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1、AnIntroductiontoChineseSpringFestivalTheSpringFestival,fallingonlslJanuaryoftheChineselunarcalendar,isbyfarthemostimportantholidayinChina.TotheChinesepeopleitisasimportantasChristmastothewesterners.SpringFestivalisatraditionalChinesefestival,whichoriginatedfrompeop
2、le'ssacrificetogodsorAncestorsattheendofanoldyearandthebeginningofanewoneintheShangDynasty(1600B.C.-1100B.C).TotheordinaryChinese,thefestivalactuallybeginsontheEveofthelunarNewYear'sDayandwilllasttillJanuary15oftheChineselunarcalendar.TheChinesegovernmentnowstipula
3、tespeoplehavesevendaysofffortheChineseLunarNewYear.Allpeople,nomatterhowfarawaytheyarefromhome,willstrivetoreturnhometorit,thus,leadingtothebusiesttimefortransportationsystem.ManycustomsaccompanytheSpringFestival.Somearestillfollowedtoday.Beforethat,peopleusuallycl
4、eananddecoratetheirhouses,creatinganatmosphereofjubilationandfestivity.OntheEveoftheSpringFestival,thewholefamilygetreunitedforanabundantdinner,inwhichsuchspecialfoodaschicken,fishandbeancurdcannotbeexcluded,forinChinese,theirpronunciaton,f,“yiT,“doufiT,symbolizes,
5、respectively,auspiciousness,abundanceandrichness・PeopleinnorthernChinawilleatJiozi：astheythink,soundslike“biddingfarewelltotheoldandusheringinthenew"whilesouthernChineseeat"niangao^whichsoundslike"higherandhigher,oneyearafteranother^Afterthedinner,thewholefamilywil
6、lsittogether,chattingandwatchingtheSpringFestivalGalaatnight.Accordingtocustom,eachfamilywillstayuplatetoseetheNewYearin.OntheNewYeai^sDay,childrenarethehappiestwithnewclothesonandmoneyasnewyeargiftinhand,allgivenbytheirparents.Peoplealsoletofffirecrackers,firework
7、,bangers,etc.Inthefirstfewdaysofthenewyear,peopleusuallypayavisittotheirrelatives,friends,colleaguesandclassmatestoexchangegreetingsandexpresstheirbestwishes・SpringFestivalisthebeginningofanewyear.Whilefamiliesarecelebratingit,theyarealsobusypreparingforitinthehope
8、ofbetteringtheirliteandcareeroneyearafteranother.SpringFestivalGalaonCCTVSinceitsveryadvent,CCTV'sSpringFestivalGalahasmadeeveryefforttopresentgr
