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1、HappyNewYearUnit12TheSpringFestivalsItfallsonthefirstdayofthefirstChineselunarmonthandthecelebrationlastsfromthe23rdofthe12thlunarmonthuptothe15thofthefirstlunarmonthnextyear.WhatisthelongestandmostimportantfestivalinChina?WhatdoyoudointheSpringFestival?春节习俗CustomsoftheSpringFestiv
2、alTheSpringFestivalisatraditionalChinesefestivalandalsothemostimportantoneofthewholeyear.Throughtheevolvementofthousandsofyears,aseriesofcustomsarespreadingfarandwide.wecleanourhousesandsweepawaybadluck,andthenwepaintdoorsandwindowsred.我们打扫房子的卫生，将霉运扫走，然后我们将门和窗户刷成红色扫尘SweepingtheDust
3、扫尘SweepingtheDust“Dust”ishomophonicwith“chen”（尘）inChinese,whichmeansoldandpast.Inthisway,“sweepingthedust”beforetheSpringFestivalmeansathoroughcleaningofhousestosweepawaybadluckinthepastyear.Thiscustomshowsagoodwishofputtingawayoldthingstowelcomeanewlife.Inaword,justbeforetheSpring
4、Festivalcomes,everyhouseholdwillgiveathoroughcleaningtobidfarewelltotheoldyearandusherinthenew.春联springfestivalcouplets贴春联PastingSpringCouplets“TheSpringCouplet”,alsocalled“couplet”and“apairofantitheticalphrases”,isaspecialformofliteratureinChina.TheSpringCoupletiscomposedoftwoanti
5、theticalsentencesonbothsidesofthedoorandahorizontalscrollbearinganinscription,usuallyanauspiciousphrase,abovethegate.Thesentencepastingontherightsideofthedooriscalledthefirstlineofthecoupletandtheoneontheleftthesecondline.OntheeveoftheSpringFestival,everyhouseholdwillpasteondoorsas
6、pringcoupletwrittenonredpapertogiveahappyandprosperousatmosphereoftheFestival.Inthepastt,theChineseusuallywrotetheirownspringcoupletwithabrushoraskedotherstodoforthem,whilenowadays,itiscommonforpeopletobuytheprintedspringcoupletinthemarket.Whenfu(福)comestotownWeusuallydecoratethedo
7、orsandwindowswithpapercuts.我们常常用剪纸将门和窗户装饰一下。剪纸paper-cuts贴窗花和“福”字PastingPaper-cutsand“Up-sidedFu”Paper-cuts,usuallywithauspiciouspatterns,giveahappyandprosperousatmosphereoftheFestivalandexpressthegoodwishesofChinesepeoplelookingforwardtoagoodlife.Inadditiontopastingpaper-cutsonwind
8、ows,itiscommonforChineseto
