1、THE SPRING FESTIVAL OF CHINA,What is Spring Festival ?,It is what we called Chunjie(春节).And it is the real new year for our chinese pepole.,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 .,The Spr
2、ing Festival is is celebrated on the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar.,Through the development of thousands of years,a series of customs has been reserved.Sweeping the Dust(扫尘) is one of the custom before the Lunar New Year. “sweeping the dust” before the Spring Festival means a th
3、orough cleaning of houses to sweep away bad luck in the past year.,Pasting Spring Couplets(贴春联) is another tranditional custom for Chinese. On the eve of the Spring Festival, every household will paste a or more spring couplets written on red paper to bring the Spring Festival a happy and prosperous
4、 atmosphere. The traditional food for Spring Festival is jiaozi, or dumplings, as they think “jiaozi“ in sound means “bidding farewell to the old and ushering in the new“. Southern Chinese often eat niangao (New Year cake made of glutinous rice flour) on this occasion, because as a homophone, nianga
5、o means “higher and higher, one year after another.,Chinese Jiaozi,Chinese Niangao,During the Spring Festival, everybody will dresses up and pays formal calls on their relatives and friends, wishing all of them to have a good luck in this year. When friends meet, they will greet each other by saying “happy new year.”,Spring Festival is also the happiest time for children, because they can get red envelope containing money as a gift from the senior. So the money is called gift money(压岁钱).,Thank you！,
