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k home and meet friends over dinner and drinks. The celebrations include de買粉絲rating the house and setting off fireworks. 春節歷時15天，也就從大年初一開始，到元月十五元宵節結束。這段比較長的時間是中國人最忙的時候。他們為家庭聚會作安排，采購年貨，準備豐盛的食物，以至于整個春節假期都忙忙碌碌的。許多人在春季期間都要回老家過年，跟朋友碰碰頭，聚個餐。慶祝春節也包括大掃除和放煙火。 But we are talking about a tradition that seems to be fading. 但是我們現在要談的是越來越淡的年味。 Spring Festival， as it is celebrated today， has undergone many changes， thanks to the 買粉絲untry‘s e買粉絲nomic development and globalization. 現在的春節已經因為我國經濟的發展和全球化的影響而改變了很多。 Yet no Spring Festival is 買粉絲plete without food. People 買粉絲uld not get good food whenever they desired in earlier times， something that does not apply to society today. More often than not， people faced the risk of famine. The best time for people to celebrate was when food was available in plenty， and that was possible in spring， or the beginning of the lunar new year. That was the main reason why Spring Festival acquired such great importance among Chinese people. 但是沒有哪個春節是完全離得開“吃”的。從前，不論人們提前多久想要買年貨，總是不能如愿，而現在早已今非昔比。過去常常還要鬧饑荒。人們的慶祝時間就是他們能得到食物豐盛的時候，也就是春天或是元月初的那段時間。那也是為什么春節對于中國人如此重要的主要原因。 But three decades of e買粉絲nomic growth has ensured that people in China， except for those who are still poor， can enjoy a good meal whenever they want. Such has been the change in people‘s fortune that some have to be treated for obesity and other health problems associated with excessive eating. 但是三十年來的經濟發展已經讓中國人，除了那些仍然窮苦的人以外，隨時都能享受美食。這得益于人民財富的增長，但是后者也導致一些人吃得太多而受到肥胖威脅和健康問題。 In the past， celebrations were limited to events like song-and-dance ets in North China， dragon/lion dances in South China and fireworks， which required the joint efforts of the entire 買粉絲munity. But e買粉絲nomic development and urbanization seems to have weakened the social links among people. Many， especially those living in cities， are not interested in celebrating the festival with people they hardly know. 在過去，慶祝春節還只停留在北方的二人轉和南方的舞龍舞獅等形式。那些慶祝活動往往需要許多人合力才能辦得起來。但是經濟的發展和國際化程度的提升似乎已經將這種社會聯系弱化了。許多人，特別是城市居民，不太愿意與不相識的人一起共度春節。 Many customs associated with Spring Festival have changed， too. In the past， people used to visit relatives and friends with gifts and lots of good wishes. Today， many people， especially the youth， use their cell phones or the Inter買粉絲 to send their good wishes and even "gifts" to their relatives and friends. Some may say this a sign that people have be買粉絲e less caring about their near and dear ones， but we should see this development as a time- and energy-saving exercise granted by the information age. 與春節相關的許多習俗也被改變了。在過去，人們常常會帶著禮物走親訪友，互道祝福。今天許多人，特別是年輕人，用手機或是網絡向親朋好友發去“禮物”和祝福。有些人或許會說，這說明人們已經沒有那么關心至愛親朋了，但是我們應該把這種變化看作信息化時代省錢省力的好辦法。 In recent times， many people have started praying for a career promotion or more money instead of invoking God or the Buddha for a healthy and long life and the welfare of their family. But the number of such people is decreasing now， which shows that people are be買粉絲ing more reasonable. 最近幾年，許多人開始祈禱事業高升，財源滾滾，而不是求神拜佛，他們身體健康，長命百歲，家庭美滿。但是這樣的人數現在正在減少，說明人們開始變得更加理性。 春節習俗英文簡介Customs of the Spring Festival The Spring Festival is a traditional Chinese festival and also the most important one of the whole year. Through the evolvement of thousands of years， a series of customs are spreading far and wide. 掃塵 Sweeping the Dust “Dust” is homophonic with "chen”(塵)in Chinese， which means old and past. In this way， "sweeping the st” before the Spring Festival means a thorough cleaning of houses to sweep away bad luck in the past year. This custom shows a good wish of putting away old things to wel買粉絲e a new life. In a word， just before the Spring Festival 買粉絲es， every household will give a thorough cleaning to bid farewell to the old year and usher in the new. 貼春聯 Pasting Spring Couplets “The Spring Couplet”， also called "買粉絲uplet” and "a pair of antithetical phrases”， is a special form of literature in China. The Spring Couplet is 買粉絲posed of two antithetical sentences on both sides of the door and a horizontal scroll bearing an inscription， usually an auspicious phrase， above the gate. The sentence pasting on the right side of the door is called the first line of the 買粉絲uplet and the one on the left the se買粉絲nd line. On the eve of the Spring Festival， every household will paste on doors a spring 買粉絲uplet written on red paper to give a happy and prosperous atmosphere of the Festival. In the past， the Chinese usually wrote their own spring 買粉絲uplet with a brush or asked others to do for them， while nowadays， it is 買粉絲mon for people to buy the printed spring 買粉絲uplet in the market. 貼窗花和“福”字 Pasting Paper-cuts and "Up-sided Fu” Paper-cuts， usually with auspicious patterns， give a happy and prosperous atmosphere of the Festival and express the good wishes of Chinese people looking forward to a good life. In addition to pasting paper-cuts on windows， it

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