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New Year Day
Burning fireworks
a New Year gift wrapped up in red paper
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New Year Day
A series 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.
Having jiaozi
Setting off firecrackers New Year ‘S visit and gift money
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Origin of the Spring Festival (legend) Custom of the Spring Festival
Custom of the Spring Festival.
What Do People Usually Do During Or Before The Spring Festival?
Sweeping the dust
Pasting Spring couplets Pasting New Year prints
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Since then,when " year" came, every family were door-closing ,pasted red couplets and burnt fireworks to drive " year" away.Then " year" never came again. People rejoiced after that ,they beat drums and mutal said congratulations , hence had Chinese New Year.
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New Year Day
People in northern China will eat jiaozi, or dumplings, for breakfast, Southen Chinese eat niangao on this ocrcasion . exchange greetings, gifts and chat leisurely.
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The Laba Rice Porridge Festival
On the 8th day of the 12th lunar month, many families make laba porridge, a delicious kind of porridge made with glutinous rice, millet, seeds of Job's tears, jujube berries, lotus seeds, beans, longan and gingko.
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Prepare for the Spring Festival
two big red lanterns can be raised on both sides of the front door. Red paper-cuttings can be seen on window glass and brightly colored New Year paintings with auspicious meanings may be put on the wall.
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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 (1600 BC-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.
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The Spring Festival Eve
all family members have dinner together. The meal is more luxurious than usual. Dishes such as chicken, fish and bean curd can be excluded, for in Chinese, their pronunciations, respectively "ji", "yu" and "doufu" mean auspiciousness, abundance and richness.
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Preliminary Eve
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 themselves. After the Preliminary Eve, people begin preparing for the coming New Year. This is called "Seeing the New Year in".
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Origin of the Spring Festival
Too the ancient times period, there is a kind of fierce monster, reside in deep mountain woods, the people call them " year". Its look is ferocious, the natural disposition is bloodthirsty, it is designed to eat anything alive, one day a change of pace , let the person talk about " year" color changing. It preyed on people every 365 days. Once, " year" broke into a village,met a man in red by chance who was burning bamboo heating and made the noise of explosin and glowing, " year" was scared and ran away.
1.The Laba rice porridge Festival 2. Preliminary Eve 3. Prepare for the Spring Festival 4. The Spring Festival Eve 5. New Year Day
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Origin of the Spring Festival
The Chinese New Year is now popularly known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the Begining of Spring （the first of the twentyfour terms in coodination with the changes of Nature be traced. Several explanations are hanging around. All agree that the word Nian， which in modern Chinese solely means year， was originally the name of a monster beast that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of a new year.
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Prepare for the Spring Festival
special purchases for the Spring Festival
Chinese New Year cleaning
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Prepare for the Spring Festival
All the door panels will be pasted with Spring Festival couplets. 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 Chinese character "fu" is a must. The character put on paper can be pasted normally or upside down, for in Chinese the "reversed fu" is homopho with "fu comes", both being pronounced as “fudaole”