新春节目从正月初一排到十五

原来拜年呐，亲戚朋友互相串门，就是坐一会儿，各家都摆一点糖果、瓜子，让大家尝尝，就走。这种人际的交往吧，初一初二这家里边闲不住，老是人来人往，这和现代化这个手段还是有区别的。
The Spring Festival visits in the past meant that relatives and friends will drop each other a visit. Everyone had candies and sunflower seeds for guests. They sat together and talked for a while. In the first and second day of the first lunar month, nobody would stay at home. They were all busy visiting each other. This social act is different from the modern way.

除了以往的到家里拜年，或寄贺年卡，近年来，人们也开始通过电话、电子邮件和手机短信拜年。
The tradition way of extending Spring Festival greetings includes to drop a visit or to send new year cards. In recent years, people began to use telephone, email and sms to extend their Spring Festival wishes.

虽然拜年的方式变化了，但对孩子们来讲，有一件事是不变的，那就是拜年时长辈们会给压岁钱，因为压岁钱多是放在红纸袋里的，所以人们也称之为"红包"。
Although people have different ways of extending the Spring Festival wishes now, for children, one thing still remains unchanged. This is, when they pay a Spring Festival visit to their elders, elders will give them Yasuiqian, like gift money. Since Yasuiqian is money put into a small red paper envelope, people also call it "red bag".

一般是这样，家里给压岁钱就是给我们这小孩子。磕头拜年，父母给压岁钱。
Normally, our elders give us children new year money. We kowtow to them and give them our best wishes. They will give us new year money.

递一个小红包，就很少一点钱，那时候小孩就很高兴了。
I received a small red bag, which contains little money in it. But I was so happy.

其实这个"岁"呢，就是那个鬼鬼祟祟的"祟"，原来不是这个年岁的岁，它是一个谐音，就是祛除这个"鬼祟之气"、"晦气"，是吧，"霉运"。于是就给点压岁钱。实际上最早不是钱，它是一些象征性的物，那么后来呢，就给点钱，不管多少，有那么个意思。
Actually, "sui" in yasuiqian has a phonetic synonym which means evil spirit. Yasuiqian is to get rid of this evil spirit and bad luck. So people give some money to bring good luck. In fact, at first people did not give money but other symbolic gifts. Then, they give money. No matter how big or small the amount is, it has symbolic meaning.

春节的时候，能收好多压岁钱。嗯，就是差不多大概一千多，两千元，我在外面课外班上课，然后就是用压岁钱，要交学费。
During the Spring Festival, I can receive a lot of money, about 1 or 2 thousand Yuan. I use it to pay the tuition fee for my afterschool classes.

春节词汇精选：

candies 糖果
sunflower seeds 瓜子
Yasuiqian = gift money = red bag 红包