3、The New Moon on the first day of the new year-- the full moon 15 days later
新年第一天的新月----十五天之后的满月
Click here for more words about the Spring Festival 多解释几句新年的来历大家就会恍然大悟了。
Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon(新月)on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon(满月)15 days later.The 15th day of the new year is called the Lantern Festival(元宵节), which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade.农历新年开始的第一天总是新月，而十五天之后就会是以一轮满月结束。这新年后的十五天被人们称为元宵节，元宵节是人们在晚上庆祝的，通常是有灯会，孩子们也会排成队提着自己的灯笼。 The Chinese calendar is based on a combination of lunar and solar movements.The lunar cycle(月运周期)is about 29.5 days.In order to \"catch up\" with the solar calendar the Chinese insert an extra month once every few years (seven years out of a 19-yearcycle).This is the same as adding an extra day on leap year (闰年).This is why, according to t
he solar calendar, the Chinese New Year falls on a different date each year.
中国的农历是按照月亮的公转和地球的自转制定的。月运周期是29.5天。为了能和自转周期吻合，中国人在每几年里面多加出了一个月（每19个年周期多出七年）。这就和每个闰年会多出一天一样。根据自转的周期，我们就知道为什么农历新年总是会在每年不同的一天了。
New Year\'s Eve and New Year\'s Day are celebrated as a family affair, a time of reunion and thanksgiving.The celebration was traditionally highlighted with a religious ceremony given in honor of Heaven and Earth(万物), the gods of the household and the family ancestors.
新年的前夜和新年那天总是被作为家族大事件来庆祝，这是一个聚会和感恩的节日。庆典里面最重要的部分就是要感谢世间万物，感谢上帝给我们的家园和家族的祖先们。
The sacrifice to the ancestors, the most vital of all the rituals(仪式), united the living members with those who had paed away.Departed relatives are remembered with great respect because they were responsible for laying the foundations for the fortune and glory of the family.对祖先的祭祀是所有仪式里至关重要的，因为它是把在世的家族成员们和已逝去的成员们联系在一起的仪式。把人们按照长幼尊卑排好队，因为他们代表着家族的地位、荣誉和未来的运气。 The presence of the ancestors is acknowledged on New Year\'s Eve with a dinner arranged for them at the family banquet table.The spirits of the ancestors, together with the living, celebrate the onset of the New Year as one great community.The communal feast called \"surrounding the stove\" or weilu.It symbolizes family unity and honors the past and present generations
世界公认的关于祖先们参加新年聚会是在新年的前夜，他们被安排在家庭宴会的桌子上。对于祖先们的信仰，连同生者，都会把新年作为最重要的一次聚会和节日来庆祝。大家都管这个聚会叫“炉火宴会”或者是“围炉”。这是一个家庭过去和现在荣誉的象征。
