easter is not only a holiday but a season unto itself. to many religious people, it marks a time of miracles and a reaffirming of faith. to those with a more secular view of the world, it is a celebration of the end of winter, a time to look toward the warmth of the coming summer and a chance to shed the heavy clothing of the winter for the bright colors of spring.

　　復(fù)活節(jié)的不僅是一個節(jié)日但是季節(jié)本身。許多宗教的人來說，它標志著一個時代的奇跡和重申信念。那些對世界更世俗的眼光，這是慶祝冬天的結(jié)束，一次看向未來的夏天的溫暖和機會為春天的顏色鮮艷的棚冬天的厚重的衣服。

　　long before easter became the holiday it is today, the spring festival was celebrated by the people around the world. the celebration was originally based on the lunar calendar. the name easter is derived from the saxon eostre (which is synonymous with the name of the phoenician goddess of the moon, astartephoto), a germanic goddess of spring and the deity who measured time.

　　在復(fù)活節(jié)假期長了今天，春節(jié)是由世界各地的人們慶祝。慶?；顒邮腔谵r(nóng)歷。復(fù)活節(jié)的名字源于撒克遜Eostre(這與月亮，astartephoto腓尼基女神的名字同義)，德國的春之女神誰測量的時間之神。