中国迎首个农民丰收节 First Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival held on September 23

China has designated the Autumnal Equinox(秋风) as the day to celebrate(庆祝) the Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival(农民丰收节). Autumnal Equinox is one of the 24 solar terms(节气) of the Chinese lunisolar calendar and it usually falls between September 22 and 24, during the country's agricultural harvest(丰收) season(季节). The first ever Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival held on September 23 this year.

中国农民丰收节,于2018年设立,节日时间为每年农历秋分。之所以选在这一天,是因为秋风时节恰好是农业丰收的季节。今年9月23日是中国第一个“农民丰收节”。

词汇 Words:

[nóng mín] 农民 farmer
[fēng shōu] 丰收 harvest
[jì jié] 季节 season
[jié qì] 节气 solar term
[qìng zhù] 庆祝 celebrate

重点词汇 Key word:

首

• <名词 n.> leader; head; chief
  E.g. 100 gè guójiā de zhèngfǔ shǒunǎo míngrì jiāng qíjù Běijīng。
  100个国家的政府首脑明日将齐聚北京。
  Heads of government from more than 100 countries gather in Beijing tomorrow.  

• <名词 n.> beginning
  E.g. Zhuāngxiū shǒuwěi huā le yī gè duō yuè。
  装修首尾花了一个多月。
  The decoration lasted more than a month.

• <数词 numeral> first
  E.g. Tā shǐzhōng bǎ shìyè fàngzài shǒuwèi。
  他始终把事业放在首位。
  He always put his career first.

• <形容词 adj.> highest; supreme
  E.g. Běijīng shì Zhōngguó de shǒudū。
  北京是中国的首都。
  Beijing is capital of China.

• <量词 measure word> [for poems or songs]
  E.g. Zhèshì wǒ yǒushǐ yǐlái zuì xǐài de yī shǒu gē。
  这是我有史以来最喜爱的一首歌。
  This is my favourite song of all time.