作為一個“吃貨“國度，過春節怎麼又能少得了傳統美食的參與呢？相信大家對於過新年要吃什麼，都有著自己的理解和看法。那麼，”舌尖上的春節“到底包含著哪些食物呢？它們的由來是怎樣的呢？用英語又怎麼表達呢？快點來漲知識咯！

Dumpling 餃子

餃子，又名水餃，原名“嬌耳”，是中國的古老傳統麵食之一，是中國北方大部分地區每年春節必吃的年節食品。

Sweet Dumpling / Glue Pudding 湯圓​

湯圓也是中國傳統食物的代表，由糯米粉做成，一般為芝麻餡或花生餡，象徵闔家團圓，在南方地區春節更多食用湯圓而不是餃子。

Rice Cake 年糕

年糕是用糯米及大米蒸成的糕，在春節食用寓意著人們工作和生活一年比一年提高，取以諧音“年年高”。

Spring Roll 春捲

春捲又稱春盤、薄餅，歷史悠久，內陷豐富，一般為肉末、蔬菜，外皮捲成長卷，下油鍋炸成金黃色，口感酥脆。

Eight-Treasure Rice Pudding 八寶飯

八寶飯用料講究，除去糯米和豆沙餡料外，還要加上蓮子、桂圓、紅棗、金桔、蜜櫻桃、蜜冬瓜、瓜子仁、薏仁米這八寶，分別象徵婚姻美好、闔家團圓、早生貴子、吉祥吉利、甜甜蜜蜜、無災無害以及長壽純潔。

都記住了嗎？把這些學到的小知識，在吃團圓年夜飯時運用起來吧！更可以給外國友人介紹咱們華人自己的新年習俗，成為一個傳統節日小達人！

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preserved meat 臘肉

dumpling 餃子

hot pot 火鍋

meat bun 肉包子

pancake 煎餅

fried dumpling 煎貼

rice glue ball 元宵

glue pudding 湯圓

millet congee 小米粥

cereal 麥片

麻婆豆腐mapo tofu

宮保雞丁gongbao chicken

水煮魚shuizhu fish

The traditional Chinese new year, also called the Spring Festival, is the most important event for Chinese. For the preparation of it, we will do plenty of things, for example, to kill a pig and store its meet for the midnight dinner, to make some unique food on the new year"s eve and so on.

The new year"s eve is the end of the year in the chinese lunar calendar, we call it Da Nian San shi and the night Chuxi. On this day, we will stay up until the midnight and have a wonderful dinner with all family members. Before every meal during the day, we will light some firecrackers, which will drive away the bad luck. And the very typical food for the Spring Festival is the dumpling, which meaning is get-together. On the start of new year, we will worship the ancestors and visit the relationships.

如果你真心要學習怎樣來地道的表達中國春節的美食和習俗，我個人的建議是：去看一下BBC 出品的2016年春節介紹紀錄片。它的介紹從一個外華人的角色來介紹中國的春節，拍的非常精彩。去年沒有在家過年，我一個人在國外過年，我就用這個紀錄片來感受新年的氣氛。下面我擷取它的開場部分影片，並附臺詞字幕如下，自己手打的，請點贊支援我，謝謝！如需要快速獲取該紀錄片，可以留下評論，我會給你連結。

Welcome to China. We are here at the snow and ice festival in the northern city of Harbin, where many families come to start their celebrations of Chinese New Year. This time of year sees the largest annual mass migration on the planet when a six of the world"s population travels home to celebrate with their families.

That is around a billion people making 3.5 billion journeys in a 40 day period. Join us over the next three nights as we find out what it is like to be at the world"s biggest party. Here is what is coming up. Three, two, one, ago! We will be based here in icy Harbin and way down south in tropical Hong Kong, exploring how the Chinese experience the most important festival in their calendar. It is like watching a magic trick. We"ll uncover this extraordinary annual event and experience the richness of Chinese culture. Sorry! From how families prepare for festivities to be celebrations on the day itself. I"ll be focusing on New Year technology and traditions. Happy New Year. I"ll discover the amazing way that rural China used to celebrate New Year. Tonight, a Hairy Bikers will be helping out at the world"s largest motorbike migration. Lets see if we can cut it. Happy New Year! And I will be journeying to the most remote corner of south-west China to track down a living,breathing symbol of New Year 2016. Oh, my goodness! The year of the monkey.

Welcome to China. THEY SAY HELLO IN MANDARIN Happy Chinese New Year! Chinese New Year is also known as the spring festival. It lasts 15 days and it"s the important holiday in the Chinese holiday. The start of the festival falls in either January or February, dictated by the lunar calendar. New Year"s Day falls on February the 8th. In the run-up, the whole country is on the move. China is truly huge. You can fly for six and a half hours and still be in the same country.

我是英語老師，每年都佈置學生寫關於春節的作文，我來綜合一下他們的答案。

每一年春節的飲食和習俗就跟這兩種說法有關。中國地大物博，民族眾多，各個地方慶祝春節的美食和習俗都不一樣。

用英語介紹美食和習俗，先了解漢語對應的說法。

1、春節必吃的三種食物：餃子、湯圓、年糕。北方初一吃餃子，南方吃湯圓。南北方很多地方在過年期間吃年糕，寓意“年年高”。

During the Spring Festival, three kinds of food are usually served. They are dumplings (jiaozi), sweet dumplings and sticky rice cake.

On the first day of the Chinese New year, people have jiaozi in north while sweet dumplings in south. As well, they eat the sticky rice cake which symbolizes having a higher position for jobholders or becoming taller for children.

2、年夜飯是春節期間最重視的一頓飯。除夕夜全家聚在一起，餐桌上有雞、鴨、魚、牛羊肉。魚是必須有的，代表年年有餘。

The Family Reunion Dinner plays a vital role in the Spring Festival. Family members get together to have a rich dinner on New Year"s Eve.

Apart from chicken, duck, pork, beef and mutton, fich is indispensable because it means abundance in materials in the next year.

3、春節期間各個地方有豐富的慶祝活動。貼對聯，剪窗花，掛燈籠，放鞭炮，拜年，逛廟會等等。對孩子們來說，最開心的莫過於收到長輩們給的壓歲錢。

Varieties of activities are held to observe this special festival.

People paste red couplets and papercutting on doors and windows, hang lanterns, light fireworks, pay a new year"s call to relatives, and go to the Temple Fairs etc..

For children, getting pocket money from the elders is the most delightful thing during the festival.

以上僅為個人見解，可能會有不到位的地方。

1.美食和習俗的名稱要介紹準確；

3.特別要突出它們的特點，以及有哪些精彩的家喻戶曉的故事，講出它們的歷史感和文化意味；

4.講好美食的營養價值以及習俗的社會文化意義。

用英語介紹春節美食文化，是給學生和英語愛好者提供的一個很重要和很實際的表達平臺。問題的關鍵是把學習融入實際之中！