The Spring Festival is the most important festival to the Chinese and there will be all kinds of traditional celebration activities on that day. When I was a little boy, about 45 years ago, the most expected thing to do would be to set off the firecrackers! I would invite my little friends to go outdoors and play together. You would hear the sound like a bomb exploding here and there. Closing to the night, the fireworks with all kinds of colors would fly to the sky. The dark night sky suddenly became colorful. That was indeed a beautiful and grand sight! And then, it was time for dinner, that was the family reunion time. Almost every Chinese would go back to their home. All the family members would sit around the table which was already full of delicious food. The people would cheerfully drink beer or wine and talk with others about their whole year's life. This was the warmest picture before half of a century.
Different from the scene 50 years ago, many things had been changing. Nowadays, setting off fireworks has been banned in the city because of the protection of the environment. So, the last night of the lunar year will be quite quiet. Not as a reunion as before, fewer and fewer young people want to go home on that day. Firstly, the new ways of using high-tech communication are already very common, and young people prefer to stay freely. Secondly, the cost of going back is higher than before. The third reason is a little interesting, young people are afraid to face their parents and family elders, because they will definitely be asked when they will get married, it is too exhausting. Even with these changes, the Spring Festival is still the most important position in the minds of Chinese people.
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