Elaine

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

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