用英语写的关于春节的作文【通用20篇】

The  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.

新的一年，新的开始，当我站在新年的边缘时，我禁不住想起我明年的计划。

正如俗话所说：“好的开始是成功的一半”，所以我决定我应该在工作，而其他人仍然放松，然后，在开始的时候，我比其他人更快，当然我会得到比其他人更好的结果。

但是，我真正决定要做的是，无论何时何地我都要好好利用，尽管这似乎是不可能的。同时，我会尽我最大的努力实现我的计划，结果将证明这一点。

The Spring Festival comes after New Years Day.Its usually in January or February.Its the Chinese New Years Day.The Spring Festival is the biggest festival in China.All of the Chinese like this festival.When it comes,people are busy.They usually do some cleaning,go to the stores to buy some new clothes and a lot of meat,vegetables and fruit.On the eve of the festival,everyone in the family comes back home from other places.They get together and have a big supper .They eat dumplings,New Years cake and some other delicious food in their houses.Some people like New Years cake,but more people think dumplings are the most delicious food of all.Some families have a party.They sing,dance and have a good time.I like this festival very much because I can play with my friends and I can get "red envelopes".

翻译：

春节是在新年的第一天.通常是在一月或二月.这是中国新年的日子.春节是中国最大的节日.所有的中国人喜欢这个节日当它来了,人正忙着他们通常通过清洁、去商店去买些新的衣服和大量的肉类、蔬菜、水果节日的前夕,家里人是从其他地方回来的他们聚在一起吃一顿丰富的晚餐,他们吃饺子,新年的蛋糕和一些其它美味的食物自己的房屋有些人喜欢新年的蛋糕,但更多的人认为水饺是最好吃的食物.一些家庭举行一个聚会他们唱歌,跳舞,玩得很开心的我喜欢这个节日得并不多,因为我可以玩我的朋友和我还能得到“红包”.

现在越来越多的外国人开始学习中文，了解中国的文化。作为中国的传统节日过年，更应该向大家介绍介绍。接下来小编为你带来过年话题初一英语作文，希望对你有帮助。

The Spring Festival is very important to Chinese people. In the past，people could not often have meat，rice or other delicious food. They could only eat these during the Spring festival. So every year they hoped that the Spring Festival would come soon. Now， although people‘s life is much better，and we can eat the delicious foods everyday. People still like the festival. Because most people can have a long holiday，and we are free to go on a trip or visit our friends or have parties with our family. In the evenings，we can have a big meal in the restaurant or stay at home with family and watch the TV programs.

过年对中国人来说非常重要。在过去，人们往往没有肉，大米或其他美味的食物吃。他们通常只能在过年吃到这些。所以每年他们都希望过年可以快点来。现在，虽然人们的生活好多了，我和家人每天都可以吃美味的食物。人们仍然喜欢的过年。因为大多数人可以有一个很长的假期，我和家人可以自由地去旅行或拜访我和家人的朋友或与我和家人的家人聚会。晚上，我和家人可以在餐厅大吃一顿，或与家人留在家里看电视节目。

I like the Spring Festival very much. How wonderful the Spring Festival is！

我非常喜欢过年。过年是多么的美妙啊！

There are many festivals in China. Among them, I like the Spring Festival most. Not only because it’s the biggest festival in the year, but also because it’s a new beginning that brings hope to people and it’s time for family gathering. Before the festival, people come home no matter where they are. Usually, we have a big dinner on the New Year’s Eve.

And then families sit together and share their lives or planes. Some will play games or hang out to have some fun. On the New Year’s Day, people get up early and say good words to anyone they meet. Children can get lucky money from relatives.

In the following days, we will visit relative’s home and bring New Year’s wishes to them. In short, it’s a time for family gathering and all of us enjoy it.

Speaking of the Spring Festival, I had a dont have a taste, and the fun is also continuously. It is like rainbow dream, like exquisite pearl, make the person yearn to make people yearning. Before the Spring Festival, people all beaming, all in high spirit. The street people mountain

Sea, some of them are buying New Year pictures, some are buying necessities. This not, to the Spring Festival, is permeated with a festive atmosphere everywhere! See every family decorated, door with Spring Festival couplets, relatives get together for the family reunion dinner, bless each other. At this moment, everyone is looking forward to the night arrived. "Or..." In the firecrackers, people play a very beautiful fireworks,. It is a hand to play with fireworks, when lit, clusters of spark gently fluttering, and changing the color, dancing slowly, a very beautiful fireworks greets me, green some bloom, gorgeous and dazzing. All over the sky of fireworks, there are red, yellow, green,... They fall "petals" like a meteor across, disappeared in the sky, they are added to life, for the sky will be the night like hundred various ornament.

I believe that the fun is continuously every year.

说起这个春节，我过得别有一番滋味，而趣事也是源源不断地来。它像五彩斑斓的梦，像玲珑剔透的珍珠，使人留恋，使人向往。在春节前，人们个个喜气洋洋，个个精神饱满。街上人山

人海，他们有的在买年画，有的在买年货。这不，春节到了，到处洋溢着一派喜庆的气氛!只见家家户户张灯结彩，门前贴着春联，亲戚们聚在一起吃团圆饭，互相祝福。这时，所有人都期盼的夜晚到来了。“噼里啪啦……”在鞭炮声中，人们都玩上了一种十分漂亮的焰火，。它是一种在手中玩的烟花，点燃后，一簇簇火花轻轻的跳跃着，并不断变换颜色，慢慢舞动，一朵极其美丽的礼花映入我的眼帘，绿色的点儿绽放开来，艳丽夺目。满天的礼花，有红的，黄的，绿的……它们落下的“花瓣”好像流星一样划过，消失在天空中，它们为天空增添了生机，将夜幕点缀的如同百花园一般千姿百态。

The Spring Festival comes, the streets very busy.

Every Spring Festival, every family to stick couplets on the Spring Festival. Spring Festival couplets is a couplet, posted by during the Spring Festival, so the name. First people in peach wood into hung on the door to ward off evil spirits, then simplified as inscribed on the peach wood door gods name. Use red paper to write Spring Festival couplets, represents the good fortune, happiness.

When delivery is at midnight, New Year bell sounded, the whole city, firecrackers moro tianyu. At this moment, some people still in the courtyard "very hot", as a prosperous air borne, is thriving. Around the burning exuberant, firecrackers, children with joy. At this time, the room is lit the lamp, the courthouse is bright sparks, outside is deafening noise, push the lively atmosphere of the New Years eve to the highest level.

Every Spring Festival, is also the housewife in the kitchen is the most busy time, wasnt done in a few days ago, the family reunion dinner is always in thirty by cooking at that day to come, but also on the first day of dumplings to package in 30 night out. At this time every the chopping block in unter den unter den busy chopping, chopping vegetables. At this point, the chopping block, firecrackers, and then to mingle with people,, the YangYangYingEr, interwoven into the New Years eve the cheerful music.

Eat dinner is the most lively happy Spring Festival every family, the abundance of only a table, with family reunions, sitting at the table, the reunion dinner with her sense of fulfillment is unspeakable. People is enjoying full table delicacies sumptuous dinner and enjoy the atmosphere of joy. We generally not two things here, it is a hot pot. A fish. Hot pot boiling, steaming, warm and seductive, thriving; "Fish" and "yu" homophonic, is the symbol of "happy enough to spare", yu also "more than" year after year. And radish commonly known as carrots, wish have a good heat; Lobster, fish Fried food, such as blasting wish prosperity home delivery, such as "fire boil oil". Finally is a sweetmeat, more blessings back sweet; in the day of the day, even if it doesnt drink, drink too much.

Every year, I am very much looking forward to the arrival of the Spring Festival, because of the busy, because of the family warmth.

春节如期而至了，大街小巷热闹非凡。

每到过春节的时候，家家户户都要贴春联。春联是对联的一种，因在春节时张贴，故名。最初人们是以桃木刻成人形挂在门旁用以避邪，后来简化为在桃木板上题写门神的名字。春联多用红纸书写，代表着吉祥、幸福。

当午夜交正子时，新年钟声敲响之际，整个城市的上空，爆竹声震响天宇。在这一刻，有的人家还在庭院里垒"旺火"，以示旺气通天，兴隆繁盛。在熊熊燃烧的旺火周围，孩子们放爆竹，欢乐地活蹦乱跳。这时，屋内是通明的灯火，庭前是灿烂的火花，屋外是震天的响声，把除夕的热闹气氛推向了最高潮。

每到过春节的时候，也正是主妇们在厨房里最忙碌的时刻，年菜都在前几天做好了，而年夜饭总要在年三十当天由掌厨的做出来，而且大年初一的饺子也要在三十晚上包出来。这时家家的砧板都在噔噔噔地忙着剁肉、切菜。此时，砧板声、爆竹声，再夹杂着人们的说笑声，此起彼伏，洋洋盈耳，交织成除夕欢快的乐章。

吃年夜饭是春节家家户户最热闹愉快的时候，丰盛的年菜摆满一桌，合家团聚，围坐桌旁，共吃团圆饭，心头的充实感真是难以言喻。人们既是享受满桌的佳肴盛馔，也是享受那份快乐的气氛。我们这里一般少不了两样东西，一是火锅.一是鱼。火锅沸煮，热气腾腾，温馨撩人，说明红红火火;"鱼"和"余"谐音，是象征"吉庆有余"，也喻示"年年有余"。还有萝卜俗称菜头，祝愿有好彩头;龙虾、爆鱼等煎炸食物，预祝家运兴旺如"烈火烹油"。最后多为一道甜食，祝福往后的日子甜甜蜜蜜，这天，即使不会喝酒的，也要多少喝一点。

每年，我都很期待春节的到来，因为热闹，因为一家人在一起的温馨。

Spring Festival is the most important and popular festival in China. I was very happy during the Spring Festival. Before Spring Festival, My grandmother, mother and father cleaned and decorated our houses. And they went to the Flower Fairs to buy some flowers. They also bought new clothes for me and my sisters.

On the eve of the Spring Festival, my father and I had the red antithetical Spring Festival couplets on our doors. My families got together and had a big meal at home. We had chatting each other. We had chicken, duck, fish, pork and such as. And we ate dumplings and watch the Spring Festival party on television. During Spring Festival,my parents gave us lucky money. I and my sisters played the fireworks in the open air. We had many fireworks. They were very beautiful. They run into the sky and broke into pieces. They looked like flowers in the sky. We were very happy and excited. After that, I made a wish. I hoped that that we could have a happy and healthy life next year and everyone in my family could be happy.

During the Spring Festival, we visited relatives and friends with the words “Wish you happiness and prosperity in the coming year!”

With the sound of firecrackers, the Chinese people the most grand festival - the Spring Festival. Thirty, every household paste couplets, eat dumplings, to meet the god of wealth, everyone with joy.

Homonym, outside is very lively, there are a lot of people in the set off firecrackers and fireworks drew a beautiful arc in the sky, and then "on". But set off firecrackers to also want to pay attention to safety! When it finished firecrackers sound for a long time all have no, dont go to see, to avoid being injured.

On the second day, every family began to visit friends and relatives! Mom and dad took me to the grandmothers house. Grandmas house in the countryside, now become more lively, every yard carrying red red lanterns, a door with a bright Spring Festival couplets, festival big everyone, and with firecrackers. Rural life is becoming more and more good, grandmother home dinner is very rich, chicken, duck, fish, to find, after eating, I watched the shock boy in grandmother home the cartoons, we together, talking and laughing, very happy. Before you know it, its time to sleep, this day is really happy!

I sincerely hope that the people across the country have a happy New Year and good luck!

伴随着爆竹的声响，到了中国人最盛大的节日——春节。年三十，家家户户都贴对联、吃饺子、迎财神，人人都欢欢喜喜的。

正月初一，外面十分热闹，有很多人在放鞭炮，鞭炮在空中画了一条优美的弧线，然后就“闪亮登场”了。但是放鞭炮也要注意安全哦!当放完鞭炮很长时间都没有声响，千万不要去看，以免被炸伤。

正月初二，家家户户都开始走亲访友啦!爸爸和妈妈带我去了姥姥家。姥姥家在农村，现在变得更热闹了，家家院子里挑着红红灯笼，门上贴着鲜艳的春联，喜庆的大福字，还有此起彼伏的鞭炮声。农村的生活也越来越好了，姥姥家的晚饭十分丰盛，鸡、鸭、鱼肉，应有尽有，吃完后，我在姥姥家看了《电击小子》这个动画片，我们围在一起，有说有笑，十分开心。不知不觉就到了睡觉的时间了，这一天过得真开心呀!

我真心希望全国人民都新年快乐，大吉大利!

Spring Festival is the most important festival in China.It‘s to celebrate the lunar calendar ’s new year.In the evening before the Spring Festival ，families get together and have a big meal.In many places people like to set off firecrackers.

Dumplings are the most traditional food.Children like the festival very much ，because they can have delicious food and wear.new clothes.They can also get some money from their parents。

This money is given to children for good luck. People put New Year scrolls on the wall for good fortune.

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.

The Lunar New Year occasion to the Chinese people. It lasts about the first

four days of the year, during which people do not work except for the workers on

duty. Students do not go to school, and shops are closed.

Several days before the new year, people begin to prepare. Farmers kill

pigs, sheep, cocks and hens. City dwellers buy meat fish and vegetables. Houses

are cleaned; couplets are posted on the doors. Colourful lanterns are hung at

the gate.

On the eve of the new year, each family has its members gatherd together

and eats a family reunion dinner. After the meal they watch TV until the clock

strickes twelve. Then every family sets off long strings of small firecrackers

and other fireworks to welcome the new year. On the first day of the new year,

almost everyone is dressed in his or her best. When

people meet on the way, they say to each other "Happy New Year". Friends

and relatives pay new year calls and gives presents to each other. Children

indulge themselves in games.

Hello ！welcome to the special Chinese new years edition of discovering China. Im Alina Li and Im Ben Hedges, and today well be taking you through some of the most important traditions of Chinese new year and historical background. We will look at some of the legends behind Chinese new year and how to celebrate it. Here in the US and Chinese across the world.

The Chinese have specific way to celebrate their new year. If you walk down the street in Chinatown during Chinese New Year, you see a variety of ancient traditions such as red banners, firecrackers and lion dance performances, streets are filled with lively celebration.

However, legend has said that the new year has not always been a time of festivity. An Asian Chinese story told a chilly start to this festive holiday, it begins with an ancient Chinese beast called Nian.

Every New Year Nian would rise from swelling in the sea to ravage Chinese village in livestock and hurting people. The villages soon found out from a wise gray-haired old man that the only way to scare the beast away was to set off firecrackers and light lamps and to hang red banners on each door. As the story goes, this was the beginning of a tradition that would last thousands of years.

So this story leads to the creation of many of other traditions for celebrating Chinese New Year. lets take a look at some of these traditions.

New Year Party

On New Years Eve, our class had a party. The atmosphere was good. It was out of the ordinary from the very begining. The boy student from one bedroom gave an unusual performance. We saw a boy named Li Xinmin turn off all the lights in a sudden snap. Then with three resounding crow of a cock echoing in the hall, the hall was again brightly lit in a snap.

Then, the representative of the bedroom Zhu Guozhang asked us to guess a line of a poem related to the above situation. He added that Li Xinmin alone was born in the year of the dog and the other three were all born in the year of the chicken. They left us all in confusion. And it was our monitor who was quickwitted. He shouted our, "The day breaks as the cock crows three times at dawn."

The hall After that, they had another item. This time Li Xinmin was placed in the middle of the circle. While he was standing there, the other three stood around him, each bowing down to him at an angle of 120 degrees. It was an idiom. This time I got it right:"The dog stands out among a group of chickens."

It s 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 year s 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 year s 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 that s 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.

That s amazing and wonderful!

I ll 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.

[高一英语作文春节

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!

The annual Spring Festival will soon come, everyone is busy to stick couplets on theSpring Festival, every family is jubilant atmosphere, very happy, our family is no exception, annual 29, I just get up and cried out, mother let my sister and I to stick couplets on the Spring Festival, we put up a big everyone in the middle of the door, the door both sides put up Spring Festival couplets, top allied is bottom allied FuZhongSheng is fond of music is "rich world wealth suisui huan" horizontal batch is "good luck in the New Year" we soon ok, Im very happy to be looked at his work.

New Years eve morning, we put on new clothes, and sister go to set off firecrackers. A villager "through the voice from our ears, as if to send blessings to families, we arevery happy. New Years eve night, we ate dinner, I and the father? Mother and sister together to watch Spring Festival gala. The wonderful performance of let my mood suddenly enlightened, crosstalk, sketch and dance... Very good. But I like the small shenyang? Ya eggs? Zhao benshan and old never put off till tomorrow what you can do "not bad money" is so fun.

Chinese Lunar New Year,or Spring Festival falls on January 1st according to the lunar calendar,usually around the late January or early February.As the start of spring as well as a new year,it is the most important celebration of the year.Each family get reunited during the New Year.On the Eve,there is a big dinner for the family when each member return to get together.

The biggest New Years party is held on CCTV.Hundreds of people gather there,meanwhile millions of others all over the country were sitting in front of the screen to watch excellent performances for more than four hours continuously.The bell strike twelve at midnight to welcome the coming of the New Year or Spring.People start to set off firecraks and say "Happy New Year" to each other.

On the thirty night, my cousin and cousin to the playground and fireworks. My brother came to the playground, the playground is the station without grounds, men and women, young and old alike. The fireworks, which were gradually lifted up, dressed the night sky in colourful.

I was watching a daze, suddenly someone hug me, I turned to see the original is my cousin, he said: "dont care, we have to put a few pieces!" Then, I will take a "aircraft", light line, I quickly ran away, suddenly, the fireworks turned into a "aircraft" out to the sky and spread, red, yellow, green, blue, white, purple, and pink, a riot of colours, very beautiful. Then I took out a pair of "parachute", my cousin hurriedly said: "I havent put it, this should be for me." After that, he grabbed the parachute and lit the lead. Suddenly, a fireball rushed to the sky and spread to all sides, and became the shape of the flower. It was colorful and colorful. The next moment fireworks king "," king of fireworks "is the Rockets, I put the first line of fire, there is no movement, suddenly call - a smoke like off the Xinjiang Mustang quickly rushed to the sky spread, a total of five rockets. Looking at the full of fireworks, I seem to have entered the fairyland. It is really beautiful.

I was attracted to this riotous with colour fireworks, connected I put a "missile", "rolling thunder" and "Chrysanthemum", "green bristlegrass", Im really happy tonight! I didnt sleep at 12:30. Its fun to put up the fireworks. Ill put it next year.

they looked like flowers in the sky。we were very happy and excited。After that，I made awish。I hope that，we can have ahappy and healthy life next year and everyone in my family can be happy。

I enjoy the festival very happy！

春节是我国最主要的传统节日，很多人都会放下繁忙的工作，回到家，举家欢庆，庆祝团圆。每个地方的过年习俗都是不同的。下面小编带来的是中国人过春节英语作文，希望对你有帮助。

Do you want to know how we Chinese people live in the new year? Let me love this child to tell you!

We have to clean the house in the first few days of the new year. Go out and buy new clothes and pants, put himself up. Do you know why you want to pour "blessing" on the Spring Festival couplets and "Fu" on the door? Let me tell you: some people see your familys door on the door and say to you, "your familys blessing is fallen!" We say, "thank you!" My familys blessing is "here!"

When we celebrate new year, we have the new years Eve dinner. There are fish, taro, rice cake, fish and Taro in the new years Eve, and the annual cake is because of the high annual cake of the New Year cake. But the northerners are not the same as we eat, they eat dumplings. After dinner, father, mother, Grandpa, grandma and so on, they will give me the money. I began to put the fireworks, and I watched a fireworks rise up in the sky, but it was beautiful. After watching the fireworks, the family gathered together to watch TV. On the second morning, people say, "Congratulations!" Congratulations! "

You see! Its interesting for us Chinese to have the new year.

你想知道我们中国人是怎么过新年的吗？就让我这个爱逞强的孩子来告诉你吧！

过新年的前几天，我们要把房子打扫得干干净净的。再去买新衣服、新裤子，把自己打扮地漂漂亮亮的。再在门上贴上春联、倒“福”，你知道为什么要贴倒“福”吗？我告诉你吧：有些人看到你家门上福贴倒了，就会对你说：“你家的福‘倒’了！”我们就会说：“谢谢！我家的福‘到’了！”

我们过年的时候是吃年夜饭的，年夜饭里要有鱼、芋头、年糕，鱼和芋头象征年年有余，年糕是因为年糕年糕年年高。可北方人跟我们吃的不一样，他们是吃饺子的。吃完年夜饭后，爸爸、妈妈、爷爷、奶奶等，他们会给我压岁钱。开始放烟花了，我看着一发发烟花升上天空散开来，可漂亮了。看完烟花后，一家人聚在一起看电视。第二天早上，人们会说：“恭喜！恭喜！”

你瞧！我们中国人过新年是不是挺有趣的呀！

The Lunar New Year

The Lunar New Year is a great occasion to the Chinese people。 It lasts about the first four days of the year， during which people do not work except for the workers on duty。 Students do not go to school， and shops are closed。

Several days before the new year， people begin to prepare。 Farmers kill pigs， sheep， cocks and hens。 City dwellers buy meat fish and vegetables。  Houses are cleaned； coupletsare posted on the doors。 Colourful lanterns are hung at the gate。

On the eve of the new year， each family has its members gatherd together and eats a family reunion dinner。 After the meal they watch TV until the clock strickes twelve。 Then every family sets off long strings of small firecrackers and other fire works to wele the new year。 On the first day of the new year， almost everyone is dressed in his or her best。 When people meet on the way， they say to each other "Happy New Year"。 Friends and relatives pay new year calls and gives presents to each other。 Children indulge themselves in games。