文档介绍：世界各国过新年 Auld Lang Syne “ has e the traditional song among English-speaking peoples for bidding farewell to the old year and hailing the new. ” This song presents “ the theme of passing time through a context of remembered friendship. The song very bines a note of present conviviality with a poignant sense of the loss of panionship brought by time and distance. Such a note is just right for New Year's Eve, when the mind hovers between retrospect and anticipation and we think equally of days gone for ever and days e. ” Auld Lang Syne Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot and days of auld lang syne? For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne, we'll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne. Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot and days of auld lang syne? And here's a hand, my trusty friend And gie's a hand o' thine We'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet For auld lang syne Happy New Year Chinese New Year The Chinese New Year "Yuan Tan" takes place between January 21 and February 20. For many, it is a time for feasting, celebrating, and visiting relatives and friends. The celebrations are based on bringing luck, health, happiness, and wealth till the next year. They clean their houses to rid them of lasts year's bad luck before the celebrations begin. There are street parades with dancing dragons that are associated with longevity and wealth. Chinese New Year Chinese people decorate their houses with plastic firecrackers, which are intended to frighten away evil spirits and bad luck. They go to the markets to buy plants such as the Kumquat tree, which is considered to be the luckiest. The peach blossom and the tangerine are also considered to be lucky. Lucky money is given out to the unmarried as well as the children of the family in red envelopes with the family name and good-luck message written on them in go