Of all the traditional Chinese festivals, the new Year was perhaps the most elaborate, colorful, and important.
This was a time for the Chinese to congratulate each other and themselves on having passed through another year, a time to finish out the old, and to welcome in the new year.
Common expressions heard at this time are: GUONIAN to have made it through the old year, and BAINIAN to congratulate the new year.
众多中国传统节日中,春节或许是最隆重盛大,富有色彩,最重要的节日了。这是一个中国人共同欢度,庆祝过去的一年,辞旧迎新的节日。春节里常听到的话是:过年,意思是辞去过去的一年;拜年,意思是庆祝新的一年。
Like all Chinese festivals, the date of the New Year is determined by the lunar calendar rather than the Western calendar. Its origin is too old to be traced, but many believe the word Nian, which means "year", was the name of a beast that preyed on people on the eve of a new year.
像中国其他节日一样,新年的日期是是由农历而不是公历决定的。它历史久远,已经无法追溯。然而大家大都相信“年”这个词,是一种怪兽的名字,它在每年的除夕夜里出来捕食人。
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