除夕做什么英语作文【一】
除夕
除夕是指每年农历腊月的最后一天的晚上，它与春节(正月初一首尾相连。“除夕”中的“除”字是“去;易;交替”的意思，除夕的意思是“月穷岁尽”，人们都要除旧部新，有旧岁至此而除，来年另换新岁的意思，是农历全年最后的一个晚上。故此期间的活动都围绕着除旧部新，消灾祈福为中心。
周、秦时期每年将尽的时候，皇宫里要举行“大傩”的仪式，击鼓驱逐疫疠之鬼，称为“逐除”，后又称除夕的前一天为小除，即小年夜;除夕为大除，即大年夜。
贴门神
朱仙镇木板年画 对脸门神 马上鞭
我国各地过年都有贴门神的风俗。最初的门神是刻桃木为人形，挂在人的旁边，后来是画成门神人像张贴于门。传说中的神荼、郁垒兄弟二人专门管鬼，有他们守住门户，大小恶鬼不敢入门为害。唐代以后，又有画猛将秦琼、尉迟敬德二人像为门神的，还有画关羽、张飞像为门神的。门神像左右户各一张，后代常把一对门神画成一文一武。门神分三类：第一类是“大门门神”，多贴在车门或整间大门上，高约四五尺，宽约二三尺。第二类是“街门门神”，多贴小街门上，高约二尺，宽约一尺。这两种门神都是一黑脸一白脸两位尊神。白左黑右，白善易，黑狞恶，各手执槊钺。第三类是“屋门门神”，较街门门神稍小有限，也是黑白二神，但也有黑白二神是坐像的。屋门最多是贴“麒麟送子”像，两个傅粉涂脂梳太子冠的娃娃，各乘麒麟。这种门神，本应贴在新结婚的屋门上，以取吉利，后来也就作普通街门的新年点缀品了。
贴春联
春联亦名“门对”、“春帖”，是的一种，因在春节时张贴，故名。春联的.一个源头是桃符。最初人们以桃木刻人形挂在门旁以避邪，后来画门神像于桃木上，再简化为在桃木板上题写门神名字。春联的另一来源是春贴。古人在立春日多贴“宜春”二字，后渐发展为春联。春联真正普及始于明代，与朱元璋的提倡有关。据清人陈尚古的《簪云楼杂说》中记载，有一年朱元璋准备过年时，下令每家门上都要贴一幅春联，以示庆贺。原来春联题写在桃木板上，后来改写在纸上。桃木的颜色是红的，红色有吉祥，避邪的意思，因此春联大都用红纸书写。但庙宇用黄纸，守制(服孝未满用白、绿、黄三色，第一年用白纸，第二年绿纸，第三年黄纸，第四年丧服满才恢复用红纸。因满族尚白，清宫廷春联用白纸，蓝边包于外，红条镶于内。
贴福字、贴窗花、贴年画、贴挂千
这些都具有祈福、装点居所的民俗功能。年画是我国的一种古老的民间艺术，他反映了人民大众的风俗和信仰，寄托着人们对未来的希望。年画，也和春联一样，起源于“门神”。春联由神荼、郁垒的名字而向文字发展，而年画依然沿着绘画方向发展。随着木板印刷术的兴起，年画的内容已不仅限于门神之类，而渐渐把财神请到家里，进而在一些年画作坊中产生了《福禄寿三星图》、《天官赐福》、《五谷丰登》、《六畜兴旺》、《迎春接福》等彩色年画、以满足人们喜庆祈年的美好愿望。因明太祖朱元璋提倡春节贴春联，年画也受其影响随之而盛行开来，全国出现了年画三个重要产地：苏州桃花坞，天津杨柳青和山东潍坊;形成了我国年画的三大流派。民国初年，上海郑曼陀将月历和年画二者结合起来。这是年画的一种新形式。这种合二而一的年画，以后发展成挂历。挂千，就是用吉祥语镌于红纸之上，长尺有咫，粘之门前，与桃符相辉映。其上有八仙人物的，为佛前所挂。挂千民户多用它，世家大族用它的较少。其黄纸长三寸，红纸长寸余，是“小挂千”，为市肆所用。最早的挂千当是以制钱(铜钱串挂的，与压岁钱一样，有压胜的作用。
置天地桌
这是一个临时性的供桌，是除夕专设之桌。一般无大佛堂之家特别重视天地桌，因为平时对佛供献较少，到年终岁尽时对神佛大酬劳一次，此外，这桌主要是为接神使用。天地桌的内容与常年佛堂有所不同，除共有的挂钱、香烛、五供、大供之外，其受祀的偶像也大都是临时性的，如："百分"，它是一本木刻版的神像画册;"天地三界十八佛诸神"，是一张用大幅黄毛边纸木刻水彩印的全神码;福禄寿三星画像等。以上诸像有的接神后即焚化，如"百分"。有的则须到破五、甚至到灯节才焚烧。摆天地桌的位置也不统一，如堂屋地方宽大，可置于屋中，如屋内无地，就置于院中。传说此夜为天上诸神下界之时，所以民间有此接神习俗。
守岁
我国民间在除夕有守岁的习惯，俗名“熬年”。守岁从吃年夜饭开始，这顿年夜饭要慢慢地吃，从掌灯时分入席，有的人家一直要吃到深夜。根据宗懔《荆楚岁时记》的记载，至少在南北朝时已有吃年夜饭的习俗。 守岁的习俗，既有对如水逝去的岁月含惜别留恋之情，又有对来临的新年寄以美好希望之意。
除夕做什么英语作文【二】
Chinese Spring Festival celebrating the end of winter and the warmth of spring. It began in the last day of the lunar year, end in the 15th day of lunar New Year, also is the Lantern Festival. During the Spring Festival, people use red lantern and Spring Festival couplets decorate a house, put on all kinds of colored clothes, often visit friends and relatives or together eat dumplings, fiish, meat and other delicious food. The children are looking forward to receiving red envelope money, and together they play each other the fireworks, with happy. Street with dragon and lion dance and some other carnival activities, CCTV will held the grand Spring Festival gala.
除夕做什么英语作文【三】
除夕的习俗：传统座次
按照老礼，除夕夜传统的座次是“尚左尊东”、“面朝大门为尊”。年宴的首席为辈分最高的长者，末席为最低者。如果是请客，首席为地位最尊的客人，主人则居末席。首席未落座，其余都不能落座，首席未动手，大家都不能动手。
除夕的习俗：饮食特色
北方人年夜饭的菜色中常包括水饺、鱼、年糕、长年菜等。因为水饺状似金元宝，有富贵之意;鱼这道菜不能吃完，因为在汉语中“鱼”和“余”同音，有“年年有余”的吉祥意思;年糕则有“年年高升”之意;吃长年菜则有长寿的意涵。华南则多有鸡、烧肉、发菜、蚝豉等，因为“发菜蚝豉”与“发财好市”谐音。江南的典型年夜饭必有鱼，丰盛汤锅。
除夕的习俗：贴春联
春联，也叫“门对”、“春贴”、“对联”、“对子”，属于楹联的一种，是一种独特的文学形式。
这副世界上最早的春联，“三阳始布，四序初开”记载在莫高窟藏经洞出土的敦煌遗书上，撰联人为唐人刘丘子，作于开元十一年(723年。百姓春节贴春联的民俗从明代才开始盛行，潮流发源地是南京。现在江南地区百姓讲究在大年三十上午贴春联。
除夕的习俗：祭祖
据民俗专家、南京大学民俗艺术研究室主任陈竟介绍，祭祀祖先是除夕的第一件大事。在我国很多地方，这一天，民众都会在家中摆上丰厚的饭菜，点燃香烛，家长率领子孙们叩拜。北方一些地方的农村还会在家中焚烧纸钱。大年三十傍晚时分，在祖宗像前点上香烛，倒上美酒，摆上菜肴，全家人举行隆重的祭祀仪式，表达“慎终追远”的感情。等各位先人用过年夜饭之后，人们才开始享用。
除夕的习俗：贴福字
春节贴福字，是中国民间由来已久的风俗。春节贴“福”字，寄托了人们对幸福生活的向往，也是对美好未来的祝愿。“福”字究竟该怎么贴没有统一的标准：
除夕的习俗：守岁
守岁的习俗在中国有近两千年的历史。晋朝人周处《风土记》中说到蜀地年俗，年末人家相互馈送年节礼物，称为“馈岁”;相互宴请，称为“别岁”;除夕通宵不眠，称为“守岁”。这是现今看到关于守岁习俗的最早记载。但这时守岁似乎还是地方性年俗，隋唐之后，守岁成为全国的共同年俗。
除夕做什么英语作文【四】
One day, Paula and Richard decided to make a kite.
First they went out and found two straight sticks of the same length. They brought them back home and tied them with a piece of string into the shape of a cross. Then they took some string and used it to tie the four ends of the sticks together. Then, they spread some brightly coloured paper over the frame and glued it around the string.They stuck a tail made of paper to one of the corners, and tied a long string to the centre of the kite.
On the next windy day, they took the kite to a hill near their house and flew it.
一天，保罗和理查德决定做一个风筝。
首先，他们出门找了两根一样长的直木棍。他们把木棍带回家，用一根绳子把它们绑成十字形。然后他们又拿了些绳子，把木棍的四个顶端连在一起。然后，他们把一些颜色鲜艳的纸涂上胶水，粘在风筝的框架上。他们将纸做的尾巴粘在一角，在风筝中间系上一根长绳。
在接下来的一个有风的日子里，他们就在家附近的小山上放风筝了。
除夕做什么英语作文【五】
Just like the Christmas Eve to western people, for Chinese, the Spring Festival eve is also a meaningful night, full of happiness and expection for the coming up new year.
With the brilliant fireworks light the sky, the prelude of the festival is starting.No matter how long and how tough it is, the Chinese people trudged long way to back home for the reunion of the family in the eve. It has been lasting for many years, the Spring Festival Gala on the TV show is the repertoire, entire family is enjoying the delicious and abundant dinner and foods and watching the show together.
For Chinese, every terrible memory and unhappiness will be stopped at this night, and a splendid next year will also begin at here. Their wishes become the blare of the crackers and colorful flash of the firework into the air and spread faraway.For generations, the Spring Festival Eve is considred as a new start for the future, a wonderful conclusion for passed a year, and night when everybody is able to open their mind. joozone.com
With the dramatic increasing economy, people have less time to stay with the family. But in this eve, it could be a payback,a compensation, or a opportunity to everybody who wants to share the enjoyment with his or her family. The relaxing conversation and jokes are around the rooms with the warm atmosphere in the chill winter night.
There are a lot of traditions of the eve inherited for generations. But, now more and more new fashions introduced into this eve and even replaced the old traditions. More and more people are glad to have the dinner in the restaurants instead of cooking and having at home. However, no matter what it is, a harmouious and peaceful night is the favorite of everybody here.
除夕做什么英语作文【六】
Before New Year‘s Eve
The celebration actually starts on New Year‘s Eve with the family reunion dinner. By New Year‘s Eve, you should have done the following：
Clean the entire home to get rid of all the things that are associated with the old year.
Put away all brooms and brushes.
Pay all your debts.
Resolve differences with family members, friends, neighbors and business associates.
Buy the following：
Red money envelopes,
Oranges and/or tangerines,
Fill a “Cheun hup(a circular red tray separated in eight compartments with melon seedslotuschocolate coinsnuts etc.(
Flowers (especially plum blossoms, peach blossoms, water lilies,
A new set of clothes and shoes for children, preferably something red or orange.
Get new dollar bills from the bank. Insert the new dollar bills into the red envelopes. Now the red envelope is called a lai see or lucky money envelope.
On New Year‘s Eve
Get together with close family members (not including married daughters and their families for the “reunion” dinner.
Pay respect to ancestors and household gods. Acknowledge the presence of ancestors because they are responsible for the fortunes of future generations.
Open every door and window in your home at midnight to let go of the old year.
On New Year‘s Day
Decorate your home with symbols of good fortune. Here are some suggestions：
Colors： Br tune in gold
