2022年用英文介绍元旦和其习俗

元旦（New Year’s Day），即公历的1月1日，是世界多数国家通称的“新年”。元，谓“始”，凡数之始称为“元”；旦，谓“日”；“元旦”意即“初始之日”。

New Year's Day is the first day of the lunar calendar.it is the day when the earth has circled the sun for one round and is beginning another circling.it represents a new beginning when people send off the old days and welcome the new ones.as the first day of the year, yuandan has been considered to be the most important festival since the ancient times.

元旦是农历的第一天。这是一天，当地球绕着太阳转一圈，正在开始另一个循环。当人们送走旧的日子，并欢迎新的朋友的时候，它代表了一个新的开始。作为一年的第一天，元旦已被认为是自古以来最重要的节日。

kaisui(beginning of the year):according to the chinese traditional custom,starting from haishi(9p.m.to 11p.m.)of the last evening of the twelfth lunar month,each family must prepare offering s to deities at the altar.

At the same time,they too prepare food for the new year day:the whole family will then stay awake together to attend to the year(called shou sui).after haishi,zishi(11p.m.to 1a.m.)will come,and this is the arrival of new year(yuandan).At this moment,people begin the celebration with fireworks.vegetarian and sweet foods will then be placed are the altar for offerings,and incense be burned to welcome the deities.In the ancient times,it was believed that haishi connected the two years and thus was called kaisui.

开岁(一年的开始)：根据中国传统习俗，从亥时(21点到23点)的阴历第十二个月的最后一个晚上，每个家庭必须准备提供的食物到神的祭坛。

同时，他们也准备了新的一年的食物：整个家庭，然后保持清醒，一起参加一年(称为守岁)。在亥时，子时(23：00-1：00.)会来的，这是新的一年的到来(元旦)。在这一刻，人们开始用烟火庆祝。素食和甜食，然后被放置在祭坛，和香被烧毁欢迎神。在古代，人们认为亥时连接两年，因此被称为“开岁”。