英文详解春节大年初三、四

　　初三：祭祖，一般父母一方已经去世的已婚女性，会在这一天回娘家祭祖，并顺带拜年。跟清明的“上坟”不同，祭祖只是祭拜祖宗牌位。但在河北等地的农村，这一天同样是要“上坟”的，一般都要带上点心，酒等祭品给已故祖先进行祭祀，并且放鞭炮让祖先“过年”。一般上坟只允许儿女等进行，嫁入本家的外姓人则不参与祭祖。

　　初四：一般新婚或者父母均健在的已婚女性，会在这一天回娘家拜年。

　　Third and fourth days of the new year

　　The third and fourth day of the Chinese New Year are generally accepted as inappropriate days to visit relatives and friends due to the following schools of thought. People may subscribe to one or both thoughts.

　　1) It is known as "chì kǒu" (赤口), meaning that it is easy to get into arguments. It is suggested that the cause could be the fried food and visiting during the first two days of the New Year celebration.[citation needed]

　　2) Families who had an immediate kin deceased in the past 3 years will not go house-visiting as a form of respect to the dead, but people may visit them on this day. Some people then conclude that it is inauspicious to do any house visiting at all. The third day of the New Year is allocated to grave-visiting instead.