介绍腊八粥的英文

Laba is celebrated on the eighth day of the last lunar month, referring to the traditional start of celebrations for the Chinese New Year. "La" in Chinese means the 12th lunar month and "ba" means eight. 腊八在阴历最后一个月庆祝，标志者中国新年庆祝的开始。 "腊" 在汉语中意味着阴历第十二个月，"八"意思是8. Legends about the originof this festivity abound. One holds that over 3,000 years ago sacrificial rites called "La "(腊) were held in the twelfth lunar month when people offered their preys to the gods of heaven and earth. The Chinese characters for prey (猎物) and the twelfth month (腊) were interchangeable then, and ever since "La" has been used to refer to both. 这个节日起源的传说很多。其中之一认为三千多年前名叫"腊"的献祭的仪式在阴历第十二个月举行，这天，人们对天神和地神供奉猎物。在那是汉字"猎物"和第十二个月"腊"是可以相互替代的，从那时起，"腊"一直用于指二者。 Since the festival was held on the eighth day of the Last month, people later appended the number eight ("ba" in Chinese), giving us the current Laba . 由于这个节日在最后一个月的第八天庆祝，人们后来补充了数字8（汉语"八"）.因而有了现在的"腊八". The majority Han Chinese have long followed the tradition of eating Laba rice porridge on the Laba Festival. The date usually falls in mid-January. 绝大多数汉族人长期遵循在腊八节吃蜡八粥的传统。这个节日通常在阳历一月中旬来临。

腊八粥可以翻译成Làbā congee[ˈkɒndʒiː] 或者Làbā rice porridge。

“拼音+单词”的折中策略兼具了文化性和解释性。

不过congee/porridge并不是随意的选择。

英文里三个常见的“粥”分别是porridge, congee和gruel。含义区别细微：

porridge在陆谷孙主编的《英汉大词典》中的释义是：（谷物或豆类煮成的）粥，糊。其凭借较早的使用（1643年）和较广的使用面拔得头筹，甚至成为了另外两个“粥”的解释用词。

congee: 例如《韦氏大学词典》给congee的英语释义：porridge made from rice （大米或小米）粥，稀饭。

gruel: a thin porridge 稀粥（常用燕麦和牛奶或清水煮成，主要作为病人食物）

相关说明

腊八粥，又称“七宝五味粥”、“佛粥”、“大家饭”等，是一种由多样食材熬制而成的粥。“喝腊八粥”是腊八节的习俗，腊八粥的传统食材包括大米、小米、玉米、薏米、红枣、莲子、花生、桂圆和各种豆类（如红豆、绿豆、黄豆、黑豆、芸豆等）。

腊八粥在古时是用红小豆、糯米煮成，后来材料逐渐增多。所用材料各有不同，多用糯米、红豆、枣子、栗子、花生、白果、莲子、百合等煮成甜粥。也有加入桂圆、龙眼肉、蜜饯等同煮的。

以上内容参考：百度百科-腊八粥

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英文介绍：Laba Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday celebrated on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar （阴历的）month. It’s a day for celebrating harvest, offering sacrifices（祭品） to ancestors, and worshiping gods（拜神）. But above all, it is a day for cooking Laba Congee（腊八粥）, a hodgepodge（大杂烩） of grains, beans and dried fruits used to invoke（祈求） peace and good fortune.

中文翻译：农历十二月初八是中国的传统节日——腊八节，在这一天人们庆祝丰收、祭祀祖先、拜神。最重要的是，在这一天人们要做由各种谷物、豆类和干果熬成的腊八粥以祈求来年和平及好运。