以春节为题的英语短文(实用20篇)

A new year ,a new start,when I stand on the edge of a new year,I cant help thinking about my plan of next year.

Just as the old saying：“Well began is the half of the success.”So I decide that I should be at work while the others are still relaxing ,and then ,at the beginning ,Im quicker than the others and of course I will get better result than the others.

But ,what I really decide to do is that I must make good of anytime I can spare though it seems impossible. While,I will do my best to live up with what I have planned,and the result will prove it.

Its so nice to celebrate the Spring Festival, my in the mind. Because can see the lantern show and guess riddles, set off firecrackers, watch fireworks, but also can work normally cannot do.

Mom took me to grandmas first. Tianyi fading, I let my mother take me to see the light, the streets are full of all kinds of lights, with a snake type lamp, circular lights, bar lights; Modelling lamp and children very like animals, such as a quick, leg, heaven; There are lights on many riddle let you guess, but fun. Watching the lantern show, we went back to grandmas house. Dad and I took off firecrackers began shooting from the basement. I put small gun, dad put whip, double bang firecracker and firecrackers, in less than a few minutes the whole yard is colorful, the more we put more huan, laughter, firecrackers, mixed together, full of festive atmosphere. That night, I want to watch more TV dont want to sleep, because of the Spring Festival, mother also no matter, I Im so happy.

Its time for bed, listening to the trickle of firecrackers outside the window, I seem to hear their cheerful laughter, for them I also happy for myself, what a nice New Year!

过春节了，我心里真高兴。因为又可以看灯展、猜灯谜、放鞭炮、看焰火，而且还可以干平常不能干的事。

妈妈先带我来到了奶奶家。天一擦黑，我就让妈妈带我去看灯，那里的大街小巷挂满了各各样的彩灯，有蛇型灯、圆形灯、条形灯; 还有小朋友非常喜欢的动物造型灯，比如马到成功、金鸡独立、大闹天宫;还有的灯上写着许多谜语让大家猜，可好玩儿了。看完灯展，我们就回到了奶奶家。我和爸爸从地下室拿出鞭炮开始放炮。我放小炮，爸爸放挂鞭、二踢脚和花炮，用不了几分钟整个院子就成了五颜六色了，我们越放越欢，笑声、鞭炮声夹杂在一起，充满了喜庆气氛。夜深了，我还想看电视不愿意睡觉，因为过春节，妈妈也不管我，我真是太高兴了。

该睡觉了，听着窗外稀稀拉拉的鞭炮声，我仿佛听到了他们欢快的笑声，我为他们也为我自己高兴，好一个惬意的春节!

Ms Jerry is a foreign teacher. She oomes from New Zealand. She is thirty-one years old. She has fair hair, white skin and gray eyes. She is tall and slim. She looks very kind. And in fact, she is kind indeed.

Ms Jerry is a good teacher. Although she only comes to our school twice a week, yet she is very responsible to her work and strict with her students. Once. she was ill, but she went on giving us lessons. When we learned this, we all listened to her even more attentively than usual.

Ms Jerry teaches us English with great enthusiasm:" Eaoh lesson she Will bring us new pictures, new stories, new games and new songs. Her class is always full of happy laughter and merry songs.

Ms Jerry is such a good teacher that all of us love and respect her.

My Spring Festival Spring Festival with you, I am back to my hometown of

henan RuNa, put a lot of all kinds of guns, a large paper gun, the flying ray,

flying rockets, mine and so on.

One day, I took a 30 cm high, a large diameter 20 cm, white paper gun in

the snow, its power is greater than the small hand grenades, I use the lighter

lit the fire, and then I quickly ran into the house, 1, 2, 3, boom, as if the

earth were to vibrate, I ran to see, have a big snow hole, larger than I had

imagined. We also carried a throw of the mine into the water, a big splash soar

when power is endless, blown fly up with all the ice surface, appear on the

surface of the spectacular sights, a lot of black smoke from the water.

In the home for the holiday really happy, I can shot, can also lead a lot

of boy scouts, I in the home of a lot of fun these days.

我的春节和你们的春节大不相同，我回了河南汝南的老家，放了许多各种各样的炮，有大纸炮、飞天雷、飞天火箭、水雷等等。

有一天，我把一个有30厘米高，直径20厘米的白色大纸炮放在雪堆里，它的威力比小型手榴弹的还大，我用火机点燃了火线，然后我很快的跑进了屋里，1、2、3，轰的一声，好像大地都被震得颤动起来，我跑上去一看，雪堆上有一个很大的洞，比我想象得还要大。我们又把水雷往水里里一扔，很大一个水花一飞冲天，威力无边，把水面的冰都炸得飞了起来，水面上出现了壮观的景象，很多黑色的烟从水而起。

在老家过年真开心，我可以放炮，还可以率领很多童子军，我在老家的这几天玩得很开心。

will christmas replace the spring festival?

this worry is fairly unnecessary. why ? one reason lies that christmas only affects christians，college students and joint-venture (合资企业)workers. another reason is that christmas is mostly celebrated in cities. few people in countryside show extreme interest in this exotic(带有异国情调的) festival. by contrast，the spring festival is the most influential traditional festival in every family.

Spring Festival is the most important festival in China.

春节是中国最重要的节日.

It’s to celebrate the lunar calendars new year.In the evening before the

Spring Festival,families get together and have a big meal.

春节是为了庆祝农历新年的来临.除夕夜,一家人聚在一起吃一顿丰盛的年夜饭.

In many places people like to set off firecrackers,Dumplings are the most

traditional food.

在很多地方,人们都会放鞭炮,饺子是最传统的食物.

Children like the festival very much,because they can have delicious food

and wear new clothes.

孩子们非常喜欢这个节日,因为他们可以有好吃的食物同时可以穿新衣服.

They can also get some money from their parents.

他们也能得到父母给的压岁钱.

This money is given to children for good luck.

压岁钱给孩子们,以求好运.

People put New Year scrolls on the wall for good fortune.

人们把春联贴到墙上,以求好运.

The Spring Festival lasts about 15 days long.People visit relatives and

friends with the words “Have all your wishes ”.People enjoy the Spring

Festival,during this time they can have a good rest .

春节将持续大约15天,人们在拜访亲朋好友前常用这句话:“祝愿”.人们喜欢春节,因为在这段时间里他们可以好好休息一下了.

The day before the Spring Festival is New Years eve, everybody cheerfully stick couplets on the Spring Festival, in front of his home in the kitchen making dumplings, have a meal before you set off firecrackers.

I put a lot of firecrackers, Spring Festival is "ZuanTianHou", "ZuanTianHou" fly to the sky, making sound, very nice. The second is the "big tanks", like real tanks rushed past, open to a half stopped, colorful light, beautiful! The third set is butterfly fireworks, firecrackers butterfly a fire like a rocket flying, fly far away. The fourth is cherry bomb, cherry bomb was thrown to the ground, one step also ring with their feet.

Its about one and a half month away from the Chinese New Year, It is a festival celebrated by the Chinese people at the beginning of the lunar calendar year.

As of the Chinese traditional customs, our parents and grandparents will sweep every corner of the house and clean the windows until they gleam, and washing clothes, buying foods and goods for the new years future use and presents.

Children will be the most benefited group during this feast period. One month before that, they are expecting the new clothes, delicious foods. The firecrackers and the years allowance for their increased ages.

In recent years, with the rising of the standard of life, Chinese tend to make various holiday plans to spend a different and meaningful new year. Such as traveling abroad, or be absorbed in their hobbies, and even work.

Why today we try to spend our Chinese new year in such a different way? I think thats because this is a era of free life and personality high-ranking. Though there are still something traditional, our young generation is attempting to make something new and suitable for ourselves. And we would like to take something really worth to be cherished in our memorable treasures. Thats amazing and wonderful!

Ill always keep in mind that the Chinese new year is a great feast inherited from our ancestors, but if necessary, I would like to enjoy it by some ways personal.

"To celebrate the Spring Festival" these slogans on television advertising often visible to, also it is the slogan for the Spring Festival on the joyful atmosphere.

Everyone on the street before the Spring Festival shopping, buy new clothes, new shoes and so on, I also dont listed outside, I heard that this means that the New Year can look brand-new, have a good luck. I think the Spring Festival also has a good side and bad side, of course is good for us, false put, lucrative. And for a cleaner, but hard a period in the New Year. They increase in the number of garbage to clean a lot during the Spring Festival. In fact as long as we are happy not to break things and throw things at the same time, we "dont put your happiness based on others pain." Only in this way can make cleaners also accomplish "to celebrate the Spring Festival".

When we are celebrating the Spring Festival ", those who sweeps wheeled vehicle, carefully clean up the street, carrying a broom in road fireworks off the remains of a garbage is everywhere. These workers busy, clean all bent down to pick up garbage. When I see such a scene, I thought after the cleaning workers pick up must be very tired. The holidays also is really hard to do so tired! So we all can do it consciously when fireworks, so our sweeps can also get "to celebrate the Spring Festival".

Day, our whole family went to hangzhou, where citizens are more compliant, in busy streets they can handle the garbage into the trash can, although there are individual person still cant do that, but my hometown - keqiao has certain gap. Although these years KeQiao have great progress than before, but I think is not enough, must strengthen education, again only strong education is to improve the way of peoples environmental consciousness.

I hope that next years Spring Festival, we are all civilized people, can make the cleaners are also really enjoy the "celebrating the Spring Festival".

“欢度春节”这些标语在电视机的广告上经常可见到，也正是这些标语为春节添上了欢喜的气氛。

每个人都在春节前上街购物，买件新衣服，新鞋等等，我也不列外，听说这意味着新的一年能焕然一新，来个好运。我觉得春节也有好的一面，也有坏的一面，当然了对于我们来说是好的，有假放，有利可收。而对于清洁工来说，新年可是辛苦的一段时期。他们在春节期间要打扫的垃圾增多了很多。其实只要我们在开心的同时不要破坏东西和乱扔东西，我们“不要把自己的快乐建立在别人的痛苦之上。”只有这样才能使清洁工人们也做到“欢度春节”。

当我们“欢度春节”的时候，那些清洁工人们推着车，拿着扫帚在仔细的清理街道，公路边烟花炮竹残留下了的垃圾随处都是。这些清洁工人忙个不停，个个都弯下腰捡垃圾。当我看到这样的场景，心想清洁工人捡完后一定很累了。过大年了也要做得这么累真是辛苦!所以我们在放烟花时个个都能做到自觉，那么我们的清洁工人们同样也能得到“欢度春节”。

大年初一，我们全家去了杭州，那里的市民比较守规，在人来人往的街道上他们都能把手中的垃圾扔进垃圾桶，虽然有个别人还做不到，但和我的家乡————柯桥有一定的差距了。虽然这几年柯桥比以前有好大的进步，但我觉得还是不够，必须再加强教育，只有强教育才是提高人民环境意识的途径。

我希望下一年的春节，我们都是文明人，使清洁工们也能真真正正享受到“欢度春节”。

“We are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book whose pages are infinite…”

I do not know who wrote those words, but I have always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want to make it. We can take the mysterious, hazy future and carve out of it anything that we can imagine, just as a sculptor carves a statue from a shapeless stone.

We are all in the position of the farmer. If we plant a good seed, we reap a good harvest. If our seed is poor and full of weeds, we reap a useless crop. If we plant nothing at all, we harvest nothing at all.

I want the future to be better than the past. I don’t want it contaminated by the mistakes and errors with which history is filled. We should all be concerned about the future because that is where we will spend the remainder of our lives.

The past is gone and static. Nothing we can do will change it. The future is before us and dynamic. Everything we do will affect it. Each day brings with it new frontiers, in our homes and in our business, if we only recognize them. We are just at the beginning of the progress in every field of human endeavor.

翻译：一切刚刚开始

“我们正在读一本书的第一章第一行，这本书的页数是无限的……”

我不知道是谁写的，可我很喜欢这句话，它提醒我们未来是由自己创造的。我们可以把神秘、不可知的未来塑造成我们想象中的任何模样，犹如雕刻家将未成形的石头刻成雕像。英语励志短文

我们每个人都像是农夫。洒下良种将有丰收，播下劣种或生满野草便将毁去收成。没有耕耘则会一无所获。

我希望未来比过去更加美好，希望未来不会沾染历史的错误与过失。我们都应举目向前，因我们的余生要用未来书写。

往昔已逝，静如止水;我们无法再作改变。而前方的未来正生机勃勃;我们所做的每一件事都将会影响着它。只要我们认识到这些，无论是在家中还是在工作上，每天我们的面前都会展现出新的天地。在人类致力开拓的每一片领域上，我们正站在进步的起跑点。

Strictly speaking, the Spring Festival starts every year in the early days of the 12th lunar month and will last till the mid 1st lunar month of the next year. Of them, the most important days are Spring Festival Eve and the first three days. The Chinese government now stipulates people have seven days off for the Chinese Lunar New Year.

Many customs accompany the Spring Festival. Some are still followed today, but others have weakened.

On the 8th day of the 12th lunar month, many families make laba porridge, a delicious kind of porridge made with glutinous rice, millet, seeds of Jobs tears, jujube berries, lotus seeds, beans, longan and gingko.

The 23rd day of the 12th lunar month is called Preliminary Eve. At this time, people offer sacrifice to the kitchen god. Now however, most families make delicious food to enjoy themselves.

Of the first lunar month every year, usually in the spring, before and after as a result, people call this day as the Spring Festival, also known as the lunar year. The Spring Festival is coming, means spring is coming, means a new round of sowing, means that we have to grow up one year old, means that the earth recovery in all things.

To the Spring Festival, every household in the entrance to affix Spring Festival couplets, hang the red lanterns. People often want to stick, must stick backwards, referred to as "f. Some people posted pictures on the wall; Some ingenuity of people cut the window... The Spring Festival, every family will set off firecrackers, produced crackling sound, the people started to used orientation... Legend, this year is very unlucky to people, year makes trees depressed, grass bouquet not born; Year after all things grow, flowers everywhere, this year to get rid of what? How to let the people live a happy life? People with fireworks off years, because of afraid of red, so people can live a happy life. The Spring Festival, this is a happy day, but also a day for family reunions. Eat dumplings, the custom of the north, we get together for a family reunion dinner, how sweet! The souths custom is to eat rice cakes, because they want to rising, together, let us welcome the new life! Spring Festival arrived, the men and women, old and young, wearing new clothes elders for the younger generation a red envelope. To the Spring Festival, every family to buy necessities and the atmosphere of the festival is the Spring Festival, not only in joy, and overflow in the streets, and some in the lion dance, some in the set off firecrackers, and dancing in other...

The city, look, here the city lights, a friend is really very busy! The Spring Festival, New Year is about to begin!

每年的农历正月初一，通常都在立春前后，因此，人们称这一天为春节，俗称阴历年。春节来了，意味着春天将要来临，意味着新一轮的播种，意味着我们又要长大一岁，意味着大地万物复苏。

春节到了，家家户户的宅门贴上了春联，挂上了红红的灯笼。人们通常要贴福，必须倒着贴，简称福到了。有的人在墙上贴年画;有的心灵手巧的人剪着窗花……春节到了，家家户户都要放鞭炮，噼里啪啦的声音此起彼伏，人们开始除旧迎新……传说，这个年是对人非常不吉利的，年一来就树木凋敝，百草不生;年一过就万物生长，鲜花遍地，这个年到底怎样赶走呢?那怎样才能让人们过上幸福生活呢?人们就用炮竹赶走了年，因为年怕红色，这样人们就能过上幸福生活了。春节到了，这是个欢乐祥和的日子，更是一个亲人团聚的日子。吃饺子，是北方的习俗，大家一起吃个团圆饭，多温馨呀!南方的习俗是吃年糕，因为他们想要节节升高，让我们共同迎接新生活吧!春节到了，男女老少都穿着新衣，长辈要给晚辈红包。春节到了，家家户户都来买年货，春节这喜庆的气氛，不仅洋溢在欢乐家中，并且洋溢在大街小巷，有的在舞狮子，有的在放鞭炮，还有的在扭秧歌……

放眼望去，这里华灯满城，友人满城，真是热闹非凡!春节到了，新的一年即将开始了!

Soon after the year, everyone is happy.

When I mentioned the new year, I was very happy. Why? Because you can put fireworks and stick to Spring Festival couplets. This is not to the Spring Festival, we come in from time to time came the sound of fireworks in the odd. I had been flying out at the center of the house. I really thought about the addiction to fireworks. The opportunity came at last. New years Eve, I hurried to eat a few meals, took dad, swiftly ran downstairs from my dads car trunk out fireworks. I let go, ignition, cover their ears, just listen to the sound of sharp hissing sound, then a loud "bang" fireworks in the night to draw a fox exploded, spell out a bunch of bright sparks, rotation, zoom, deformation, a beautiful Christmas tree miraculously appeared the. "Oh, the fireworks."

I jumped and jumped very happily. A string of fireworks into the sky, flower, bright sky as bright as day. Many children were attracted, and all were happy. Its been a long time without fireworks. Hey, it feels great to put the fireworks.

The Spring Festival is the most important festival in China. Before the Spring Festival People clean their houses，put red couplets on their gates，and set off firecrackers to drive away the legendary monster “Nian”.

春节是中华民族最重要的节日。春节来临之前，人们要扫尘、贴对联、放鞭炮来驱赶传说中的怪兽“年”。

On the eve of the Spring Festival, families get together and have a big dinner. Dumplings are the most traditional food.

春节前夕，家人都会团聚在一起享受丰盛的年夜饭。饺子是最传统的食物。

The Spring Festival lasts about 15 days long .People visit relatives and friends with the words “Happy new year”. People enjoy the Spring Festival, during this time they can have a good rest.

春节大约持续15天。人们都要走亲访友，相互拜年，还要说：“新年快乐，万事如意。”还可以好好休息一段时间。

Children like the festival very much, because they can have delicious food and wear new clothes .They can also get some money from their elders. This money is given to children for good luck.

孩子们更是喜欢过节，因为他们不仅可以吃到美味佳肴、穿上新衣服，还可以得到很多压岁钱。晚辈得到压岁钱就可以平平安安度过一岁。

我们祖国有悠久的历史，有着许多传统节日，还有一些各具特色的民风民俗。但我最喜欢的传统节日是：春节。除夕过了，春节也就到了，新的一年开始了。

Our motherland has a long history, there are many traditional festivals, and there are some distinctive folk customs. But my favorite traditional festival is the Spring Festival. The new years Eve has passed and the Spring Festival is coming, the new year begins.

除夕那天真热闹，家家赶做年菜，到处是酒肉的香味。男女老少都穿起新衣，门外贴上了红红的对联，屋里贴好了各色的年画。除夕夜家家灯火通宵，不许间断，鞭炮声日夜不绝。在外边做事的人除非万不得已，必定赶回家来吃团圆饭。这一夜，除了很小的孩子，没有什么人睡觉都要守岁。春节的光景与除夕那天截然不同：铺户都上着板子，门前堆着昨夜燃放的爆竹纸皮，全城都在休息。男人们午前到亲戚家朋友家拜年。女人们在家中接待客人。城内城外许多寺院举办庙会，小贩们在庙外摆摊卖茶，食品和各种玩具。小孩子们特别爱逛庙会，为的是有机会到城外看看野景，可以骑毛驴，还能买到新年特有的玩具。庙会上有赛马的，还有赛骆驼的。

The new years Eve that day lively, every new year is full of rushes, wine and meat smell. The men and women and the young and the young were all wearing new clothes, the door was red and red couplets, and the house was pasted with various years of painting. On New Years Eve, lights all night, no interruption, the sound of firecrackers day and night. Outside work unless people cannot but, must come home for family reunion dinner. That night, in addition to a very small child, not what people have to sleep staying-up late on new years eve. The Spring Festival was very different from the Lunar New Years Eve: operators are on the board, in front of a pile of cardboard last night fireworks, the city is at rest. The men before noon to relatives and friends at home pay New Years call. Women receive guests at home. In many temples outside the city, temple fairs were held. Peddlers sold tea, food and various toys outside the temple. The children loved visiting the temple, as is the opportunity to look at the scenery outside the city, you can ride a donkey, can buy new year special toys. There are horse racing and camels on the temple fair.

这些比赛并不为争谁第一谁第二，而是在观众面前表演马，骆驼与骑者的美好姿态与娴熟技能。“嘭”天空中五颜六色的。原来每年必放的烟花开始了，家家户户都把自家最美的烟花放上了天空，烟花在黑色的夜空中绽开来，一个比一个光彩夺目，天空中似乎正在举行一场选美比赛。美极了！所有人顿时停留在了那一刻，只听到烟花绽放时的惊叹声，大人们脸上露出了童真的笑容，开始回忆起自己的美好童年。

These games do not compete for the first second, but the good posture and skill of the horses, camels and riders in front of the audience. "Bang riotous with colour in the sky". The original annual fireworks will begin, every family had their most beautiful fireworks in the sky, the fireworks in the black sky split apart, than the one in the sky seems to The brightness dazzles the eyes., held a beauty contest. Beautiful! All of them stopped at that moment. They only heard the exclamation of fireworks. Their faces showed a childlike smile and began to recall their happy childhood.

同时，我们都悄悄许了愿望：希望今年我能以一个优秀的成绩考上一座中学！新的一年，新的开始。希望今年六年级的同学都一齐努力，用一个好成绩来创造自己的未来。

At the same time, we all quietly made a wish: I hope I can go to a high school with a good result this year! A new year, a new start. I hope that all the students in grade six will work together to create their own future with a good result.

In china,the spring festivai is a special day.because it leave peoples hopes.the spring festival is the first month by lunar calendar and the beginning of new year.on spring festival eve,people can special purchase for the spring festival ,do spring festival shopping,light fireworks and paper cuts .on spring festival,children dress new clothes and eat delicious food ,they can put the smork flower.on the eveving ,people eat dumplings and watch post spring festival couplets.on the beginning of new year,children go to pay new years call and get gift money people wishes their relativas happy.for examplewishing you prosperity ,everything is well,wishing youevery susses.lets happy lunar new year.

[关于春节的英语日记

The day before the Spring Festival is New Years eve, New Years eve to stick couplets on the Spring Festival in the morning, noon can go bye, night to jump the fire, jump the fire, the flames of the fire makes me even more afraid of, I timidly say to father: "daddy, can you hold me to jump in the past? I order 2 times I jump." "Of course I can." For the first time, my father took me, make me feel the feeling, the 2nd, I jumped in the past, with that kind of feeling, I can jump the fire and jump over the fire. We will go to set off firecrackers and fireworks sound than a sound, I thought to myself, so loud, I really want to try again. I had picked up a firecrackers and a lighter, my hands are shaking, afraid of wait will fry to yourself, I will summon up courage, the lighter and firecrackers lit, I held a throw, throw firecrackers outside the cloud nine, yeah, I finally throw firecrackers went out, I was very happy.

After put the firecrackers, went to see the Spring Festival evening party, evening watching the Spring Festival, grandma and grandpa will wake, keep to the 12 o clock, then go to sleep, the morning SiWuDian will wear new clothes, and then people will send red envelopes to our home. On the morning of the total want to eat dumplings or noodles. From month to month, we are going to our friends relatives over, always want to take a red envelope at a New Year, we get a red envelope, the in the mind very happy bound to set off firecrackers during the Spring Festival, the sound is very big, said our happiness, the better.

The Spring Festival is happy holiday, is a blessing.

在春节的前一天，也就是除夕，除夕的早上都要贴春联，中午会去拜拜，晚上会去跳火堆，跳火堆的时候，那熊熊的大火使我更加害怕，我胆小地对爸爸说：“爸爸，你能抱着我跳过去吗?我等第2次自己跳。”“当然可以。”第一次，爸爸带着我跳，使我感受到了感觉，第2次，我用那种感觉跳了过去，耶，我会跳火堆了，跳完火堆。我们就去放鞭炮，鞭炮的声音一声比一声响，我心想：这么大声，我好想再来一次。我就随身拿起一个鞭炮和一个打火机，我的手在抖动，怕等下会自己炸到自己，我就鼓起勇气，把打火机一按，鞭炮点燃了，我用力一扔，把鞭炮扔到九霄云外了，耶，我终于把鞭炮扔出去了，我非常高兴。

放完鞭炮后，就去看春节晚会，春节晚会看完，爷爷奶奶都会守夜，守到12点，再去睡觉，凌晨四五点都会起来穿新衣服，然后家人们都会发红包给我们。大年初一的早晨总要吃汤圆或面条。从初一到初十，我们都要去朋友亲戚家拜年，拜年的时候总要带红包，我们拿到红包后，心里非常高兴春节的时候肯定要放鞭炮，声音很大，表示我们幸福越好。

春节是快乐的节日，是祝福的节日。

Spring Festival is the most important holiday for Chinese people. Excitement and happiness are palpable this time of the year， and they reach the peak on lunar new year‘s eve.

Though the 15-day period， which starts with the first day of the lunar new year and ends on the 15th day (known as Lantern Festival)， is relatively long， it is the busiest time of the year for Chinese people. The arrangements they have to make for family reunions， buying necessities and preparing food keeps them busy throughout the holiday. Many of them travel back home and meet friends over dinner and drinks. The celebrations include decorating the house and setting off fireworks.

But we are talking about a tradition that seems to be fading.Spring Festival， as it is celebrated today， has undergone many changes， thanks to the country‘s economic development and globalization.

Yet no Spring Festival is complete without food. People could not get good food whenever they desired in earlier times， something that does not apply to society today. More often than not， people faced the risk of famine. The best time for people to celebrate was when food was available in plenty， and that was possible in spring， or the beginning of the lunar new year. That was the main reason why Spring Festival acquired such great importance among Chinese people.

But three decades of economic growth has ensured that people in China， except for those who are still poor， can enjoy a good meal whenever they want. Such has been the change in people‘s fortune that some have to be treated for obesity and other health problems associated with excessive eating.

In the past， celebrations were limited to events like song-and-dance duets in North China， dragon/lion dances in South China and fireworks， which required the joint efforts of the entire community. But economic development and urbanization seems to have weakened the social links among people. Many， especially those living in cities， are not interested in celebrating the festival with people they hardly know.

Many customs associated with Spring Festival have changed， too. In the past， people used to visit relatives and friends with gifts and lots of good wishes. Today， many people， especially the youth， use their cell phones or the Internet to send their good wishes and even "gifts" to their relatives and friends. Some may say this a sign that people have become less caring about their near and dear ones， but we should see this development as a time- and energy-saving exercise granted by the information age.

In recent times， many people have started praying for a career promotion or more money instead of invoking God or the Buddha for a healthy and long life and the welfare of their family. But the number of such people is decreasing now， which shows that people are becoming more reasonable.

Waking up on New Year， everybody dresses up。 First they extend greetings to their parents。 Then each child will get money as a New Year gift， wrapped up in red paper。 People in northern China will eat jiaozi， or dumplings， for breakfast， as they think "jiaozi" in sound means "bidding farewell to the old and ushering in the new"。 Also， the shape of the dumpling is like gold ingot from ancient China。 So people eat them and wish for money and treasure。

Southern Chinese eat niangao (New Year cake made of glutinous rice flour) on this occasion， because as a homophone， niangao means "higher and higher， one year after another。" The first five days after the Spring Festival are a good time for relatives， friends， and classmates as well as colleagues to exchange greetings， gifts and chat leisurely。

China has 56 ethnic groups。 Minorities celebrate their Spring Festival almost the same day as the Han people， and they have different customs。

There is also a huge difference between Chinese and Western people. Chinese people use chopsticks and western people use fork and knife. Usually people who use fork and knife will use fork to hold the meat and cut it by knife and use fork to help to get that piece of meat into mouse. Chinese just use chopstick to pick things and pass it into your mouse.

Chinese people only have three meals during a day. But western people will have more, they have afternoon tea. Usually they would have fruits, homemade cake, tea (black tea) or biscuit with cheese. If you are a housewife and have a lot of time, you may have morning tea as well.

The Spring Festival is the most important festival in China. People usually

decorate the doors and windows with red papercuts. becouse red means good luck.

People usually clean house too. becouse they want to sweep away bad luck.

Children can get some new clothes or presents from their parents and

grandparents. On New Years Eve,family always have a big dinner. Everybody are

watch TV and talk. In the midnight,there usually fairworks. On New Years

Day,people usually put on their new clothes and visit their femily and friends.

They usually say:"Happy New Years Day. " The Spring Festival finishes at the

Lantern Festival after two weeks. People usually eat a kind of rice dumpling

called yuanxiao. It can take people good luck all the year round.