Spring Festival is the most important festival in China .
春节是中国最重要的节日
It’s to celebrate the lunar calendar ‘s new year .
它是为了庆祝农历新年
In the evening before the Spring Festival ，families get together and have a big meal 。
在春节前夜,家人聚在一起享用丰盛的一餐 辅警辞职申请书>山苍子
In many places people like to t off firecrackers .
在许多地方人们还放鞭炮 为了皇帝
Dumplings are the most traditional food .
饺子是最传统的食物
Children like the festival very much ，becau they can have delicious food and wear new clothes 。
孩子们非常喜欢春节,因为他们可以吃好吃的东西和穿新衣服
They can also get some money from their parents.
他们也可以领到压岁钱
This money is given to children for good luck .
给孩子的这些钱是为了(来年的)好运气
People put New Year scrolls on the wall for good fortune .
人们也用贴年画的方式来乞求好运
旷工检讨书The Spring Festival lasts about 15 days long .
春节持续近15天 cmd进入d盘
饭店People visit relatives and friends with the words “Have all your wishes ".
人们拜访亲戚朋友时会送上一句”万事如意”
People enjoy the Spring Festival ,during this time they can have a good rest 。 水资源短缺的原因
人们享受春节，在这段时间他们可以好好休息一下
The Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chine people and is when all family members get together, just like Christmas in the West。 All people living away from home go back， becoming the busiest time for transportation systems of about half
a month from the Spring Festival. Airports, railway stations and long—distance bus stations are crowded with home returnees。
The Spring Festival falls on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month, often one month later than the Gregorian calendar。 It originated in the Shang Dynasty （c。 1600 BC—c。 1100 BC） from the people’s sacrifice to gods and ancestors at the end of an old year and the beginning of a new one.
Strictly speaking, the Spring Festival starts every year in the early days of the 12th lunar month and will last till the mid 1st lunar month of the next year。 Of them， the most important days are Spring Festival Eve and the first three days。 The Chine government now stipulates people have ven days off for the Chine Lunar New Year。
Many customs accompany the Spring Festival。 Some are still followed today, but others
have weakened.
On the 8th day of the 12th lunar month, many families make laba porridge, a delicious kind of porridge made with glutinous rice， millet， eds of Job’s tears， jujube berries, lotus eds, beans, longan and gingko.
The 23rd day of the 12th lunar month is called Preliminary Eve。 At this time, people offer sacrifice to the kitchen god. Now however, most families make delicious food to enjoy themlves.
After the Preliminary Eve， people begin preparing for the coming New Year. This is called "Seeing the New Year in".
Store owners are busy then as everybody goes out to purcha necessities for the New Year。 Materials not only include edible oil, rice, flour, chicken, duck, fish and meat， but
also fruit， candies and kinds of nuts. What’s more, various decorations, new clothes and shoes for the children as well as gifts for the elderly, friends and relatives， are all on the list of purchasing.
Before the New Year comes， the people completely clean the indoors and outdoors of their homes as well as their clothes， bedclothes and all their utensils.
猜词语Then people begin decorating their clean rooms featuring an atmosphere of rejoicing and festivity. All the door panels will be pasted with Spring Festival couplets， highlighting Chine calligraphy with black characters on red paper. The content varies from hou owners’ wishes for a bright future to good luck for the New Year。 Also， pictures of the god of doors and wealth will be posted on front doors to ward off evil spirits and welcome peace and abundance.
The Chine character "fu" （meaning blessing or happiness） is a must。 The characte
r put on paper can be pasted normally or upside down， for in Chine the "reverd fu” is homophonic with ”fu comes", both being pronounced as ”fudaole.” What's more， two big red lanterns can be raid on both sides of the front door. Red paper-cuttings can be en on window glass and brightly colored New Year paintings with auspicious meanings may be put on the wall。
People attach great importance to Spring Festival Eve。 At that time, all family members eat dinner together. The meal is more luxurious than usual。 Dishes such as chicken， fish and bean curd cannot be excluded, for in Chine， their pronunciations， respectively "ji”, ”yu" and ”doufu，” mean auspiciousness， abundance and richness. After the dinner, the whole family will sit together， chatting and watching TV。 In recent years， the Spring Festival party broadcast on China Central Television Station (CCTV） is esntial entertainment for the Chine both at home and abroad. According to custom， each family will stay up to e the New Year in。
Waking up on New Year, everybody dress up. First they extend greetings to their parents. Then each child will get money as a New Year gift， wrapped up in red paper. People in northern China will eat jiaozi, or dumplings， for breakfast， as they think ”jiaozi” in sound means ”bidding farewell to the old and ushering in the new”。 Also, the shape of the dumpling is like gold ingot from ancient China. So people eat them and wish for money and treasure。
Southern Chine eat niangao （New Year cake made of glutinous rice flour) on this occasion， becau as a homophone， niangao means ”higher and higher， one year after another。” The first five days after the Spring Festival are a good time for relatives, friends， and classmates as well as colleagues to exchange greetings, gifts and chat leisurely。
Burning fireworks was once the most typical custom on the Spring Festival. People thought the spluttering sound could help drive away evil spirits. However， such an activity was completely or partially forbidden in big cities once the government took curi
ty， noi and pollution factors into consideration。 As a replacement， some buy tapes with firecracker sounds to listen to, some break little balloons to get the sound too, while others buy firecracker handicrafts to hang in the living room。
The lively atmosphere not only fills every houhold， but permeates to streets and lanes. A ries of activities such as lion dancing, dragon lantern dancing, lantern festivals and temple fairs will be held for days. The Spring Festival then comes to an end when the Lantern Festival is finished。
China has 56 ethnic groups。 Minorities celebrate their Spring Festival almost the same day as the Han people， and they have different customs
