小伙伴们，今天是腊八，大家喝到香喷喷的腊八粥了吗？格琳斯英语在此祝大家腊八节快乐哦！

过了腊八就是年，随着腊八节的到来，农历新年也即将到来。这样重要的节日用英语怎么介绍呢？今天就和小编一起看看吧。

腊八的英文就是汉语拼音Laba，也译作the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month，具体内容我们看下文。

腊八节用英语怎么介绍

Laba Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday celebrated on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar （阴历的）month. It’s a day for celebrating harvest, offering sacrifices（祭品） to ancestors, and worshiping gods（拜神）. But above all, it is a day for cooking Laba Congee（腊八粥）, a hodgepodge（大杂烩） of grains, beans and dried fruits used to invoke（祈求） peace and good fortune.

Chinese people believe that eating congee during Laba festival will bring good luck. Laba Congee is infused with（充满了） Chinese people’s beautiful expectations of a happy life.

农历十二月初八是中国的传统节日——腊八节，在这一天人们庆祝丰收、祭祀祖先、拜神。最重要的是，在这一天人们要做由各种谷物、豆类和干果熬成的腊八粥以祈求来年和平及好运。

中国人相信腊八节喝腊八粥会带来好运，腊八粥充满着中国人民对幸福生活的美丽期望。

腊八节习俗

腊八粥

Laba porridge

The laba porridge is not only a yummy traditional rite in China to mark the laba festival but also a delicacy good for health.

腊八节喝腊八粥是中国传统习俗，腊八粥不仅好喝，对身体也十分有益。

腊八粥，表达为"laba porridge";"la"即“腊”，农历12月就是“腊月”，即"12th lunar month"。腊八就是腊月初八，这天要喝的腊八粥也称八宝粥，即"babao porridge(eight treasures)"。

不同地区腊八粥的用料虽有不同，但基本的八种原料包括：

腊八蒜

laba garlic

In North China there is a custom of pickling garlic（浸泡大蒜） in vinegar on Laba Day. After some pickling, the garlic will turn green. This pickled garlic goes very well with dumplings. In Chinese, the words “garlic” and “calculate” have the same pronunciation; therefore, eating garlic on Laba Day is symbolic of reckoning（计算） the year’s income and expenses as year-end approaches.

在中国的北方有一个习俗，在腊八节的时候把蒜泡到醋中，经过醋的浸泡后，蒜会变的通体碧绿。经过醋泡过的蒜和饺子一起吃更配哦~在中国“蒜”和“算”同音，随着年底的临近，在腊八节那天吃蒜是计算整年收支的象征。

腊八面

Laba noodles

Because northerners like foods made from wheat flour,they eat Laba noodles on Laba Day.

因为北方人喜欢吃小麦面粉做的食物，所以在腊八节这天他们吃腊八面。

煮五豆

Boiling five kinds of beans

In some areas,people boil five kinds of beans and make a dough in the shape of sparrow's head on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month.They believe if they eat "sparrow heads",the sparrows will have headaches and not harm their crops in the coming year.

有一些地区，人们在农历十二月初八那天煮五种豆子，还要用面团揉成一个麻雀的头的形状。人们相信如果吃“麻雀头”，麻雀就会头疼，来年他们就不会伤害农作物。

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