中国新年除夕习俗
中国新年的传统
Before New Year's Eve
除夕夜以前
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:
除夕夜全家会以吃团圆饭来庆祝。在除夕之前，你应该做以下事情
Clean the entire home to get rid of all the things that are associated with the old year.
Put away all brooms and brushes.来源：考试大
Pay all your debts.
Resolve differences with family members, friends, neighbors and business associates.
打扫整个房间清除所有与旧年有关的东西，把所有的扫把和刷子收起来放好；偿还所有的债务；与家人，朋友，邻居和商业伙伴解除分歧。
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.
购买以下东西：
装钱的红包；橙子和橘子；把红色的圆形托盘里放进瓜子，莲子，巧克力，椰果硬币等等；买花（尤其是梅花，桃花，睡莲）；给孩子买一套新衣服和一双新鞋，最好是红色或橙色；从银行获取一些新美元钞票，然后把其放入红包里。现在红包被称为来囍或者幸运的钱包。
On New Year's Eve
Get together with close family members (not including married daughters and their families) for the "reunion" dinner. 来源：考试大
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.
除夕
和家人一起吃团圆饭（不包括已经嫁出去的女儿和她们的家人）;
参拜祖先和家神，承认祖先的存在因为它们对未来几代人的财富负责。
为了迎接新年在午夜时打开家里的每一扇窗户和门
On New Year's Day来源：考试大
Decorate your home with symbols of good fortune. Here are some suggestions:
Colors: Bright red (happiness); gold/orange (wealth & happiness).
Fruits: Oranges and tangerines (good health & long life); tangerines with leaves intact (long lasting relationships; being fruitful and multiply); persimmons (happiness and wealth).
"Chuen Hup" circular candy tray (candy for sweet and circular for togetherness and continuity).
春节
把你的房间装饰成代表好运的气象，这有一些建议：
颜色：鲜红色（快乐）金色、橙色（代表幸福和财富）
水果：柑橘（身体健康和长寿）带有完整叶的橘子（长久的人际关系，富有成效的和繁荣的）；柿子（代表幸福和财富）
圆形的糖果盘（糖果代表甜蜜，亲切，圆形代表团结和一致性）
（听力课堂网Vicky翻译）
Traditions of Chinese New Year
