用英语说中国家庭生活 第7期:选择喜期

Selecting an Auspicious Wedding Date

选择喜期

Auspicious days are subject to interpretation by fortune tellers that perform the anAlysis based on one's birth date (day and hour) after consultation with the Chinese almanac.

吉日是由算命师根据黄历和生辰八字得出的。

Almanacs containing predictions for the entire year are sold at the beginning of the Lunar New Year by street vendors and in book stores.

黄历能对整年进行预测，农历新年的黄历在商贩和书店可售。

These paperback books are approximately two inches thick with a wealth of information about Chinese beliefs.

这本黄历大概有两寸厚，内容富含中国人的信仰。

It is said to be the oldest continuous publication known.

据说黄历是古传的有名的出版物。

The 15 day period from the middle to the end of the seventh lunar month is considered inauspicious because that is time of the Hungry Ghost Festival when the gates of Hell are opened and the lost spirits are allowed to wonder the earth.

农历七月中旬到下旬的15天被认为是不详的因为适逢饿鬼节。鬼节时地狱门会打开，孤魂野鬼可以到人间游荡。

They should not be invited to your wedding!

他们不该受邀到你的婚礼！