TheSpringFestivalisveryimportanttoChinesepeople.Inthepast,peoplecouldnotoftenhavemeat,riceorotherdeliciousfood.TheycouldonlyeattheseduringtheSpringfestival.SoeveryyeartheyhopedthattheSpringFestivalwouldcomesoon.Now,althoughpeople‘slifeismuchbetter,andwecaneatthedeliciousfoodseveryday.Peoplestilllikethefestival.Becausemostpeoplecanhavealongholiday,andwearefreetogoonatriporvisitourfriendsorhavepartieswithourfamily.Intheevenings,wecanhaveabigmealintherestaurantorstayathomewithfamilyandwatchtheTVprogrammes.
IliketheSpringFestivalverymuch.HowwonderfultheSpringFestivalis!
Hello！welcometothespecialChinesenewyearseditionofdiscoveringChina.ImAlinaLiandImBenHedges,andtodaywellbetakingyouthroughsomeofthemostimportanttraditionsofChinesenewyearandhistoricalbackground.WewilllookatsomeofthelegendsbehindChinesenewyearandhowtocelebrateit.HereintheUSandChineseacrosstheworld.
TheChinesehavespecificwaytocelebratetheirnewyear.IfyouwalkdownthestreetinChinatownduringChineseNewYear,youseeavarietyofancienttraditionssuchasredbanners,firecrackersandliondanceperformances,streetsarefilledwithlivelycelebration.
However,legendhassaidthatthenewyearhasnotalwaysbeenatimeoffestivity.AnAsianChinesestorytoldachillystarttothisfestiveholiday,itbeginswithanancientChinesebeastcalledNian.
EveryNewYearNianwouldrisefromswellingintheseatoravageChinesevillageinlivestockandhurtingpeople.Thevillagessoonfoundoutfromawisegray-hairedoldmanthattheonlywaytoscarethebeastawaywastosetofffirecrackersandlightlampsandtohangredbannersoneachdoor.Asthestorygoes,thiswasthebeginningofatraditionthatwouldlastthousandsofyears.
SothisstoryleadstothecreationofmanyofothertraditionsforcelebratingChineseNewYear.letstakealookatsomeofthesetraditions.
TheSpringFestival，ChineseNewYear，isthemostimportantfestivalforallofus.AllfamilymembersgettogetheronNewYearEvetohaveabigmeal.Atthesametime，everyonecelebratestoeachother.Atabout12oclock，someparentsandchildrenlightcrackers.Thewholeskyislightedbrightly.Wemaywatchthefireworksexcitedly.Howbusyitis!
Onthefirstearlymoringofoneyear，manyseniorcitizengetupearlyandtheystickthereversedFuorhangsomecoupletsonthefrontdoor.Somehouseswindowsarestickedonredpapercutlings.
TheChineseNewYearlastsfifteendays.Soduringthefifteendays，wealwaysvisitourrelativesfromdoortodoor.Atthattime，childrenarethehappiestbecausetheycangetmanyredpacketsformtheirparents，grandparents，uncles，auntsandsoon.ThelastdayoftheChineseNewYearisanotherfestival.
WhenitcomestotheLanternFestival,itmeanstheendoftheSpringFestival.
thewintervacationiscoming.we’rehappytowelcometheholidays.usually,wintervacationisfunnybecausespringfestivalisduringthevacation.springfestivalisaexcellentdayforeverychinese,especiallyforchildren.duringthefestival,relativesgotovisiteachotherandgivepresentstoeachother.thenit’sthehappymomentforchildren,childrenaregivensomeluckymoney.buti’mnotachildanylonger.iwanttomakethefestivalalittlebitdifferent.iplantohaveadifferentday.i’mgoingtosellsometoysintheflowermarket.iwillaskmyfriendstojoinme.ifiearnsomemoney,i’llbuysomepresentstomyparents.well,it’smyturntogivebacktomyparentsfortheirlove.