Far and away the most important holiday in China is Spring Festival, also known as the Chinese New Year To the Chinese people it is as important as Christmas to people in the West The dates for this annual celebration are determined by the lunar calendar rather than the Gregorian calendar, so the timing of the holiday varies from late January to early FebruaryTo the ordinary Chinese, the festival actually begins on the eve of the lunar New Year's Day and ends on the fifth day of the first month of the lunar calendar But the 15th of the first month, which normally is called the Lantern Festival, means the official end of the Spring Festival in many parts of the countryPreparations for the New Year begin the last few days of the last moon, when houses are thoroughly cleaned, debts repaid, hair cut and new clothes purchased Houses are festooned with paper scrolls bearing auspicious antithetical couplet (as show on both side of the page) and in many homes, people burn incense at home and in the temples to pay respects to ancestors and ask the gods for good health in the coming months"Guo Nian," meaning "passing the year," is the common term among the Chinese people for celebrating the Spring Festival It actually means greeting the new year At midnight at the turn of the old and new year, people used to let off fire-crackers which serve to drive away the evil spirits and to greet the arrival of the new year In an instant the whole city would be engulfed in the deafening noise of the firecrackers On New Year's Eve, all the members of families come together to feast Jiaozi, a steamed dumpling as pictured below, is popular in the north, while southerners favor a sticky sweet glutinous rice pudding called nian gao "CHRISTMAS (ie the Mass of Christ), in the Christian Church, the festival of the nativity of Jesus Christ The history of this feast coheres so closley with that of Epiphany (qv), that what follows must be read in connexion with the article under that heading The earliest body of gospel tradition, represented by Mark no less than by the primitive non-Marcan document embodied in the first and third gospels, begins, not with the birth and childhood of Jesus, but with his baptism; and this order of accretion of gospel matter is faithfully reflected in the time order of the invention of feasts The great church adopted Christmas much later than Epiphany; and before the 5th cntury there was no general consensus of opinion as to when it should come in the calendar, whether on the 6th of January, or the 25th of March, or the 25th of December The earliest identification of the 25th of December with the birthday of Christ is in a passage otherwise unknown and probably spurious, of Theophilus of Antioch (AD 171-183), preserved in Latin by the Magdeburg centuriators (i3, 118), to the effect that the Gauls contended that as they celebrated the birth of the Lord on the 25th of December, whatever day of the week it might be, so they ought to celebrate the Pascha on the 25th of March when the resurrection befell The next mention of the 25th of December is in Hippolytus' (c 202) commentary on Daniel iv23 Jesus, he says, was born at Bethlehem on the 25th of December, a Wednesday, in the forty-second year of Augustus This passage also is almost certainly interpolated In any case he mentions no feat, nor was such a feast congruous with the orthodox ideas of that age As late as 245 Origen, in his eighth homily on Leviticus, repudiates as sinful the very idea of keeping the birthday of Christ "as if he were a king Pharoah" The first certain mention of Dec 25 is in a Latin chronographer of AD 354, first published entire by Mommsen [1--In the _Abhandlungen der sachsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften_ (1895) Note that in AD 1, Dec 25 was a Sunday and not a Friday] It runs thus in English: "Year 1 after Christ, in the consulate of Caesar and Paulus, the Lord Jesus Christ was born on the 25th of December, a Friday and 15th day of the new moon" Here again no festal celebration of the day is attested There were, however many speculations in the 2nd century about the date of Christ's birth Clement of Alexandria, towards its close, mentions several such, and condemns them as superstitions Some chronologists, he says, alleged the birth to have occurred in the twenty-eighth year of Augustus, on the 25th of Pachon, the Egyptian month, ie the 20th of May These were probably the Basilidian gnostics Others set it on the 24th or 25th of Pharmuthi, ie, the 19th or 20th of April Clement himself sets it on the 17th of November, 3 BC The author of a Latin tract, called the _De Pascha computus_, written in Africa in 243, sets it by private revelation, _ab ipso deo inspirati_, on the 28th of March He argues that the world was created perfect, flowers in bloom, and trees in leaf, therefore in spring; also at the equinox, and when the moon just created was full Now the moon and sun were created on a Wednesday The 28th of March suits all these considerations Christ, therefore, being the Sun of Righteousness, was born on the 28th of March The same symbolical reasoning led Polycarp [2--In a fragment preserved by an Armenian writer, Ananias of Shirak] (before 160) to set his birth on Sunday, when the world's creation began, but his baptism on Wednesday, for it was the analogue of the sun's creation On such grounds certain Latins as early as 354 may have transferred the human birthday from the 6th of January to the 25th of December, which was then a Mithraic feast and is by the chronographer above referred to, but in another part of his compilation, termed _Natilis invicti solis_, or birthday of the unconquered Sun Cyprian (_de orat dem_ 35) calls Christ _Sol verus_, Ambrose _Sol novus noster_ (Sermo vii 13), and such rhetoric was widespread The Syrians and Armenians, who clung to the 6th of January, accused the Romans of sun-worship and idolatry, contending with great probability that the feast of the 25th of December had been invented by disciples of Cerinthus and its lections by Artemon to commemorate the _natural_ birth of Jesus Chrysostom also testifies the 25th of December to have been from the beginning known in the West, from Thrace even as far as Gades Ambrose, _On Virgins_, iii ch 1, writing to his sister, implies that as late as the papacy of Liberius 352-356, the Birth from the Virgin was feasted together with the Marriage of Cana and the Banquet of the 4000 (Luke ix13), which were never feasted on any other day but Jan 6 Chrysostom, in a seermon preached at Antioch on Dec 20, 386 or 388, says that some held the feast of Dec 25 to have been held in the West, from Thrace as far as Cadiz, from the beginning It certainly originated in the West, but spread quickly eastwards In 353-361 it was observed at the court of Constantius Basil of Caesarea (died 379) adopted it Honorius, emperor (395-423) in the West, informed his mother and brother Arcadius (395-408) in Byzantium of how the new feast was kept in Rome, separate from the 6th of January, with its own _troparia_ and _sticharia_ They adopted it, and recommended it to Chryostom, who had long been in favour of it, as were the other three patriarchs, Theophilus of Alexandria, John of Jerusalem, and Flavian of Antioch This was under Pope Anastasius, 398-400 John or Wahan of Nice, in a letter printed by Combefis in his _Historia monothelitarum_, affords the above details The new feast was communicated by Proclus, patriarch of Constantinople (434-446), to Sahak, Catholicos of Armenia, about 440 The letter was betrayed to the Persian king, who accused Sahak of Greek intrigues, and deposed him However, the Armenians, at least those within the Byzantine pale, adopted it for about thirty years, but finally abandoned it together with the decrees of Chalcedon early in the 8th century Many writers of the period 375-450, eg Epiphanius, Cassian, Asterius, Basil, Chrysostom and Jerome, contrast the new feast with that of the Baptism as that of the birth _after the flesh_, from which we infer that the latter was generally regarded as a birth according to the Spirit Instructive as showing that the new feast travelled from West eastwards is the fact (noticed by Usener) that in 387 the new feast was reckoned according to the Julian calandar by writers of the province of Asia, who in referring to other feasts use the reckoning of their local calendars As early as 400 in Rome an imperial rescript includes Christmas among the three feasts (the others are Easter and Epiphany) on which theatres must be closed Epiphany and Christmas were not made judicial _sine dies_ until 534 For some years in the West (as late as 353 in Rome) the birth feast was appended to the baptismal feast on the 6th of January, and in Jerusalem it altogether supplanted it from almost 360 to 440, when Bishop Juvenal introduced the feast of the 25th of December The new feast was about the same time (440) finally established in Alexandria The _quadregesima_ of Epiphany (ie, the feast of the presentation in the Temple, or _hupapante_) continued to be celebrated in Jerusalem on the 14th of February, forty days afer the 6th of January, until the reign of Justinian In most other places it had long before been put back to the 2nd of February to suit the new Christmas Armenian historians describe the riots, and display of armed force, without which Justinian was not able in Jerusalem to transfer this feast from the 14th to the 2nd of February The grounds on which the Church introduced so late as 350-440 a Christmas feast till then unknown, or, if known, precariously linked with the baptism, seem in the main to have been the following: (1) The transition from adult to infant baptism was proceeding rapidly in the East, and in the West was well-nigh completed Its natural complement was a festal recognition of the fact that the divine element was present in Christ from the first, and was no new stage of spiritual promotion coeval only with the descent of the Spirit upon him at baptism The general adoption of child baptism helped to extinguish the old view that the divine life in Jesus dated from his baptism, a view which led the Epiphany feast to be regarded as that of Jesus' spiritual rebirth (2) The 4th century witnessed a rapid diffusion of Marcionite, or, as it was now called, Manichaean propaganda, the chief tenet of which was that Jesus either was not born at all, was a mere phantasm, or anyhow did not take flesh of the Virgin Mary Against this view the new Christmas was a protest, since it was peculiarly the feast of his birth in the flesh, or as a man, and is constantly spoken of as such by the fathers who witnessed its institution In Britain the 25th of December was a festival long before the conversion to Christianity, for Bede (_De temp rat_ ch 13) relates that "the ancient people of the Angli began the year on the 25th of December when we now celebrate the birthday of the Lord; and the very night which is now so holy to us, they called in their tongue _modranecht (modra niht)_, that is, the mothers' night, by reason we suspect of the ceremonies which in that night-long vigil they performed" With his usual reticence about matters pagan or not orthodox, Bede abstains from recording who the mothers were and what the ceremonies In 1644 the English puritans forbad any merriment or religious services by act of Parliament, on the ground that it was a heathen festival, and ordered it to be kept as a fast Charles II revived the feast, but the Scots adhered to the Puritan view Outside Teutonic countries presents are unknown Their place is taken in Latin countries by the _strebae_, French e'trennes_, given on the 1st of January; this was in antiquity a great holiday, wherefore until late in the 4th century the Christians kept it as a day of fasting and gloom The setting up in Latin churches of a Christmas _cr`eche_ is said to have been originated by St Francis AUTHORITIES -- KAH Kellner, _Heortologie_ (Freiburg im Br, 1906), with Bibliography; Hospinianus, _De festis Christianorum_ (Geneva, 1574); Edw Mart`ene, _De Antiquis Ecclesiae Ritibus_, iii31 (Bassani, 1788); JCW Augusti, _Christl Archaologie_, vols i and v (Leipzig, 1817- 1831); A J Benterim, Denkwurdigkeiten_, v pt i p 528 (Mainz, 1825, &c); Ernst Friedrich Wernsdorf, _De originibus Solemnium Natalis Christi_ (Wittenberg, 1757, and in JE Volbeding, _Thesaurus Commentationum_, Leipzig, 1847); Anton Bynaeus, _De Natali Jesu Christi_ (Amsterdam, 1689); Hermann Usener, _Religionsgeschichtlicke Untersuchungen_ (Bonn, 1889); Nik Niles, SJ, _Kalendarium Manuale_ (Innsbruck, 1896); L Duschesne, _Origines du culte chre'tien_ (3e e'd, Paris, 1889) -- Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare, MA, DTh (Giessen) Fellow of the British Academy Formerly Fellow of University College, Oxford Author of _The Ancient Armenian Texts of Aristotle_; _Myth, Magic and Morals_; &c" 12月25日，是基督教徒纪念耶稣诞生的日子，称为圣诞节。从12月24日于翌年1月6日为圣诞节节期。节日期间，各国基督教徒都举行隆重的纪念仪式。圣诞节本来是基督教徒的节日，由于人们格外重视，它便成为一个全民性的节日，是西方国家一年中最盛大的节日，可以和新年相提并论，类似我国过春节。 西方人以红、绿、白三色为圣诞色，圣诞节来临时家家户户都要用圣诞色来装饰。红色的有圣诞花和圣诞蜡烛。绿色的是圣诞树。它是圣诞节的主要装饰品，用砍伐来的杉、柏一类呈塔形的常青树装饰而成。上面悬挂着五颜六色的彩灯、礼物和纸花，还点燃着圣诞蜡烛。 红色与白色相映成趣的是圣诞老人，他是圣诞节活动中最受欢迎的人物。西方儿童在圣诞夜临睡之前，要在壁炉前或枕头旁放上一只袜子，等候圣诞老人在他们入睡后把礼物放在袜子内。在西方，扮演圣诞老人也是一种习俗。 圣诞的由来圣诞节的由来耶稣的生日究竞是哪一天，其实早无据可查。为什么要把12月25日定为圣诞节呢？这是在5世纪中叶由教会规定的。公元354年，在“菲洛卡连”日历中第一次写明12月25日是耶稣的生日，到5世纪西方普遍接受了这个日期为圣诞节。 圣诞树据称，圣诞树最早出现在古罗马12月中旬的农神节，德国传教士尼古斯在公元8世纪用纵树供奉圣婴。随后，德国人把12月24日作为亚当和夏娃的节日，在家放上象征伊甸园的“乐园树”，上挂代表圣饼的小甜饼，象征赎罪；还点上蜡烛，象征基督。到16世纪，宗教改革者马丁路德，为求得一个满天星斗的圣诞之夜，设计出在家中布置一颗装着蜡烛的圣诞树。不过，西方关于圣诞树的来历流行着另一种说法：有个善良的农民，在圣诞节那天，热情地招待了一名流浪的孩子，临别时，孩子折下一树枝插在地上树枝立即长成大树，孩子指着这树对农民说，每年今日，树上都长满礼物，以报答你们的盛情。所以，今天人们所见的圣诞树上总是挂满了小礼物。 圣诞歌长期以来，一直流行的圣诞歌主要有三个，一个是《平安夜》；一个是《听，天使报佳音》；第三个是《铃铛儿响叮当》。圣诞老人圣诞老人原指公元4世纪时小亚细亚专区 的主教尼古拉，他因和蔼可亲慷慨济贫万里闻名。到了6世纪，东方把他尊称为圣尼古拉。由于民间有关尼古拉的传说中，都联系到少年儿童和礼物，从此，圣诞老人便成为专门在圣诞节向孩子们送礼物的慈祥老人的形象。到了18世纪，通过文学和绘画，圣诞老人逐渐成为身穿红外衣的白胡子、白眉毛老人形象。圣诞卡世界上第一张圣诞卡是1843年英国人亨利高乐爵士提议，由约翰卡尔葛荷斯利设计的。卡片上画的是一个贵族家庭，三代人一齐举杯对一位不在场的亲友表示祝贺。当时他印了1000张，没有用完的印刷厂就以每张1先令的价钱卖出。圣诞卡就这样诞生了。圣诞礼物据《圣经》记载，来自东方的圣人在耶稣降生的时候赠送礼物，这就是圣诞老人为儿童赠送礼品习俗的由来。英国少年儿童在圣诞前夕把长统袜子放在壁炉旁，相信圣诞老人在夜里会从大烟囱下来，给他们带来满袜子的礼物。法国的少年儿童把鞋放在门口，让“圣婴来时把礼物放在鞋里面。”圣诞大餐正像中国人过春节吃年饭一样，欧美人过圣诞节也很注重全家人围坐在圣诞树下，共进节日美餐。圣诞大餐吃火鸡的习俗始于1620年。这种风俗盛于美国。英国人的圣诞大餐是烤鹅，而非火鸡。奥大利人爱在平安夜里，全家老小约上亲友成群结队地到餐馆去吃一顿圣诞大餐，其中，火鸡、腊鸡、烧牛仔肉和猪腿必不可少，同时伴以名酒，吃得大家欢天喜地每年的1月1日为元旦，是新年的开始。“元日”是合成词，按单个字来讲，“元”是第一或开始的意思，“旦”字的原意是天亮或早晨。我国在发掘大汶口文化遗物中，发现一幅太阳从山颠升起，中间云烟缭绕的图画。经考证，这是我国最古老的“旦”字写法。后来，在殷商的青铜器铸铭上，又出现了被简化的“旦”字。“旦”字是以圆圆的太阳来表示的。“日”下面的“一”字表示地平线，意为太阳从地平线上冉冉升起。南朝文史家肖子云在他的《介雅》中记载有“四气新元旦，万寿初今朝”，看来那时已将旦为一日的开始，引申为一年的第一天了。 但是，我国古人说的元旦，却并不是公历的1月1日，而是正月初一，又称元日。中国历史上的年号并不是公元纪年，而是每个皇帝每个朝代都有单独的纪年，是阴历纪年。现行的公元纪年，是西方历法的体现。是以基督诞生为公元1年。中国只是到了中华民国以后才逐渐改用公元纪年。因此，中国农历的正月初一既春节比公历的元旦更有节日气氛。“元”有始之意，“旦”指天明的时间，也通指白天。元旦，便是一年开始的第一天。“元旦”一词，最早出自南朝梁人萧子云《介雅》诗：“四气新元旦，万寿初今朝。”宋代吴自牧《梦梁录》卷一“正月”条目：“正月朔日，谓之元旦，俗呼为新年。一岁节序，此为之首。”元旦，《书·舜典》中叫“元日”，汉代崔瑗《三子钗铭》中叫“元正”；晋代庾阐《扬都赋》中称作“元辰”；北齐时的一篇《元会大享歌皇夏辞》中呼为“元春”；唐德宗李适《元日退朝观军仗归营》诗中谓之“元朔”。自来元旦指的是夏历（农历、阴历）正月初一。在汉语各地方言中有不同叫法，有叫“大年初一”的，有叫“大天初一”的，有叫“年初一”的，一般又叫“正月初一”。我国历代元旦的月日并不一致。夏代在正月初一，商代在十二月初一，周代在十一月初一，秦始皇统一六国后，又以十月初一日为元旦，自此历代相沿未改（《史记》）。汉武帝太初元年时，司马迁创立了“太初历”，这才又以正月初一为元旦，和夏代规定一样，所以又称“夏历”，一直沿用到辛亥革命。中华民国建立，孙中山为了“行夏正，所以顺农时；从西历，所以便统计”，定正月初一（元旦）为春节，而以西历（公历）1月1日为新年。1949年9月27日，中国人民政治协商会议第一届全体会议通过使用“公元纪年法”，将农历正月初一称“春节”，将公历1月1日定为“元旦”。 过圣诞节已经成为世界各地的风俗习惯，可是你可曾探究过这日子的由来？你知道为什麼要庆祝这日子吗？圣诞节的由来可追溯到2001年前耶稣的诞生。 确实年份虽然已无从考察，但大多数考古学家都认为应该是在划分世纪的那一年（即公元前一年），只不过正确的出生日期无法确定。因此早期的基督教徒便以罗马帝国时期的密司拉教派，在每年一二月二十五日纪念太阳神诞辰的第一天定为圣诞节。所以圣诞节在宗教上是基督教徒纪念耶诞生的一个重要节日。根据圣经的记载，耶稣诞生在犹太的一座小城－－伯利恒。马利亚，也就是耶稣的母亲，因圣灵的感动而怀孕，在梦中天使加百列向她显现，告诉她，她将要生下神的儿子，他要被称为耶稣。就在与丈夫约瑟返往家乡时，所有的旅店客满，因此马利亚被迫在马槽生下耶稣。遥远的东方有三博士得到神的启示，追随天上的一颗明亮星星找到了耶稣，俯伏拜他，揭开宝盒，拿出黄金、乳香、没药为礼物献给他。在伯特利野地的牧差人也听到天使的声音从天上发出，向他们款耶稣降生的佳音。在民俗上，那可就要追溯到德国了。在德国，圣诞节前的四个星期天分别秩为第一、二、三、四个待降节（advent）。在第一个待降节左右就开始了耶诞市集，而第一个待降节当天，家家户户都会将待降花圈（adventskranz）中第一根蜡烛点燃，之后每个待降节分吸再依序点燃待降花圈的其他蜡烛，等第四根蜡烛被点燃的时候，就代表耶诞节要来啦！这段期间德国家庭同时开始准备各项采买、装饰，大扫除的工作，这像不像我们的腊月呢？而小朋友也会得到一份「耶诞日历」（ADVENTSKALENDER），这是一个纸盒，上面会有1到24个小「门」，每个小门后面都有一样小玩具或糖果之类的东西。就像我们小时候在住家附的杂货店「抽」东西一样，小朋友从十二月一号开始每天可以开一个门，刚好开到十二月二十四的耶诞节前夕。不过顽皮的小朋友通常迫不及待地在第一天就将它全部打开了！the name christmas is short for "christ\'s mass" a mass is a kind of church service christmas is a religious festival it is the day we celebrate as the birthday of jesus there are special christmas services in christian churches all over the world but many of the festivities of christmas do not have anything to do with religion exchanging gifts and sending christmas cards are the modern ways of celebrating the christmas in the world the birth of jesus had a story: in nazareth, a city of galilee the virgin\'s name was mary was betrothed to joseph英语作文1 一些用英语表达祝福的句子 慰问 With warmth and understanding at this time of sorrow…and friendship that is yours for all the tomorrows 在这悲伤的时刻，请接受我的慰问和心意……还有永远属于你的永恒的友谊。 We would do anything to ease your sorrow if we only could 如果有可能，我们愿做任何事以稍释你的悲痛。 I hope you can find a little comfort in the knowledge that your grief is shared by so many friends who are thinking of you 你知道吗？很多思念你的朋友在分担你的悲伤，希望你能感到安慰些。 At this time of sorrow, deep sympathy goes to you and yours 在这悲戚的时刻，谨向你和你的亲人致以深切的慰问。 婴儿诞生 Baby Congratulations and best wishes on your NEW BABY！ 衷心祝贺新生儿诞生，并致以最良好的祝愿！ How wonderful it is to hear about your baby! Congratulations to you and the lucky little one 欣闻得娇儿，令人无比快慰， 祝贺你俩和你们幸运的小宝贝！ On the birth of your child,May the precious new life you've brought into the world bring you a world of new joys 在你俩喜得贵子之日，愿新生的小宝贝给你们带来数不尽的新欢乐！ Congratulations! May your son bring you happiness 恭喜你们，并祝愿你们的儿子给你们带来幸福。 Two dears, sweet Twins! What fun! How nice! You've been blessed——not once——but twice 一对逗人喜欢的双胞胎！多么开怀！多么可爱！你们不是一次得到上帝祝福，而是两次获得青睐！ 感谢篇 Acknowledgement Your kindness means so much 你的关心铭记在心。 Your thoughtfulness has given me great joy 你的体贴关怀给了我巨大的欣慰。 I cannot sufficiently express my thanks for your thoughtful kindness 对于你给予我的无微不至的关怀，不胜感谢。 Thanks a million 万分感谢！ It is at a time like this that one really appreciates the kindness of a friend 只有在这样的时刻，一个人才会真正领略到朋友的深情厚意。 Your sympathy has brought us great comfort 你的慰问给我带来了莫大的安慰。 Thank you for the gift We appreciate your kindness and we shall always cherish this lovely gift from you 谢谢你馈赠礼品， 我们感激你的盛情，永远珍爱你给我们的漂亮的馈礼。 I cannot tell you how delighted I was with the beautiful birthday present you gave me 我无法告诉你我收到你馈送的漂亮的生日礼物，我是多么的高兴。 You couldn't have given me anything that I would enjoy more 你送给我的礼物真是让我太高兴了。 Thank you for your gracious hospitality 感谢你们的亲切款待。 I can't remember when I had a more pleasant time 这是我度过的最愉快的时光。 2 有关友谊的祝福语 英文的 Friendship is the spiritual sustenance 友情是精神上的寄托。 A friend is a loving companion at all times 朋友是永久的知心伴侣。 It's joy to know you, wishing the nicest things always for you, not only today, but all the year through because you are really a joy to know 认识你是一种快慰，愿你永远拥有最美好的东西，不仅今天拥有，而且天天拥有，因为认识你真是一种慰藉。 When I think of you the miles between us disappear 当我想起你，相隔千里，如在咫尺。 From majestic mountains and valleys of green to crystal clear waters so blue, this wish is coming to you 越过青翠的峻岭和山谷，直到晶莹湛蓝的水边，飞来了我对你的祝愿。 Although time and distance separate us, we still remember the purest friendship and blessing 虽然时空隔离了我们，却能记忆彼此最纯真的友情与祝福。 Out blessings, a friend of all enrichment wishes! 一声祝福，浓缩了朋友所有的祝愿！ You're wonderful friend, and I treasure you more with every year 你是一位难得的挚友，我对你的珍重与岁俱增。 This extra special "Bon Voyage" comes to you to say hope you sill enjoy your trip in every kind of way 向你说一声格外亲切的“一路平安”， 愿你心情享受旅途的愉快， 事事顺心，心儿舒展。 Never stop smiling, not even when you're sad, some man fall in love with your smile 永远都不要停止微笑，即使在你难过的时候，说不定有人会因为你的微笑而爱上你。 A true friend is the one who holds your hand and touches your heart 一个真正的朋友会握着你的手，触动你的心。 To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence 爱人和被人爱是人生最大的幸福。 Love is a lamp, while friendship is the shadow When the lamp is off, you will find the shadow everywhere Friend is who can give you strength at last! 爱情是灯，友情是影子，当灯灭了，你会发现你的周围都是影子。朋友，是在最后可以给你力量的人！ Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened 不要因为结束而哭泣，微笑吧，为你的曾经拥有。 I wish you great blessings and love 祝福你们获得最大的幸福和爱！ Let time prove this friendship 让时间证明这友情。 This is Forever Friendship 这就是永远的友情。 3 英语好友赠言 1Time is flying away,and years are passing byOnly our friendship is always in my heartFarewell,my friend!Take care,my friend！流水匆匆，岁月匆匆，唯有友情永存心中。朋友，再见！朋友，珍重！ 2Oh,my friend,do you like starsIf you feel lonely far away from home,look up at the stars in the sky, where there is a star for luck that I\'ve send you朋友，你喜欢星空吗？如果有一天你在远方流浪时感到孤独、忧郁，请抬头看看星空，那儿有我送给你的幸运星。 3Life is a profound bookOther\'s notes cannot replace your own understandingMay you find and create something new in it生活是一本精深的书，别人的注释代替不了自己的理解。愿你有所发现，有所创造。 4Don\'t be disappointed on the journey of lifeThere are friends in the worldSeize your chance and value your opportunitiesMay our friendship be everlasting人生路上何须惆怅，天涯海角总有知音。把握机会珍惜缘分，祝愿我们友谊长存。 5Time does not water down the wine of friendship;distance does not separate our hands of longingWishing you happiness forever！时间冲不淡友情的酒，距离拉不开思念的手，祝福你，永远永远！ 6I have three wishes:May our friendship warm our hearts!May joy be always with you and me!May we often meet each other！我有三愿：一愿友情温暖我们心田，二愿欢乐永驻你我心间，三愿我们常常相见！ 7Thinking of each other is just like a thread connecting both you on the one end and m e on the other end思念是一条细长的线，一端系着你，一端系着我，时刻连接着两颗跳动不息的心。 8If I should meet thee, After long years, How should I greet thee With silence and tears —〔Britain〕George Gordon Byron 多年离别后，抑或再相逢，相逢何所语？泪流默无声。 ———〔英〕拜伦 9If life cheats you,don\'t be disappointed and worriedCalmness is needed in melancholy daysBelieve that pleasantness is comingLong for the bright future though you are unhappy All will pass by and everything will be overPast things will be pleasant memories —〔Russia〕Alesander Pushkin 假如生活欺骗了你，不要悲伤，不要心急。阴郁的日子需要镇静。相信吧，那愉快的日子即将来临。心永远憧憬着未来，尽管你现在常常是阴沉的。一切都是瞬息，一切都会过去，而过去了的，将会变成亲切的怀念。 ———〔俄〕普希金 4 找祝福朋友的英文句子 带上翻译 三句够了 愿快乐幸福永伴你左右。 May the joy and happiness around you today and always Allow me to congratulate you on the arrival of the New Year and to extend to you all my best wishes for your perfect health and lasting prosperity 恭贺新禧，祝身体健康、事业发达。 At such a wonderful moment, I send you a gentle and warm care and wish: May every day be brilliant for you! Best wishes for the holidays and happiness throughout the New Year 恭贺新禧，万事如意。 5 一些祝福的英文短句 Hope our friendship will last forever（友谊长存） Happy every（每天开心） Don't forgot me（不要忘记我） Good Good study Day Day up（呵，好好学习天天向上） Best wish for you（给你最好的祝愿） I never forget our friendship（我永远不会忘记我们的友谊） 好了我知道的差不多就这些了刚刚看到这个问题，脑海里浮现的就是上面的这些词语来，虽然有些算是口水话吧，但是还是表达了祝福的含义在里面 对了LZ你要做的小东西是什么可以讲出来么。？ 一般我们说这些的时候都是在写同学录的时候才用的 谢谢！ 6 英语的祝福语（有中文）有哪些 There's no place like home for the holidays 在这佳节里，没有比家更好的地方了。 Best wishes for a wonderful new year 献上最诚挚的祝福，祝您新年恰愉快。 May the joy of Christmas be with you throughout the year 愿圣诞佳节的喜悦，伴随您在度过新的一年。 May joy and health be with you always 祝您永远健康快乐。 May happiness follow you wherever you go！ 愿您幸福快乐，直到永远永远。 A special card from your grandson 您的孙子，寄上一张特别的卡片。 A Christmas wish from your nephew 您的侄儿祝您圣诞快乐。 Wishing you and yours a happy happy new year 万事如意，合家平安。 Your entire staff wishes you and yours a most happy Christmas 全体职员祝您及家人圣诞快乐。 From all of us in sales: Happy New Year！ 我们销售部全体人员祝您圣诞快乐！ To Grandpa and Grandma happy new year！ 献给爷爷奶奶：新年快乐！ A beautiful wish to you and your family --- live a happy life and everything goes well A happy New Year to you 恭贺新年。 编辑本段给朋友的祝福语 Merry Christmas, my best friend 祝我的挚友圣诞快乐。 A Christmas greeting to cheer you, my good friend 希望圣诞祝福给你带来欢乐，我的好朋友。 Take your passion and make it come true 发挥你的热情，让理想变为现实。 I hope we can spend the holidays together 希望我们能一起过圣诞节。 To Hong from your good friends at Peking U 送给红——北大的一群好友。 Best of luck in the year to come 愿你在未来的一年里，吉星高照。 Happy new year！ 新年快乐！ Wish all the best wishes for you 献上最美好的祝愿。 Wish many good wishes for the holidays and the coming year 新的一年，向你献上最诚挚的祝福。 Wishing you all the blessings of a beautiful Christmas season 愿你拥有美丽的新年所有的祝福。 May its blessings lead into a wonderful year for you and all whom you hold dear 祝福你及你所爱的人新的一年中万事如意。 To wish you special joy at the holidays and all year 祝你在节日和新的一年中享有无限的快乐。编辑本段给父母亲的祝福语 Warmest thoughts and best wishes from your daughter 寄上无限的思念和最美好的祝愿，你们的女儿。 Season's greetings from Xiao Li and Ming Ming 献上小丽和明明的节日问候。 A holiday wish from your son Tom 寄上佳节的祝福，你们的儿子汤姆敬上。 May you have the best season ever 愿你过个最愉快的节日。 A New year greeting to cheer you from your daughter 愿女儿的祝福带给您欢乐。 Happy New year to the world's best parents！ 祝世界上最好的父母节日快乐！ Season's greetings to my dearest parents！ 祝我最亲爱的父母节日愉快！ Mom and Dad: Thank you for everything this holiday season！ 爸爸妈妈：值此佳节，感谢您们所给予的一切。 I'll be home to enjoy this Christmas with you 我将回家与你们共度佳节。 A present from me is on the way Hope you'll like it 寄上一份礼物，希望你们会喜欢。 I wish I were home for the holidays但愿我能回家共度佳节。 Thinking of you at New Year's time 佳节，我想念你们。 Best wishes from Mark, Janet and the kids 马克、珍妮特和孩子们，谨呈最诚挚的祝福。 编辑本段给教师的祝福语 Much joy to you in the upcoming year 愿您在新的一年充满快乐。 Thank you for all you have done for us 感谢您为我们所做的一切。 We'll be here after the New Year 新年过后，我们会再回来。 We won't forget you this holiday season 假期里，我们不会忘记您的。 Thank you for your hard work and patience on this holiday season 值此佳节，谨对您的辛勤栽培表示感谢。 Thank you for not as signing homework this holiday season 感谢您没有留假期作业。 I look forward to your class after the new year 我期待着新年过后，再上您的课。 Wishing you and your family a very happy new year 祝福您及全家新年快乐。 A happy new year from all of your students 祝您新年快乐，您的全体学生敬上。 New year is a time for gladness and rejoicing …because there is no class 新年是喜庆的日子——因为不用上课。 May happiness follow you everywhere …just like we do 愿快乐随时与您同在——如同我们与您寸步不离。 It's really a shame we can't be together at that moment 我们不能在一起过春节真是太遗憾了。 Best wishes for you and your family 祝福您及您的家人。 We offer New year blessings to you 我们向您献上新年的祝福。 7 用英语写给朋友的祝福语 I give all my love to you this Christmas值此圣诞佳节，献上我对你所有的爱。 Even though we are apart, you are in my heart this Christmas千山万水，隔不断我在佳节对你的思念。I want you stuffed in my stocking我只要你塞在我的袜子里。 I want to be in your arms this Christmas我要在你的怀抱里度过今年的圣诞节。Don't stand under the mistletoe with anyone else but me除了我，不要和任何人站在槲寄生上。 To my dearest love on this joyous Christmas值此欢乐佳节，献给我的心上人。For this and many Christmas to come为了这一个，也为了更多即将来临的圣诞节。 On this Christmas I have but one thing to say: I love you值此圣诞佳节，我只有一句话要告诉你：我爱你 You're the best Christmas present I ever received你是我所收到的最好的圣诞礼物。I only want you for Christmas！我只要你作为我的圣诞礼物！My heart is my Christmas present to you我的心就是我奉献给你的圣诞礼物。 You are the one for me this Christmas and for many Christmas to come在此圣诞节和未来的每个圣诞节里，你都是我唯一的爱！I will be yours forever！我永远属于你！Let's never spend our Christmas apart让我们永不独享圣诞节。My arms are wide open for you this Christmas我张开双臂，盼与你共度圣诞佳节。 Here's a tender Christmas kiss from you know who你的心上人献给你一个温柔的圣诞之吻。I'm only thinking of you this Christmas在此圣诞佳节，唯有你在心中。 I hope all of our Christmases are this bright！愿所有的圣诞节都如此欢快明亮！圣诞节送给朋友短信：Wish many good wishes for the holidays and the coming year新的一年，向你献上最诚挚的祝福。Wishing you all the blessings of a beautiful Christmas season愿你拥有美丽的圣诞所有的祝福。 May its blessings lead into a wonderful year for you and all whom you hold dear祝福你及你所爱的人新的一年中万事如意。Merry Christmas, my best friend祝我的挚友圣诞快乐。 A Christmas greeting to cheer you, my good friend希望圣诞祝福给你带来欢乐，我的好朋友。We will be having Christmas at Wang Ping's this year You are welcome to join us！今年我们要在王平家过圣诞，欢迎你也来！Take your passion and make it come true发挥你的热情，让理想变为现实。 I hope we can spend the holidays together希望我们能一起过圣诞节。To Hong from your good friends at Peking U送给红——北大的一群好友。 Best of luck in the year to come愿你在未来的一年里，吉星高照。A merry yuletide！圣诞快乐！Wish all the best wishes for you献上最美好的祝愿。 To wish you special joy at the holidays and all year祝你节日以及一年中开开心心。圣诞节送给师长上司短信：Much joy to you in the upcoming year愿您在新的一年充满快乐。 Thank you for all you have done for us感谢您为我们所做的一切。We'll be here after the New Year新年过后，我们会再回来。 We won't forgetyou this holiday season假期里，我们不会忘记您的。Thank you for your hard work and patience on this holiday season值此佳节，谨对您的辛勤栽培表示感谢。 Thank you for not as signing homework this holiday season感谢您没有留假期作业。I look forward to your class after the new year我期待着新年过后，再上您的课。 Wishing you and your family a very merry Christmas祝福您及全家圣诞快乐。A merry Christmas from all of your students祝您圣诞快乐，您的全体学生敬上。 Christmas is a time for gladness and rejoicing …because there is no class圣诞节是喜庆的日子——因为不用上课。May happiness follow you everywhere …just like we do愿快乐随时与您同在——如同我们与您寸步不离。 It's really a shame we can't be together at Christmas我们不能在一起过圣诞节真是太遗憾了。Best wishes for you and your family祝福您及您的家人。 We offer Christmas blessings to you我们向您献上圣诞节的祝福 圣诞节送给长辈短信：Your entire staff wishes you and yours a most happy Christmas全体职员祝您及家人圣诞快乐。To Grandpa and Grandma Merry Christmas！献给爷爷奶奶：圣诞快乐！iday season！值此圣诞佳节，老板，献给您及您的家人。 there's no place like home for the holidays在这佳节里，没有比家更好的地方了。Best wishes for a wonderful new year献上最诚挚的祝福，祝您新年恰愉快。 May the joy of Christmas be with you throughout the year愿圣诞佳节的喜悦，伴随您在度过新的一年。May joy and health be with you always祝您永远健康快乐。 May happiness follow you wherever you go！愿您幸福快乐，直到永远永远。A special card from your grandson您的孙子，寄上一张特别的卡片。 A Christmas wish from your nephew您的侄儿祝您圣诞快乐。Wishing you and yours a happy happy new year万事如意，合家平安。 From all of us in sales: Merry Christmas！我们销售部全体人员祝您圣诞快。春节的由来英语The Spring Festival is a traditional cultural circle Chinese characters on the lunar new yearThe traditional name for the new year, new year, new year, but also called the degree of verbal, celebrate the new year, have the Spring Festival Ancient Chinese new year have been specifically solar term in the beginning of spring, is also seen as the beginning of the year, later changed to the lunar lunar January beginning for the new year General at least until the Lantern Festival (Festival) new year just ended, the spring festival known as "new year", the Chinese nation is the most ceremonious traditional festival, before the Emperor Wudi of Han Dynasty period, various dynasties date of Spring Festival is not consistent, since the Han Dynasty too at the beginning of the first year, the lunar calendar (lunar calendar lunar January) to the beginning of the year, new year's Day thus fixed, continues to this day, after the 1911 Xin Hai revolution, began to use the Gregorian calendar year, he called the Gregorian calendar in January 1st as the "New Year's Day", known as the lunar month as "the Spring Festival lunar January"The festival, also known as the "Festival", which has a long history, wide spread, with great popularity, mass, or even universal features The festival is the old days, Chinese New Year Chinese lunar January although set in the first, but new year's activities are not limited to the lunar January day that day From the twelfth lunar month twenty-three (or twenty-four) of small festivals, people began to "busy": clean the house, wash bath, preparing for the festival appliances and so on, all of these activities, there is a common theme, namely "new year" The festival is also offering to the day, the ancients said millet one ripe for a "year", the grain harvest for the "big one" The early Western Zhou Dynasty, that has appeared once a year's harvest celebrationsLater, heaven Qinian has become one of the main contents in custom; moreover, such as kitchen, door god, God, God, God of wealth well the way the gods, during the festival, all enjoy human incense People like to take this opportunity to thank the gods of the attention, and wish to receive more blessings in the new year Chinese new year or family reunion, London dear such day New year's Eve, the whole family have a joyous gathering, eat "reunion dinner", elders give children distribute "gift money", one family tuanzuo "staying-up" Yuan day over years, fireworks Qi ring, bid farewell to the old year, and welcome the new year activity to the climax The incense to salute, respect for nature, offering fathers, and then to the elders pay New Year's call, then family relatives and friends congratulated each other The festival is the populace entertainment festival The first day of the year, all kinds of rich and colorful entertainment to carry out activities: play the lion, dragon dance, yangko dance, stilt walking, juggling the play, the festive atmosphere of the Spring Festival for the rich Therefore, the hall of prayer for good harvests, set to celebrate, entertainment for the whole festival festival became the most grand holiday of the Chinese nation Today, in addition to sacrifice ancestor worship and other activities than ever before to fade away, the festival's main custom, are in good condition to inheritance and developmentThe Spring Festival is the Chinese culture important carrier, contains the wisdom and the crystallization of Chinese culture, condensing Chinese people's life pursuit and emotional sustenance, and inheritance of social ethics Chinese; therefore, we must vigorously carry forward the excellent traditional culture of Spring Festival of condensation, outstanding new year, blessing, reunion peace, prosperity and so on theme, work hard to build harmonious family, stability and unity, joy and harmony in the festive atmosphere, to promote Chinese culture, continue to grow and develop 春节是指汉字文化圈传统上的农历新年。 传统名称为新年、大年、新岁，但口头上又称度岁、庆新岁、过年。古时春节曾专指节气中的立春，也被视为是一年的开始，后来改为农历正月初一开始为新年。一般至少要到正月十五（上元节）新年才结束，春节俗称“年节”，是中华民族最隆重的传统佳节，汉武帝时期之前，各朝各代春节的日期并不一致，自汉武帝太初元年始，以夏历（农历）正月为岁首，年节的日期由此固定下来，延续至今，1911年辛亥革命以后，开始采用公历计年，遂称公历1月1日为“元旦”，称农历正月初一为“春节”。 岁时节日，亦被称为“传统节日”，它们历史悠久、流传面广，具有极大的普及性、群众性、甚至全民性的特点。年节是除旧布新的日子，年节虽定在农历正月初一，但年节的活动却并不止于正月初一这一天。从腊月二十三（或二十四日）小年节起，人们便开始“忙年”：扫房屋、洗头沐浴、准备年节器具等等，所有这些活动，有一个共同的主题，即“辞旧迎新”。年节也是祭祝祈年的日子，古人谓谷子一熟为一“年”，五谷丰收为“大有年”。西周初年，即已出现了一年一度的庆祝丰收的活动。 后来，祭天祈年成了年俗的主要内容之一；而且，诸如灶神、门神、财神、喜神、井神等诸路神明，在年节期间，都备享人间香火。人们借此酬谢诸神过去的关照，并祈愿在新的一年中能得到更多的福佑。年节还是合家团圆、敦亲祀祖的日子。除夕，全家欢聚一堂，吃罢“团年饭”，长辈给孩子们分发“压岁钱”，一家人团坐“守岁”。元日子时交年时刻，鞭炮齐响，辞旧岁、迎新年的活动达于高潮。各家焚香致礼，敬天地、祭列祖，然后依次给尊长拜年，继而同族亲友互致祝贺。年节更是民众娱乐狂欢的节日。元日以后，各种丰富多彩的娱乐活动竞相开展：耍狮子、舞龙灯、扭秧歌、踩高跷、杂耍诸戏等，为新春佳节增添了浓郁的喜庆气氛。因此，集祈年、庆贺、娱乐为一体的盛典年节就成了中华民族最隆重的佳节。而时至今日，除祀神祭祖等活动比以往有所淡化以外，年节的主要习俗，都完好地得以继承与发展。 春节是中华民族文化的优秀传统重要载体，蕴含着中华民族文化的智慧和结晶，凝聚着华夏人民的生命追求和情感寄托，传承着中国人的社会伦理观念；所以，我们一定要大力弘扬春节所凝结的优秀传统文化，突出辞旧迎新、祝福，团圆平安、兴旺发达等等的主题，努力营造家庭和睦、安定团结、欢乐祥和的喜庆氛围，推动中华文化历久弥新、不断发展壮大。congratulate造句春节来历英语是Origin of Spring Festival。1、The Spring Festival is the first year of the lunar calendar Another name of the Spring Festival is the Spring Festival It is the biggest， busiest and most important ancient traditional festival in China It is also a unique festival for Chinese people（春节是农历的第一年。春节的另一个名称是春节。它是中国最大、最繁忙、最重要的古代传统节日。它也是中国人独特的节日。）It is the most concentrated expression of Chinese civilization Since the Western Han Dynasty， the custom of Spring Festival has continued to this day Spring Festival generally refers to New Years Eve and the first day of the first lunar month（它是中华文明最集中的表现形式。自西汉以来，春节的'习俗一直延续到今天。春节一般指除夕和正月初一。）元旦节英语作文5句话带翻译是什么？英语单词：congratulate读音："congratulate"的英式读音为 [kənˈɡrætjʊleɪt]，美式读音为 [kənˈɡrætʃəˌleɪt]。释义：动词。表示祝贺、庆祝或称赞。用法：表示向某人致以祝贺、庆祝或表达赞许之情。词形变化：第三人称单数：congratulates现在分词：congratulating过去式：congratulated过去分词：congratulated词语搭配：1 congratulate someone on something：因某事向某人表示祝贺2 congratulate someone on their success/achievement：因某人的成功/成就向其表示祝贺3 congratulate someone on their marriage/birthday：因某人的婚礼/生日向其表示祝贺4 extend congratulations：表示祝贺5 send congratulations：发送祝贺词义解析："congratulate"是一个动词，表示祝贺、庆祝或称赞某人。双语例句：1 I want to congratulate you on your promotion（我想祝贺你升职。）2 They congratulated her on winning the award（他们祝贺她获奖。）3 We extend our warmest congratulations on your wedding day（我们对你的婚礼表示最热烈的祝贺。）4 The whole team congratulated him on his achievement（整个团队因他的成就向他表示祝贺。）5 Please send my congratulations to the happy couple（请向这对幸福的夫妇转达我的祝贺。）New Year's Day is the first day of the new year On the modern Gregorian calendar, it is celebrated on January 1, as it was also in ancient Rome (though other dates were also used in Rome) In all countries using the Gregorian calendar as their main calendar, except for Israel, it is a public holiday,[citation needed] often celebrated with fireworks at the stroke of midnight as the new year starts January 1 on the Julian calendar corresponds to January 14 on the Gregorian calendar, and it i s on that date that followers of some of the Eastern Orthodox churches celebrate the New Year元旦是新年的第一天。在现在的公历的一月一日。也属于古罗马。所有的国家都用公历作为主要日历，除了以色列。它是一个公共假日，人们通常在半夜放焰火庆祝新年的开始