小年是中國傳統(tǒng)文化中的節(jié)日藏斩,由于各地風俗不同,被稱為小年的日子也不盡相同却盘。中國民間有“官三民四船五”的傳統(tǒng)狰域,官家的小年是臘月二十三,百姓家是臘月二十四黄橘,水上人家則是臘月二十五≌桌溃現(xiàn)在一般北方以臘月二十三為小年,南方以臘月二十四為小年塞关。
那么抬探,問題來了,你知道小年的英語翻譯是什么嗎帆赢?
如何翻譯“小年”小压?
a lunar year
這一解釋出于《上海譯文漢英大辭典》,指的是農歷臘月只有29天椰于,沒有年三十的年份怠益。同時《外研社漢英雙語現(xiàn)代漢語詞典》中也有類似解釋。
在《漢英詞典》中出現(xiàn)的對于小年的解釋:festival on the 23rd or 24th of the 12th month of the lunar year, when sacrifices are made to the kitchen god瘾婿。
意思是節(jié)日蜻牢,臘月二十三或二十四日,舊俗這天祭灶憋他。
Lunar year in which the last month has 29 days is every year lunar calendar in December 23 or 24, it is the start of the entire Spring Festival celebration. There are many famous activities and customs during this time such as sweeping dust, offering sacrifice to the God of the Kitchen, writing couplets, cutting window paper and so on.
如何翻譯小年的習俗?
祭灶神
Offering Sacrifice to the God of Kitchen
Lunar Year (in which the lastmonth has 29 days) is also called the Kitchen God Festival. People will offer candy, fruit, water to the Kitchen God in order to pray for safety and happiness in the coming new year.
祭灶王是漢族傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日習俗之一髓削,是春節(jié)期間祭祀灶王的活動竹挡。灶王為民間灶頭供奉之神,也稱灶君立膛、灶王爺?shù)染竞薄T既藶榱吮硎緦鸬陌l(fā)明者的感激,每年夏天祭祖他宝泵,夏天象征火好啰,灶也代表火。中國北方有臘月二十三日用糖果祭灶之俗儿奶。漢族人民通過祭祀灶王爺框往,祈求神明保佑新年合家平安,風調雨順闯捎。
除塵
Sweeping Dust
During this time, it's only a fewdays until the Spring Festival. So every family will clean their rooms, whichis called sweeping dust. It is believed that evil things can be swept away by doing this.
過了小年椰弊,離春節(jié)只剩下六许溅、七天了,過年的準備工作顯得更加熱烈了秉版。要徹底打掃室內贤重,俗稱掃塵,掃塵為的是除舊迎新清焕,拔除不祥并蝗。各家各戶都要認真徹底地進行清掃,做到窗明幾凈秸妥。粉刷墻壁滚停,擦洗玻璃,糊花窗筛峭,貼年畫等等铐刘。
剪窗紙
Cutting Window Paper
Among all the preparation activities for the new year, cutting window paper is the most popular one. The content of the window paper includes animals, plants and famous folk stories.
所有準備工作中,剪貼窗花是最盛行的民俗活動影晓。內容有各種動镰吵、植物等掌故,如喜鵲登梅挂签,燕穿桃柳疤祭,孔雀戲牡丹,獅子滾繡球饵婆,三羊(陽)開泰勺馆,二龍戲珠,鹿鶴桐椿(六合同春)侨核,五蝠(福)捧壽草穆,犀牛望月,蓮(連)年有魚(馀)搓译,鴛鴦戲水悲柱,劉海戲金蟬,和合二仙等等些己。
吃灶糖 eat sugar oven
小年豌鸡,大年的伙伴,曾化身神龜為大禹敬獻洛書段标,其背上神秘的“洛書”圖案同樣是被稱為中國萬經(jīng)之首的《易經(jīng)》的起源涯冠。“地勢坤君子厚德載物”的易經(jīng)坤卦正是小年的體現(xiàn)逼庞。每年除夕過后蛇更,大年都會回到它的居住地北斗七星宮閉關積蓄吉祥能量,直到除夕夜(臘月二十九或三十)。每年臘月二十三日的時候械荷,它都會派小年先到人間共耍,看看都有哪些人需要吉祥能量的補充,為它通報情況吨瞎。小年愛吃灶糖痹兜,于是人們?yōu)榱诵∧旰驮钔鯛斈堋吧咸煅院檬隆保托纬闪酥袊诉^小年吃灶糖的民俗颤诀。
寫對聯(lián) write couplets
大門上的對聯(lián)字旭,是一家的門面,特別重視崖叫,或抒情遗淳,或寫景,內容豐富心傀,妙語聯(lián)珠屈暗。