英語文化教程匯總和更新

The Easter bunny has arrived, chocolate Easter eggs are in the shops, the daffodils are out, and the weather is getting better! Easter is a great time of year, but what are its origins? Originally Easter was called Pascha after the Hebrew w [查看全文]

Look at these statues! They are not common statues. Their height is 4 metres to 10 metres. The tallest one is over 20 metres tall! And their weight is 10 tons to 100 tons. There are about 600 statues here. These statues are on Easter Island [查看全文]

Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to t [查看全文]

小編語：十二世紀(jì)時，人們在復(fù)活節(jié)節(jié)慶中加入雞蛋，此蛋多涂以紅色，也有繪成彩色。故一般稱之為復(fù)活節(jié)彩蛋（easter egg，一般也稱為復(fù)活蛋）。蛋的原始象征意義是為春天新生命的 [查看全文]

The 2011 Yellow Emperor (Huangdi) worshipping ceremony, themed as homology with the roots and ancestors in peace and harmony, will be held on April 5 in Xinzheng, hometown of Yellow Emperor in Henan Province. The ceremony begins at 9:50 am. [查看全文]

復(fù)活節(jié)(Easter Sunday)在每年春分月圓之后第一個星期日，是信奉基督教的宗教紀(jì)念日，目的是為了紀(jì)念耶穌基督于公元30到33年之間被釘死在十字架之后第三天復(fù)活的日子，具有重生與希望 [查看全文]

小編語：晚唐著名詩人杜牧有一首膾炙人口的絕句《清明》，詩云：清明時節(jié)雨紛紛，路上行人欲斷魂。借問酒家何處有，牧童謠指杏花村。杜牧絕對想不到，在幾個世紀(jì)之后，會有許 [查看全文]

清 明 節(jié)（Tomb-Sweeping Day） Qing Ming Jie（All Souls' Day） Qing Ming is a time to remember the dead and the dearly departed. More important, it is a period to honour and to pay respect to one's deceased ancestors and family member [查看全文]

Sweet Green Rice Ball 青團 The sweet green rice ball is a Qingming Festival (Tomb Sweeping Day) food popular in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces. It is also a must-have offering at ancestralrituals in the south of the Yangtze River. Like gl [查看全文]

小編語：我們都知道愚人節(jié)是一個國際性的惡作劇節(jié)日，最早記錄是在1539年，佛蘭德手稿中出現(xiàn)。除此之外，我們別無所知。對于愚人節(jié)起源的說法比比皆是，每個國家都想成為這個整 [查看全文]