原味人文風(fēng)情：
Some Chinese New Year Traditions Explained
新年傳統(tǒng)懶人包
Hey, guys! I'm gonna try and explain some Chinese New Year traditions in this quick video. They'll mostly be food related, so let's go to the supermarket and get some of the stuff that we need.
嘿，各位!我要試著在這部短片中解釋一些中國(guó)新年傳統(tǒng)。它們大部分是食物相關(guān)的，所以我們?nèi)コ心眯┪覀冃枰臇|西。
Pomelos taste awesome, and the Cantonese name rhymes with the phrase "two half."
柚子吃起來(lái)超棒的，而且它的廣東名字與“兩半”這個(gè)詞押韻。
You'll see a ton of mandarins around Chinese New Year. And as you can see here, they usually come with the leaves still attached. These symbolize good luck.
你會(huì)在中國(guó)新年四處看到一大堆橘子。如同你在這可以看到的，它們通常仍附著葉子呈現(xiàn)。這些象征好運(yùn)。
You'll notice there's a lot of red because red is a lucky color in Chinese culture. Legend has it that a beast was putting into a village, so they fed it to stop it from destroying the crops. The villagers then found out that it was scared of the color red, so they began to decorate everything with red. They even used firecrackers to scare it away. And the moral of the story is—don't feed the strays.
你會(huì)注意到有許多紅色，因?yàn)樵谥袊?guó)文化紅色是幸運(yùn)色。傳說(shuō)中一頭野獸停駐在一個(gè)村莊，所以他們喂食它來(lái)阻止它摧毀谷物。村民們接著發(fā)現(xiàn)它畏懼紅色，所以他們開(kāi)始用紅色裝飾一切。他們甚至用鞭炮來(lái)嚇跑它。這故事的啟示是－－別喂食流浪動(dòng)物。
Here's a typical Chinese calendar with the word "blessing" written on it. Sometimes you'll find that this is turned upside down to signify that the blessings are coming.
這里是個(gè)典型的中國(guó)日歷，有著“福”這個(gè)字。有時(shí)你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)這被上下顛倒放以表示福氣到來(lái)。
Here's a typical modern decoration. It's got the word blessing written all over it, it's colorful, and it's 3D.
這里是個(gè)典型的現(xiàn)代裝飾。它有福字寫(xiě)遍整個(gè)裝飾品、很繽紛、且是3D的。
Good things come in pairs. These decorative firecrackers have a pair of mandarins on them. There's also a pair of fish because the word "fish" sounds like abundance.
好事成雙。這些裝飾用的鞭炮在它們上頭有一對(duì)橘子。也有一對(duì)魚(yú)，因?yàn)椤棒~(yú)”這個(gè)字聽(tīng)起來(lái)像豐富。
We eat sweet crispy dumpling which have dry coconuts, sugar, and peanuts inside. Their shape is similar to pieces of gold that ancient Chinese people used to use for money.
我們吃里頭有椰子干、糖、和花生的甜酥餃。它們的形狀相似于中國(guó)古人過(guò)去用來(lái)當(dāng)錢的金塊。
Inside the Chinese candy box, there's usually sweetened fruit, dry seeds or nuts. We also eat roast pork, which is really really yummy. We make glutinous rice balls to put inside sweet red bean soup.
在中國(guó)糖盒里，通常會(huì)有蜜餞、果仁或堅(jiān)果干。我們也吃燒肉，那非常非常美味。我們做糯米湯圓放進(jìn)紅豆甜湯里。
Buddha's delight is a vegetarian dish and you're free to put whatever you want in that. Here we've got dry bean curd, carrots, black mushrooms, noodles, lotus seeds, anything you really like you can put in there.
羅漢齋是道素食菜肴，你可隨意放任何你想吃的在那里頭。這里我們有豆干、紅蘿卜、香菇、面條、蓮子，任何你真的喜歡的你都可以放進(jìn)那里。
Nin gou is a sticky pudding which is sliced and fried. Some people would like to do this with an egg, so it doesn't stick to the pan so much.
年糕是個(gè)切片并煎煮的黏黏布丁。有些人會(huì)想加顆蛋來(lái)做這個(gè)，這樣一來(lái)就不會(huì)這么沾鍋。
Here's a standard red envelope. Aside from all the eating, red envelope is probably the best thing about Chinese New Year. They contain money, and they're usually given from the old to the young. I mean, who doesn't want to get a cartoon envelope stuffed with cash?
這里是個(gè)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的紅包。除了所有吃的，紅包也許是關(guān)于中國(guó)新年最棒的事。它們包著錢，而且它們通常是由長(zhǎng)輩包給晚輩。我是說(shuō)，誰(shuí)不想要拿一個(gè)塞滿錢的卡通信封啊？
This one has my family surname on it. With these larger ones, you don't have to fold the money. This one has a Bible verse on it and it says God bless you. This is a really fancy one, and it's embossed. I also found this baby one, which was really cute, but I don't know where it came from.
這一個(gè)有我的家族姓氏在上頭。有這些比較大的紅包袋，你就不用折到錢。這一個(gè)有圣經(jīng)上的一節(jié)，它寫(xiě)著“神祝福你”。這是非常花俏的一個(gè)，它有浮雕。我同樣也找到這個(gè)小型的，非常可愛(ài)，但我不知它從哪冒出來(lái)的。
So there you go! I hope you can impress some of your Chinese friends when they find out you know so much about Chinese New Year. Thanks for watching.
所以就這樣!我希望你可以讓你某些中國(guó)朋友印象深刻，當(dāng)他們發(fā)現(xiàn)你知道這么多關(guān)于中國(guó)新年的事。感謝收看!
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