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小年，通常是在农历新年前一个星期，也被称为祭灶节。灶神中文是监督每个家庭道德品质的神。
Little New Year (Xiaonian)， usually a week before the lunar New Year， falls on Jan 14 this year. It is also known as the Festival of the Kitchen God， the deity who oversees the moral character of each household.
中国南方大多数地区以腊月二十四为“小年”，中国北方大多数地区以腊月二十三为“小年”。小年的英文说法有很多：可以直接使用拼音Xiao Nian，也可以根据意义翻译为preliminary eve， 还可以字面翻译成Little New Year和Minor New Year。
古人笔下，little new york，little new year,usually，小年是这样的：
《小年日仍宿北山》【元】范梈
腊日才过又小年，那堪泽国new雨年的连天！
儿童把酒传明翻译a烛，远想慈亲尚未眠，little new year翻译。
《小年二首其New一》【明】林光
甲子春侵腊，燕京又小年，little new year作文。
儿童欢礼灶，箫鼓usually闹喧天。
数九晴看柳，书空仰羡鸢。
此身吾自有，富贵york乃浮烟。
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《后falls嘉鱼usually诗其yorkers六》【明】屈大均
客邸频little留客，嘉鱼一味鲜。
系船高峡口，作脍大江边。
黄鸟喧falls冬至，梅花盛year小年。
满城柑子年的熟，酒渴不论钱。
小年a这天怎么过？
祭灶王
Offer sacrifices to Kitchen God
“小年”最具特色的风俗就是“祭灶王”，具体来讲就是将旧的灶王像烧掉，送“灶王”上天禀报这家人过去一年的善恶。大年三十的晚上，要在灶台旁贴一张新的灶王像，也就是“接灶”。这样，来年“灶王爷”就能继续监督并庇佑这一家人。
In one of the most distinctive traditions of the Little New Year is the burning of a paper image of the Kitchen God，Little New Year | 今日小年，一起来看看小年的习俗吧！， dispatching the god's spirit to Heaven to report on the family's conduct over the past year.中文yorkersyear习俗 The Kitchen God is then welcomed back by to the home through the pasting of a new paper image of him beside the stove. From this vantage point， the Kitchen God will oversee and protect the household for another year.
人们还会在祭灶时给灶王爷摆上多种甜点做贡品，认为这会堵住灶王爷的嘴，让他上天汇报时只说好话。
Most of the offerings are sweets of various varieties. It is thought that this will seal the Kitchen God's mouth and encourage him to only say good things about the family when he ascends to heaven to make his report.
扫尘土
House cleaning
从腊英语八到小年这段时间，中国大部分家庭都会彻底清扫房屋，“辞旧迎新”。
Between Laba Festival，little new year的中文， on the eighth day of the last lunar month， and Little New Year， on the twenty-third day， families throughout China undertake a thorough house cleaning， sweeping out the old in preparation for the New Year.
根据中国民间习俗，鬼魂年的和神灵都要在翻译腊月选择返回天上还是留在人间。为了保证“他们”及时离开，人们必须彻底进行清扫，包括个人卫生和住所，抽屉和碗柜的犄角旮旯也都要打扫干净。
According to Chinese folk beliefs， during the last month of the year ghosts and deities must choose either to return to Heaven or to stay on Earth. It is believed that in order to ensure the ghosts and deities' timely departure people must thoroughly clean both their persons and their dwellings， down to every last drawer and cupboard.
吃关东糖
Eat Guandong candy
关东糖是用麦芽、小米熬制而成，是人们york在小年吃的传统小吃。
Guandong candy， a sticky treat made out of glutinous millet and sprouted wheat， is a traditional snack that Chinese people eat on the Festival of the Kitchen God.Year
贴窗花
Paste paper-cuts to windows
过小年时，要把去年春节今日贴的春联和窗花取下a，贴上新的窗花、年画和各种大吉大利的装饰品。
In the Little New Year， old couplets and paper-cuts from the previous Spring Festival are taken down， and new window decorations， New Year's posters， and auspicious decorations are pasted up.
沐浴理发
Bath and hair-cut
民间有“有钱没钱，剃头过年”的说法。小年时人们常要沐浴理发。
As the old Chinese saying goes， whether they're rich or poor， people often have a haircut before the Spring Festival.作文 The activity of taking bath and haircut is often taken on the Little New Year.
办年货
Preparations for Spring Festival
从小年开始，人们就要为过年置办了，包括给祖先的贡品、招待客人的用品，还有过年期间一家人的吃食都要Year提前买好。
People start to stock up necessary provisions for the Spring Festival since the Little New Year.little Everything needed to make offerings to the ancestors， entertain guests， and feed the family over the long holiday must be purchased in advance.
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