Chinese New Year






Chinese New Year, also called the Spring Festival, is pronounced “GuoNian” in Chinese. Which is one of the oldest and most important traditional festivals in China. It usually takes place at the beginning of February or the end of January each year, depending on the Chinese lunar calendar, which is a very old Chinese calendar. When I was a child, the old man told me the story of the origin of the Spring Festival. Nian is a terrible monster that breaks into the village on Chinese New Year's Eve to rob people, which makes people very scared. But later people realize that a large number of firecrackers can scare it away, so people inherit this way to celebrate. In the past, people celebrated the New Year in a variety of ways, such as reunions, firecrackers, dragon dances, lion dances, lively temple fairs, and so on. This is the traditional way people celebrate the New Year.

There are many similarities in the way people celebrate the New Year now as they did in the past. On the other hand, modern communication methods and technology have changed people's lifestyles, many celebrations have also changed. for example, it is deferent from the past way, people no longer want to gather together to celebrate the New Year no matter how far away they were, the communication apps have allowed people to be together at any time. I think this is the biggest change in the way people celebrate the New Year.

As one of the most important traditions of the Chinese, the Spring Festival is irreplaceable in the lives of the Chinese.

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