Spring Festival is usually in February but often falls in late January. Also known as Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year,it falls on the first day of the first month according to the traditional Chinese lunar calendar. Officially, it lasts only three days but in recent years, many people have been celebrating for a full week.
About Spring Festival you need ready something:
red packet 红包;firecrackers 爆竹;fireworks 烟花;lantern 灯笼;
year painting 年画;rice cake 年糕;red couplets 春联;traditional opera 戏曲;variety show 杂耍;feast 年饭;rice porridge with nuts and dried fruit 腊八粥;
lucky mony 压岁钱
About Spring Festival you can join some activity:
Do festival shopping 采办年货;To participate in template fairs 逛庙会;
To go dragon dance(to expect harvest) 舞龙;
To go lion dancing(to dispel evil) 舞狮;
To pay new year's call 拜年;To propose a toast 敬酒;
Thursday, 3 December 2009
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