也要过新年，我们也要过新年”。

一进菜市场，那才更热闹呢！人流窜动，一眼望去，什么也看不见，全是人。还有那翠绿的黄瓜，可真新鲜哪，你看，那金黄色的小花在太阳的照射下显得多么的生机勃勃啊。那鲫鱼，鲢鱼，青鱼，草鱼等等在水里游来游去，真是印证了我们中国的老话：年年有鱼（余）！黄的韭菜，红的番茄，黑的木耳，白的萝卜〃〃〃真是要什么有什么呀。“哎哟！可真够挤的。”我嘀咕了一句。跟着妈妈买了几个我爱吃的菜，结完帐就走出了菜场。超市里的收银台前也早已排起了长龙。 傍晚时分，街上，又渐渐安静下来。店主们把店子关了，超市也比往常早了些许关门。大家都提着东西回家过年去了。

到了晚上6点左右，社区渐渐安静，孩子们都回家吃团圆饭去了。吃完团圆饭7、8点的样子社区又重新热闹起来。孩子们全都出来放花炮了。这个放个“降落伞，”那个又放个“天女撒花”〃〃〃〃各式各样的花炮全有。每放完一个都会聚集好几个孩子，他们在讨论谁的花炮最美丽，谁的花炮颜色最多，之后又是阵阵欢笑。大人们或几个坐在一起打牌，打麻将；或几个坐在一起嗑瓜子，剥花生；或看着自己的孩子放花炮，偶尔还要帮他们一下。大多数的孩子，都是自己独立操作完成。

夜，更深了。人们陆陆续续的回家了，有些不肯回家的孩子也在父母的劝说下，不情愿的回了家，一天的热闹景象渐渐被夜幕包围。我不禁感叹又是一年到，时间过得可真快呀！

春节见闻

“当、当、当”新年的钟声敲响了，家家户户的门上早已贴上了或火红或金黄的对联，每一家的老老少少都乐得合不拢嘴。兴奋的孩子们有的目不转睛地盯着电视，品尝着一年一度的晚会大餐――春节晚会；有的急着给自己的长辈拜年，发短信，打电话，所有新年的祝福话语仿佛怎么也说不完；调皮的孩子正在向自己的父辈们 “讨要”压岁钱；屋外的鞭炮声此起彼伏，炸开了锅，五彩的烟花更是把这个特殊的夜晚点缀得绚丽多姿。

正月初一，农历新年的第一天迎着人们的喜悦祥和而来。我这个平时最赖床的懒汉，今天却起了个大早，因为我极想穿上我那美丽的新衣，出去好好炫耀一翻。我要去走亲访友拜新年了，这无疑也是一件高兴的事。我们小孩子走在拜年队伍的前面，见到长辈们拜个年，说几句吉利话，就可以收获一大把的压岁钱，然后拿到街上去买自己喜爱的东西――玩具、零食、鞭炮……，家长好像变了个人似的，对我们的放纵是那么的宽容，一切都有了！这就是过年的感觉。

“放鞭炮喽！”不知是谁喊了一声，小孩子们很快都聚在了一起。一串串鞭炮在人们手中点燃，响声震天，四处飞溅，仿佛要把一个个美好的愿望送到千家万户。一阵阵炮竹声接连不断，热闹非凡。

到了吃饭的时候，望着满桌子平时最爱吃的菜肴，我们小孩子却一点儿也不觉得饿。大人们在推杯换盏之间，谈论最多是：今非昔比啊！今天的幸福生活从餐桌上最能说明问题，现在人们生活好了，天天就像在过年！

奔波在走亲访友的路途上，我见到了春意盎然的田间大地，一条条新修的高速公路缩短了我们的行程，通往乡村的泥巴路也被“村村通”的水泥路所覆盖，城市高楼大厦像雨后春笋，一年一个变化……

春节对于我们小孩子来说，那就是一切都在变化，一切都是新的！

中国节日.英文作文篇四

中国传统节日英语作文

My Favorite Festival

What is the name of the festival? Spring Festival

When is it? First day of the Chinese lunar calendar

What do people eat? A big dinner niangao jiaozi meat fish What do people do?

• Clean the house several days before the festival

• Buy new clothes

• Have a reunion dinner with the family on the eve

• Visit relatives after the festival

• Give “lucky” money to children

Why do you like it so much?

I think I can meet relatives.

I know receiving “lucky” money makes me happy.

I think that setting off fire crackers is interesting.

I wonder if I can do these things next year.

用下列句式造句，谈谈对不同节日的看法：

I think„ He thinks„ She thinks„

I believe„ He thinks„ She thinks„

I wonder„ He wonders„ She wonders„

Spring Festival

I know that Spring Festival is the most important festival for Chinese people. It comes in January or February. People usually clean their houses before the Spring Festival. People have a big family dinner on the eve of the Spring Festival. Young people bow to old people and wish them a happy new year. Old people give children “lucky money”. The next morning people put on their new clothes, go to see their friends and relatives and say “Happy New Year” to each other. I think that Spring Festival is one of the most important festivals in China. I love it very much.{中国节日.英文作文}.

Middle-Autumn Festival

People believe that the Middle-Autumn Festival is one of the most traditional Chinese festivals, it is often celebrated in September or October. During the festival, family members get together and eat moon cakes. There are many kinds of delicious moon cakes. I think they are very delicious. On the evening of the Middle-Autumn Festival, people can enjoy the full moon in the dark sky. I like Mid-Autumn Festival because it makes me happy.

Dragon Boat Festival

The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival in China. There’s a folk story about this festival. Many years ago, There was a poet called Qu Yuan. He loved his country very much. However, the king asked him to leave the country. He felt very sad. When he learned that another country had seized his country, he didn’t want to live any more.On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, he jumped into Miluo River. The local people rowed the boat to save him, but it was too late. They didn’t want the fish to eat his body, So they dropped rice balls into the river. Nowadays, on this day, we watch dragon boat races and eat ZONGZI in memory of Qu Yuan.

中国节日.英文作文篇五

介绍中国传统节日英语作文

Dear distinguished chief judge;

As the defense attorney of my client, I have made many surveys in secret after I took over the case. According to my client and all the information I have inspected about the case, now I have an deep and comprehensive understanding about the case . Therefore , I want to show my opinions to you, and I hope the chief would accept them .

. 1. The stolen car was found abandoned three hours after the theft with the engine still warm; at the time the car was found, my client was at the airport to meet the flight of a friend who was flying into town.

2. Lab analysis of muddy shoe prints on the floor mat of the car indicates that the prints came from a size 27 shoe; your client wears a size 25.

3. Lab analysis shows the presence of cigarette smoke in the car, but your client does not smoke.

4. The only eyewitness to the crime, who was 20 meters from the car, said the thief "looked like" your client; yet the eyewitness admitted that at the time of the theft she was not wearing her contact lenses, which had been prescribed for improving distance vision.

5. The car was stolen at about I p.m.; your client testified that he was in a town 400 kilometers away at 11 a.m.

6. In a statement to police, the eyewitness described the thief as tall; your client is short.

Because of all the doubtful points , I think it is unfair to found guilty of theft to my client. Moreover, the basic standard of criminal sanction is that taking facts as a basis and laws as the criterion, so I hope the chief judge will give a reasonable judgment to my client finally.

That’s all ,thanks.

中国节日.英文作文篇六

中国传统节日的英文介绍和讨论

中国传统节日的英文介绍和讨论

I 中国主要传统节日的英文翻译

元旦(1月1日)New Year's Day

春节(农历一月一日)the Spring Festival

元宵节(农历一月十五日)the Lantern Festival

清明节(4月5日)Ching Ming Festival; Tomb-sweeping Festival

端午节(农历五月初五)the Dragon Boat Festival

中秋节(农历八月十五)Mid-autumn (Moon) Festival

重阳节(农历九月九日)Double-ninth Day

除夕(农历十二月三十日)New Year's Eve

II 新年习俗英译 过年 celebrate the spring festival 春联 spring festival couplets 剪纸 paper-cuts 年画 new year paintings

买年货 do shopping for the Spring Festival ; do Spring Festival shopping 敬酒 propose a toast 灯笼 lantern 烟花 fireworks

爆竹 firecrackers (people scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.) 红包 red packets 舞龙 dragon dance (to expect good weather and good harvests)

舞狮 lion dance (the lion is believed to be able to dispel evil and bring good luck.)

戏曲 traditional opera 杂耍 variety show 灯谜 riddles written on lanterns 灯会 exhibit of lanterns 守岁 staying-up 禁忌 taboo

拜年 pay new year's call; give new year's greetings; pay new year's visit

去晦气 get rid of the ill- fortune 祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one's ancestors

压岁钱 gift money; money given to children as a lunar new year gift 旧岁 bid farewell to the old year

扫房 spring cleaning; general house-cleaning

年糕nian-gao; rise cake; new year cake 团圆饭 family reunion dinner 年夜饭 the dinner on new year's eve

饺子jiaozi -; chinese meat ravioli ,dumplings

III XINHUA NEWS AGAENCY REPORT

2007-11-07

BEIJING, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- China may increase the number of legal holidays and include some traditional festivals, such as the Tomb-Sweeping Day, the Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival, as part of the country's legal holidays, sources said.

The Chinese government has formed a preliminary plan on the new legal holiday arrangement and the plan will be released "in the near future". After that public opinion will be sought on the Internet.

As an ancient country with a civilized history of more than 5,000 years, some traditional festivals represent part of the Chinese nation's cultural heritage. However, current legal holiday arrangement only includes the Spring Festival. CaiJiming, professor with Tsinghua University and member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), said that traditional festivals as legal holiday would help reserve the folk customs.

"The nation's traditional culture will find its way to develop," Cai said.

FengJicai, a renowned Chinese writer who upholds folk customs, said the cultural meaning of Chinese traditional festivals should be restored and emphasized, especially with increasing globalization.

Chinese people currently have ten days of legal holiday. Nine days are for May Day, the National Day and the Spring Festival, with three days for each, and one day for New Year's Day.

However, the weekends on one side of the first three holidays are designated as two working days, and people enjoy two days off on the working days, which makes the holiday a consecutive seven days. Millions of Chinese travel during the holidays, so earning them the name "golden weeks".

Regarded as one of the most important days on the Chinese calendar, the Tomb-Sweeping Day, or Qingming festival, which usually occurs on April 4 or 5 each year, was established by a Chinese emperor in memory of a loyal official who sacrificed himself to save the emperor's life more than 2,500 years ago.

The day gradually became a traditional occasion for paying homage to ancestors and departed family members.

The Dragon Boat Festival has been celebrated for thousands of years to commemorate Qu Yuan, a great Chinese patriotic poet, who lived in the state of Chu during the Warring States period (475 B.C. to 221 B.C.). He drowned himself in the Miluo River in today's Hunan Province in 278 B.C., on fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, hoping his death would alert the king to revitalize the kingdom.

The tradition arose that on the day of his death dragon boat races would be held and people should eat "zongzi", glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves.

The Mid-Autumn festival, which falls on the 15th day of the eighth month on the lunar calendar, is considered an occasion for reunion of family members and loved ones. On the occasion, they would eat moon cakes, light lanterns while enjoying the full moon - an auspicious symbol of abundance, harmony and luck.

The festival was flavored by the legend of Chang'e, a lonely fairy on the moon. According to the legend, she was the beautiful wife of Hou Yi, a hero who shot down nine suns scorching the earth but was slain by his apprentice FengMeng. Threatened by the murderer, Chang'e drank an elixir and flew to the moon.

China introduced the "Golden week" holidays in 1999, in a bid to boost domestic consumption.

It was reported that tourism revenue has increased from 14.1 billion yuan (1.76 billion U.S. dollars) during the National Day holiday in 1999 to 64.2 billion yuan during the "Golden week" this October.

Statistics also showed that the year 2001 alone saw tourist numbers reach 780 million, much higher than the figure of 240 million in 1989. While China's outbound tourists rose to 12.13 million in 2001, a big jump from 3 million in the early 1990s.

But after several years' experience, complaints about overcrowding, poor service, a scarcity of hotel rooms, and damage to scenic spots, especially historic sites, during the "Golden Week" holidays have spurred debate over the merits of the week-long holiday concept.

Last year, CaiJiming proposed shortening the National Day and May Day holidays from three days to one day and distributing the days to celebrate four

traditional festivals - the Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Day, Tomb-Sweeping Day, and New Year's Eve.

Other Chinese scholars have also reiterated their belief that the important traditional Chinese festivals should be made public holidays.

"The current holiday system does not accord with the long-standing customs of Chinese people," said Liu Quili, President of the Chinese Folklore Society.

Huang Tao, an associate professor of the People's University of China, said the most effective measures to protect cultural festivals were to make the traditional festivals legal holidays to enable more people to understand the importance of tradition.

IV 中国传统节日的整体介绍

Traditional Chinese Festivals

Boasting rich cultural meaning and a long history, traditional Chinese festivals compose an important and brilliant part of Chinese culture.

The formation of traditional festivals is a long process of historical and cultural accumulation in a nation or a state. Festival customs passed down to today still show signs of ethnic group struggles. Festival activities always reflect primitive sacrifice, superstitious taboo and earthly life, people's spirit and religious influence. Sometimes historical figures become the focus of a festival, showing people's commemoration for them and endowing some historical sense to it.

Moreover, traditional Chinese festivals were often connected with ancient astronomy, calendars and mathematics. Jieqi, or the 24 seasonal division points, is a key factor in forming traditional festivals. According to the traditional Chinese