辞旧迎新：祝您阖家幸福安康，万事如意

　　

　　《 元 日 》

　　王安石

　　爆竹声中一岁除，春风送暖入屠苏。

　　千门万户曈曈日，总把新桃换旧符。

　　《New Year's Day》

　　Wang Anshi

　　Amid the boom of firecrackers a year has come to an end,

　　And the spring wind has wafted warm breath to the wine.

　　While the rising sun shines over each and every household,

　　People would put up new peachwood charm for the old.

　　

　　春联和年画通常会贴在家中的门上和墙上，内容丰富各异。通常，门上的春联会代表着这家人的地位，以及对新年的期盼。你会发现和“运气”相关的春联，比如“抬头见囍”或是“事事如新”;房门上贴着和长寿祝愿相关的春联;商店里会贴着生意兴隆的春联;厨房灶神旁贴着诚挚的祝愿;粮仓里贴着来年丰收的愿望……

　　Spring scrolls and New Year paintings are always stuck on the doors and walls of a family. The content of the spring scrolls are various. Generally, the scrolls stuck on the door is to show the family status and the happiness to welcome the New Year; walking in, you will see the scroll about luck, such as "Raise your head and see happiness (Tai Tou Jian Xi)" and "Everything looks fresh and gay"; on the door of the room, there are always scrolls about longevity and blessing; on the door of shops always write wishes for prosperous business; beside the kitchen god's portrait, the scroll with earnest hope is stuck; on the grain bin, wishes for good harvest are wrote...

　　除夕夜里，人们通常都会熬夜，这被称为“守岁”。在夜里，家人们围坐一团，一边喝酒、一边聊天，大家一起看春晚、吃零食(通常是糖果、花生和瓜子)。据说子女睡得越晚、父母就活得越长。大家会等到凌晨或是春晚结束后再睡，并且整晚都不会关灯。

　　On New Year's Eve, people always stay up late, which is called "Shousui". At night, the families get together, drink and chat. They watch the New Year festival gala and enjoy some snacks (mainly sweets, peanuts and sunflower seeds). It is said that the parents can live for long if the young stay up late. They often sleep after the new day comes or after the New Year festival gala. And all the lights will not turn off for the whole night.

　　

　　《守岁》 宋朝

　　苏轼

　　欲知垂尽岁，有似赴壑蛇。

　　修鳞半已没，去意谁能遮。

　　况欲系其尾，虽勤知奈何。

　　儿童强不睡，相守夜欢哗。

　　晨鸡且勿唱，更鼓畏添挝。

　　坐久灯烬落，起看北斗斜。

　　明年岂无年，心事恐蹉跎。

　　努力尽今夕，少年犹可夸。

　　Staying up All Night on New Year’s Eve

　　Su Shi

　　The end of the year is drawing near

　　As a snake crawls back to its hole.

　　We see half its body disappear

　　And soon we’ll lose sight of the whole.

　　If we try to tie down its tail,

　　We can’t succeed whate’er we do.

　　Children will stay up and regale

　　Themselves with feast the whole night through.

　　Cocks, wake not the dawn with your song;

　　Drums, do not boom out the hour now!

　　The wick is burned as I sit long,

　　I rise to see the slanting Plough.

　　Will these be no New Year’s Eve next year?

　　I am afraid time waits for none.

　　Let us enjoy tonight with cheer

　　So that childhood will longer run.

　　解析：诗意明白易懂，旨在勉励自己惜时如金。作者用形象的蛇蜕皮喻时间不可留，暗示要自始至终抓紧时间做事，免得时间过半，虽勤也难补于事。努力应从今日始，不要让志向抱负付诸东流。