Chinese Spring Festival is one of the most important traditional festivals in China and one of the grandest festivals for Chinese people around the world. It is the beginning of the Lunar New Year, usually held between the end of January or the beginning of February on the Gregorian calendar, and lasts for 15 days. The Spring Festival is an important time for Chinese people to reunite, worship their ancestors and pray for good luck. It has profound historical and cultural significance.
The eve of the Spring Festival is called New Year's Eve. On this day, families will get together and have dinner together, which is called "Reunion dinner". On this night, people also paste couplets, hang lanterns and set off firecrackers to drive away evil spirits. There is also a very important traditional activity on New Year's Eve, that is to watch the Spring Festival Gala. Held annually by China Central Television, the gala showcases Chinese culture and art in the form of singing and dancing, crosstalk and acrobatics.
During the Spring Festival, people will also carry out a series of traditional activities, such as New Year greetings, lanterns, dragon and lion dances. New Year greetings refer to relatives and friends visiting each other to wish each other a happy New Year, good health and a successful career. To appreciate lanterns is to appreciate a variety of exquisite colored lanterns, these lanterns are usually animals, flowers and other images as the theme, colorful, really beautiful. Dragon and lion dance is a traditional dance performance in which people wear dragon and lion costumes and jump and roll, symbolizing auspice and luck.
During the Spring Festival, people will also carry out a series of celebration activities, such as setting off fireworks, eating dinner, receiving red envelopes and so on. Fireworks are set off to drive away evil spirits and pray for good luck, but also to celebrate the arrival of the New Year. The New Year's Eve Dinner is the most important meal during the Spring Festival. The family will prepare various kinds of food, such as fish, meat, vegetables, etc., as well as various traditional rice cakes and dim sum. Receiving red envelopes is one of the most anticipated activities during the Spring Festival. Elders give red envelopes containing lucky money to younger generations, symbolizing blessings and good luck.
Besides the above traditional activities, there are also some special customs during the Spring Festival. For example, people will put up door gods and hang Fu characters to bless the family peace and good luck. There is also an activity called "New Year", where people will dress up and visit their elders, relatives and friends to express their blessings and respect. In addition, there is a traditional game called "guessing Lantern riddles" during the Spring Festival, in which people hang riddles on lanterns and ask riddles to increase fun and interaction.
In general, Chinese Spring Festival is a festival full of joy and tradition. It is an important moment for the Chinese people to reunite, worship their ancestors and pray for good luck, as well as a stage for displaying Chinese culture and art. No matter where they are, Chinese people will celebrate the Spring Festival in various ways to carry on and promote this important cultural heritage.
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