My home town Beijing crosses the Spring Festival to have a lot of consuetudinary, for instance: Ramble temple fair, eat Yuanxiao, eat moon cake to wait, but make my impression the deepest what still cross the New Year's Eve one day this is consuetudinary.
我的家乡北京过春节有很多习俗,比如:逛庙会、吃元宵、吃月饼等,但令我印象最深的还是过除夕这一天的习俗。
Sticking couplet is the business that every family should do the New Year's Eve that day, couplet is to use red paper, people believes red can write a composition fall bewitching divides demon. Still stuck on the door " blessing " word, "Blessing " be to falling to stick, the implied meaning is " blessing " arrived.
贴对联是除夕那天家家户户都要做的事情,对联是用红纸做的,人们相信红色可以降妖除魔。门上还贴了“福”字,“福”是倒着贴的,寓意是“福”倒到了。
The New Year's Eve still has one consuetudinary, eat dumpling namely. The evil that it is drive evil, beg auspicious. Dumpling should be boiled more, must superabundant. Once boil sodden dumpling, cannot say " defeated " , want recantation " earned " . When repast, except everybody is one bowl outside, fill more even go to two bowls, the implied meaning is population flourishing. And different dumpling stuffing also is representing all sorts of import. For instance: Leek stuffing dumpling is being represented long, delegate of dumpling of Chinese cabbage stuffing can get rich later, ate dumpling to be full of festal joy atmosphere. In our home town, people can wrap jujube, pignut, almond to wait in dumpling. Eat a jujube to mean a new year to be able to rise early work, become rich with one's shoulder to collar. Eat pignut, can long-lived 100 years old, no matter who eats among them which kind of, everybody's cordial congratulation.
除夕还有一个习俗,就是吃饺子。为驱邪恶、求吉利。饺子要煮得多,必须有余。一旦煮烂饺子,不可说“破了”,要改说“挣了”。就餐时,除每人一碗外,还要多盛一到两碗,寓意是人丁兴旺。而不同的饺子馅也代表着各种寓意。比如:韭菜馅饺子代表着长长久久,白菜馅饺子代表以后会发财,吃饺子充满了节日欢乐气氛。在我们的家乡,人们会在饺子里包枣、花生米、杏仁等。吃到枣意味着新的一年能起早干活,勤劳致富。吃到花生米,就能长命百岁,不管谁吃到其中哪一种,大家都衷心的祝贺。
The New Year's Eve that day in the evening, every family is putting firework. Those firework but beautiful, back-to-back " phut phut " a few, firework develops night sky continuously! When firework blast, still should descending like each the fairy between every, in blossom in the air a the most beautiful body appearance, resemble lively dancer, in ethereal turn a somersault, return some to procrastinating to grow long tail like bright red comet; Some resembling is deep violet grape, you embrace me to squeeze... the star that they are multicoloured, dress up night sky gorgeously.
除夕那天晚上,家家户户都在放烟花。那些烟花可漂亮了,紧接着“砰砰”几声,烟花直冲夜空!烟花炸时,犹如一个个正要降落凡间的仙女,在半空中绽放出最美的身姿,像活泼的舞蹈演员,在天上翻跟头,还有的像鲜红的彗星拖着长长的尾巴;有的像深紫的葡萄,你拥我挤的……它们是五颜六色的星星,把夜空装扮得绚丽多彩。
I think the New Year's Eve just does not eat dumpling, stick couplet, see firework, it is the joy that the custom that enjoys traditional red-letter day brings more.
我想除夕不只是吃饺子、贴对联、看烟花,更是享受传统节日的风俗带来的欢乐。(文/李欣玥)