Sunday, February 10, 2013

The First Day of Chinese New Year 大年初一去拜年

 
Chinese New Year Visiting at Taman Venice, Seri Majong

The First Day of Chinese New Year 大年初一去拜年
 
大年初一,是农历新年的第一天。春节(Spring Festival)中国民间最隆重最富有特色的传统节日,它标志农历旧的一年结束和新的一年的开始 一直到正月十五,其中以除夕和正月初一为高潮。在春节期间,我国的汉族和很多少数民族都要举行各种活动以示庆祝。这些活动均以祭祀神佛、祭奠祖先、除旧布新、迎禧接福、祈求丰年为主要内容。活动丰富多彩,带有浓郁的民族特色。

拜年是中国民间的传统习俗,是人们辞旧迎新、相互表达美好祝愿的一种方式。我们通常知道的是正月初一家长带领小辈出门谒见亲戚、朋友、尊长,以吉祥语向对方祝颂新年,卑幼者并须叩头致礼,谓之“拜年”。主人家则以点心、糖食、红包(压岁钱)热情款待之。小朋友的红包称作压岁钱,是表示把祝福好运带给他们。每年春节期间有发红包的习俗,部份地区是已婚者发给未结婚的亲友。发红包的习惯一般只存在于比较亲近的亲戚朋友之间。也有部分地区,新年发红包的范围比较广泛,例如邻居家的小朋友、普通交情的同事之间都有可能发红包.

Steam Boat Lunch at Ayer Tawar.
 
First day of the Lunar New Year. Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) Chinese folk grand traditional festival of the most distinctive, it marks the end and the beginning of the year until the fifteenth year of the Lunar old, which culminated on New Year's Eve and the first day of the first lunar month. During the Spring Festival, China's Han ethnic minorities and many have held various activities to mark the occasion. These activities are designed to worship deities, and pay homage to ancestors, to blow away the cobwebs, Ying Hei good fortune, as the main hope of the harvest. The rich variety of activities, with strong ethnic characteristics.
 
The New Year is a traditional Chinese folk customs, it was New Year, a way to express best wishes to each other. We usually know the parents to lead the first day of the first month junior to go out to an audience of relatives, friends, elders, wishings toast the New Year to the other the inferior member and must kowtow Sincerely, that of the "New Year". Hospitality host family by snacks, confectionery, red envelopes (lucky money). Children red envelopes called lucky money, said the blessing and good luck to them. The custom red envelopes during the annual Spring Festival, part of the region is the Married Persons issued to unmarried friends and relatives. The red envelopes habits generally exists only between close relatives and friends. Also more extensive in some areas, the scope of the New Year red envelopes, for example, the children in the neighborhood, between ordinary friendship of colleagues are likely red envelopes.
 
 大年初一
 


 Bai Nian, 拜年
 
  
 
 
 
 

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