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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
In many places people like
to set off firecrackers .
在许多地方人们还放
鞭炮
Dumplings are the most traditional food
.
饺子是最传统的食物
Children
like
the
festival
very
much
,because
they
can
have
delicious
food and wear new
clothes .
孩子们非常喜欢春节
< br>,
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
The Spring
Festival lasts about 15 days long .
春节持续近
15
天
People visit relatives and
friends with the words
“
Have
all your wishes
”
.
人们拜访
亲戚朋友
< br>时会送上一句
万事如意
People enjoy the Spring Festival ,during
this time they can have a good
rest .
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
Chinese 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
Chinese
government
now
stipulates
people
have
seven
days off for the Chinese 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,
seeds
of
Job
’
s
tears,
jujube
berries,
lotus
seeds,
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
themselves.
After the Preliminary Eve, people begin
preparing for the coming New
Year. This
is called
Store
owners
are
busy
then
as
everybody
goes
out
to
purchase
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