Celebrating Chinese New Year: Traditions, Customs, and Festive Foods

Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is a joyous time in China marked by various customs and traditions. Families come together for reunion dinners, clean their homes to welcome good luck, and decorate with red couplets and lights. Wearing red, exchanging red envelopes, and enjoying lucky foods like dumplings and fish are key parts of the celebrations. Discover more about the significance of this vibrant festival.

• Chinese New Year
• Spring Festival
• Tradition
• Custom
• Festive Foods

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1. Happy Chinese New Year! X n ni n ku i l g ng x f c i

2. Spring: ch n festival: ji Chinese New Year ( x nni n) is also known as Spring Festival

3. The Chinese New Year In China, the Chinese New Year is known as the Spring Festival or Lunar New Year It's a different date every year, usually between Jan. 21 and Feb. 20 It lasts 15 days, ending on the date of the full moon It marks the end of the winter season and the beginning of the spring season

4. The Chinese New Year This year is the Year of the Dog

5. Chinese New Year Customs On Chinese New Year's Eve families get together for a reunion dinner and light firecrackers - the loud noises are supposed to scare away evil spirits People clean their houses on the days leading up to Chinese New Year to sweep away bad luck and clear the way for good luck (however, they do not clean on the actual day of New Years) They decorate their windows and doors with red couplets displaying themes of happiness, wealth, and longevity; they also hang lights that are similar to Christmas lights

6. Chinese New Year Customs They wear red because it is associated with joy and happiness, and it is like fire which supposedly fends off bad luck On New Year's Day, children greet their parents in the morning by wishing them a happy new year, and receive red envelopes containing money

7. New Year Foods Food plays a major role in Chinese New Year celebrations Chinese people often eat lucky foods, which are lucky because of either their appearance or what they sound like in Chinese For example, spring rolls symbolize wealth because of their resemblance to gold bars

8. New Year Foods They often eat foods like chives, dumplings, fish, apples, oranges, and New Year s cake Chives ( Ji c i ) are supposed to stand for a long life ( Ch ng ch ng ji ji ) Dumplings ( ji ozi ) symbolize wealth Fish ( Y ) also symbolizes wealth, because the word for fish and the word for wealth homonyms

9. New Year Foods Apples ( P ng gu ) symbolize safety and peacefulness ( P ng p ng n n ) Oranges symbolize luck New Year s cake represents achievement and promotions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BngIPzBlthA

10. New Year Decorations Mandarin oranges Pineapples Carrots Lanterns Gold coins Red paper signs Firecrackers Chinese Knots

11. Gift money Parents give children and unmarried members of the family red envelopes containing money red envelopes containing money, , often decorated with pictures and good often decorated with pictures and good- -luck messages. It will bring them good luck. messages. It will bring them good luck. luck 20071123101423395_1 h ngb o

12. How do people celebrate Spring Festival? The first day b i ni n Families visit the senior members of their extended family to say Happy New Year .

13. How do people celebrate Spring Festival? 2nd or 3rd Day The Chinese pray to their ancestors and sweep the tombs.

14. How do people celebrate Spring Festival? 3rd & 4th Day It is for married daughters to visit their birth parents; for the sons-in-law to pay respect to their parents-in-law.

15. How do people celebrate Spring Festival? During the spring festival D Dragon dance ragon dance or To spread To spread happiness happiness and or lion dance watching lion dance watching and good luck. good luck. 1238770_679280

16. The 15th day the Lantern Festival the Lantern Festival The 15th day is called the Lantern Festival, which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade.

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