Friday, September 21, 2007

Chinese Spring Festival

The Spring Festival in chinese is called guo chunjie.Many chinese families visit to the temple fairs, dine out, watching festive films on the New Year Eve.

The first day of the new year all the people wear the new clothes.Currently traditional Chinese-style clothes are popular.Many Chinese people like to buy the new toys for the children and other decorations in the twelves animals associated with the twelves Earthly Branches that from a twelves years cycle.The older people to put the money on the red envelopes and give it to the young people or children.

During the spring festival for this year firew allowed on February 17 and 18 for whole day and night. A lot of people stay up late during this special time of family and friends. A tradition is called shouye. All the chinese people are setting off firecrackers. They were believe firecrackers get off the bed luck and bring the good luck for this New year.

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