除夕夜（New Year's Eve）

New year's Eve is the last night at the end of the year. The last day at the end of the year is called "year pision", which means that the old year will be removed and a new year will be replaced. New year's Eve is a day for new year's Eve, family reunion and ancestor worship. It is a traditional ancestor worship festival in Chinese folk, together with Qingming Festival, July half and Double Ninth Festival.New year's Eve is of special significance in the hearts of Chinese people. On this most important day at the end of the year, no matter how far away you are, you have to hurry home to reunite with your family, say goodbye to the old year in the sound of firecrackers, and fireworks are all over the sky to welcome the new year.

除夕，為歲末的最后一天夜晚。歲末的最后一天稱為“歲除”，意為舊歲至此而除，另換新歲。除夕是除舊布新、闔家團圓、祭祀祖先的日子，與清明節(jié)、七月半、重陽節(jié)是中國民間傳統(tǒng)的祭祖大節(jié)。除夕，在國人心中是具有特殊意義的，這個年尾最重要的日子，漂泊再遠的游子也是要趕著回家去和家人團聚，在爆竹聲中辭舊歲，煙花滿天迎新春。

On the day of the lunar new year, people pay special attention to it. Every household is busy or cleaning the courthouse, removing the old and putting on new clothes, putting on lanterns and decorations, welcoming the ancestors home for the new year, and offering sacrifices with New Year cakes, three animal meals and three teas and five wines.

歲除之日，民間尤為重視，家家戶戶忙忙碌碌或清掃庭舍，除舊布新，張燈結彩，迎祖宗回家過年，并以年糕、三牲飯菜及三茶五酒奉祀。

On New Year's Eve, there have been rituals such as offering sacrifices to ancestors, keeping the year old, reunion dinner, pasting New Year's red and hanging lanterns since ancient times. Influenced by Chinese culture, new year's Eve is also a traditional festival for Chinese culture circle countries and overseas Chinese all over the world. In 2007, new year's Eve officially became a legal holiday in China in accordance with the measures for national holidays and anniversaries.

除夕自古就有祭祖、守歲、團圓飯、貼年紅、掛燈籠等習俗，流傳，經久不息。受中華文化的影響，除夕也是漢字文化圈國家以及世界各地華人華僑的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日。2007年，除夕依《全國年節(jié)及紀念日放假辦法》正式成為中國法定節(jié)假日。

New year's Eve is usually called New Year's Eve, but in fact, due to the lunar calendar, the date of new year's Eve may be December 30 or December 29, but in any case, it is the end of the lunar year.

除夕通常會被稱為大年三十，但是其實由于陰歷歷法的原因，除夕的日期可能是十二月三十，也可能是十二月廿九，但不論如何，它都是陰歷年的末尾。

As a festival at the end of the new year, new year's Eve originated from the custom of offering sacrifices to ancestors at the end of the year in ancient times. The day of new year's Eve is a traditional ancestor worship Festival. Ancient books say: "heaven and earth are the foundation of life; ancestors are the foundation of class." It means that heaven and earth are the foundation of life, ancestors are the foundation of our mankind, and ancestor worship is a custom of inheriting filial piety.

除夕作為年尾的節(jié)日，源自上古時代歲末除舊布新、祭祀祖先風俗，歲除之日是傳統(tǒng)的祭祖節(jié)。古籍中有講到：“天地者，生之本也；先祖者，類之本也。”意思就是說天地是生命的根本，祖先是我們人類的根本，祭祖就是一種傳承孝道的習俗。

重點詞匯

significance

n.意義；(尤指對將來有影響的)重要性；意思；含義

important

adj.重要的；有重大影響的；有巨大價值的；影響很大的；權威的

ancestor

n.祖宗；祖先；(動物的)原種；(機器的)原型

lantern

n.燈籠；提燈

traditional

adj.傳統(tǒng)的；習俗的；慣例的；因襲的；守舊的

end

n.(時間、事件、活動或故事等的)終止，終結，結局，結尾；末端；盡頭；末梢；結束；破滅；目的；部分，方面；端點；半邊球場；剩余物；辭世，過世

v.結束；終止

worship

n.(對上帝或神的)崇拜，敬仰，禮拜；崇拜；崇敬；愛慕；(對治安官或市長的尊稱)閣下

v.崇敬，崇拜(上帝或神)；(尤指在宗教場所)做禮拜；到宗教場所參加禮拜；熱愛；愛慕，崇拜(尤指達到看不到缺點的地步)

festival

n.節(jié)日；(音樂、戲劇、電影等的)會演，節(jié)；節(jié)期；喜慶日

adj.節(jié)日的