The Spring Festival

The spring festival, also known as the lunar New Year, is the greatest traditional festival in china. It is usually a time between late January or early February, which means rest and relaxation between winter and spring after a year’s toil, and means celebration as well. Before the spring festival, people clean their house, put red couplets on their gats, and set off firecrackers, according to fairy tale, for driving a demon, named “Nian”, away. On the eve of the spring festival, a get-together banquet is a must, and the most popular food is “JiaoZi”, which is supposed to bring good luck. On the first day of the New Year, everybody wears new clothes and greets relatives and friends with bows and congratulations wishing each the other during the New Year.