The Spring Festival, which starts at New Year’s Eve (Chuxi除夕) and finishes at the Lantern Festival, is the most important and exciting festival in China. People usually decorate the doors and windows with red Spring Festival couplets and Fuzi (福字) because the colour of red means good luck according to the tradition of Chinese people. On the day, which marks the beginning of the Chinese Lunar, all family members should eat dumpling and have a big reunion dinner together.
Here are some words and phrases about the Spring Festival:
鞭炮 firecrackers
新年愿望 New Year’s resolution
红包 red envelope
传统 tradition
阴历 lunar
灯笼 lantern
团圆饭 reunion dinner
春联 Spring Festival couplets
除夕 New Year’s Eve
