Spring Festival

Spring Festival is the most important among all our traditional festivals. It comes in January or February; it celebrates the coming of lunar new year. People also call it Guo Nian. Chinese people celebrate the festival with many different ways, but there are many things in common. For example, firecrackers（鞭炮）It is said that long long ago, there was a monster called Nian came out to devour people on new year's eve, so people lit firecrackers to get it away. Now people lit firecrackers for fun, relaxation and excitement. In some places, people clean their houses and prepare a lot of delicious food, they put spring poems on both sides of their doors, people will go home for the big family dinner. Children can get a lot of lucky money from their parents and relationships. On the eve of the year, people chat, watch TV, and make dumplings. They eat them at 12:00. The next day is the first day of the New Year.