Chinese Spring Festival

Spring Festival is one of the most important traditional festivals in China and the beginning of the Chinese Lunar New Year. Here are some common customs of Spring Festival：

1. Family reunion: The Spring Festival is an important time for family gatherings in China, and many people will go home to spend the festival with their families.

2. New Year's Eve Dinner: On New Year's Eve, families will have a sumptuous dinner together, symbolizing reunion and harvest.

3. Red envelopes: The elders will give the unmarried younger generation and children lucky money, placed in red envelopes, symbolizing blessing and hope.

4. Firecrackers and fireworks: In order to drive away evil spirits and welcome the arrival of the New Year, people will set off firecrackers and watch fireworks.

5. Spring Festival couplets and good luck: Families will post Spring Festival couplets on their doors, with auspicious words written in the couplets, and hang Fu, meaning praying for good luck and good luck.

6. New Year greetings: Relatives and friends will call on each other, send blessings and greetings, and kowtow to the elders.

7. Dragon and Lion Dance: Performing dragon and lion dance teams will walk through the streets to drive away evil spirits and bring good luck and prosperity.

These customs carry the Chinese people's wishes and expectations for the New Year, and are also an important way to inherit and promote Chinese culture.