Spring Festival(春节英语)(转摘)
The Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese people and is when all family members get together, just like Christmas in the West. All people living away from home go back, becoming the busiest time for
transportation systems of about half a month from the Spring Festival. Airports, railway stations and long-distance bus stations are crowded with home returnees.
The Spring Festival falls on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month, often one month later than the Gregorian calendar. It originated in the Shang Dynasty (c. 1600 BC-c. 1100 BC) from the people's sacrifice to gods and ancestors at the end of an old year and the beginning of a new one.
Strictly speaking, the Spring Festival starts every year in the early days of the 12th lunar month and will last till the mid 1st lunar month of the next year. Of them, the most important days are Spring Festival Eve and the first three days. The Chinese government now stipulates people have seven days off for the Chinese Lunar New Year.
Many customs accompany the Spring Festival. Some are still followed today, but others have weakened.
On the 8th day of the 12th lunar month, many families make laba porridge, a delicious kind of porridge made with glutinous rice, millet, seeds of Job's tears, jujube berries, lotus seeds, beans, longan and gingko.
The 23rd day of the 12th lunar month is called Preliminary Eve. At this time, people offer sacrifice to the kitchen god. Now however, most families make delicious food to enjoy themselves.
After the Preliminary Eve, people begin preparing for the coming New Year. This is called "Seeing the New Year in".
Store owners are busy then as everybody goes out to purchase necessities for the New Year. Materials not only include edible oil, rice, flour, chicken, duck, fish and meat, but also fruit, candies and kinds of nuts. What's more, various decorations, new clothes and shoes for the children as well as gifts for the elderly, friends and relatives, are all on the list of purchasing.
Before the New Year comes, the people completely clean the indoors and outdoors of their homes as well as their clothes, bedclothes and all their utensils.
Then people begin decorating their clean rooms featuring an atmosphere of rejoicing and festivity. All the door panels will be pasted with Spring Festival couplets, highlighting Chinese calligraphy with black characters on red pa-pe-r. The content varies from house owners' wishes for a bright future to good luck for the New Year. Also, pictures of the god of doors and wealth will be posted on front doors to ward off evil spirits and welcome peace and abundance. The Chinese character "fu" (meaning blessing or happiness) is a must. The character put on pa-pe-r can be pasted normally or upside down, for in Chinese the "reversed fu" is homophonic with "fu comes", both being pronounced as "fudaole." What's more, two big red lanterns can be raised on both sides of the
front door. Red pa-pe-r-cuttings can be seen on window glass and brightly
colored New Year paintings with auspicious meanings may be put on the wall. People attach great importance to Spring Festival Eve. At that time, all family members eat dinner together. The meal is more luxurious than usual. Dishes such as chicken, fish and bean curd cannot be excluded, for in Chinese, their pronunciations, respectively "ji", "yu" and "doufu," mean auspiciousness, abundance and richness. After the dinner, the whole family will sit together, chatting and watching TV. In recent years, the Spring Festival party broadcast on China Central Television Station (CCTV) is essential entertainment for the Chinese both at home and abroad. According to custom, each family will stay up to see the New Year in.
Waking up on New Year, everybody dresses up. First they extend greetings to their parents. Then each child will get money as a New Year gift, wrapped up in red pa-pe-r. People in northern China will eat jiaozi, or dumplings, for
breakfast, as they think "jiaozi" in sound means "bidding farewell to the old and ushering in the new". Also, the shape of the dumpling is like gold ingot from ancient China. So people eat them and wish for money and treasure.
Southern Chinese eat niangao (New Year cake made of glutinous rice flour) on this occasion, because as a homophone, niangao means "higher and higher, one year after another." The first five days after the Spring Festival are a good time for relatives, friends, and classmates as well as colleagues to exchange greetings, gifts and chat leisurely.
Burning fireworks was once the most typical custom on the Spring Festival. People thought the spluttering sound could help drive away evil spirits. However, such an activity was completely or partially forbidden in big cities once the government took security, noise and pollution factors into
consideration. As a replacement, some buy tapes with firecracker sounds to listen to, some break little balloons to get the sound too, while others buy firecracker handicrafts to hang in the living room.
The lively atmosphere not only fills every household, but permeates to streets and lanes. A series of activities such as lion dancing, dragon lantern dancing, lantern festivals and temple fairs will be held for days. The Spring Festival then comes to an end when the Lantern Festival is finished.
China has 56 ethnic groups. Minorities celebrate their Spring Festival almost the same day as the Han people, and they have different customs.
Hello everybody!
I am very glad to stand here to give you a short speech! Today my topic is Chinese dream
First I want to ask you some questions:
1Do you know what is Chinese dream
2what is your Chinese dream?
Chinese dream
Chinese dream was put forward by chairman xi last year in order to direct Chinese to a clear the whole nation, it means increasing the level of every single Chinese , it means realizing the value of lifeThe realization of the whole nation’s dream can not be separated from everybody’s own dream. Only by everyone’s efforts can we make the nationy’s dream come true.
For our young people, we are supposed to have our own dream. What is dream? The famous Chinese economist LangXianPing has ever said that:”Please do not expect too munch about Chinese students, because they don’t have dream. They only want to find a common job to earn money for a house or a car. They only have a target、purpose、or goal. They don’t have dream. Purpose is not dream.
Dream is developed by your warm heart instead of cheating your eyes in the excuse of earning money! A dream is a clear spiritual lighthouse that gives out direction when you do not know what to expect in the days ahead and offers comfort and support when you become doubtful of yourself.
So, it’s time that we took our measures to fight for our Chinese dream!
That’s all. Thank you!
关于中国的英语演讲稿 [篇3]
I’m proud of you, China
Good morning, Ladies and gentlemen：
I’m very glad to make a speech here， the topic is “I’m proud of you, China.”
There is a beautiful country standing in the east of the world has rich soil, big mountains, long rivers , brave and hardworking people . She is my dearest motherland--China !
I love my motherland, I’m proud of the Great Wall, the beautiful mountains and rivers. Surging Yellow River, Yangtze River as two giant dragon gave birth to sons and daughters of glorious
civilizations. I’m proud of Chinese five-thousand years history, which turns out rich culture and special style. Every corner of Chinese ancient history was filled with art and science.
I love my motherland, I’m proud of the host of the twenty-ninth Olympic games in Beijing. Showing the world about her economical strength, teaching the world about her glorious culture, displaying the world about Chinese hospitality, she told the world perfectly, and let people of the world share the spirit of Olympic Games. “One world one dream”, China has been the focus of the world.
I love my motherland, I’m proud of Chinese people. In the past, many disasters, earthquake, flood, frost happened in China, but we
have not been defeated. The disasters have no love, but we have love; the disasters are cold, but we are warm; the disasters are terrible, but we can overcome. we have become more united and show great resolution to overcome all kinds of challenges.
I'm proud of you, China!
As young students, we will study hard and devote our lives to our motherland. Finally, I do hope everyone can be a worthy citizen of our country. I do hope everyone can be the backbone of our nation! Today , I'm proud of you, China! Tomorrow, you will be proud of me. Thank you for your listening !
关于中国的英语演讲稿 [篇4]
China Dream, with each one of us.
Dream is beautiful, it is the bottom of my heart the most beautiful expectations, so the dream also become our long-held beliefs.
Dream is the sun, it makes people from impetuous to solid, from the hesitation to the firm, and on the road to success.
Dream is powerful, it is the life source of forward momentum; Lofty dreams can inspire a life all potential. Because of this we will go to dream, to grasp the dream, the pursuit of dreams.
Our new president Xi Jinping came up with the dream of the Chinese nation's rejuvenation on December 29, 2012. He said: the Chinese dream is a dream of national strength prosperity and people's happiness. Our people have an ardent love for life. They wish to have better education, more stable jobs, more income, greater social security , better medical and health care, improved housing conditions and better environment, They want their children to grow well, have ideal jobs and lead a more enjoyable life. To meet their desire for a happy life is our mission."
I always ask myself what can I do for our great Chinese dream ? As we all know that the wiser the youths are ,the wiser the nation will be；the wealthier the youths are ,the wealthier the nation will be；the stronger the youths are ,the stronger the nation will be. Here the word wealthy means: enriching our knowledge reserve. As a new generation of youth , every one here shouldering the great historical mission of ma-ki-ng china powerful and strong. You may say that this may exaggerate our role, but I want to say you are wrong. If I am a little screw our great dream may be a multifunction and complex machine. Through this example I just want to say I am very tiny but I am indispensable .
I believe that as long as all of our young people unite together and perform our own functions that study hard in school and work hard after we graduating from university . We must be able to achieve our great dream meanwhile enrich ourselves unwittingly!
My dream, our dream, to improve the Chinese dream. Let us unite together to realize Chinese nation's great rejuvenation to struggle! To you the day of my dreams to realize, is standing at the time of China.
中国梦，我们每一个人的梦
梦想是美丽的,是心底最美丽的期望,所以梦也成为我们长久以来的信仰。
梦想是太阳,它使人们从浮躁到沉稳,从犹豫到坚定,带领我们驰骋在成功的路上。
梦想是强大的,它是人生前进的动力，崇高的梦想可以激励生活的潜力。
因此我们要坚定梦想,抓住梦想,追求梦想。
2012年12月29日，主席提出中华民族伟大复兴的中国梦。他说：中国梦就是实现国家繁荣富强和人民幸福安康。我们的人民热爱生活，期盼有更好的教育、更稳定的工作、更满意的收入、更可靠的`社会保障、更高水平的医疗卫生服务、更舒适的居住条件、更优美的环境，期盼孩子们能成长得更好、工作得更好、生活得更好。人民对美好生活的向往，就是我们的奋斗目标。
我时常问我自己，我可以为我们伟大的中国梦做些什么？众所周知：少年智则国智，少年富则国富，少年强则国强！在这里“富裕”一词应理解为：丰富我们的知识储备。作为新一代的青年人，在座的每一位都肩负着实现中国繁荣富强的使命。你可能会说这也许夸大了我们的作用，但是我想说，你错了。如果我是一颗小小的螺丝钉，那我们的中国梦就是一个复杂而又多功能的机器。通过这个例子我想说：我个人虽然渺小，但是我也是必不可少的。
我相信只要我们每个人团结起来并且做好我们的本职工作，在学校好好学习知识，毕业后步入社会后努力工作。我们一定能够实现我们的中国梦，在此期间我们也会不知不觉地丰富了我们自己。
我的梦想,我们的梦想,汇聚成中国梦。让我们携起手团结一致共同为实现中华民族的伟大复兴而奋斗！我们的梦想实现的那一天,将站在中国的时间。
关于中国的英语演讲稿 [篇5]
Chinese Tea Culture
Ladies and Gentlemen:
It’s my honor to stand here and make a speech. My topic is “Chinese Tea Culture”.
Do you know the name of the three most famous drinks in the world? They are tea , coffee and cocoa. China is the homeland of tea which has become the national drink. In other words, tea is basically spread out from China. Referring to Chinese tea culture, it has several thousand years of history and can be traced back to the ancient times. Then it was flourished in the Tang dynasty and the Song dynasty.
At first, our ancients found tea make them excited, but they thought that drinking more would be destructive to the morals. As time went by, tea became popular among likeminded people, Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and cultivation culture. Until Tang Dynasty, tea culture began taking shape. When it came to Song Dynasty, tea culture became thriving. When people migrated, they would offer tea. When people engaged, they would send tea. When people got married, they would settle tea. Tea became an important part in their daily life.
In china, the main varieties of tea are green tea, black
tea, Oolong tea, scented tea, white tea, yellow tea and dark tea. In the early days, the Chinese boiled their tea leaves with water and other ingredients such as salt and ginger; later they ground the dried leaves to a powder and whipped them up with hot water. It was not until that Ming Dynasty that it became common practice to infuse the loose tea leaves in hot water in teapots, and then to pour the infused liquid into bowls to drink. Nowadays, we make different tea in different particular ways. Over the centuries, China developed an extraordinary tea culture, comparable with the wine culture of the West.
Tea not only has a good flavor but also benefit to our body, so it is loved by many people home and abroad. Different kinds of tea have different function which makes a contribution to our health. For example, the national drink of China-green tea, can dispel the effects of alcohol, clear away summer-heat, refresh yourself and whiten your skin. The second largest kind of tea-black tea, can warm your stomach, be good for your heart and make your bones stronger. Dark tea can refresh you in the morning, reduce your blood press and help lose weight. Oolong Tea is good for your body building and dieting. In all, tea have great medicinal value,
anti-cancer, lowering blood pressure, improving eyesight and restraining disease, reducing stress and so on.
Tea culture and its development reflect not only diet culture, but also Chinese spiritual features.
China is a country with a time-honored civilization and a land of ceremony and decorum. Whenever guests visit, it is necessary to make and serve tea to them. Before serving tea, you may ask them for their preferences as to what kind of tea they fancy and serve them the tea in the most appropriate teacups. In the course of serving tea, the host should take careful note of how much water is remaining in the cups and in the kettle. Usually, if the tea is made in a teacup, boiling water should be added after half of the cup has been consumed; and thus the cup is kept filled so that the tea retains the same bouquet and remains pleasantly warm.
Tea culture plays an indispensable role in promoting the international cultural exchange between China and other countries, enriching Chinese cultural life and promoting Chinese spiritual civilization construction.
In conclusion, tea culture is one of the essences of Chinese culture in the history. The spirit of tea permeates the court and society, into the Chinese poetry, painting,
calligraphy, religion, medicine. For thousands of years China has not only accumulated a great deal about tea cultivation, production of material culture, but also accumulated rich spirit of the tea culture, which is unique to China's tea culture.
Thank you!
