1、第 PAGE3 頁 共 NUMPAGES3 頁2023年最新的春節的歷史故事英文 人過春節已有4000多年的歷史。在現代，人們把農歷正月初一開始為春節，一般至少要到正月十五(上元節)新年才算結束，但在民間，傳統意義上的春節是指從臘月的臘祭或臘月二十三或二十四的祭灶，一直到正月十九。以下是小編整理的春節的歷史故事英文，歡迎閱讀參考！ 關于春節的故事英文版 The Origin of Chinese New Year The Chinese New Year is now popularly known as the SpringFestival because it starts from th

2、e Begining of Spring (the first of the twenty-four terms incoodination with the changes of Nature)。 Its origin is too old to be traced. Severalexplanations are hanging around. All agree， however， that the word Nian， which in modernChinese solely means year， was originally the name of a monster beast

3、 that started to prey onpeople the night before the beginning of a new year. One legend goes that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would swallow a great manypeople with one bite. People were very scared. One day， an old man came to their rescue，offering to subdue Nian. To Nian he said， I hea

4、r say that you are very capable， but can youswallow the other beasts of prey on earth instead of people who are by no means of yourworthy opponents So， it did swallow many of the beasts of prey on earth that alsoharrassed people and their domestic animals from time to time. After that， the old man d

5、isappeared riding the beast Nian. He turned out to be an immortalgod. Now that Nian is gone and other beasts of prey are also scared into forests， peoplebegin to enjoy their peaceful life. Before the old man left， he had told people to put up redpaper decorations on their windows and doors at each y

6、ear s end to scare away Nian in case itsneaked back again， because red is the color the beast feared the most. From then on， the tradition of observing the conquest of Nian is carried on from generation togeneration. The term Guo Nian， which may mean Survive the Nian becomes today Celebratethe (New)

7、 Year as the word guo in Chinese having both the meaning of pass-over andobserve. The custom of putting up red paper and firing fire-crackers to scare away Nian shouldit have a chance to run loose is still around. However， people today have long forgotten whythey are doing all this， except that they

8、 feel the color and the sound add to the excitement ofthe celebration. 拓展閱讀：關于春節的故事 相傳，在古時候，有個名叫萬年的青年，看到當時節令很亂，就有了想把節令定準的打算。但是苦于找不到計算時間的方法，一天，他上山砍柴累了，坐在樹陰下休息，樹影的移動啟發了他，他設計了一個測日影計天時的晷儀，測定一天的時間，后來，山崖上的滴泉啟發了他的靈感，他又動手做了一個五層漏壺，來計算時間。天長日久，他發現每隔三百六十多天，四季就輪回一次，天時的長短就重復一遍。 當時的國君叫祖乙，也常為天氣風云的不測感到苦惱。萬年知道后，就帶著日晷和漏壺去見皇上，對祖乙講清了日月運行的道理。祖乙聽后龍顏大悅，感到有道理。于是把萬年留下，在天壇前修建日月閣，筑起日晷臺和漏壺亭。并希望能測準日月規律，推算出準確的晨夕時間，創建歷法，為天下的黎民百姓造福。 有一次，祖乙去了解萬年測試歷法的進展情況。當他登上日月壇時，看見天壇邊的石壁上刻著一首詩： 日出日落三百六，周而復始從頭來。 草木枯榮分四時，一歲月有十二圓。 知道萬年創建歷法已成，親自登上日月閣看望萬年。萬年指著天象，對祖乙說：“現在正是十二個月滿，舊歲已完，新春復始，祈請國君定個節吧”。祖乙說：“春為歲首，就叫春節吧”。