Zài Zhōngguó yǒu xǔduō zhòngyàode qìngzhù huódòng.
In China, there are many important celebrations.
Zhōngguóde nónglì xīnnián yóuqí shì zuìwéi zhòngyào.
Chinese New Year is by far the most important celebration.
Jīnnián zhōngguóde xīnnián shì 2007 nián 2 yuè 18 rì.
This year, Chinese New Year is on February 18, 2007.
Yěshì Zhōngguó nónglì (jí yīnlì)de dì 4705 nián.
It is also year 4705 in the Chinese lunar calendar.
Ér Zhōngguóde xīnnián shì ànzhào nónglì lái jìsuànde.
The Chinese New Year follows the lunar calendar.
Měige yuède dìyī tiān shì yǐ yuèliàng zuìànde nà tiān kāishǐ.
Every month’s first day is the darkest day in the month.
Ànzhào Zhōngguóde chuántǒng,
According to Chinese tradition,
Xīnniánde qìngzhù huódòng yǐ nónglì Yīyuè fènde dìyī tiān kāishǐ yīzhídào shíwǔ rì,
Chinese New Year festivities begin on the first day of the lunar calendar and continue to the 15th day.
Ér shíwǔrì zhètiānde yuèliàng shì zuìliàng de.
On the 15th day of the month, the moon is at its brightest.
Suīrán shíjì qìngzhù huódòng jǐnjǐn jīzhōu
Although the actual celebration is only a couple of weeks long
Dànshì zài guónián zhīqián
Even before Chinese New Year begins
rénmen yǐjīng kāishǐ fàngjiǎ zhǔnbèi guò xīnnián
people have already begun their New Year holidays.
Érqiě zài xīnnián guòhòu, rénmen yě xūyào xiūjiǎ jītiān
As well after the New Year, people also need a few days of holiday
yǐbiàn huīfù gōngzuò xīn qíng.
to recover from their New Year celebrations.
Zài xīnniánde qìngzhù huódòng zhōng, rénmen chuānzhe hóngsè de yīfú
During Chinese New Year, people wear red clothing.
Zhāngtiē hóngsède duìlián, gěi háizimen hóngbāo.
hang red traditional Chinese poems and give children red envelopes.
Wéishénme zài xīnnián shí dàochù dōu yào hóngsè ne?
Why is everything red during Chinese New Year?
Yīnwéi hóngsè shì “huǒ”de yánsè.
Because red is the color of “fire.”
tā néng qūxié bì xiōng.
It can fight of evil spirits.
Zài hěnjiǔ yǐqián, rénmen ránfàng bàozhú,
Long time back, people used to set off firecrackers
