笔趣阁中文

●Chinese New Year Spring Festival（第1页）

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AgtotheeseAgriculturaldar，eseSpriivalbeginswiththenewmoohefullmoon，whithefirstdaytothe15thdayofthefirstmodayoftheNewYearisknowerival。

TheinFestivalnowistoooldtobetraced。Itiswidelybelievedthattheword“Nian”（inesemeans“year”），wasfirstthenameofamostartedtopreyohehebeginningofahadaverybigmouththatmahoe。Peoplewereveryseday，anoldmaheirrescue，tosubdue“o“Nian”that“Ihearthatyouarequitecapable，butyouswallowotherbeastsoeadofpeoplewhoarebynomeansofyourworthyoppos?”Hen”didswallowmasofpreyoalsoharassedpeopleaiimalsfromtimetotime。Afterthat，theoldmanwhoturobeanimmortalfairydisappearedridi“Nian”。Nowthat“Nian”hadgoherbeastsofpreyarescaredoffis，peoplebegaheirlifeinpeadhappiheoldmaoldpeopletoputupredpaperdesontheirwindowsanddoorsateachyear’sendtoscareaway“Niasneakedba，becauseredisthecolorthatthebeastfearedmost。

Fromtheiohequestof“Nian”isgeogeheterm“GuoNian”，whichmaymeaheYear”beestoday’s“Celebratethehewuo”inesehavingboththemeaningof“pass-over”aheofputtingupredpaperandfiringfirecrackerstoscareaway“Nian”hadbeenwell-preserved。

&oChristmasoftheOsigheSpriivalisthemostimportantholidayina。Twofeaturesdistinguishitfromtheotherfestivals。Ohereetiherisfamilyreunion。

Twoweeksbeforethefestivalthewholetryispermeatedwithaholidayatmosphere。I，allfamilieswouldmakeathhhouseg，settlingadgoffdebts，bywhichtopasstheyear。AfterputtingupcoupletsahedoorsontheLunarNewYear’sEve，thelastdayofthetwelfthmoonintheeselunardar，eachfamilygathersforasumptuousmealcalled“familyreuniondinner”。PeoplewillenjoythefoodanddrinkinabundandJiaozi。Themealismoreluxuriousthanusual。Dishessuchas，fishandbeanecessary，foriheirpronunssoundslike“Ji”，“Yu”，and“Doufu”，withthemeaningsofauspicious，abundantandrisanddaughterswawayfromhomeebatheirparents。AfterditogetherbeforetheTVtowaterogramandchatwitheachother。AbouttenmiheringingoftheNewYear’sbell，peopleletoutthefireworkstowelebacktheKittheHeaven，whoisihefortuneandmisfortuhehouseholdhedwells。

&hesbasedoioeiing。Forexample，onNewYear’sDay，peoplewillhefloor，dowashingordumptheirgarbageoutofthehouse，lestthesewoulddoawaywiththeirfortuheLunarNewYear’sEve，peopleliketosticktheesecharacter“happiness”upsidedownondoorsorwalls，because“upsidedown”ineseisahomophoneof“ing””。Theofpastihedoorshasalonghistory。Itimes，peoplehungshortbranchesofpeathedoorsoratthefrohepurpawaytheevilthiheybecamepeachwoodboardswithsomeesecharacterswritteheiionofpaper，oneachofritteoweletheoexpresswishesforhappinessandgoodfortune。Duriimedevelopment，sprishavebeeaspeofliteraturewiththeirowic。

&heshavebeenwaken，whilesomeofthemstillfollowedtodayandgainanewform。Ohreedaysofthefestival，peoplewillvisittheircloserelativesafriends，exggreetingsas，whiownasthe“NewYear’sVisit”。TheyouiiventheredenvelopfreheSpriivalivalstakeplagthisperiod。Thereareperformancesondandandrealparadesibysometroupes。ThefifthdayisknooWoo”。OnthisdaypeoplestayhometoweletheGodofWealth。srelativesandfriewillbringbothpartsbadluthesixthdaytothetenthday，peopleeithergooutthevisittheirrelativesorfriendsotothetemplestoodfortuheingyear。Inadditiohdayisthedayforfarmerstodisplaytheiragriculturalproducts。Thedayalsosideredasthebirthdayofhumanbeings。entopromoteloy。Astotheninthday，peoplepresentthetotheJadeEmperodoftheHeavenineseLegeestothetenthday，relativesandfriendsshouldbeiohavediersue’ssumptuousfeast，ohdaypeoplearesupposedtohavesomethingsimpleandlighttosetheirbodysystemtokeephealth。