Onthefirstearlymoringofoneyear,manyseniorcitizengetupearlyandtheystickthereversedFuorhangsomecoupletsonthefrontdoor.Somehouse'swindowsarestickedonredpapercutlings。
TheChineseNewYearlastsfifteendays.Soduringthefifteendays,wealwaysvisitourrelativesfromdoortodoor.Atthattime,childrenarethehappiestbecausetheycangetmanyredpacketsformtheirparents,grandparents,uncles,auntsandsoon.ThelastdayoftheChineseNewYearisanotherfestival.ItnamestheLanternFestival.
onnewyear'seve,allthepeoplesitaroundthedeskandhaveabigfamilydinner.therearesomevegetables,somefish,somemeat,somefruitsandsomedrinklikejuice,coke,pepsiandsomenicewine.overall,thisisagoodanddeliciousdinner.afterdinner,wealwayswatchtvnewyearprogammes.wehaveawonderfuleveningonnewyear'seve.
onthefirstdayofthespringfestival,mostofpeoplegetupearlyandsay"happynewyear"toeachother.forbreakfast,peopleofteneatdumplingsandbaozi.afterbreakfast,peopleoftenmakemanydeliciousfoods,andchildrenoftenplaycards,computergamesandfireworks.onthesecondandthirdday,wevisitfriendsandrelatives.
everyoneisbusyonchinesenewyear,andeveryoneishappy,too.
Iamveryhappy,veryhappy,hopeeverydaywasChineseNewYear!
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.
Itisthedaythatthefamiliesgettogether.
ThespringfestivalisusuallyintheFebruary,sometimesinJanuary.Inthespringfestival,everyfamilyallpastetheluckyinscrip-tions,theyfirethecracker,theyeatthedumplings.Thedaybeforethenewyear'sfirstdayisthenewyear'seve,sameasthechristmaseve,allthefamiliesgettogethertohavethenewyaar'sdinner,wisheseachother,talkaboutthewishesaboutthenewyear.Smallchildrenwillreceivethemoneygiventochildrenasalunarnewyeargift.