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.

　　复活节的不仅是一个节日但是季节本身。许多宗教的人来说，它标志着一个时代的奇迹和重申信念。那些对世界更世俗的眼光，这是庆祝冬天的结束，一次看向未来的夏天的温暖和机会为春天的颜色鲜艳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.

　　在复活节假期长了今天，春节是由世界各地的人们庆祝。庆祝活动是基于农历。复活节的名字源于撒克逊Eostre(这与月亮，astartephoto腓尼基女神的名字同义)，德国的春之女神谁测量的时间之神。