关于春节的英语小知识
1、立春晴，雨水均
The beginning of spring rain, rainwater
2、立春晴一日，耕田不费力
The beginning of spring sunny day, and effortless
3、立春之日雨淋淋，阴阴湿湿到清明
The beginning of spring, rain, cloudy and wet to the tomb
4、雨淋春牛头，七七四十九天愁。
The rain spring Ngau Tau, seven seven forty-nine days of sorrow.
5、水淋春牛头，农夫百日忧
The water spring, the hundred days of sorrow
6、立春打了霜，当春会烂秧
The beginning of spring to frost, when the spring seedling rot
7、雷打立春节，惊蛰雨不歇。
Thunder made the Spring Festival, the rain did not stop the awakening of insects.
8、腊月立春春水早，正月立春春水迟。
Twelfth lunar month of lunar January Chunshui early spring, late spring.
9、年逢双春雨水多，年逢双春好种田。
Years to meet the double spring water, years to meet the double spring good farm.
10、雨水连绵是丰年，农民不用力耕田
Rain is harvest, farmers do not forcibly plow
春节背景知识
The oldest and most important festival in China is the Spring Festival， more commonly known in the West as Chinese New Year. Like all Chinese festivals， the date of the new year is determined by the lunar/solar calendar rather than the Western （Gregorian） calendar， so the date of the holiday varies from late January to mid February. The Spring festival celebrates the earth coming back to life， and the start of ploughing and sowing. In the past， feudal rulers of dynasties placed great importance on this occasion， and ceremonies to usher in the season were performed.
Preparations for the New Year festival start during the last few days of the last moon. Houses are thoroughly cleaned， debts repaid， hair cut and new clothes bought. Doors are decorated with vertical scrolls of characters on red paper whose texts seek good luck and praise nature， this practice stemming from the hanging of peach-wood charms to keep away ghosts and evil spirits. In many homes incense is burned， and also in the temples as a mark of respect to ancestors.
On New Year‘s Eve houses are brightly lit and a large family dinner is served. In the south of China sticky-sweet glutinous rice pudding called nian gao is served， while in the north the steamed dumpling jiaozi is popular. Most celebrating the festival stay up till midnight， when fireworks are lit， to drive away evil spirits. New Years day is often spent visiting neighbours， family and friends.
The public holiday for New Year lasts 3 days in China， but the festival traditionally lasts till the 15th day of the lunar month and ends with the ‘Lantern Festival’。 Here， houses are decorated with colourful lanterns， and yuanxioa， a sweet or savoury fried or boiled dumpling made of glutinous rice flour is eaten.
