Class 4 and 6, postgraduate entrance examination, MTI, interpretation and other frequently tested vocabulary
Chinese Traditional Festival
Traditional Chinese Festivals
Why is National Day not "National Festival" and Mid-Autumn Festival not "Middle-Autumn Day"? Why is "Spring Day" not "Spring Day?"
1. Day
Why is Teacher’s Day Teacher’s Day, not Teacher’s Festival? Father’s Day and Mother’s Day are Father’s Day, Mother’s Day, and not Father’s Festival, Mother’s Festival?
Qingming Festival Tomb-sweeping Day
The Day here indicates that Qingming Festival is Tomb-sweeping Festival .
Children’s Day Children’s Day 2
Mother’s Day Mother’s Day 2
Father’s Day Father’s Day 2
Valentine’s Day Valentine’s Day 2
Little V Explain: The Valentine’s Day in the West is February 14th, the Valentine’s Day in China generally refers to the Chinese Valentine’s Day, on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. In English, it can be Chinese Valentine’s Day. Double Seventh Day (The Seventh Day of the Seventh Lunar Month)
Xiao V will analyze the reasons for you: Teacher’s Day, Father’s Day, Mother’s Day and Children’s Day, etc., because they are all set for specific groups of people. The previous festivals are only teachers, fathers, mothers and children. Not everyone celebrates the festival. Another feature is that these festivals only have one day.
Small V summary: Day means a day with special significance, set for specific groups of people. Generally, the time is short, no more than one day, and most festivals are not on holidays.
Finally, Xiao V adds several other common festivals represented by Day, such as: Christmas Christmas Day (usually used Xmas in spoken and informal occasions), International Nurses Day, Army Day Amy Day, April Fool’s Day April Fool’s Day.
Teacher’s Day; Teachers’ Day
National Day National Day
National Day Holiday or National Day Holidays; For example: Mini V will stay indoors for 7 days during the National Day holidays. Xiao V plans to stay at home during the National Day holidays.
2. Festival
Spring Festival the Spring Festival
Lantern Festival (the fifteenth day of the first lunar month)
Qingming Festival Qingming Festival
So the question is, why can "Qingming Festival" be expressed by both Festival (Qingming Festival) and Day (Tomb-sweeping Day)?
When we translate "Qingming Festival" into Qingming Festival, the "Qingming" at this time refers to the Qingming Festival in the 24 seasons. Qingming Festival at this time can also be called the outing festival, March Festival , etc., which is a natural solar term point. It is the fifth solar term in spring, connecting the beginning of summer. The five solar terms in spring are: the Beginning of Spring - Rain - Jingzhe - Spring Equinox - Qingming. During the Qingming Festival in spring, nature has bloomed with flowers and has already shown a vibrant scene.
When we translate "Qingming" into Tombe-sweeping Day, the "Qingming" at this time refers to tomb sweeping and worshiping ancestors, and is the most solemn and grand sacrificial festival of the Chinese nation.
Dragon Boat Festival (falling on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month)
Qixi Festival (the seventh evening of the seventh lunar month)
Qixi Festival (the seventh evening of the seventh lunar month)
Why can Qixi Festival be translated into Festival again?
When the Chinese Valentine's Day is translated into Day, just like Father's Day, Mother's Day, Children's Day and other festivals, it just changes the target group to lovers.
When the Chinese Valentine's Day is translated into Festival, it refers more to the beautiful love story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl and the meeting of the Magpie Bridge on the Chinese Valentine's Day, with a strong color of Chinese traditional culture.Xiao V heard from the old people that all magpies flew away on the Chinese Valentine's Day, saying that Queen Mother gave an order. In order to make the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl gather on Galaxy once a year on this day, he ordered all magpies to build a magpies bridge for them.
Mid-Autumn Festival the Mid-Autumn Festival (the fifth day of the eighth lunar month)
Why is the Mid-Autumn Festival not "Middle-Autumn Day"?
Regarding Day's problem, Xiao V has already explained it above. Here, Xiao V talks to you about why it is not middle, but mid-.
Mid is actually a prefix (prefix), which is generally used to form the synthetic word with other words. Here is a synthetic word composed of autumn Autumn, and middle cannot be used like this. Its scope of application is wider. It can not only represent the center of space, the center of time, or the process of something happening, but also medium, such as I was right in the middle of dinner when Mini V’s girlfriend phoned. When my girlfriend called, I was having a meal.
Double Ninth Festival, the Chongyang Festival (falling on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month 9th day of the ninth lunar month )
Laba Festival (falling on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month 8th day of the twelfth lunar month)
Summary of Little V: Festival represents a traditional festival with a long history, such as the Mid-Autumn Festival, or a festival that lasts for a period of time, such as the Spring Festival. This festival has a strong festive atmosphere, and the whole country is immersed in a happy festival. Have you noticed the rules? All festivals represented by Festivals are used in the lunar calendar.
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