Chinese Traditional Festivals - Spring Festival

11 Feb.,2025

 

Chinese Traditional Festivals - Spring Festival

Chinese New Year countdown: What are the traditions of the Chinese New Year?

Chinese Traditional Festivals - Spring Festival
Hang a lantern
In some specially-held local lantern fair, there are riddles written on paper hanging under the lanterns.
Chinese Traditional Festivals - Spring Festival
Write a couplet
In the days between 28th and 30th of La Yue, people also put on couplets on the gates,paper-cutting decorations on the windows, and New Year pictures on the walls of their homes to express their best wishes.
Chinese Traditional Festivals - Spring Festival
Cut window flowers
It reflects the customs and beliefs of the people, adds a festive atmosphere, and places people's good expectations for the New Year and new life.
Chinese Traditional Festivals - Spring Festival
Set off fireworks
The New Year is in full swing like fireworks.
Chinese Traditional Festivals - Spring Festival
Watch the Spring Festival Gala
Watch the Spring Festival Gala held by CCTV, through watching the Spring Festival Gala can increase the fun of the New Year, let the family get together, but also through the Spring Festival Gala, enjoy a variety of artistic performances, feel the festival atmosphere.
Chinese Traditional Festivals - Spring Festival
Have a New Year's Eve family dinner
New Year's Eve dinner, also known as the Reunion dinner, refers to the end of the New Year's Eve family dinner.
Chinese Traditional Festivals - Spring Festival
One hundred festival year first, four seasons spring first

The Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year, is a folk festival that combines old and new, worship of gods and ancestors, praying for blessings to ward off evil spirits, reunion of family and friends, celebrations and entertainment, and eating and drinking. 
The Spring Festival has a long history, originating from the primitive beliefs and nature worship of early mankind, and evolving from the ancient times when the first year of the year was dedicated to praying for the year. All things are originated from heaven, people are originated from ancestors, praying for the yearly sacrifice, honoring heaven and ancestor, to report the origin against the beginning. The origin of the Spring Festival contains profound cultural connotations and carries a rich historical and cultural heritage in its inheritance and development. During the Spring Festival, various activities are held throughout the country to celebrate the New Year, with strong local characteristics.

Happy New Year to all and welcome to China from all over the world!!