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•HappyNewYearUnit12TheSpringFestivals•ItfallsonthefirstdayofthefirstChineselunarmonthandthecelebrationlastsfromthe23rdofthe12thlunarmonthuptothe15thofthefirstlunarmonthnextyear.WhatisthelongestandmostimportantfestivalinChina?•WhatdoyoudointheSpringFestival?春节习俗CustomsoftheSpringFestival•TheSpringFestivalisatraditionalChinesefestivalandalsothemostimportantoneofthewholeyear.Throughtheevolvementofthousandsofyears,aseriesofcustomsarespreadingfarandwide.wecleanourhousesandsweepawaybadluck,andthenwepaintdoorsandwindowsred.我们打扫房子的卫生，将霉运扫走，然后我们将门和窗户刷成红色扫尘SweepingtheDust扫尘SweepingtheDust•“Dust”ishomophonicwith“chen”（尘）inChinese,whichmeansoldandpast.Inthisway,“sweepingthedust”beforetheSpringFestivalmeansathoroughcleaningofhousestosweepawaybadluckinthepastyear.Thiscustomshowsagoodwishofputtingawayoldthingstowelcomeanewlife.Inaword,justbeforetheSpringFestivalcomes,everyhouseholdwillgiveathoroughcleaningtobidfarewelltotheoldyearandusherinthenew.春联springfestivalcouplets贴春联PastingSpringCouplets•“TheSpringCouplet”,alsocalled“couplet”and“apairofantitheticalphrases”,isaspecialformofliteratureinChina.TheSpringCoupletiscomposedoftwoantitheticalsentencesonbothsidesofthedoorandahorizontalscrollbearinganinscription,usuallyanauspiciousphrase,abovethegate.Thesentencepastingontherightsideofthedooriscalledthefirstlineofthecoupletandtheoneontheleftthesecondline.OntheeveoftheSpringFestival,everyhouseholdwillpasteondoorsaspringcoupletwrittenonredpapertogiveahappyandprosperousatmosphereoftheFestival.Inthepastt,theChineseusuallywrotetheirownspringcoupletwithabrushoraskedotherstodoforthem,whilenowadays,itiscommonforpeopletobuytheprintedspringcoupletinthemarket.Whenfu(福)comestotownWeusuallydecoratethedoorsandwindowswithpapercuts.我们常常用剪纸将门和窗户装饰一下。剪纸paper-cuts贴窗花和“福”字PastingPaper-cutsand“Up-sidedFu”•Paper-cuts,usuallywithauspiciouspatterns,giveahappyandprosperousatmosphereoftheFestivalandexpressthegoodwishesofChinesepeoplelookingforwardtoagoodlife.Inadditiontopastingpaper-cutsonwindows,itiscommonforChinesetopastethecharacter“fu（福）”,bigandsmall,onwalls,doorsanddoorpostsaroundthehouses.“Fu（福）”showspeople’syearningtowardagoodlife.Somepeopleeveninvertthecharacter“fu（福）”tosignifythatblessinghasarrivedbecause“inverted”isahomonymfor“arrive”inChinese.Nowmanykindsofpaper-cutsand“fu（福）”canbeseeninthemarketbeforetheFestival.thedinneronNewYear‘sEve年夜饭familyreuniondinner团圆饭【Foodnames】春节食品名称:•年糕Nian-gao;risecake;NewYearcake•团圆饭familyreuniondinner•年夜饭thedinneronNewYear'sEve•饺子Jiao-zi;Chinesemeatravioli•八宝饭eighttreasuresricepudding•汤圆Tang-yuan;dumplingsmadeofsweetrice,rolledintoballsandstuffedwitheithersweetorspicyfillings•糖果盘candytray:•什锦糖assortedcandies-sweetandfortune•蜜冬瓜candiedwintermelon-growthandgoodhealth•西瓜子redmelonseed-joy,happiness,•金桔cumquat-prosperity•红枣reddates-prosperity•糖莲子candiedlotusseed-manydescendentstocome•糖藕candiedlotusroot-fulfillingloverelationship•花生糖peanutcandy-sweet吃饺子HavingJiaozi•OnNewYear’sEve,thewholefamilywillsittogethertomakejiaoziandcelebratetheSpringFestival.TheshapeofjiaoziislikegoldingotfromancientChina.Sopeopleeatthemandwishformoneyandtreasure.ThetraditionofhavingjiaoziisveryimportantduringtheSpringFestival.YoucannothaveacompleteSpringFestivalwithouthavingjiaozi.看春晚TheCCTVNewYear'sprogram看春节联欢晚会TheCCTVNewYear'sProgram•TheNewYear’sGalaisavarietyshowheldbyChinaCentralTelevision(CCTV)since1983.ForeveryyearsincethenattheturnoftheLunarNewYear,theprogrambeginsat8:00PMandlastsfiveorsixhours.Itbringslaughtertobillionsofpeople,createsmanypopularwordsandproduceslotsofTVphenomenameritingattention.Forovertwentyyears,itsvaluehasgonefarbeyondavarietyshow.ItisessentialentertainmentfortheChinesebothathomeandabroad.ManyChinesewouldliketowatchthegalawhilehavingthedinneronNewYear’sEve.烟花fireworkFirecrackers鞭炮setofffireworks/firecrackers燃放烟花爆竹放鞭炮SettingoffFirecrackers•ThefirecrackerisauniqueproductinChina.InancientChina,thesoundofburningbambootubeswasusedtoscareawaywildanimalsandevilspirits.Withtheinventionofthegunpowder,“firecracker”isalsocalled“鞭炮biānpào”(“炮”inChinesemeansgun)andusedtofosterajoyfulatmosphere.ThefirstthingeveryChinesehouseholddoesistosetofffirecrackersandfireworks,whicharemeanttobidfarewelltotheoldyearandusherinthenew.ThisshowsthatburningfirecrackersisaveryimportantactivityduringtheSpringFestival.NewYear'svisitOnNewYear’sDay,weputonournewclothesandvisitourfamilyandfriends.在新年那天，我们穿上新衣服回家或到朋友家拜年。luckymoneyChildrenGettingmoneyinredenvelopesfromtheirparentsandrelatives.Howdoyouspendyourgiftmoney???拜年和压岁钱NewYear'sVisitandGiftMoney•OnthefirstdayoftheChineselunaryear,everybodyputsontheirbestclothesandpaysceremonialcallsontheirrelativesandfriends,wishingthemalltheluckinthecomingyear.Juniorswillgreetseniors,wishingthemhealthandlongevity,whileseniorswillgivejuniorssomegiftmoneyasawishfortheirsafetyinthecomingyear.Whenfriendsmeet,theywillwisheachotherhappinessandprosperitywithabigsmile.Withthedevelopmentofthenewtechnology,thereisachangeonthewayofgivingNewYearsgreetings.Inrecentyear,itiscommontosendNewYearsgreetingsbysuchmodernmeansofc