Best wishes for the year to come(33期)

时间:2005-09-18 15:06 作者:编辑部 编审:

Best wishes for the year to come

 

2005年1月总第33期

【喜话连篇】
FOR NEW YEAR

Best wishes for the year to come!
恭贺新禧!
May you come into a good fortune!
恭喜发财!
I want to wish you longevity and health!
愿你健康长寿!
May the New Year bring many good things and rich blessings to you and all those you love!
愿新年带给你和你所爱的人许多美好的事物和无尽的祝福!
Good health, good luck and much happiness throughout the year.
恭祝健康、幸运,新年快乐。
Good luck and great success in the coming New Year.
祝来年好运,并取得更大的成就。
I hope you have a most happy and prosperous New Year.
谨祝新年快乐幸福,大吉大利。
May the season's joy fill you all the year round.
愿节日的愉快伴你一生。
May you come into a good fortune!
Good luck, good health, hood cheer. I wish you a happy New Year.
祝好运、健康、佳肴伴你度过一个快乐新年。

 


【喜庆中国年】

About Chinese New Year 关于中国新年

Chinese New Year Greetings
恭喜发财
  

  The Chinese like to greet each other "gong xi fa cai" ("Happy and Prosperous New Year") during the New Year. Click here to hear the greeting.

Chinese New Year Colors
中国吉祥色——红

  You probably have guessed correctly by now : the favorite colors during Chinese New Year are RED and GOLD. Red symbolizes happiness while Gold symbolizes wealth. As such, these two colors are predominant in most Chinese New Year decorations and greeting cards.
  Tips : Black and white, on the other hand, are the "unlucky" colors avoided by most Chinese during the New Year.

Hongbao
红包

  One thing that makes Chinese children to look forward to the arrival of Chinese New Year is Hongbao or Laisi (in Hong Kong). It's a red little envelope which contains cash gifts (in even denominations like $8 or $12 for luck). All unmarried children are eligible to receive Hongbao, but do make sure that you first greet your elders or married friends :

Fire Crackers and Lion Dance
烟花 舞狮

  Fire crackers and lion dance are almost synonymous with Chinese New Year. Fire crackers were used to chase away the mythical monster, Nian, which once terrorized the people. But over time, their loud noises have been used to create the jovial, holiday mood. If you hear this, you'll know that Chinese New Year is just around the corner.
  Lion dance is a remarkable piece of performance art and sports. Normally performed by 2 people, it takes years of training and practice before one can be good enough to give a public performance. It's no surprise that many lion dancers are also practitioners of Chinese martial arts, or Kung Fu.Today, fire crackers and lion dance can also be found during auspicious events such as grand opening day of a new business.

Chinese Rice Cake
年糕

  Most Chinese New Year dishes have names that sound like good or fortunate things, e.g. fish (Yu) for abundance and New Year rice cake (Nian Gao) for advancement.
  The rising effect of the cake during baking symbolizes advancement (Gao Sheng) so it is no surprise that parents will urge their children to have Nian Gao during the Chinese New Year. Below is the recipe for the Chinese Rice Cake or Nian Gao. Try it and may you have advancement year after year (Nian Nian Gao Sheng)!

 

【异域传真】

庆祝圣诞节

  I am pleased to talk with you about some of our Christmas traditions in the United States.
  Of course, everyone has to have a Christmas tree. We can buy one or go out to a farm in the country to chop one down. We bring it home and set it up in the corner of our living room, where my family help decorate it. We put a Christmas clothe at the bottom of the Christmas tree. Then we take out all the ornaments like bows and plenty of lights of all shapes and colors to decorate it. Since our Christmas tree is green we buy fake snow and spray it all over the tree. After that, we go toy and clothing shopping for presents and put all the presents under the tree.
  On Christmas Eve we always go to church to sing Christmas carols like "Silent Night" and "These Three Kings". But some families have parties, have a big dinner and wait till midnight for our gift-giver , Santa Claus.
  Our Santa Claus is supposed to be wearing a red suit . He travels from his home at the North Pole in a flying sleigh with eight reindeer by himself. At midnight, he lands on the roof and comes down the chimney. He leaves the gifts under our trees and puts some toys or candy in our stockings. We all leave him a plate of cookies, something to drink and a carrot for the reindeer. We think that is why he is so chubby.
  On Christmas morning, we hurry to the living room to open our stockings. There are brightly wrapped packages piled under our tree, and even some nestled among the Christmas tree branches. They are all for us.
  After we finish opening the gifts, we go to visit our relatives and friends. We exchange greetings and gifts. At the end of the day, we sit down to a celebration dinner of turkey or ham to talk about the wonderful day we had.

  很高兴和你们谈谈有关美国的一些圣诞习俗。
  当然,我们必须要有一棵圣诞树。我们可以去买或者去乡下农场砍一棵。我们把它拿回家放在起居室的角落里。我们一家人一起来装饰它。我们在树的底部放一块圣诞布,拿出所有的装饰品,像蝴蝶结和许多各种形状各种颜色的灯来装饰圣诞树。因为树是绿的,所以我们买了假的雪喷在树上。然后我们去玩具和服装店买礼物并把礼物放在树下。
  在圣诞前夜,我们经常去教堂唱圣诞颂歌,像《平安夜》和《三个国王》。但有的家庭在家里举办聚会,美餐一顿,等候午夜的到来,等待圣诞老人的礼物。
  我们假想圣诞老人穿一身红衣服,他独自一人从他北极的家出发,乘一辆八匹驯鹿拉的雪橇飞来,在午夜降落在房顶上,从烟囱下来。他把礼物放在我们的树下,并放一些玩具和糖果在我们的长统袜里。我们都会留给他一盘甜饼,一些喝的,并给驯鹿一个胡萝卜。我们认为那就是为什么圣诞老人这么胖的原因。
  在圣诞节早晨,我们匆忙去起居室,打开我们的长统袜。有许多包装精致的包裹堆在树下,有的躺在树枝中。那些都是给我们的礼物。
  在我们看完礼物之后,我们去拜访我们的亲朋好友。我们相互问候并交换礼物。到了晚上,我们坐下来吃庆祝晚餐,通常是火鸡或汉堡包,我们谈论我们度过的快乐的这一天。

(宝应县实验初中  陈文老师供稿)

【年在他乡】

各国新年习俗

泰国

  泰国传统的新年,即“宋干节”(“宋干”是梵语的译音),也叫“泼水节”,是公历的每年4月13日到16日。节日里,人们抬着或用车载着巨大的佛像出游,佛像后面跟着一辆辆花车,车上站着化了妆的“宋干女神”,成群结队的男女青年,身着色彩鲜艳的民族服装,敲着长鼓,载歌载舞。在游行队伍经过的道路两旁,善男信女夹道而行,用银钵里盛着用贝叶浸泡过的,渗有香料的水,泼洒到佛像和“宋干女神”身上,祈求新年如意,风调雨顺,然后人们相互洒水,喜笑颜开的祝长辈健康长寿,祝亲朋新年幸运、未婚的青年男女,则用泼水来表示彼此之间的爱慕之情。泰国人在新年第一天都在窗台、门口端放一盆清水,家家户户都要到郊外江河中去进行新年沐浴。为庆贺新年,泰国人举行在规模的“赛象大会”,内容有:人象拔河、跳象拾物、象跨人身、大象足球赛、古代象阵表演等。很是精彩动人。

日本

  每年的12月29日-1月3日为全国休假日。日本人把12月31日称之为“大晦日”,也就是除夕日。除夕晚上,日本人称之为“除夜”,除夜时他们祈求神灵托福,送旧迎新,称之为“初诣”。除夕午夜,各处城乡庙宇分别敲钟108下,以此驱除邪恶,日本人则静坐聆听“除夜之钟”,钟声停歇就意味新年的来到。人们便离座上床睡觉,希望得一好梦。日本人称元旦初一为“正日”。1-3日为“三贺日”。在正日,小辈须先去父母那里拜年,向父母问安,然后到亲友家拜年。日本人在“正日”这一天,早餐是很丰盛的,吃砂糖竽艿、荞麦面等,喝屠苏酒。此后一连三天,则吃素的,以示虔诚,祈求来年大吉大利。现日本多数城里人已放弃新年吃素习惯,改在“除夜”吃一餐空心面条,以祝在新的一年里,健康长寿。

埃及

  埃及把尼罗河涨水的这一天作为新年的开始,称为“涨水新年”。埃及的克鲁特人迎接新年,在门口放一张桌子,七八只碟子供着大豆、扁豆、紫苜蓿和小麦的颗粒,还有好些绿色植物的小芽,这象征丰裕。献给神的东西越多,新年的收成就越多。埃及的新年在秋天,因埃及的农业生产是从秋季开始的。

印度

  每年10月31日起为新年,共5天,第四天为元旦。新年第一天,谁也不许生气发脾气。有的地区,元旦早上家家户户哭声不断,他们以岁月易逝、人生苦短,用哭来迎新年。有些地区,禁食一天一夜来迎接新的一年。由于这种怪异的习俗,印度的元旦被人称为“痛哭元旦”、“禁食元旦”。在过年的前5天,印度各地都要演出印度史诗《罗摩衍那》,(意为罗摩的游行)。除夕夜,家家户户门前都张贴上各种精美图画。元旦早上,人们提着精制的小灯,拿着红粉包,出门向老人和亲友拜年。见面道喜后,就互相将红粉涂在对方的额上,表示吉祥如意,抬头见喜。年青人把红墨水装进水枪里,射到亲友身上,称为“洒红”,表示吉祥如意。印度青年喜欢在过新年时不管熟悉与否,见面徒手格斗,围观者叫好助威风。中部土著民族勃希勒人,为庆祝新年,在游戏场中竖立一根圆滑粗大的木杆,杆顶有一只盛着礼品的小袋,姑娘们手持竹竿竭力阻挠向杆上爬去的小伙子,小伙子们则在杆下围成一圈,努力防御姑娘们对爬杆者的攻击,直到爬竿者夺得小袋取得胜利为止。
                 

朝鲜

  朝鲜和我们中国一样,在新年也有贴窗花、桃符的匀俗。朝鲜人在新年时,家家户户贴对联和年画。有的人家在门上贴上寿星或仙女的画像,祈求上天保佑,驱走鬼魅,赐给幸福。元旦黎明,人们把一些钞票塞进了除夕预先扎好的稻草人中,扔到十字路口,表示送走邪恶,迎接吉祥福星。黄昏,人们又将全家人一年中脱落的头发烧掉,祝愿家人四季平安。新春佳节,朝鲜的妇女穿戴一新。元旦少女们头戴一种麻制的帽子,称为“福巾”,身穿带花纹的五色彩衣,进行荡秋千比赛。她们以一处树花为目标,看谁先踢到或咬到为胜。也有在高处挂上铜铃的,以先碰响者为冠军。新年期间,朝鲜人除了享以美酒佳肴外,还必须要做一种用糯米加上松子、栗子粉、枣泥和蜂蜜等,蒸煮成与我国的八宝饭相类似的甜饭食用,以预示家里人丁兴旺日子过得像蜜一样甜。
                 

英国

  在英国,公历元旦虽没有圣诞节那样隆重,但在除夕夜和元旦,还是根据当地的风俗匀惯开展种种庆祝活动。除夕深夜,人们常带上糕点和酒出去拜访,他们不敲门,就径直走进亲友家去。按英国人的风俗,除夕夜过后,朝屋里迈进第一只脚的人,预示着新的一年的运气。如果第一个客人是个黑发的男人,或是个快乐、幸福而富裕的人,主人就将全年吉利走好运。如果第一个客人是个浅黄头发的女人,或是个忧伤、贫穷、不幸的人,主人在新的一年中将遭霉运,会遇上困难和灾祸。除夕在亲友家作客的人,在未交谈前,要先去拨弄壁炉的火,祝福主人“开门大吉”。英国的新年庆祝活动大都在除夕夜举行,“迎新宴会”便是其中之一。这种宴会分“家庭宴会”和“团体宴会”两种,宴会通常从除夕晚上8时开始中直至元旦凌晨结束。宴会上备有各种美酒佳肴和点心,供人们通宵达量地开怀畅饮。午夜时分,人们打开收音机,聆听教堂大钟的新年钟声,钟声鸣响时,人们一片欢腾,举杯祝酒,尽情欢呼,高歌《往昔的日光》。“除夕舞会”则是另一种庆祝活动。由当地的旅馆和舞会,夜幕降临。人们身着节日盛装,从四面八方杰到这些装饰一新的灯光辉煌的舞场,在美妙的乐声中翩翩起舞,成千上万的人群,还云集到各个广场,围绕着广场中心的喷泉和厄洛斯神象,载歌载舞,尽情狂欢。

德国

  德国的新年,庆祝时间前后有一周。这期间,家家户户都要摆上一棵枞树和横树,树叶间系满绢花,表示繁花如锦,春满人间。德国人在除夕午夜新年光临前一刻,爬到椅子上,钟声一响,他们就跳下椅子,并将一重物抛向椅背后,以示甩去祸患,跳入新年。孩子们组成乐队,穿上新衣服,拿着口琴和手风琴,列队在街上吹奏。成年人则手持彩旗,跟在后面呐喊唱歌,欢庆新年,德国的妇女在新年里要即兴表演家庭题材的喜剧小品。在德国的农村流传着一种过新年的风俗——“爬树比赛”,小伙子们顺着光秃秃的树比赛爬高,第一名被誉为“新年英雄”,以示步步高升。

伊朗

  伊朗实行的是伊斯兰历,它的季节和月份是不固定的。在伊朗,庆贺新年就是庆祝春天到来,往往是在公历3月下旬,过新年要隆重庆祝一周,人们涌上街头生起“篝火”——“夜火”,然后全家人依次从夜火上跳来跳去,表示烧掉“晦气”,迎来光明,驱邪灭病,幸福永存。除夕夜要吃“七道菜”,每道菜的名称都要以字母“S”开头的,以示吉祥。初一到初三,人们走亲访友,互祝春节快乐。新年最后一天,全家出游踏青,以避邪恶。

法国

  以酒来庆祝新年,人们从除夕起开始狂欢痛饮,直到1月3日才终止。法国人认为元旦这一天的天气预示着新的一年的年景。元旦清晨他们就上街看风向来占卜:刮南风,预兆风调雨顺,这一年会是平安而炎热;刮西风,有一个捕鱼和挤奶的丰收年;刮东风,水果将高产;刮北风,则是欠收年。

 


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