In my country,Taiwan. We have a lot of different Holidays. However, the most important one is Chinese New Year. Chinese New Year in Taiwan is a holiday and festival that all the family get together ,celebrate ,and spent time with each other . Every year about this time, the same things happen: Busy cities empty, traditional markets fill with holiday shoppers, and people journey home.That is what the Chinese new year looks like.
During Lunar New Year, also called Spring Festival, people return to their hometowns, often in the countryside, to gather with their extended families.The Chinese new year always happens on the first day of lunar year.In the Chinese new year eve, all the family will have a family reunion dinner, and put a stove under the table. At Chinese New Year's Eve reunion ,we frequently have fish for dinner beacause the word "fish" in Chinese sounds the sames as the word "extra".
Before dinner, we need to clean the house cleanly.People clean up their house before Chinese New year.cleaning can take away bad luck.In the end of new year eve,adults will give red envelope to children.Most of time,children expect this particular time so badly to get ther money.Red is said to bring good luck,and thats why the "hong bao" given to children are red.In the end of the night,people will stay up until the midnight beacause they believe it'll make their parents have a long life.People usually watch the lion dance and set off firecrackers to welcome the New Year. Because of the ancient story, it can scar away the monster "Nien"..
Another tradition using this color is when people decorate houses with red Spring Couplets; Chinese good-luck sayings written on red paper. The red Spring Couplets wish happiness, wealth and longevity. They are hung upside-down because, in Chinese, 'upside-down' sounds the same as 'arrive,' so all of these wishes will arrive at your house. The Chinese word for fish sounds like the words 'abundance' and, as a tradition, some of the fish is left uneaten so there will be something left over in the next year. Traditional New Year cake, 'nian gao', is the symbol of advancement, a sweet life and abundance. Golden dumplings, representing wealth and the coming of the New Year, are also eaten.
Chinese New Year is just like Christmas in the USA.A hoilday for family. I always enjoy this festival so badly.
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