中国新年 Chinese New Year

Zhōngguó xīnnián shì Zhōngguó rén zuì zhòngyào de jiérì. Měi nián nónglì yī yuè yī rì, quán jiā rén dōu huì tuánjù zài yìqǐ qìngzhù xīnnián.

Chinese New Year is the most important festival for Chinese people. On the first day of the lunar calendar every year, families gather together to celebrate the New Year.

Guònián qián, Zhōngguó rén huì dǎsǎo fángzi, mǎi hěnduō hǎochī de shíwù, huì zuò yú hé jiǎozi. Yú dàibiǎo “nián nián yǒu yú”, jiǎozi xiàng yuánbǎo, xīwàng xīnnián yǒu qián.

Before the New Year, Chinese people clean the house, buy lots of delicious food, and cook fish and dumplings. Fish symbolizes “surplus year after year,” while dumplings, shaped like ancient gold ingots, represent wishes for wealth.

Chúxī wǎnshang, quán jiā rén yīqǐ chī nián yè fàn. Zhuōzi shàng bǎi mǎn le cài, yǒu hóngsè de xiā, jīnsè de chūnjuǎn, hái yǒu tiántián de niángāo.

On New Year’s Eve, the whole family eats the reunion dinner. The table is filled with dishes like red shrimp, golden spring rolls, and sweet rice cakes.

Dànián chūyī zǎoshang, xiǎo háizi huì chuān shàng xīn yīfu, hé bàba māma qù yéye nǎinai jiā bài nián. Jiàn dào zhǎngbèi yào shuō “xīnnián hǎo”, zhǎngbèi huì gěi wǎnbèi hóngbāo, lǐmiàn zhuāng zhe yāsuìqián, zhè shì xīnnián de zhùfú. Jiē shàng hěnduō rén fàng biānpào, hónghóng de biānpào zhǐ pū mǎn dìmiàn, jiù xiàng kāi mǎn le hónghuā.

On the first morning of the New Year, kids will wear new clothes and visit their grandparents with their parents. When greeting elders, they say “Happy New Year!” The elders will give the young red envelopes with lucky money inside. It’s a symbol of the New Year blessing. The streets are lively with firecrackers, and the red paper scraps on the ground look like blooming flowers.

Xiǎo háizi zuì xǐhuān Zhōngguó xīnnián, yīnwèi néng chī dào hǎochī de, néng chuān xīn yīfu, zuì zhòngyào de shì quán jiā rén zài yīqǐ kāikāixīnxīn de. Měi cì guò wán nián, tāmen dōu kāishǐ qīdài xià yīgè xīnnián kuài diǎn dàolái.

Kids love Chinese New Year most because of the delicious food, new clothes, and most importantly, the joy of being with family. Every year after the celebrations end, they start looking forward to the next New Year.