除夕夜（New Year's Eve）
New year's Eve is the last night at the end of the year. The last day at the end of the year is called "year pision", which means that the old year will be removed and a new year will be replaced. New year's Eve is a day for new year's Eve, family reunion and ancestor worship. It is a traditional ancestor worship festival in Chinese folk, together with Qingming Festival, July half and Double Ninth Festival.New year's Eve is of special significance in the hearts of Chinese people. On this most important day at the end of the year, no matter how far away you are, you have to hurry home to reunite with your family, say goodbye to the old year in the sound of firecrackers, and fireworks are all over the sky to welcome the new year.
除夕，为岁末的最后一天夜晚。岁末的最后一天称为“岁除”，意为旧岁至此而除，另换新岁。除夕是除旧布新、阖家团圆、祭祀祖先的日子，与清明节、七月半、重阳节是中国民间传统的祭祖大节。除夕，在国人心中是具有特殊意义的，这个年尾最重要的日子，漂泊再远的游子也是要赶着回家去和家人团聚，在爆竹声中辞旧岁，烟花满天迎新春。
On the day of the lunar new year, people pay special attention to it. Every household is busy or cleaning the courthouse, removing the old and putting on new clothes, putting on lanterns and decorations, welcoming the ancestors home for the new year, and offering sacrifices with New Year cakes, three animal meals and three teas and five wines.
岁除之日，民间尤为重视，家家户户忙忙碌碌或清扫庭舍，除旧布新，张灯结彩，迎祖宗回家过年，并以年糕、三牲饭菜及三茶五酒奉祀。
On New Year's Eve, there have been rituals such as offering sacrifices to ancestors, keeping the year old, reunion dinner, pasting New Year's red and hanging lanterns since ancient times. Influenced by Chinese culture, new year's Eve is also a traditional festival for Chinese culture circle countries and overseas Chinese all over the world. In 2007, new year's Eve officially became a legal holiday in China in accordance with the measures for national holidays and anniversaries.
除夕自古就有祭祖、守岁、团圆饭、贴年红、挂灯笼等习俗，流传，经久不息。受中华文化的影响，除夕也是汉字文化圈国家以及世界各地华人华侨的传统节日。2007年，除夕依《全国年节及纪念日放假办法》正式成为中国法定节假日。
New year's Eve is usually called New Year's Eve, but in fact, due to the lunar calendar, the date of new year's Eve may be December 30 or December 29, but in any case, it is the end of the lunar year.
除夕通常会被称为大年三十，但是其实由于阴历历法的原因，除夕的日期可能是十二月三十，也可能是十二月廿九，但不论如何，它都是阴历年的末尾。
As a festival at the end of the new year, new year's Eve originated from the custom of offering sacrifices to ancestors at the end of the year in ancient times. The day of new year's Eve is a traditional ancestor worship Festival. Ancient books say: "heaven and earth are the foundation of life; ancestors are the foundation of class." It means that heaven and earth are the foundation of life, ancestors are the foundation of our mankind, and ancestor worship is a custom of inheriting filial piety.
除夕作为年尾的节日，源自上古时代岁末除旧布新、祭祀祖先风俗，岁除之日是传统的祭祖节。古籍中有讲到：“天地者，生之本也；先祖者，类之本也。”意思就是说天地是生命的根本，祖先是我们人类的根本，祭祖就是一种传承孝道的习俗。
重点词汇
significance
n.意义；(尤指对将来有影响的)重要性；意思；含义
important
adj.重要的；有重大影响的；有巨大价值的；影响很大的；权威的
ancestor
n.祖宗；祖先；(动物的)原种；(机器的)原型
lantern
n.灯笼；提灯
traditional
adj.传统的；习俗的；惯例的；因袭的；守旧的
end
n.(时间、事件、活动或故事等的)终止，终结，结局，结尾；末端；尽头；末梢；结束；破灭；目的；部分，方面；端点；半边球场；剩余物；辞世，过世
v.结束；终止
worship
n.(对上帝或神的)崇拜，敬仰，礼拜；崇拜；崇敬；爱慕；(对治安官或市长的尊称)阁下
v.崇敬，崇拜(上帝或神)；(尤指在宗教场所)做礼拜；到宗教场所参加礼拜；热爱；爱慕，崇拜(尤指达到看不到缺点的地步)
festival
n.节日；(音乐、戏剧、电影等的)会演，节；节期；喜庆日
adj.节日的
