【志诚少年Talk Show 第二十五期】

The first day of the first lunar month is Spring Festival, the beginning of a new year for China. 

      农历正月初一是春节，对中国人来说是新的一年。

Spring Festival is China's biggest festival and a day for family reunion. Being around family members at the turn of the year is a vital  ritual for the Chinese people.

       春节是中国最盛大的节日，也是家人团聚的日子。在新旧交替的时刻陪伴在家人身边，是中国人至关重要的仪式。

The Spring Festival celebration is a continuous process, starting from the 23rd or 24th of the 12th lunar year. People often worship the Kitchen God，clean their houses, do shopping and put up Spring Festival couplets until New Year's Eve on the lunar calendar.

      春节是一个持续的庆祝过程，自农历十二月二十三或二十四的小年起，就算是春节的开端了。人们会开始祭灶神，大扫除，买年货，贴春联等等,一直忙碌到十二月三十的除夕。

These customs can be traced back to a Chinese legend.Today Li Yanhe will introduce it to you.

      这些习俗来源于中国的神话传说。今天李炎赫将为大家介绍这个神话传说。

Hello, everyone! My name is Li Yanhe. I am from Class 5, Grade 6. I like Spring Festival very much. Do you like it? Today I‘ll share a story The Legend of Nian with all of you.

      大家好，我叫李炎赫，我来自六年级5班。我非常喜欢春节。你喜欢吗？今天我要和大家分享故事《年的传说》。

Long ago in China, in the deep sea, there lived a huge beast named Nian. It had a horn like a unicorn, manes like a lion, and a tail like a dragon. Every New Year's Eve, Nian would go to the nearby village in search of food. It ate the animals and the people！

      很久以前在中国，在深海里，住着一头凶猛的大野兽，名叫“年”。它如独角兽一般长着角，如雄狮般的鬃毛，以及像龙一般的尾巴。每年除夕夜，年就会到附近的村庄去觅食。它吃动物和人类！

So, at the end of each year, the villagers had to hide far away in the mountains.

      于是，每年一到年末，村民就会躲进深山里。

One New Year's Eve, an old man came to the village. He knew how to drive Nian away. “Nian is afraid of the color red,bright lights and loud noises!” The old man told the villagers. At midnight, Nian came to the village. It saw red papers on the doors and bright lights. Every one was dressed in red. They lit firecrackers and beat drums. There were bangs and clangs everywhere. Nian was scared, it ran away to the deep sea and never returned.

      一个除夕夜，村里来了一位老人，他知道如何能把年赶走。老人告诉村民“年害怕红色，怕亮光和吵闹声”。夜幕降临，年来到了村子里，它看到家家户户的门上贴着红纸，到处都有亮光.每个人都穿上了红色衣服，他们又点鞭炮又打鼓，到处都是噼里啪啦的声音。年害怕极了，它逃回深海里再也没有回来。

From then on, Chinese people wear red on New Year's Eve. People decorate their homes with red couplets, red lanterns and paper cuttings. There are dragon dances and drum shows on the streets. The night sky is bright with fireworks. This is how people celebrate Chinese New Year, or "Guo Nian"——surviving the Nian beast.

      从那以后，中国人在除夕夜穿红色衣服。人们贴春联，挂红灯笼，贴窗花。街上还会有舞龙和打鼓表演，夜空闪耀着烟火。这就是我们中国人如何庆祝中国新年，或者是：过年，意思是赶走年兽。

编辑：高升

审核：甄茹