原味人文风情：
Some Chinese New Year Traditions Explained
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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!我要试着在这部短片中解释一些中国新年传统。它们大部分是食物相关的，所以我们去超市拿些我们需要的东西。
Pomelos taste awesome, and the Cantonese name rhymes with the phrase "two half."
柚子吃起来超棒的，而且它的广东名字与“两半”这个词押韵。
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.
你会在中国新年四处看到一大堆橘子。如同你在这可以看到的，它们通常仍附着叶子呈现。这些象征好运。
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.
你会注意到有许多红色，因为在中国文化红色是幸运色。传说中一头野兽停驻在一个村庄，所以他们喂食它来阻止它摧毁谷物。村民们接着发现它畏惧红色，所以他们开始用红色装饰一切。他们甚至用鞭炮来吓跑它。这故事的启示是－－别喂食流浪动物。
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.
这里是个典型的中国日历，有着“福”这个字。有时你会发现这被上下颠倒放以表示福气到来。
Here's a typical modern decoration. It's got the word blessing written all over it, it's colorful, and it's 3D.
这里是个典型的现代装饰。它有福字写遍整个装饰品、很缤纷、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.
好事成双。这些装饰用的鞭炮在它们上头有一对橘子。也有一对鱼，因为“鱼”这个字听起来像丰富。
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.
我们吃里头有椰子干、糖、和花生的甜酥饺。它们的形状相似于中国古人过去用来当钱的金块。
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.
在中国糖盒里，通常会有蜜饯、果仁或坚果干。我们也吃烧肉，那非常非常美味。我们做糯米汤圆放进红豆甜汤里。
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.
罗汉斋是道素食菜肴，你可随意放任何你想吃的在那里头。这里我们有豆干、红萝卜、香菇、面条、莲子，任何你真的喜欢的你都可以放进那里。
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.
年糕是个切片并煎煮的黏黏布丁。有些人会想加颗蛋来做这个，这样一来就不会这么沾锅。
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?
这里是个标准的红包。除了所有吃的，红包也许是关于中国新年最棒的事。它们包着钱，而且它们通常是由长辈包给晚辈。我是说，谁不想要拿一个塞满钱的卡通信封啊？
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.
这一个有我的家族姓氏在上头。有这些比较大的红包袋，你就不用折到钱。这一个有圣经上的一节，它写着“神祝福你”。这是非常花俏的一个，它有浮雕。我同样也找到这个小型的，非常可爱，但我不知它从哪冒出来的。
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.
所以就这样!我希望你可以让你某些中国朋友印象深刻，当他们发现你知道这么多关于中国新年的事。感谢收看!
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