Day 32: Learning about the Chinese New Year
Track 32:
In lesson 32, the class learned about the Chinese traditions during the Chinese New Year. These traditions includes fireworks, red envelops, the spring festival, the date, and etc.
Chinese New Year falls on the lunar calendar of January first, and for 2007 it happens to be February 18. Chinese New Year is not directly translated as China New Year. It is translated as 春节 (chunjié). 春 means spring, and 春节 means spring festival. The most popular gift is to give red envelops called 红包 (hóngbāo). Red envelops usually contain money and is usually given from the elders to younger generations. In Chinese New Year, we play with fireworks, eat a lot of food, and give red envelops. The fireworks are meant to scare off the monsters that come down on the coldest day of the year to eat people. Chinese New Year is also called 过年 (guònián), which means pass the year, and as a greeting we say 过年好 (guònián hǎo) when we meet people.
E.g.
A. 过年好 (Guò niánhǎo)
[Happy New Year.]
B. 过年好 (Guò niánhǎo)
[Happy New Year ]
Chinese: 春节 (Spring Festival)
COE: Spring holiday
Pinyin: Chūnjié
Chinese: 过年好 (Happy New Year )
COE: Pass year good
Pinyin: Guònián hǎo
Chinese: 红包 (Red Envelop)
COE: Red envelop
Pinyin: Hóngbāo
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Posted by admin on February 28th, 2007 filed in Podcasts
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