The Spring Festival(Chinese New Year)Introduction

The Spring Festival(Chinese New Year)is coming(From 21st Jan to 5th Feb).More and more factories go on holiday.Maybe you have received many blessings.How much do you know about the Spring Festival?Want to know more?Follow me.

1.What does the Spring Festival Mean?

The term "pass year" is used for the Spring Festival.The word "Year" in Chinese characters used to mean ahorrible beast.To combat the beast,the Chinese hang "good luck"wishes on red paper on the door and use fireworks in the belief that the beast fears red and fire.This tradition in many ways resemble the Western belief of using garlic and crosses to fight vampire.

2.Why Chinese New Year is so special for Chinese（12 Chinese zodiac）?

The Chinese zodiac features 12 animals in the sequence of Rat,Ox,Tiger,Rabbit,Dragon,Snake,Horse,Sheep,Monkey，Rooster,Dog,and Pig.This year is the year of Rabbit.Each animal represents adifferent "personality".According to legend,people held a conference with all the animals,informing them that they would pick the first 12 animals to arrive to represent the zodiac.However,in spite of being fast the cat was not picked Because its then-close friend,the rat,did not wake it.This action sparked off a rivalry that continues till this day.

3.What do people do in the Spring Festival?

Eat,eat again,and then eat some more!As the old Chinesesaying goes:food is everything(Just kidding LOL).The tradition is to have different main courses everyday from the 1st day of the New Year to the 15th day of the New Year,like Jiao Zi (dumplings),noodles,spring rolls,sticky rice cakesand Tang Yuan(stuffed rice balls).Besides culinary satisfaction,each food has a meaning as well:for instance,Jiao Zi looks like gold,implying a wealthy year ahead.

Besides eating,young people visit older family membersand kids are blessed with a red pack of"lucky"money.And then,people gather and eat again(!),leading to a lot of advertisements about fitness right after the Chinese New Year holiday.

4.Chinese greetings during the Spring Festival.

Just remember these greetings is okay.Like kung hei fat choy(恭喜发财.Means Hope you rich), choy yan guang jin(财源广进.Hope you rich),choy yuan grun grun(财源滚滚.Hope you rich) and choy yun heng tong(财运亨通.Hope you rich).Try to say to your Chinese friends,they will be very happy :D .

Happy Chinese New Year.Hope all of my friends rich.Kung hei fat choy!!!