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除夕子時進入大年初一，進入正式的年節，從初一到十五，都算過年。 　 　

　　初一，祭祖，一般在子時。開門鞭炮避邪。迎喜神，老皇曆寫着今年喜神的方向，迎着其方向走，天亮以後去拜年，拜不過來讓僕人送飛貼，有點賀年卡的意思，宋代便有。《癸辛雜識》中沈公子派人投飛帖，投到吳四丈家，吳叫其僕人喝酒，換貼。最早的春聯是蜀後主孟昶發明的，“新年納餘慶，佳節號長春”，寫在桃木板上，明代以後，春聯開始流行。 　 　

　　初二，繼續拜年，媳婦回娘家，叫歸寧，北方祭財神，吃元寶湯即混飩。 　 　

　　初三，老鼠娶親 因此不能熬夜，還要在地上撒些鹽米。 　 　

　　初四，迎神接神的日子，一切人間神回到人間，傍晚接神。 　 　

　　初五，破五 ，照例還要吃餃子，從初一到初四有很多禁忌，初五破除，祭祖的供品要撤，垃圾可倒，刀剪可動，稀飯可吃，商店開張大吉，迎五路財神，到此主要節日過完。 　 　

　　初七，人日 ，小孩節日，煮七種菜為羹。河南省淮陽人祖廟有盛大廟會（人祖是伏羲）祖廟會上特有的泥泥狗，形象是只猴，認為是最早的人祖。 　 　

　　初八，順星，從星聚會之期，要拜星君，黃昏後點四十九盞燈，擺天地桌（院子里），燈散放各處，叫散燈，老北京一般到白雲觀的六神殿順星。 　 　

　　初九，玉帝誕辰，祭玉皇祭天官。 　 　

　　十三至十七都是元宵佳節，十三在廚下點燈，一連點五夜，過十七，十八收燈，十三試燈，十四搭彩蒯，迎紫姑神，正月十五是元宵節的正日子，舉行盛大的燈會，正月十五還是道教的上元節：天官賜福，地官赦罪，水官解厄，上元是天官生日，中元（七月十五）是地官生日，下元（十月十五）是水官生日，這一天還有很多祈子的習俗，江蘇有打婦求子的習俗，廣東有偷生菜的習俗，北京可到正陽門摸門釘。 　 　

　　正月十八收燈，年就過完了，一切活動恢復正常。 　 　

　　The Origin of Chinese New Year 　 　

　　Chinese New Year, pronounced in Chinese as "xin nian", always falls on the date of marking the beginning of the spring and thus it is also called the "Spring Festival". "xin" means "new" and "nian" means "year". There are many stories told about the origin of "nian", which actually is a name of animals. 　 　

　　The old story says that the beast "nian" with a very big mouth was so fierce and could swallow many people in one single bite. People were very scared. An old man offered to subdue "nian" and said to "nian": "I hear that you are very capable, but can you swallow the other beasts instead of people who are by no means of your worthy opponents?" So "nian" swallowed many of the other beasts that hurt people and their domestic animals. The old man turned out to be an immortal god and riding the beast "nian" flied to the heaven. Now that "nian" is gone and other beasts were also scared into forests, people began to enjoy their peaceful life. Before the old man left, he had told people to put up red paper decorations on their windows and doors at each year”s end to scare away "nian" in case it sneaked back again, because red is the color the beast feared the most. 　 　 From there on, the term "guo nian" has the meaning of "pass-over" or "survive" the "nian". By tradition, Chinese businesses had to pay off all debts by the year-end and thus if they could get it over, it is worth for the celebration of the New Year. 　 　 Today people still put up red paper and firing firecrackers as way of celebration. "guo nian" becomes a tradition of celebration for thousand of years. 　 　

　　王琬婧 　 　

　　四年級七班 　 　

　　Wednesday, February 12, 2003