ChineseNewYearisthelongestandmostimportantfestivityintheLunarCalendar.TheoriginofChineseNewYearisitselfcenturiesoldandgainssignificancebecauseofseveralmythsandtraditions.AncientChineseNewYearisareflectiononhowthepeoplebehavedandwhattheybelievedinthemost.
CelebratedinareaswithlargepopulationsofethnicChinese,ChineseNewYearisconsideredamajorholidayfortheChineseandhashadinfluenceonthenewyearcelebrationsofitsgeographicneighbors,aswellascultureswithwhomtheChinesehavehadextensiveinteraction.TheseincludeKoreans(Seollal),TibetansandBhutanese(Losar),Mongolians(TsagaanSar),Vietnamese(T65t),andformerlytheJapanesebefore1873(Oshogatsu).OutsideofMainlandChina,HongKong,Macau,andTaiwan,ChineseNewYearisalsocelebratedincountrieswithsignificantHanChinesepopulations,suchasSingapore,Indonesia,Laos,Malaysia,thePhilippines,andThailand.IncountriessuchasAustralia,CanadaandtheUnitedStates,althoughChineseNewYearisnotanofficialholiday,manyethnicChineseholdlargecelebrationsandAustraliaPost,CanadaPost,andtheUSPostalServiceissuesNewYear'sthemedstamps.
IntheSpringFestival,bothmenandwomenandyoungmenandwomenwearbeautifulnewclothes,withsimplesmilesontheirfacestowelcomethecomingofthenewyear.RedredcoupletsandNewYearpictureswerepostedineachfamily.Alldrums.Thechildrengotothenewyearandsendthecards.Atnight,everywheredecorated.Famousshops,tohangouthundredsoflights,lantern,lamp,whatsice,shadeng......Everykindof。Oneside,thesoundoffirecrackers,cleaningguns,ringing,rockets,fireworks,fire.Intheoutsideperson,willprefertodrivehome,eatfamilyreuniondinner,thisnight,peoplewillstaying-uplateonnewyearsEve!
How,thecustomofSpringFestivalinmyhometownismore,doyouthinkofmyhometownforthenewyear?
TotheordinaryChinese,thefestivalactuallybeginsontheeveofthelunarNewYearsDayandendsonthefifthdayofthefirstmonthofthelunarcalendar.Butthe15thofthefirstmonth,whichnormallyiscalledtheLanternFestival,meanstheofficialendoftheSpringFestivalinmanypartsofthecountry.
TheSpringFestivalisaveryimportantfestivalinChina.Itsonthefirstdayofthefirstlunarmonth.BeforetheSpringFestival,peoplehaveboughtpresents,like,meat,fruit,flowersdrinksandsomethingsforthemselves.
ThechildrenareveryhappybecausetheSpringFestivaliscoming.Mothershaveboughtclothesforthemchild.Theclothesareverybeautiful.
AttheSpringFestivalnighttwelveoclock,peopleeatdumplingswithmoney,standforsafe.
Itisreallyahappyfestival.
Onthefirstearlymoringofoneyear,manyseniorcitizengetupearlyandtheystickthereversedFuorhangsomecoupletsonthefrontdoor.Somehouseswindowsarestickedonredpapercutlings.
TheChineseNewYearlastsfifteendays.Soduringthefifteendays,wealwaysvisitourrelativesfromdoortodoor.Atthattime,childrenarethehappiestbecausetheycangetmanyredpacketsformtheirparents,grandparents,uncles,auntsandsoon.ThelastdayoftheChineseNewYearisanotherfestival.ItnamestheLanternFestival.
SotheChineseNewYearcomestotheend.
justastheoldsaying:"wellbeganisthehalfofthesuccess.”soidecidethatishouldbeatworkwhiletheothersarestillrelaxing,andthen,atthebeginning,i'mquickerthantheothersandofcourseiwillgetbetterresultthantheothers.
But,whatireallydecidetodoisthatimustmakegoodofanytimeicansparethoughitseemsimpossible.while,iwilldomybesttoliveupwithwhatihaveplanned,andtheresultwillproveit.