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This was to avoid danger, the hope can bring happiness, is Chinese traditional custom, has a long history.
Staying Up Late on New Year's Eve(守岁)
In ancient china there is a legend about a kind of monster(怪兽) called ”year”, were hurt people. in order to drive away the monster , this had staying-up statement.
The Spring Festival
• The Spring Festival, what do we do? Let us look at the following.
过年 春联 年画 灯笼 烟花 爆竹 拜年
1.celebrate the spring festival 2.spring festival couplets 3.new year paintings ntern 5.fireworks 6.firecrackers 7.Give new year’s greetings
Eating “Dumpling” (吃饺子) On New Year’s Eve, the whole family will sit together to make dumpling and celebrate the Spring Festival. The shape of dumpling is like gold ingot(金锭) from ancient China, people eat them and wish for money . So, you cannot have a complete Spring Festival without having dumpling.