Day 64*习俗英语*小年是small year吗?

小年是中国传统文化中的节日,由于各地风俗不同,被称为小年的日子也不尽相同。中国民间有“官三民四船五”的传统,官家的小年是腊月二十三,百姓家是腊月二十四,水上人家则是腊月二十五。现在一般北方以腊月二十三为小年,南方以腊月二十四为小年。

那么,问题来了,你知道小年的英语翻译是什么吗?

如何翻译“小年”?

a lunar year

这一解释出于《上海译文汉英大辞典》,指的是农历腊月只有29天,没有年三十的年份。同时《外研社汉英双语现代汉语词典》中也有类似解释。

在《汉英词典》中出现的对于小年的解释:festival on the 23rd or 24th of the 12th month of the lunar year, when sacrifices are made to the kitchen god。

意思是节日,腊月二十三或二十四日,旧俗这天祭灶。

Lunar year in which the last month has 29 days is every year lunar calendar in December 23 or 24, it is the start of the entire Spring Festival celebration. There are many famous activities and customs during this time such as sweeping dust, offering sacrifice to the God of the Kitchen, writing couplets, cutting window paper and so on.



如何翻译小年的习俗?

祭灶神

Offering Sacrifice to the God of Kitchen

Lunar Year (in which the lastmonth has 29 days) is also called the Kitchen God Festival. People will offer candy, fruit, water to the Kitchen God in order to pray for safety and happiness in the coming new year.

祭灶王是汉族传统节日习俗之一,是春节期间祭祀灶王的活动。灶王为民间灶头供奉之神,也称灶君、灶王爷等。原始人为了表示对火的发明者的感激,每年夏天祭祖他,夏天象征火,灶也代表火。中国北方有腊月二十三日用糖果祭灶之俗。汉族人民通过祭祀灶王爷,祈求神明保佑新年合家平安,风调雨顺。

除尘

Sweeping Dust

During this time, it's only a fewdays until the Spring Festival. So every family will clean their rooms, whichis called sweeping dust. It is believed that evil things can be swept away by doing this.

过了小年,离春节只剩下六、七天了,过年的准备工作显得更加热烈了。要彻底打扫室内,俗称扫尘,扫尘为的是除旧迎新,拔除不祥。各家各户都要认真彻底地进行清扫,做到窗明几净。粉刷墙壁,擦洗玻璃,糊花窗,贴年画等等。


剪窗纸

Cutting Window Paper

Among all the preparation activities for the new year, cutting window paper is the most popular one. The content of the window paper includes animals, plants and famous folk stories.

所有准备工作中,剪贴窗花是最盛行的民俗活动。内容有各种动、植物等掌故,如喜鹊登梅,燕穿桃柳,孔雀戏牡丹,狮子滚绣球,三羊(阳)开泰,二龙戏珠,鹿鹤桐椿(六合同春),五蝠(福)捧寿,犀牛望月,莲(连)年有鱼(馀),鸳鸯戏水,刘海戏金蝉,和合二仙等等。

吃灶糖 eat sugar oven

小年,大年的伙伴,曾化身神龟为大禹敬献洛书,其背上神秘的“洛书”图案同样是被称为中国万经之首的《易经》的起源。“地势坤君子厚德载物”的易经坤卦正是小年的体现。每年除夕过后,大年都会回到它的居住地北斗七星宫闭关积蓄吉祥能量,直到除夕夜(腊月二十九或三十)。每年腊月二十三日的时候,它都会派小年先到人间,看看都有哪些人需要吉祥能量的补充,为它通报情况。小年爱吃灶糖,于是人们为了小年和灶王爷能“上天言好事”,就形成了中国人过小年吃灶糖的民俗。

写对联 write couplets

大门上的对联,是一家的门面,特别重视,或抒情,或写景,内容丰富,妙语联珠。

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