元旦的英文介绍
New Year's Day is the first day of the lunar calendar. it is the day when the earth has circled the sun for one round and is beginning another circling. it represents a new beginning when people send off the old days and welcome the new ones. as the first day of the year, yuandan has been considered to be the most important festival since the ancient times.
元旦是农历的第一天。这是一天，当地球绕着太阳转一圈，正在开始另一个循环。当人们送走旧的日子，并欢迎新的朋友的时候，它代表了一个新的开始。作为一年的第一天，元旦已被认为是自古以来最重要的节日。
customs
1.kaisui(beginning of the year): according to the chinese traditional custom, starting from haishi(9p.m. to 11p.m.)of the last evening of the twelfth lunar month, each family must prepare offering s to deities at the altar. at the same time, they too prepare food for the new year day: the whole family will then stay awake together to attend to the year(called shou sui). after haishi, zishi(11p.m. to 1a.m.)will come, and this is the arrival of new year(yuandan). at this moment, people begin the celebration with fireworks. vegetarian and sweet foods will then be placed are the altar for offerings, and incense be burned to welcome the deities. in the ancient times, it was believed that haishi connected the two years and thus was called kaisui.
At the same night, some families will follow the instruction in tongshu and place preparing altar in the direction of the "fortune deity" during the "fortune time" to receive the deity. if the direction of the "fortune deity" is at the "ill position", people will choose to receive "happy deity" or "noble deity" instead.
习俗
开岁(一年的开始)：根据中国传统习俗，从亥时(21点到23点)的阴历第十二个月的最后一个晚上，每个家庭必须准备提供的s到神的祭坛。同时，他们也准备了新的一年的食物：整个家庭，然后保持清醒，一起参加一年(称为守岁)。在亥时，子时(23：00-1：00.)会来的，这是新的一年的到来(元旦)。在这一刻，人们开始用烟火庆祝。素食和甜食，然后被放置在祭坛，和香被烧毁欢迎神。在古代，人们认为亥时连接两年，因此被称为“开岁”。
在同一天晚上，一些家庭将按照在统和地方在“幸运神”在“财富时间”得到神的祭坛方向准备指令。如果“财富之神”的方向是“不适的位置”，人们会选择接受“快乐之神”或“高贵的神”。
2. There is an apparent difference in the custom of food taking on yuandan between the chinese in the northern and southern regions. the northern chinese has the habit of taking jiao zi(dumpling made of flour with vegetable and meat wrapped inside). some people may put a sweet or a coin inside jiao zi, hoping to have a sweet year after tasting the sweet and a wealthy year after tasting the coin. on the other hand, the southern chinese have the taboo for killing on yuandan. therefore, they do not take meat in tee morning of yuandan, so as to avoid bloodshed or mutual slaughter. in order to evade misfortune, they have the first meal of this day without meat. instead, they take vegetarian food for the sake of virtue.
在以北部和南部地区之间的中国的元旦食物习惯明显不同。北方人有取饺子的习惯(饺子是用面粉做的，里面有蔬菜和肉包)。有些人可能把一个甜的或一个硬币内的饺子，希望有一个甜蜜的一年后品尝的甜蜜和一个富裕的一年后，品尝硬币。另一方面，中国南方有就元旦杀害禁忌。因此，他们不参加的元旦早上发球肉类，以避免流血或互相残杀。为了逃避不幸，他们在这一天的第一顿饭没有肉。相反，他们以素食为美德。
3. What is special during the new year is that parents or elders will distribute red packets(ang pao or ya sui qian)to the children. people in the ancient times were more particular in giving away the red packets: the distribution took place on the eve of new year so that the kids could suppress the past year and enter the new year. ya sui has the meaning of overcoming the unpredictable future. representing the wishes for the healthy psychological growth of the children, ya sui qian symbolises the elders' hope to see their children overcome all the unpredictable elements brought by the "year".
元旦对联
一干二净除旧习 五讲四美树新风 横批：辞旧迎春
五湖四海皆春色 万水千山尽得辉 横批：万象更新
一帆风顺吉星到 万事如意福临门 横批：财源广进
一年四季行好运 八方财宝进家门 横批：家和万事兴
绿竹别其三分景 红梅正报万家春 横批：春回大地
年年顺景则源广 岁岁平安福寿多 横批：吉星高照
一年好运随春到 四季彩云滚滚来 横批：万事如意
丹凤呈祥龙献瑞 红桃贺岁杏迎春 横批：福满人间
五更分两年年年称心 一夜连两岁岁岁如意 横批：恭贺新春
黄莺鸣翠柳 紫燕剪春风 横批：莺歌燕舞
春花含笑意 爆竹增欢声 横批：喜气盈门
新岁雪梅祖国傲梅夺冠艳; 校园春好健坤少年展鸿 (风华正茂)
庆元旦鸣爆竹五颜六色喜满地; 迎中考创佳绩十拿九稳乐漫天 (壮志凌云)
三年恩情岂能相忘; 零八中考再创辉煌 (心存师爱)