纪录片《中国春节》 第35期 团聚（13）

There is an interesting tradition that we need to have our haircut before Chinese New Year.

有个有趣的传统，中国新年前，我们必须要理发

But there is more to a traditional haircut than just looking your best.

但这不再是传统意义的理发，比显帅还重要

Because in China we believe that if we have a haircut, in the first month of the New Year,

因为中国人相信如果理发这事安排在新年第一个月

it will do harm to a maternal¹ uncle's health,

会损害舅舅的健康

I do not personally understand why it has anything to do with eight poor haircut!

我不太明白理发跟这有哪门子关系

As the year of the monkey is particularly important to Zhang's family,

由于猴年对张家特别重要

they are having some special decorations handmade.

他们得准备一些特制手作饰品

Paper scrolls² are normally put up on both sides of the doorway³.

春联一般贴在门的两边

There are certain strict rules to mirror the words,

词的对仗有很严格的规定

like if there is a character on the left-hand side that saying, sky, for example,

如果左联上有一字，比如“天”字

there should be one on the right-hand side saying ground,

右联必须有个“地”字

and if there is rain, there is wind. If there is red, there is green.

“雨”对“风”、“红”对“绿”

So it is kind of a thing that brings good blessing⁴ and good wishes for the New Year.

因此是语意万千，希望新年带来祝福和好运

This is the pair for our whole family.

这是我们家的春联

Here, it says: Standing⁵ over the old year with three sheep.

上联，辞旧岁三羊开春

And this one says, welcome in the new spring with six monkeys.

下联，迎新年六猴送安

1 maternal   

adj.母亲的，母亲般的，母系的，母方的

参考例句：

• He is my maternal uncle.他是我舅舅。
• The sight of the hopeless little boy aroused her maternal instincts.那个绝望的小男孩的模样唤起了她的母性。

2 scrolls   

n.（常用于录写正式文件的）纸卷( scroll的名词复数 )；卷轴；涡卷形（装饰）；卷形花纹v.（电脑屏幕上）从上到下移动（资料等），卷页( scroll的第三人称单数 )；（似卷轴般）卷起；（像展开卷轴般地）将文字显示于屏幕

参考例句：

• Either turn it off or only pick up selected stuff like wands, rings and scrolls. 把他关掉然后只捡你需要的物品，像是魔杖(wand)，戒指(rings)和滚动条(scrolls)。 来自互联网
• Ancient scrolls were found in caves by the Dead Sea. 死海旁边的山洞里发现了古代的卷轴。 来自辞典例句

3 doorway   

n.门口，(喻)入门；门路，途径

参考例句：

• They huddled in the shop doorway to shelter from the rain.他们挤在商店门口躲雨。
• Mary suddenly appeared in the doorway.玛丽突然出现在门口。

4 blessing   

n.祈神赐福；祷告；祝福，祝愿

参考例句：

• The blessing was said in Hebrew.祷告用了希伯来语。
• A double blessing has descended upon the house.双喜临门。

5 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。