Happy New Year幻灯片.ppt

Happy Spring Festival! 春节 The Spring ?Festival???????????????????????????????????????????????????? 农历 lunar calendar 正月 lunar January; the first month by lunar calendar 除夕 New Years Eve; eve of lunar New Year 初一 the beginning of New Year 元宵节 The Lantern Festival 过年 have the Spring Festival 对联 poetic couplet; two successive rhyming lines in poetry 春联 Spring Festival couplets 买年货 special purchases for the Spring Festival ; do Spring Festival shopping 敬酒 propose a toast 灯笼 lantern: a portable light 烟花 fireworks 爆竹 firecrackers 红包 red packets (symbolize fortune andwealth in the coming year.) 舞狮 lion dance (The lion is believed to be able to dispel evil andbring good luck.) 杂耍 variety show; vaudeville 灯谜 riddles written on lanterns 灯会 exhibit of lanterns 守岁 staying-up 拜年 pay New Years call; give New Years greetings; New Years visit 禁忌 taboo 去晦气 get rid of the ill- fortune 祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to ones ancestors 金玉满堂： Treasures fill the home 生意兴隆： Business flourishes 岁岁平安： Peace all year round 恭喜发财： Wishing you prosperity 和气生财： Harmony brings wealth 心想事成： May all your wishes come true 吉祥如意： Everything goes well 国泰民安： The country flourishes and people live in peace 招财进宝： Money and treasures will be plentiful 一帆风顺： Wishing you every success 步步高升： Promoting to a higher position 出入平安： Safe trip wherever you go 祝你新的一年快乐幸福: Wish you happiness and prosperity in the coming year! 事业成功，家庭美满: Wish you success in your career and happiness of your family! 压岁钱 gift money; money given to children as a lunar New Year gift 辞旧岁 bid farewell to the old year 扫房 spring cleaning; general house-cleaning 团圆饭 family reunion dinner 年夜饭 the dinner on New Years Eve The Spring Festival The Spring Festival, the Chinese New Year, starts with the New Moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon15 days later. The