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Chinese spring new year festival

Chinese New Year, also called Spring Festival, has more than 4,000 years of history. It is the grandest

and the most important annual event for Chinese people.

ime for Family !eunion

"eing one of the traditional festivals, it is the time for the whole families to reunite together, which is

similar with Christmas #ay to the westerners.

he $ongest %u&lic 'oliday

he festival lasts for () days from the (st to ()th day of the *rst lunar month, and in fol+lore it starts

even earlier, from the -rd day of the twelfth lunar month. ost employees will have seven days o/

wor+, while students ta+e one month a&sence from school.

'oliday rigins from onster Nian

riginating during the Shang #ynasty 1(2th 3 ((th century "C, the festival used to &e o&served to

*ght against the monster 5Nian5 who li+ed to eat children and livestoc+. he monster was afraid of red

color and loud sound. herefore, people decorated their houses in red and set o/ *recrac+ers to e6pel

it.

he *rst day of the *rst lunar month is regarded as the New Year of the Chinese 7 the Spring Festival. It

is the most important and ceremonious traditional festival in China, 8ust as Christmas #ay to the

westerners.

Chinese spring new year festival

#uring the Spring Festival, every family is &usy cleaning house in the hope of getting rid of

de*lements and preventing diseases. 9lso, they need to paste door3god, spring festival

couplets, and the reversed Chinese character 55 1means &lessing,and hang :ags in the

hope of praying for auspiciousness in the New Year. n the New Year;s

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ingots, suggesting &ringing in wealth and treasure, as well as *sh sym&oli@ing amassing

fortunes.

9ccording to history records, the Spring Festival derives from god and ancestor worships in

the Shang dynasty. Nowadays, this superstitious meaning has faded away and is replaced

with a sym&ol of uni*cation, happiness and hope.

Question

When is the 2016 Chinese New Year Day?

A0(B Chinese New Year of the on+ey is on Fe&ruary , 0(B

Ahe $antern Festival of Chinese New Year is on Fe&ruary , 0(B

What is the Name of Chinese Year 2016?

he Chinese calendar name of 0(B is ale Fire"ing 0(B on+eyShen.

A "ing is Fire and Shen is on+ey in Chinese 'oroscope. herefore, 0(B is also called Fire

on+ey Year.

A From Chinese Five

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