subject: Just come and join in the Spring Festival carnival in China [print this page] Author: China Hightlights Author: China Hightlights
Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It falls on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month. In 2010, Chinese New Year begins on Sunday, February 14th. It is a national carnival to welcome the spring after a long and gloomy winter. People have many kinds of traditional celebration until the end of the following Lantern Festival. Celebratory activities include put up Spring Festival couplets and New Year paintings on the doors, a dragon and lion dance, Chinese New Feast, firecrackers, giving lucky money to children, the New Year bell ringing and Chinese New Year Greetings. Most of Chinese people will stop the celebrating in their home on the 7th day of New Year because the national holiday usually ends around that day, however celebrations in public areas can last until the 15th day of New Year. Chinese New Year Foods are very important to Chinese people. All family members come together to eat at this time. Chinese New Year foods are not only delicious but also it is traditional to eat certain foods over this festival. Chinese Dumplings, Fish, Spring Rolls, rice glue ball (Tangyuan) are usually seen as delicious and eaten at this time. On Chinese New Year, you can hear all kinds of greetings for Chinese New Year, such as "xin nian hao" and "xin nian kuai le", means "Happy New Year". In 2010, also can say "hu nian ji xiang", which meas " Good luck in the Year of the Tiger". There are some other greetings such as "gong xi fa cai" which means "Wish You Great Prosperity". In China, send a text message is a popular way for people to greet each other. Travel to china this season would give you the chance to enjoy the traditional festival time in China; you will see and experience the real China in the period of this splendid Chinese New Year, not only the lovely countryside but also its rich and delicious food as well as traditional customs. Highly recommend you to join in China highlights Chinese New Year Tour to get a full experience of this special time. They provide you highly marvelous travel destinations and flexible itinerary which you will never forget, the Best places to spend the holiday of Spring Festival are in the major cities of Beijing, Hong Kong, Guilin and Guangzhou. There are traditionally many taboos associated with the New Year Festival, but in recent years some of them have been discarded, especially among urban populations in larger cities. Examples of typical New Year taboos are the following: on the first day of the new year, a woman may not leave her house, otherwise she will be plagued with bad luck for the entirety of the coming year; a married daughter is not allowed to pay a visit to the house of her parents as a visit from a married daughter on this day is believed to bring bad luck to the parents, causing economic hardship for the family; the act of sweeping on this day is associated with sweeping wealth away, therefore Chinese people do not sweep their house on this day. During the New Year Festival season (from the 1st to 15th of the Lunar New Year) the following taboos apply: the cry of a child is believed to bring bad luck to the family, so parents do their best to keep children from crying by whatever means possible; the act of breaking tools or other equipment during this period is associated with a loss of wealth for the coming year, therefore tradesmen and business people in general take great precaution to avoid damaging their tools and equipment; a visit to the hospital during this period is believed to bring illness to the person in question for the duration of coming year, therefore visits to the hospital are avoided except in cases of extreme emergency. Everyone is busy on Chinese New Year, and everyone is happy, too. A Happy New Year to one and all! About the Author:
