Spring Festival 春节
（1）Introduction 春节的简介
Spring festival is coming. 春节即将到来。
Spring Festival is the most important traditional Chinese festivals. 春节是中国最重要的传统节日。
People used to call it the "Lunar New Year" or "Spring Festival".
On May 20th, 2006, spring festival was approved by the State Council to be listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. 在2006年5月20日，春节经国务院批准列入第一批国家级非物质文化遗产名录。
Many people believe the word "Nian", which means "year", was the name of a beast that preyed on people on New Year's Eve. 许多人认为“年”这个词，意思是“年”，是一种会在除夕捕食人类的野兽的名字。
Another legend thinks "Nian" is a fairy boy, who was sent to kill the monster "Xi". 另外的传说则认为年是一个神童，被派下凡来消灭怪兽“夕”。
Chinese zodiac 中国生肖
a year of mouse 鼠年
十二生肖即鼠、牛、虎、兔、龙、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗、猪。它们依次与十二地支（子、丑、寅、卯、辰、巳、午、未、申、酉、戌、亥）相配，形成子鼠、丑牛、寅虎、卯兔、辰龙、巳蛇、午马、未羊、申猴、酉鸡、戌狗、亥猪。
（2）traditional decorations 传统装饰
decorate our front doors with couplets 大门上贴对联
Fu character 福字
upside-down Fu character 倒贴福字（福“倒”了）
collect five Fu characters 集五福
paper cuts 窗花
（3） Celebration Activities 庆祝活动
In the Spring Festival, all family members will get together. 家人团聚
During the Spring Festival, people will eat a lot of delicious food, which is different from different places. 在春节期间，我们可以吃很多美味的食物，不同地方的食物品种不同。
The northerners eat Jiao Zi, but southerners like to eat Nian Gao. 北方人吃饺子,南方人喜欢吃年糕。
Nian Gao can be translated to "New Year Cake".
In Chinese, Nian Gao is a homonym for high. 在汉语中，“糕”是“高”的谐音。
平时的“大扫除” thorough house cleaning
迎接新年的大扫除 spring cleaning
fireworks 烟花
firecracker 爆竹
Lighting Firecrackers used to be one of the most important customs in the Spring Festival celebration. 放鞭炮曾经是春节庆祝活动中最重要的习俗之一。
However, setting out firecrackers is dangerous. 然而，燃放烟花爆竹是危险行为。
Spring Festival Gala 春晚
lucky money/red packet/red envelop 红包
WeChat red packet 微信红包
Did you grab red envelop on WeChat yesterday? 你昨天有没有在微信抢红包？
（4） Greetings 祝福语
May you be rich and prosperity. 恭喜发财
May you good health, good luck and much happiness throughout the New Year. 祝您身体健康，万事如意，一年到头心想事成。
May you make progress in your studies in the coming year and be joyous always! 祝你在新的一年，学习进步，笑口常开！
