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Chinese Festivals

Chinese Festivals. Chinese New Year/The Spring Festival. The Spring Festival is the lunar Chinese New Year. The festival begins on the 1 st day of the 1 st month in the Chinese calendar and ends with the lantern festival on the 15 th day.

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Chinese Festivals

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  1. Chinese Festivals Chinese New Year/The Spring Festival

  2. The Spring Festival is the lunar Chinese New Year. • The festival begins on the 1st day of the 1st month in the Chinese calendar and ends with the lantern festival on the 15th day. • In 2010, Chinese New Year was on 02/14/10 and it was the year of the Tiger.

  3. In 2011, the Chinese New Year will begin on 02/03/11, and it will be the year of the rabbit. • Every family sets off firecrackers and puts up couplets on their gates to usher in a happy life in the coming year.

  4. The following is a short story about the origin of the Chinese New Year: Long, long ago, there was a ferocious demon called nian. It did evil things everywhere. The Heavenly God locked this demon into remote mountains and only allowed him to go out once a year. Shortly after 12 months had passed, nian came out of the mountains.

  5. Gathering together, people discussed how to deal with him. Some said that nian was afraid of the red color, flames, and noises. So, people put up red couplets on their gates, set off firecrackers, and kept on beating gongs and drums. The demon nian trembled with fear. Night fell and every house was brightly lit. Nian was terrified. He fled into the mountains and didn’t dare to come out.

  6. Nian was thus subdued, and the custom of celebrating the lunar New Year was passed down from then.

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