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Contents Preparations for the Spring festival Preparations for the Spring festival may start a month before the festival. →clean houses →have a haircut →make food →do New Year’s shopping A big family dinner On the eve of the Spring Festival (we also call it “chuxi”), houses are brightly lit and a large family dinner is served. Everyone is very happy. In the south of China “nian gao” is served, while in the north the steamed dumpling is very popular. Decorate the doors and windows People also paste “fu” characters on doors and windows, they are put upside down in some houses, which means the blessing has come. Big red lanterns are hung in front of the houses for luck and pleasing appearance. Children are the happiest of all because they can get red packets from their parents and grand-parents. The money is given to them for good luck. Set up fireworks People buy many fireworks for fun. Children like them very much. They look so splendid at night. At the twelve o’clock in middle night , people will set off firecrackers to welcome the new year. During the Spring Festival, people visit relatives and friends, say “happy new year” to each other and exchange gifts. Go go go ? * Name: 陈佳孝 Major: dying and finishing engineering 1 Preparations for the Spring festival 2 Activities during the Spring festival People decorate the doors with Spring Festival couplets, whose texts seek good luck and praise nature, and this practice stemmed from the hanging of peach-wood charms to keep away ghosts and evil spirits. Red packets the days in the New Year May you happy *