The Spring Festival
The Spring Festival is a very important festival in China.It’s on the first day of the first lunar month.Before the Spring Festival,people have bought presents,like,meat,fruit,flowers drinks and some things for themselves.
Spring Festival,also know as the lunar New Year,is the greatest traditional festival.It is usually a time between late January or early February,which means rest and relaxation between winter and spring after a year's toil,and means celebration as well.Before the Spring Festival,people clean their house,put red couplets on their gates,and set off firecrackers,according to fairy tale,for driving a demon,named “Nian” away.On the eve of the Spring Festival,a get-together banquet is a must,and the most popular food is Dumpling,which is supposed to bring good fortune.On the first day of the new year,everybody wears new clothes and greets relatives and friends with bows and congratulations wishing each other lucky during the new year.
Dumplings
Since the Spring Festival marks the first day of a brand new year,the first meal is rather important.People from north and south have different habits of the food they eat on this special day.Spring Festival,also known as the Chinese New Year throughout the west.Some families will also prepare for eat dumplings,Chinese dumplings stuffed with meats In Northern China,people usually eat dumpling which is shaped like a crescent moon.It is said that dumplings were first known in China some 1,600 years ago.The Chinese pronunciation of Jiao Zi means midnight or the end and the beginning of time.According to historical records,in ancient times people from both north and south ate dumplings on Chinese New Year's Day.Perhaps because Southern China produced more rice than any other areas,gradually,southerners had more other choices on New Year's Day
Red pocket
Another important tradition which is also our favorite part of the Chinese New Year is the "red pocket" - a small red envelope with some money inside,that married people give to the younger generation.Parents always give their children red pocket to wish them study good and happy in the next year.After collecting all their red pockets,they can buy something we like.they normally use the money to buy some new stationery for school,buy some snacks to share with their cousins,buy some fireworks to play with and buy a new bicycle.