Hello ,boys and girls! Today, I will share with you a legend about Little New Year.
同学们，你们好！今天，我要和大家分享一个关于小年的传说。
Little New Year is a Chinese traditional festival. It falls about a week before the lunar New Year. It is also known as the festival of the Kitchen God, who oversees the conduct of each household. Legend has it that once upon a time, there was an emperor with a greedy mouth. Wherever he went, he would try what he hadn’t eaten. One day, when he was wandering around a village, he met a beautiful girl with a basket of jujube cakes. The emperor had eaten a lot of delicious cuisine, but he never ate such yummy cakes, so he asked the girl for the cakes. After wolfing down the cakes in seconds, he came up with a wicked idea: to take the girl to his palace to let her make jujube cakes everyday. So he asked the girl to bake 49 cakes right away. However, when the girl heard it, she unhurriedly plucked the golden hairpin off her head and stroked at the basket and unexpectedly, out came the cakes. Knowing that his attempt failed, the emperor decided to seize her to his palace. Angrily, the girl stretched out her hand and with one sweep, the emperor was put on the wall. She then flew up to the sky. And the emperor became the kitchen god from then on. Accidentally, it happened to be on 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month. So it is also called Kitchen God Festival. On this day, the kitchen god will report to the Jade Emperor in heaven annually, detailing the families’ deeds over the past year the past year. To sweeten his words, families prepare offerings, including foods, fruits, and candies. And this is the origin of the Kitchen God Festival.
小年是中国的传统节日。它大约在农历新年前一周，也被称为灶神的节日，灶神监督每家每户的道德品质。传说很久很久以前，有一个贪嘴的皇帝。无论他走到哪里，他都会尝试他没有吃过的东西。一天，当他在一个村子里闲逛的时候，他遇到了一个漂亮的女孩，她提着一篮子枣糕。皇帝吃过很多美味的佳肴，但他从来没有吃过这么美味的枣糕，于是他向女孩要枣糕吃。狼吞虎咽完蛋糕后，他想出了一个坏主意：把女孩带到他的宫殿，让她每天做枣糕。于是他让女孩马上烤49个蛋糕。姑娘一听，不慌不忙地摘下头上的金发簪，冲着篮子一点，没想到，枣糕就出来了。知道他的企图失败了，皇帝决定把她抓到他的宫殿。女孩生气地伸出手，一扫，皇帝就被扫到了灶台墙上，然后她飞上天去了。从那时起，皇帝就成了灶神。巧合的是，这一天恰好是农历12月23日。所以又叫灶神节。在这一天，灶神每年都会向玉皇大帝详细报告各家在过去一年的善行与过错。为了使他说好话，各家各户准备了包括食物、水果和糖果等贡品。这就是灶神节的由来。This tradition is passed down from generations. Apart form providing offerings to kitchen God to make good wishes, people also sweep their houses to clean away bad luck and make way for good luck. Besides, many traditional activities are still very popular,such as Eating Tanggua, Bathandhaircut,Pastingpapercuts to windows, Preparations for the Spring Festival and so on. OK, That's all about Little New Year. Isn't it interesting? How do your family celebrate Little New Year?
这个传统代代相传.除了向灶神献上祭品以表达美好的愿望外，人们还会打扫房屋以驱除厄运，为好运让路。此外，许多传统活动仍然很受欢迎，如吃糖瓜，洗澡和理发，贴窗花，置办年货等等。好了，这就是关于小新年的全部内容。是不是很有趣？你们家是怎么庆祝小年的？
