中国春节

出版时间：2006-12-01  出版社：中国画报出版社  作者：刘世宇  页数：58  

内容概要

　　As Christmas is to Westerners．so is Spring Festival to theChinese Originally called Yuandan，Spring Fcstival is theoldest and grandest of alI Chinese li：stivals With Yuan meaning“beginning”and dan“morning”，Yuandan symbolizes thebreaking of a new dawn on thc first morning of the Ncw Yearand represents the end of winter and hope ror a good springBidding~arewell to the old and ringing in the new is a recurrenttheme in the traditions associated wilh the Spring Festival.

书籍目录

Ⅰ Essentials of Spring Festival1 Spring Festival:China's Christmas2 Legends of the New Year3 Days of the Spring FestivalⅡ Traditions of Spring Festival1 Offering Sacrifices to the Kitchen God2 The Dust Sweeping Days3 Spring Festival Decorations:Door Couplets,Fu Posters,and Paper Cuttings 4 Door Gods and New Year's Pictures5 Firecrackers6 Staying Up All Night7 Gift Money8 Paying New Year's Calls9 Roaming the Temple Fairs10 Welcoming the God of Wealth11 Sending off the Hungry Ghost12 The Lantern FestivalⅢ Food of the Spring Festival

章节摘录

　　When midnight strikes，the ai r fills with the thunderous noise of fi recrackers exploding and sparking against the night sky Each family lights firecrackers，bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new　　0r,in the ease of family businesses as an invitation for an unusually lucky year.Itis especially lucky is especially lucky for one to set off much more fireworks than others，as it is indicative of a sincere spltit.Many courtyards are birghfly lit Fhe next morning，the streels are blanketed with red scraps of paper，with the “D0or Opening.Firecrackers”only adding to the mounds of colorful fi rework paper which complement the red lantern s and streamers that decorate thc houses and the vivacious lion dragon and yahgge dancing that proceed down the street.　　……