Every year January 1st is the New Year’s Day. New Year’s Day is the first day in a year, which people regard it as the beginning of the whole year. It is a holiday for memories and for hopes. Chinese always believe that a good beginning will make a whole year become smoothly. So, it is an important festival that nearly everyone will have a day off.

每年的1月1日是元旦。元旦是一年中的第一天，人们把它当作是一年的开始。元旦是一个对过去充满回忆、对未来充满期待的一个节日。中国人总是觉得一个好的开始可以使接下来的一整年顺顺利利的。所以，那是一个很重要的节日，几乎每个人都会有一天假。

As it is important, people have figured out many ways to celebrate it. Some people will celebrate it with families and some will celebrate with friends. No matter what kind of celebrating way, it will be full of happiness.

由于其重要性，大家想了很多方式来庆祝。有些人会和家人一起庆祝而有些则会与朋友一起庆祝。无论用什么样的方式庆祝，都是充满欢乐的。

For me, I only have one day off, and I study far away from my family, so I can’t celebrate this special day with my family. But I will do it with my friends. We plan to have a wonderful dinner on the eve of New Year’s Day. And then we will talk and stay together to do the New Year countdown. On the New Year’s Day, we are going to going hiking or go shopping. It is certain that we call our family to share the enjoyment for the first day.

对我来说，我只有一天休息，而且我家里离我学校很远，所以我不能和我的家人一起庆祝这个特别的日子。不过我会和我朋友一起庆祝。我们计划在元旦前夕吃一顿丰盛的晚餐。然后我们会呆在一起聊天之后一起新年倒计时。在元旦那天，我们会去远足或者逛街。我们肯定会打电话给我们的家人一起分享这第一天的快乐。

I believe New Year’s Day would be a wonderful day. My dear friends and families: In this New Year wishes God bless you! Fortuna clinging to you!

我相信元旦肯定是美好的一天。我最亲爱的家人和朋友：在新的一年里，愿上帝保佑你!观音菩萨护住你!

　New Year's Day(二)

Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. The 15th day of the new year is called the Lantern Festival, which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade.

中国的新年开始于第一天的新月升起时，结束于满月15天之后。新年的第十五天被称为元宵节，那天晚上用灯笼展来庆祝，孩子们提着灯笼游行。

The Chinese calendar is based on a combination of lunar and solar movements. The lunar cycle is about 29.5 days. In order to "catch up" with the solar calendar the Chinese insert an extra month once every few years. This is the same as adding an extra day on leap year. This is why, according to the solar calendar, the Chinese New Year falls on a different date each year.

中国阴历是基于月球和太阳运动的结合。太阳的周期是29.5天。 为了与阳历相符，中国每隔几年就会插入一个月。这和天闰年多了一天是一样的。这就是为什么，按照阳历，每年农历新年都是在不同的日期。

New Year's Eve and New Year's Day are celebrated as a family affair, a time of reunion and thanksgiving. The celebration was traditionally highlighted with a religious ceremony given in honor of Heaven and Earth, the gods of the household and the family ancestors.

庆祝除夕和元旦是家庭的事，是团聚和感恩的时候。传统的庆祝活动是以宗教仪式来强调天地，家里的神仙以及祖先。

The sacrifice to the ancestors, the most vital of all the rituals, united the living members with those who had passed away. Departed relatives are remembered with great respect because they were responsible for laying the foundations for the fortune and glory of the family.

祖先们的牺牲是所有的仪式中最重要的，把活着的与那些已经去世了的联合在一起。已经逝世的亲戚寄予尊重，因为他们为家庭的财富和荣耀打下了基础。

The presence of the ancestors is acknowledged on New Year's Eve with a dinner arranged for them at the family banquet table. The spirits of the ancestors, together with the living, celebrate the onset of the New Year as one great community. The communal feast called "surrounding the stove". It symbolizes family unity and honors the past and present generations

纪念祖先们的存在是在除夕晚上为他们为他们安排一个家庭宴会。祖先们的精神与活着的人永远在一起，庆祝一个伟大的群体新的一年的开始。共同盛宴称为“围炉”。这象征着家庭过去和现在这一代的团结和荣誉