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复活节的习俗

　　圣诞节一过，复活节巧克力蛋便在糖果店里摆出来了。那些最小和花样最简单的很便宜，孩子们用自己的零花钱就可以买下来。这段时期上市的彩蛋有两种。小的一种叫方旦糖，长一英寸多一点，外面是一层薄薄的巧克力，里面是又甜又软的面团，然后再用彩色的锡箔纸包装成各种形状。另外一种是空蛋，稍微大一点，一般比鸭蛋还大一点。里面什么也没有，只是包着一个巧克力外壳。只需打碎外壳，吃巧克力片。 复活节临近时，糖果店的橱窗里会摆满比这些更精美的彩蛋。同时还有各种各样的用来吸引孩子们的小礼物出售。上面装饰有毛绒绒的羊毛做的小鸡，小鸡的嘴和脚都粘在卡片上。幸运的孩子可能从亲友那儿得到好几种这样的礼物。
　　复活节彩蛋是为了给人们带来快乐确实如此!这些彩蛋精美漂亮且富有装饰性，它们代表着人们的美好心愿，并与你分享季节更替的喜悦。
　　过去，在多数西方国家里，复活节一般要举行盛大的宗教游行。游行者身穿长袍，手持十字架，赤足前进。他们打扮成基督教历史人物，唱着颂歌欢庆耶稣复活。如今节日游行已失去往日浓厚的宗教色彩。节日游行洋溢着喜庆的气氛，具有浓烈的民间特色和地方特色。在美国，游行队伍中即有身穿牛仔服踩高跷的小丑，也有活泼可爱的卡通人物米老鼠( Mickey )。在英国，游行多以介绍当地的历史( history )和风土人情为主，游行者化装成为苏格兰风笛乐队以及皇宫卫士，吸引了众多的游客( tourist )。复活节的到来还使人们纷纷换上新衣。过去基督教教徒会在节前去教堂行洗礼，然后穿上自己的新袍，庆祝基督的新生。穿戴一新的习俗保留至今，因为人们认为节日里不穿新衣是要倒运的。复活节期间，人们还喜欢彻底打扫自己的住处，表示新生活从此开始。
　　节日期间，人们按照传统习俗把鸡蛋煮熟后涂上红色，代表天鹅泣血，也表示生命女神降生后的快乐;大人孩子三五成群地聚在一处，用彩蛋作游戏;他们把彩蛋放在地上或土坡上滚，最后破裂者即为获胜，胜利者可以得到所有游戏者的彩蛋。该活动非常普通，即使是白宫，也要在复活节中组织这种游戏，不过这里是将彩蛋放在草坪上滚;人们相信，彩蛋在地上来回滚动可以使恶魔不断惊颤、倍受煎熬。这种风俗历史悠久，鸡蛋是复活节的象征，因为它预示着新生命的降临，相信新的生命一定会从中冲脱出世。

　　复活节的由来:
　　复活节是纪念耶稣复活，也是基督教最重要的一个节日。据圣经记载，上帝的儿子耶稣降生在马槽里，当他三十岁的时候，挑选十二个学生，开始传道工作。三年半中，他医病、传道、赶鬼，帮助各样有需要的人，将天国的道理说给人听。一直到上帝所安排的时候到了，耶稣基督被门徒犹大出卖，被捉拿、审问，被罗马兵丁钉死在十字架上，临死前曾预言三日后必复活。果然在第三日，耶稣复活了!按圣经的解释，耶稣基督乃道成肉身的圣子，来世上为要赎世人的罪，成为世人的代罪羔羊，这也是为什么复活节如此重要了。
　　耶稣虽然像犯人一样被钉十字架，他死并不是因为他有罪，而是要按上帝的计划替世人赎罪。现在他从死里复活，表示他为我们赎罪成功。任何人只要信靠他,向他认罪，就可得上帝赦免。而耶稣的复活，代表他胜过了死亡，所以凡是信靠他的人，都有永生，就是可以永远和耶稣在一起。因为，耶稣现在仍然活着，所以他听得见我们向他的祷告，会看顾我们每天的生活，赐力量给我们，让每一天都充满了希望。他现在仍然活着，天天与我们在一起。

　　A Sunday between March 22 and April 25
　　The meaning of many different customs observed during Easter Sunday have been buried with time. Their origins lie in pre-Christian religions and Christianity. All in some way or another are a salute to spring, marking re-birth. The white Easter lily has come to capture the glory of the holiday. The word Easter is named after Eastre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring. A festival was held in her honor every year at the vernal equinox (春分).
　　People celebrate the holiday according to their beliefs and their religious denominations (命名). Christians commemorate Good Friday as the day that Jesus Christ died and Easter Sunday as the day that He was resurrected (复活). Protestant settlers brought the custom of a sunrise service, a religious gathering at dawn, to the United States.
　　This year Easter will be celebrated on Sunday April 11, 2004. On Easter Sunday children wake up to find that the Easter Bunny has left them baskets of candy. He has also hidden the eggs that they decorated earlier that week. Children hunt for the eggs all around the house. Neighborhoods and organizations hold Easter egg hunts, and the child who finds the most eggs wins a prize.
　　The Easter Bunny is a rabbit-spirit. Long ago, he was called the Easter Hare. Hares and rabbits have frequent multiple births so they became a symbol of fertility. The custom of an Easter egg hunt began because children believed that hares laid eggs in the grass. The Romans believed that All life comes from an egg. Christians consider eggs to be the seed of life and so they are symbolic of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
　　Why we dye, or color, and decorate eggs is not certain. In ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome and Persia eggs were dyed for spring festivals. In medieval Europe, beautifully decorated eggs were given as gifts. 

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