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1、Traditional customs for Spring Festival--------------Reagan&FruitCatHello,everyone!Asweknow,theSpringFestivalisthemostimportantfestivalinourcountry.WemaycelebratetheSpringFestivalinslightlydifferentwaysbutourwishesarealmostthesame;wewantourfamilymembersandfriendstobehe
2、althyandluckyduringnext year.ChineseNewYearCelebrationusuallylastsfor15days.CelebratoryactivitiesincludeNewYearFeast,NewYearGreetings,settingfirecrackers,andgivingluckymoney.House CleaningCleaning houses before the ChineseNewYearEveisaveryoldcustomdatingbacktothousands
3、ofyearsago.Thedustistraditionallyassociatedwith“old”socleaningtheirhousesandsweepingthedustmeantobidfarewelltothe“old”andusherinthe“new”.DaysbeforetheNewYear,Chinesefamiliescleantheirhouses,sweepingthefloor,washingdailythingsandcleaningthespiderwebs.Peopledoallthesethi
4、ngshappilyinthehopeofagoodcomingyear.House decoration One of the house decorations is to post couplets on doors. On the Spring Festival couplets, good wishes are expressed. New Year couplets are usually posted in pairs as even numbers are associated with good luck
5、 and auspiciousness in Chinese culture. People in north China are used to posting papercut on their windows. When sticking the window decoration papercuts, people paste large red Chinese character“fu”ondoors.Ared"fu"meansgoodluckandfortune,soitiscustomarytopost"fu"ond
6、oorsorwallsonauspiciousoccasionssuchaswedding,festivals. Staying up late ("Shousui") Shousui means to stay up late or all night on New Year`s Eve. After the great dinner, families sit together and chat happily to wait for the New Year’s arrival.New Year Feast
7、Spring Festival is a time for family reunion. The New Year`s Feast is "a must" banquet with all the family members getting together. The food eaten on the New Year Eve banquet mayvariyduetothedifferenceofregions.InsouthChina,Itiscustomarytoeat"niangao"becauseasahomopho
8、ne,niangaomeans"higherandhighereveryyear".Inthenorth,atraditionaldishforthefeastis"Jiaozi"ordumplingsshapedlikeacresc
