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Essay About Chinese Spring Festival

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——Chinese New Year in Chinese and English
Chinese New Year中国新年Zhōnɡ Guó Xīn Nián
Spring Festival 春节 Chūn Jiē
——when Chinese New Year is celebrated
The day is on the first day of the Lunar New Year(农历正月初一). Generally the celebrations traditionally lasts for about 23 days, run from 小年，Dec 24(In Southern China) or Dec 23(小年) to the on to the 15th day(Lantern Festival) of the first lunar month in the following year in Chinese calendar, making it one of the longest celebrated festival.

——the legend or story behind the origin of Chinese New Year The Chinese meaning of Spring festival is Guo Nian. Guo means "pass over" and Nian means "year." The origins of the Chinese New Year festival are thousands of years old and are steeped in legends but it is unclear when the …show more content…

Paper cuts crafters cut paper with scissors or knife. Paper cutting reflects many aspects life such happiness, prosperity, health or harvest and with more designs and characters in different styles. Most of the papercuts form a symmetrical design.

团年饭/ 年夜饭 Reunion dinner Chinese New Year is a time for families being together. People attach great importance to the reunion dinner on the Spring Festival Eve. Even family members may work or study outside, they will put everything aside, just want to unit with families, gather together to enjoy the yummy food and time. It’s more like a promise for family reunion, other than a ceremony.

The dinner is always well prepared and sumptuous. Fish is an essential dish of the feast, implying the idea of an abundant year.

年年有(鱼)余 literally means “surplus year after year”
祝你年年有余May you have the prosperity in the new

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