What Is The Chinese of Christmas And New Year Celebration Movie Season in China?

What Is Christmas And New Year Celebration Movie Season In China?

在中国，圣诞 & 贺岁档指什么？ [Hè suì dàng zhǐ shén me]

You must have known about the Christmas and New Year holidays of the year, which are usually given the title "Holiday Season" in the West. Then what's the meaning of Christmas and New Year Celebration Season in Chinese? Is it the same as the holiday season?

你一定知道每年的圣诞和新年假期，这一时期通常被统称为“节日季”。但你知道中国的“圣诞及贺岁档”吗？它们是否等同于节日季？

The Christmas And New Year Celebration Movie Season, refers to a movie term and the movie schedule in some peak months in China. If we turn it into Standard Chinese (Putonghua), the Christmas and New Year Celebration Movie Season can be collectively titled with 圣诞及贺岁档 (shèng dàn jí hè suì dàng) in Chinese, and the shorter phrase "New Year Celebration Movie Season" for 贺岁档 (hè suì dàng) in Chinese.

“Christmas And New Year Celebration Movie Season”，中文为“圣诞及贺岁档”，是一个电影领域的术语，涉及中国的一个热门电影档期。若换作中文来表达的话，可用“圣诞及贺岁档”来统称圣诞 & 新年这段节日季内的电影档期，或简称“贺岁档”。

Initially, the "New Year Celebration Movie Season" in China was pointing to the films which were debuted close to the Christmas holidays, and screened till the end of the traditional Chinese New Year Holidays, almost covering a three-month-long period of time.

最初，“贺岁档”在中国指向的是那些从临近圣诞节开始一直上映到中国新年（春节）假期结束的院线电影，跨越约三个月的时间。

However, as the obvious yearly increases in box-office success during Chinese New Year Holidays, well known as Spring Festival Season or Chinese New Year Movie Season, now the New Year Celebration Movie Season in China are widely recognized and narrowed to the period from late November, or December (including the Christmas Holidays), to the last day of the year. Then, we can call it "Christmas and New Year Celebration Movie Season" to be specific.

但是，随着中国新年（又称春节）假期年复一年不断攀升的高票房成绩，“贺岁档”逐渐和“春节档”剥离开来，被细化为从 11 月下旬或 12 月开始（包含圣诞假期），一直持续到年末 12 月 31 日的这段时间。更具体一点，可称为“圣诞及贺岁档”时期。

What's more, these films will often continue screening to the New Year's Day Holidays, known as the Yuandan Festival Holidays in China, or even before the start of Chinese New Year Holidays, the "New Year Celebration Movie Season" in China can be broadly considered into a longer period of movie schedule, that is from December of last year till the days before Chinese New Year Holiday Season starts.

而且，由于这些影片往往还会持续上映到中国的元旦假期结束，甚至临近中国新年的日子，所以在中国，也可将 12 月开始一直上映到春节档开始前的这段电影档期看作是广义上的“贺岁档”。

How to Call Movies Showing Up In Christmas And New Year Celebration Season?

档期内上映的电影? [Shàng yìng de diàn yǐng]

With regard to films, if they are scheduled or showing up in the Christmas and New Year Celebration Movie Season, these films are accordingly called 贺岁档电影 (hè suì dàng diàn yǐng) in Standard Chinese (Putonghua).

在中国，若电影排在圣诞及贺岁档这个时间段内上映，则理所当然地被称作“贺岁档电影”。

Among the title, the first key character 贺 (hè) means to celebrate while the second 岁 (suì) here indicates the upcoming new year.

其中，“贺”指庆贺、庆祝的意思，“岁”则暗示即将到来的新的一年。

An Chinese Excepton to New Year Celebration Movie Season

贺岁档的例外情况 [Lì wài qíng kuàng]

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