你会用英文介绍中国春节吗？

春节Spring festival 

农历Lunar calendar

生肖Chinese zodiac

狗年year of the dog

春节打扫卫生spring cleaning,

辞旧迎新“removing the old and welcome the new”,

装饰decorations, 

大红灯笼red lanterns, 

春联Spring Festival couplets, 

剪纸窗花 Paper-cuts,

鲜花blooming flowers. 

年夜饭New Year’s Eve dinner或者说(family reunion dinner)

大多数的中国人会选择在家吃而不是在饭店.majority of Chinese will have the dinner at home instead of a restaurant

中央电视台春节联欢晚会Spring festival Special Gala in CCTV. 

放鞭炮light firecrackers, 

可以制造很大的声音驱赶鬼怪create as much noise as possible to chase off the evil spirits.

迷信superstitions，

新年期间是忌讳打扫卫生的，sweeping and cleaning is strictly forbidden,

欠债不过年，过年也是不借钱clear off your debts before the new year, and landing money to people is also discouraged during the New Year

Tales of death, sickness and ghosts is considered supremely inauspicious,讲死亡，生病或者鬼故事在春节期间当然是特别不吉利的。

红包，red packets,

结婚的夫妇或者长辈都会给小朋友准备压岁钱，这个压岁的意思呢也就是让这个不好的东西远离小朋友Given by married couples and elders to the young children, it is believed that the money in the red packets will suppress the evil from the children.

春节期间走亲访友去拜年give New Year’s greetings, 

have a sweet year,

八宝饭eight treasures rice pudding, 

瓜子melon seeds，

金桔cumquat, 

红枣red dates, 

花生糖peanut candy,

年糕New Year rice cake, 

健康甜蜜快乐发达，good health, sweet, joy, happiness, prosperity,

今天就是除夕了New Year’s Eve, Vivian在这里祝大家新春快乐，狗年大吉！Thank you for listening, see you next year!