Day 026 Spring Festival
1. Spring Festival, Chunjie, is the first day of the Chinese lunar calendar.
2. When Chunjie is approaching, people are busy for purchasing goods, cleaning the house, cooking traditional food house, making Spring Festival couplets and hanging spring festival pictures.
3. Having a family dinner is the main activity on Chunjie.
4. Dumplings are essential to the dinner.
5. Dumplings represent reunion and good will.
6. The whole family gathers to enjoy quality family time.
7. On Chunjie, lunar New Year’s Day, people in new clothes, visit each other and give money to kids to send good wishes.
8. During Chunjie holidays, all kinds of celebrations are held including tempo fairs, performances and lantern exhibitions, which last nearly half a month.
