第一篇：新年習俗

從小年到元宵都有哪些習俗呢?

December 23 of Chinese Lunar Calendar(Little New Year)臘月二十三——小年

Custom: Worshiping the Kitchen God習俗：祭灶

As the legend goes, there is a kitchen god in each house who is responsible for the kitchen and oversees the conduct of the family.On this day, the kitchen god returns to Heaven to report the conducts of the family to the Emperor of Heaven.Therefore, worshipping the kitchen god aims to “please him.” People put out some sweet and sticky foods, such as rice dumplings and malted sugar.In this way, the lips of the kitchen god will stuck together, and he cannot report any wrong doings of the family.Thus the family can lead an auspicious life.民俗傳說中，每家都有一位灶神掌管飲食，也記錄一家人的言行。每年的臘月二十三，灶神要返回天庭匯報每家每戶一年的大小事，所以祭灶的主題就是“拉攏灶神”。在廚房內擺放些又甜又粘牙的食物，如湯圓、麥芽糖，這樣灶神的嘴被這些好吃的粘住后，就能少匯報些壞事，各家才能天降吉祥。

December 24 of Chinese Lunar Calendar 臘月二十四

Custom: Dusting習俗：掃塵

After worshipping the kitchen god, people begin to thoroughly clean their houses to sweep away bad luck and welcome good luck.Dusting shows the good wish of putting away old things and welcoming a new life, making everything look fresh in the new year.祭灶后，人們便開始大掃除，掃塵除災，以迎祥納福。掃塵亦有辭舊迎新之意，求的是萬象更新的新年新氣象。

December 25 of Chinese Lunar Calendar 臘月二十五

Custom: Pasting Window Paper and Making Tofu習俗：糊窗戶、磨豆腐

The times for pasting window paper are gone.Nowadays, the tradition is replaced by cleaning windows.Tofu is homophonic with “Toufu(first fortune of the year)”, so it is considered as a good food which brings happiness.紙糊窗戶的時代已經過去了，所以如今的習俗已經被擦玻璃取代。而豆腐音同“頭福”，被視為能夠為新年帶來福氣的好食材。

December 26 of Chinese Lunar Calendar 臘月二十六

Custom: Preparation of Meat and Shopping for the Spring Festival習俗：割年肉、置年貨 When there was insufficient food in the past, the majority of ordinary people could enjoy a comparatively lavish feast only during the Spring Festival.Besides meat and fish, people also start to purchase cigarettes, wines, fruits, gifts and festive ornaments on the day.在物質不豐富的年代，大多尋常人家要到年節期間才能吃得豐富一些。割年肉主要指準備春節的肉食，實際上也代表各種年貨可以從這一天開始置辦，如魚、肉，以及煙酒瓜果和禮品、裝飾等。

December 27 of Chinese Lunar Calendar 臘月二十七

Custom: Bathing and Going to the Market習俗：洗浴、趕集

According to the traditional folk customs of the Han ethnic group, people should take a bath and wash their clothes to get rid of bad luck from the past year and welcome the new year.Besides, people also go shopping to enjoy the exciting atmosphere of the Spring Festival in advance.漢族傳統民俗中，在這天要洗澡、洗衣，以除去一年的晦氣，迎接新年。而趕集則能提前感受過年的熱鬧氣氛。

December 28 of Chinese Lunar Calendar 臘月二十八

Custom: Leavening Dough and Pasting Spring Couplets習俗：發面、貼春聯

Besides meat and side dishes, people also prepare cooked wheaten food for the Spring Festival.People in north China mainly eat noodles.They leaven dough, steam buns or cook noodles during the Spring Festival.Today, people also paste spring couplets andnew year paintings.With concise texts and festive patterns, people show their welcome for the Spring Festival.In addition, these activities indicate that the Spring Festival begins.準備了肉食和配菜后，人們也要準備主食。北方以面食為主，會在春節期間發面蒸饅頭或是做面條。這一天也是人們貼春聯、貼年畫的日子。春聯上簡潔的文字，年畫上喜慶的圖案都體現著人們迎接春節的心情，也意味著春節帷幕被正式拉開。

December 29 of Chinese Lunar Calendar 臘月二十九——小除夕

Custom: Paying Tribute to Ancestors習俗：祭祖

Preparation for the Spring Festival should be completed today, the day before New Year`s Eve.Worshipping ancestors is the major event on this day, by which people express their gratitude and yearning for their ancestors.過年的準備工作將在今天全部完成。祭祖則是今天的主要活動，以表達人們對先祖的感恩與思念。

December 30 of Chinese Lunar Calendar 大年三十——除夕 December 30 of Chinese lunar calendar, also called “Chuxi”(Chinese New Year`s Eve), is the last day of the year according to the lunar calendar.It means saying goodbye to the last year and welcoming the new year.Chuxi is to Chinese people what Christmas Eve is to Westerners.And it`s also the climax of the whole Spring Festival.There are many customs in every period of time on this special day and those customs have been well observed for thousands of years.大年三十是中國農歷的最后一天，又稱“除夕”，寓意辭舊迎新。這一天對每一個中國人來說意義非凡，正如同平安夜在西方人眼中一般。除夕夜也是整個春節的高潮。這一天中，每一個時段都有約定俗成的講究，幾千年來，延續至今。

January 1 of Chinese Lunar Calendar 正月初一

Custom: New-Year Visits and Collecting Fortune習俗：拜年聚財

Visiting relatives is still considered a major event on the first day of the first Lunar month.Also, it is the birthday of “broom”, so it is taboo to use broom or take out trash, otherwise, you might sweep away good fortunes and suffer financial losses.拜年依舊是大年初一的重要活動。另外，由于這天也是“掃把星”的生日，因此正月初一忌用掃帚，或倒垃圾，否則就會掃走運氣、破財。

January 2 of Chinese Lunar Calendar 正月初二

Custom: Married Daughters Return to Parents’ Home習俗：回娘家

Married daughters visit their parents with their husbands on this day, so this day is also called “welcome son-in-law day”.The couple must bring some gifts and red envelopes along with them, and give them to children from the wife’s side of the family.They have to return husband’s family before dinner.今天是出嫁女兒回娘家的日子，因丈夫也要同行，所以也稱“迎婿日”。這一天，回娘家的女兒、女婿要帶上禮品和紅包，分給娘家的孩子們。但他們要在晚飯前趕回婆家。

January 3 of Chinese Lunar Calendar 正月初三

Custom: Staying at Home習俗：忌出門

According to custom, people should not pay visits to others on the third day of the first lunar month as it is very likely to quarrel with others on this day.However, this has already become obsolete.It is a rare opportunity for people to get reunited during the Spring Festival, so less and less people follow this tradition.按照習俗，人們在初三通常不會外出拜年，傳說這天容易與人發生爭執。不過這個習俗早已過時，現在人們難得春節團聚，因此恪守這一習俗的人也越來越少。

January 4 of Chinese Lunar Calendar 正月初四 Custom: Worshiping the God of Wealth習俗：祭財神

It is the day for worshipping the God of Wealth.In the past, if an employee was not invited to worship the God of Wealth with the boss, he/she had to resign according to the unwritten rule.正月初四是祭財神的日子。過去，老板想將某人“炒魷魚”，這天就會不請他來拜神，而對方也就心知肚明，會主動辭職。

January 5 of Chinese Lunar Calendar 正月初五

Custom: Breaking Five習俗：破五

It is the day to “drive away five ghosts of poverty”(Poverty in intelligence, knowledge, literacy, fate, and friendship).People light firecrackers in the morning from inside to outside of their houses to scare away all the “ghosts”.正月初五俗稱“破五”，即“趕走五窮”，包括“智窮、學窮、文窮、命窮、交窮”。舊時人們在清晨放鞭炮，邊放邊往門外走，傳說如此便可將一切不吉利的東西都轟出門外。

January 6 of Chinese Lunar Calendar 正月初六

Custom: Opening for Business習俗：宜開業

After lighting firecrackers, shops reopen for business on this day.It is said that boys of the age of 12 are the most welcomed as the number of “12” as double of “6”, which means “everything will go well smoothly”.商戶在這天開張營業，而且要大放鞭炮。另外傳說這一天最受歡迎的是年滿12歲的男孩子，因為12是6的二倍，寓意“六六大順”。

January 15 of Chinese Lunar Calendar 正月十五

Custom: Having Sweet Dumplings and Lighting Sky Lanterns習俗：吃元宵、放天燈

As the first full moon night in the new year, the fifteenth day is also called Lantern Festival, named after the long-time tradition of appreciating lanterns.One should not miss Yuanxiao, glutinous rice dumplings, often stuffed with white sugar, rose petals, sesames and so on.The stuffing and round shape symbolize sweet life and reunion.Lantern Festival draws the curtain of the entire Chinese New Year celebration.正月十五是新年的第一個月圓之夜。因這一天還有觀燈的悠久傳統，故又稱“燈節”。元宵或湯圓是正月十五必吃的美食：以白糖、玫瑰、芝麻等為餡，用糯米粉包成圓形，寓意甜 甜蜜蜜、團團圓圓。過完元宵節，春節也就落下了帷幕。

What's Nianwei? What kind of atmosphere is it?

什么是年味？

It's the excitement and expectation on the way home;it's the smile on parents' faces when we arrive;年味是回家途中的激動和期盼，是踏入家門時爸媽的笑臉；

It's the happiness of the whole family sitting together chatting;it's our toast to our elders at dinner;是全家團圓的喜樂氣氛，是晚輩孝敬長輩圍坐在桌前敬的那一杯酒；

It's the smell of fireworks going off outside;it's the jiaozi(dumplings)for the Spring Festival eve dinner that mom has been busy preparing;是屋外煙花閃耀飄進鼻內的一股幽香，是媽媽忙前忙后做的一頓年夜飯中的餃子；

It's the enjoyment of going to the temple fair and watching the dragon dance, a scene which drags us back to childhood;it's the friendly ambiance in which everyone says “Happy New Year” no matter whether they know each other or not;是逛廟會看著舞龍仿佛又回到童年的一種享受，是甭管認識不認識，見面都說過年好的那種友好感覺；

It's the red lanterns hanging everywhere…

是滿大街掛滿了紅燈籠充滿了祝福話語的那種氣氛??

Nianwei, the Spring Festival atmosphere, is happiness, peace and reunions… “年味”是喜慶、是吉祥、是平安、是團圓??

第二篇：傣族新年習俗

傣族新年習俗

傣族人民的新年，按照傣歷大約是農歷清明節以后的第七天。節日期間，傣族同胞舉行熱鬧非凡的潑水、賽龍船、放高升活動。潑水活動是傣族人民過年的最高潮，也是傣歷年中最精彩的場面，因而通常稱做歷年節為“潑水節“。

這一天，人們互相潑水，用水表達真誠的友誼，純潔的愛情，心中的祝福。潑水有文潑水和武潑水之分。文潑水是對長者，舀起一勺凈水，說著祝福的話，拉開對方的衣領，讓水沿著脊梁流下去。被潑的人高興地接受祝福，不得跑開。武潑水則沒有固定的形式，用瓢、盆、桶都可以，互相追逐迎頭迎臉地潑。被人潑的水越多，說明受到的祝福越多，被潑的人越感到高興。

第三篇：新年民間習俗

新年民間習俗的感想

春節是我們中國農歷的新年，所以過年對我們中國人而言非常重要的！因此，春節前的準備也是必不可少的。

過年了！家家戶戶忙著貼春聯，剃頭發，做年夜飯……要做的事情太多了，而且“規矩”太多了！有些習俗還很怪，無奈之下，我就去問正在貼春聯的媽媽。我看見媽媽將“福”字倒著貼，我固然知道為什么要倒著貼，將?福?字倒著貼是一種習俗，?福?倒貼說明?福?倒（到）了！但我仍然問道：“過年有什么習俗和規矩啊？”媽媽停下手中的活，耐心地給我談起來。

原來，以前過年還有一種放鞭炮的習俗，來源于“年獸”的故事。很久以前有一只“年獸”，長期居住深海底，到了除夕就躍出海面到處作惡。有一年一個老人用放炮，穿紅衣，貼紅春聯的方法驅趕走“年獸”，這才得以平靜，此后這個方法就流傳開來。但是現在廣州禁止燃放煙花爆竹，所以我們就不再進行這個活動了。除夕這一天對我國來說是極為重要的。這天晚上，我們全家準備除舊迎新，吃團年飯。

吃年夜飯，是春節家家戶戶最熱鬧愉快的時候。大年夜．豐盛的年菜擺滿一桌，全家團聚，圍坐桌旁，共吃團圓飯。人們既是享受滿桌的佳肴，也是享受那份快樂的氣氛，桌上有雞、鵝、燒肉等等，一般少不了兩樣東西，一是火鍋，一是魚。火鍋熱氣騰騰，說明紅紅火火；“魚”和“余”諧音，喻意“年年有余”。最后一道甜食，祝福往后的日子甜甜蜜蜜。

今天我的收獲太大了，知道了很多過年習俗的知識，不過我覺得有點迷信，但這又仿佛是一種樂趣，只要快樂就好，何必迷信不迷信？更何況這是傳統的習俗，寧可信其有不可信其無！

第四篇：拉薩新年習俗

拉薩新年習俗

在拉薩，藏族居民一大早就在房頂上樹起新的經幡，祈求在新的一年里五谷豐登、吉祥如意。經幡由藍、白、紅、綠、黃五色布連接而成，寓有藍天、白云、紅火、綠水、黃土之意，上面印有藏經經文。樹經幡時．一般先將五色經文布披掛在樹枝上，而后將掛滿五色布的樹枝插于房頂。樹好經幡后，還要在房頂上擺上青稞酒、炸面果等供品，燃起香草，然后邊舞邊歌。在市中心大昭寺前，經幡在十多米高的經幡柱上飄揚。轉經的人絡繹不絕，信徒們繞著經幡柱，虔誠地、默默地走著。祝愿一年風調雨順，好運不斷。

第五篇：九華山新年習俗

九華山新年習俗

除夕進香

九華山居民吃過除夕團圓飯后，或看電視守歲、或娛樂，直至新年零點鐘聲敲響后，有的是全家出動，有的是家主代表，先洗臉漱口，燃放鞭炮、煙花，謂之“出行”；再將事先準備好的香、鞭炮、煙花帶上到肉身寶殿（遠處的則到附近寺廟）進香。進香途中，即使遇見熟人，也不言不語，進香完畢回家時方可相互招呼致意。除夕進香是為了祈求新的一年里平安如愿。據說若燒得第一柱香，最為吉祥。現已成為當地過年必具之習俗。

子會

信奉佛教的人集體朝山，人數滿百人以上稱“百子會”，兩百人以上的為雙百子會；不滿一百人稱小百子會。朝山者身眾著灰上裝、青褲、黃圍兜上印有“朝山進香”字樣，在香首帶領下，步行上山，沿途敲鑼唱贊、逢廟叩拜。大多在地藏王生日（農歷七月三十日）活動最盛，素以能夠在這天晚上趕到九華山肉身殿上通宵旦靜坐“守塔”為榮。還有一些香客為亡故雙親上山敬香，他們身穿亡人的壽衣，以求得地藏王的印章祭祀亡靈為最大心愿，佛界神話說是持此印信，亡人在冥司有遍行無阻的特權。