根据“In China, the year 2024 is known as long nian in the traditional Chinese lunar calendar.”可知,2024年是中国传统农历的龙年。故选B。 (4)题详解: 细节理解题。根据“One of the reasons is that Loong sounds the same as the Chinese character long. Besides, the letters ‘oo’ in the ...
In China,the year 2024 is famous as long nian.For a long time,it has been called the Year of Dragon in English.But actually,there are a lot of differences between the Chinese long and the Western dragon. The Chinese long is made up of parts of some kind animals,such as a rabbit's...
Lunar New Year falls on February 10, 2024. In Chinese culture, we will gear up for a big New Year’s Eve dinner on the evening of Friday, February 9, 2024. We prepare symbolic foods, which represent wishes for health and longevity, prosperity, family togetherness, happiness/sweetness/laught...
Vietnam: The holiday lasts from the first to the fourth day of the first lunar month. They decorate their homes with peach blossoms, kumquat pots, and fruit plates for good luck and to honor ancestors. Chinese New Year 2026 - Year of the Horse...
29, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao) DEVIL OR DIVINE? James LaLonde is an American who has been living in Beijing for almost 10 years, and he has a Chinese name -- Lang Longjie, the second character of which is Long, meaning "dragon." "I choose that name. I think it's lucky and ...
For a long time, it has been called the Year of Dragon in English. But actually, there are a lot of differences between the Chinese long and the Western dragon.The Chinese long is made up of parts of some kind animals, such as a rabbit's eyes and an ox's ears. In Chinese ...
1 This year is the Year of "Niu" or the Ox. Many Chinese people believe it's a good year because they love the animal so much. In Chinese culture, "laohuangniu" is a symbol of hard work and selflessness (无私), because it works hard but asks nothing for itself. People love the...
The year 2009 is the Year of Ox. The ox is a representative of the fanning culture of China. In the farming economy (经济) oxen are the major animals pulling plows (犁).Of course the good of oxen is not limited to plowing. In f
Chinese New Year 2024 is a year of the Loong. Chinese Zodiac Loong is the 58 (five) of the 12 zodiac animals, following the Rot, Ox, Tiger and Rabbit. People born in the year of the Loong—an animal no ...
It all begins about a week ahead of the new year. Festive cakes and puddings are made on the 24th day of the last lunar month (February 3 in 2024). Why? The word for cakes and puddings is “gao” in Mandarin and “gou” in Cantonese, which sound the same as the word for “tall...