Question

有什么日常生活中的常识，全英文的

Answer 1

The Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese people and is when all family members get together, just like Christmas in the West. All people living away from home go back, becoming the busiest time for transportation systems of about half a month from the Spring Festival. Airports, railway stations and long-distance bus stations are crowded with home returnees. Strictly speaking, the Spring Festival starts every year in the early days of the 12th lunar month and will last till the mid 1st lunar month of the next year. Of them, the most important days are Spring Festival Eve and the first three days. The Chinese government now stipulates people have seven days off for the Chinese Lunar New Year. Many customs accompany the Spring Festival. Some are still followed today, but others have weakened. On the 8th day of the 12th lunar month, many families make laba porridge, a delicious kind of porridge made with glutinous rice, millet, seeds of Job's tears, jujube berries, lotus seeds, beans, longan and gingko. The 23rd day of the 12th lunar month is called Preliminary Eve. At this time, people offer sacrifice to the kitchen god. Now however, most families make delicious food to enjoy themselves. After the Preliminary Eve, people begin preparing for the coming New Year. This is called "Seeing the New Year in". Store owners are busy then as everybody goes out to purchase necessities for the New Year. Materials not only include edible oil, rice, flour, chicken, duck, fish and meat, but also fruit, candies and kinds of nuts. What's more, various decorations, new clothes and shoes for the children as well as gifts for the elderly, friends and relatives, are all on the list of purchasing. Before the New Year comes, the people completely clean the indoors and outdoors of their homes as well as their clothes, bedclothes and all their utensils. Then people begin decorating their clean rooms featuring an atmosphere of rejoicing and festivity. All the door panels will be pasted with Spring Festival couplets, highlighting Chinese calligraphy with black characters on red paper. The content varies from house owners' wishes for a bright future to good luck for the New Year. Also, pictures of the god of doors and wealth will be posted on front doors to ward off evil spirits and welcome peace and abundance. The Chinese character "fu" (meaning blessing or happiness) is a must. The character put on paper can be pasted normally or upside down, for in Chinese the "reversed fu" is homophonic with "fu comes", both being pronounced as "fudaole." What's more, two big red lanterns can be raised on both sides of the front door. Red paper-cuttings can be seen on window glass and brightly colored
NewY
earpaintingswithauspiciousmeaningsmaybeputonthewall.
PeopleattachgreatimportancetoSpringFestivalEve.Atthattime,allfamilymemberseatdinner
together.
The
meal
is
more
luxurious
than
usual.
Dishes
such
as
chicken,
fish
and
bean
curd
cannotbeexcluded,forinChinese,theirpronunciations,respectively"ji","yu"and"doufu,"mean
auspiciousness,
abundance
and
richness.
After
the
dinner,
the
whole
family
will
sit
together,
chattingandwatchingTV
.Inrecentyears,theSpringFestivalpartybroadcastonChinaCentral
Television
Station
(CCTV)
is
essential
entertainment
for
the
Chinese
both
at
home
and
abroad.
Accordingtocustom,eachfamilywillstayuptoseetheNewY
earin.
WakinguponNewY
ear,everybodydressesup.Firsttheyextendgreetingstotheirparents.Then
eachchildwillgetmoneyasaNewY
eargift,wrappedupinredpaper.PeopleinnorthernChina
willeatjiaozi,ordumplings,forbreakfast,astheythink"jiaozi"insoundmeans"biddingfarewell
totheoldandusheringinthenew".Also,theshapeofthedumplingislikegoldingotfromancient
China.Sopeopleeatthemandwishformoneyandtreasure.
Southern
Chinese
eat
niangao
(New
Y
ear
cake
made
of
glutinous
rice
flour)
on
this
occasion,
becauseasahomophone,niangaomeans"higherandhigher,oneyearafteranother."Thefirstfive
days
after
the
Spring
Festival
are
a
good
time
for
relatives,
friends,
andclassmates
aswell
as
colleaguestoexchangegreetings,giftsandchatleisurely.
BurningfireworkswasoncethemosttypicalcustomontheSpringFestival.Peoplethoughtthe
splutteringsoundcouldhelpdriveawayevilspirits.However,suchanactivitywascompletelyor
partiallyforbiddeninbigcitiesoncethegovernmenttooksecurity,noiseandpollutionfactorsinto
consideration.Asareplacement,somebuytapeswithfirecrackersoundstolistento,somebreak
littleballoonstogetthesoundtoo,whileothersbuyfirecrackerhandicraftstohangintheliving
room.
Thelivelyatmospherenotonlyfillseveryhousehold,butpermeatestostreetsandlanes.A
series
ofactivitiessuchasliondancing,dragonlanterndancing,lanternfestivalsandtemplefairswillbe
heldfordays.TheSpringFestivalthencomestoanendwhentheLanternFestivalisfinished.
Chinahas56ethnicgroups.MinoritiescelebratetheirSpringFestivalalmostthesamedayasthe

Answer 2

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