去年春节英语作文六年级【20篇】

The Spring Festival is our Chinese nation an important festival to couplets, firecrackers, etc. staying-up late on new years Eve, pay New Years call. Different nationalities have different customs.

In the year thirty, our family changed new clothes and attached new Spring Festival couplets to welcome the arrival of the new year. In the evening, our family eats dumplings. The dumplings have a moral meaning: the money is rolling. Because dumplings are like a treasure, in ancient times Yuan Bao was money. Not certain staying-up late on new years Eve "spring", not "spring", there is no meaning staying-up late on new years eve. We were sitting on the sofa, laughing and laughing, watching the Spring Festival evening, and it was happy.

On the first day of the year, my father and I were sitting in their own car, walking on the new road. Although the cold wind was sharp, it was still very happy. When I arrived at Grandmas house, I got a big red bag with my grandmother for a year and thought: "Im rich this year!" And then the neighbours of grandmas neighborhood had a year of worship. Then came to the great uncles house, came to the great uncles house, and went to the paradise of the book, with the story, the science, the art... After dinner at the great uncles house, I received a red bag and some books, and I had to digest the books a little bit. Its a pleasure to come to the great uncles house.

Im really happy this year. Its a happy Spring Festival!

Lunar New Year , the most solemn of traditional Chinese folk festivals. First day of the first lunar month in the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, known as the Moon, commonly known as "New Year" and "New Year." The long history of the Spring Festival, which originated in the Shang period the year draws to a close servicemen and the memorial activities. According to Chinas Lunar, the first day of the first lunar month yen ancient name, Yuan-chen, a copy, is Emperor, the New Year Day, which is commonly known as Day of the Republic. switch to the Gregorian calendar, the calendar on January 1 as New Years Day, January 1st called the Lunar Spring Festival.

Different places have different characteristics of life, the Spring Festival in guangzhou has a unique customs.

In my memory, guangzhous Spring Festival is on lunar ChuXun began. This period of time, everyone will be ready for them. Therefore, the street, shops, is is a scene of people mountain people sea. At the same time, every family can boil laba rice. In guangzhou, laba rice also called sticky rice. The method of making the sticky rice is relatively simple, washing should be prepared to glutinous rice. At the same time, the various ingredients into a pot and fry until fragrant. Sticky rice is also a variety of ingredients: there is dry mushrooms, eggs, squid, bacon, onion... After put the glutinous rice into the earthen pot. In rice almost like good, the fragrant air ingredients on the surface of the rice. About half an hour, wait for after rice are golden color can slowly enjoy. Light smell fragrance can not but have a bite.

Every household must be in a year on this day cleaning, hope in the New Year, display of renewal.

The flower market in guangzhou all reflect the huacheng. Flowers crowded in the city, everyones face was revealed to the joy of the Spring Festival. The flowers is also in trying to outshine each other.

On the first day here! A New Year again! During the Chinese New Year, happy New Year with each other, to visit each other, until the fifteenth day of the end.

Yuanxiao, another climax of Spring Festival. On this day, every family decorating stores, meet this grand and lively festival. The family also feel happy to get together to eat dumplings, go to square to see lanterns at night.

Unconsciously, the Spring Festival is over. The students go to school, adults to work. The Spring Festival in the laughter of people flash across, people began the New Years busy...

不同的地方有不同的生活特色，广州的春节颇有一番独特的风俗。

在我的记忆中，广州的春节是在腊月的初旬就开始了。这段时间，大家都会准备好年货。因此，大街上，商店里，都是一派人山人海的景象。同时，家家户户都会熬制腊八饭。在广州，腊八饭也叫作糯米饭。糯米饭的制作方法是比较简单的，先要准备好洗过的糯米。同时，将各种配料放入锅中爆炒至香。糯米饭的配料也是五花八门的：有冬菇、鸡蛋、鱿鱼、腊肉、葱......之后把糯米放入瓦锅。在饭差不多焖好时，将喷香的配料放在饭的表面。大概等半个小时，待饭色泽呈金黄色后便可以慢慢享用。光闻香味就忍不住吃一口。

每家每户都必须在大年三十这一天大扫除，希望在新的一年里，呈现出一派万象更新的场面。

广州的花市无不体现出花城的美誉。花市内人头攒动，每个人的脸上都透露出对春节的喜悦。花儿也是在争奇斗艳。

年初一到了!新的一年又开始了!在过年期间，大家互相拜年，互相走访，直到正月十五结束。

元宵上市了，春节的又一个高潮到了。在这一天，家家店铺张灯结彩，迎接这隆重而热闹的节日。一家人也其乐融融地聚在一起吃汤圆，晚上去广场看花灯。

不知不觉，春节结束了。学生们上学，大人们上班。春节在人们的欢声笑语中闪过了，人们又开始了新一年的忙碌.......

The New Year is coming soon, my father and I are going to conduct a thorough cleaning, clean for the coming New Year.

In the afternoon, we began to the tense and busy cleaning. I to study finishing the book, I put the books back on the shelf, then, dad put me sort of clean again. Before long, bookcase, desk is wiped clean. Then, we began to clean the Windows, dad with cleaning the Windows tools brush back and forth on the glass, with old newspapers to wipe it again, the glass is bright. Look at books neatly, bright window, my heart joy bloom.

I guess, my mom came home from work will be a big surprise.

快过新年了，我和爸爸准备进行一次大扫除，干干净净迎接新年的到来。

下午，我们开始了紧张而忙碌的大扫除。我先到书房整理书本，我把整理好的书放回书架上，然后，爸爸把我整理过的地方擦了一遍。过了不久，书柜、桌子就被擦得干干净净的。接着，我们又开始擦窗户，爸爸拿着擦窗户的工具在玻璃上来回擦，再用旧报纸重新擦了一遍，玻璃就亮堂堂了。看着整整齐齐的书本，明亮的窗户，我的心里乐开了花。

我猜，妈妈下班回家一定会感到大吃一惊。

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.

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

My Spring Festival is special. My uncle and my aunt came back from Shanghai. My family were very happy to keep the Spring Festival with them. And it was the most exciting festival of all the festivals.

On New Year’s Eve, my father and my uncle talked about their work together. My mum did some cooking with my aunt Grandparents and I watched the New Year TV programmes. At about six o’clock, we had a special family dinner. We all thought the dumplings were delicious. examda.

On the first day of the New Year, we visited our relatives. In the afternoon, we went shopping in Jiefanf Road. My uncle bought some Jay’s CDs. He likes Jay’s music very much. There were so many people on the road. It was more alive than any other time of a year.

On the second and the third days, we spent a wonderful weekend in the country. There were much bigger trees than in the city. And the animals were more beautiful than in the city. We all enjoyed ourselves.

The Spring Festival, is one of the most lively year in our country, is also one of the most important festival. Pair of early, the street "exhibition", "fu" character, paper-cut, candy and other necessities brought me a little bit "hit".

From the twelfth people officer "eat sesame seed candy, we began to prepare for the holiday. One day, the family sat together and our children admire always wanted to taste sweet and crisp of the sesame seed candy. But total want to wait for grandma go to the kitchen god worship a turn, to eat yo. It is said that in this way can the kitchen god god say good thing.

December 24, families and house. Mother to clean up the house early dry static, this is for the New Year has a new look. After twenty-four people busy to kill the fish, gizzard meat, steamed buns, for necessities.

Whenever the twenty-nine, families have to go shopping to buy Spring Festival couplets, have turned themselves shop flick spring paper splash-ink, will decorate a new house in the portal. Also treats the Spring Festival couplets, couplet, subsidiary, etc. It neatly, dual, concise and delicate words to describe time background, express good wishes, is a unique literature form in China. Spring Festival couplets real popularity began in the Ming dynasty, is associated with the advocating of zhu yuanzhang. Zhu yuanzhang one year to prepare for the holiday, ordered to stick a spring couplets, every door. The original Spring Festival couplet inscribed in the peach wood, then rewrite on the paper. Peach color is red, red is lucky, ward off evil spirits, so most Spring Festival couplets written on red paper.

In the year, to break out of firecrackers decorated festive atmosphere more strong. After lunch, set out a delicious meat, the family was package dumplings, gay men rolling skin, kids when transport, mothers are responsible for making dumplings. Grandma put COINS into the dumplings, to see who is the most blessing. When plates of belly belly of dumplings at the table, you find your satisfied dumplings, mouth bite, hope I can walk good luck. Finally, the dumplings with blessing or eaten by dad.

New Years eve, every household to eat dumplings, we eat dinner early and watch the Spring Festival gala, in front of the TV is "shou sui".

The first to people these days, is our children the best time to "money". Every day is not stay at home, grandpa is in grandmother home, in the words of my mother, is "not home all day," but we still go and jolly.

February, we this New Year to the "dragon head" ended. Although puyang is not big, but it also like many big cities, busy celebrating the Spring Festival, allison stayed put it off again.

春节，是我国一年当中最热闹，也是最重要的一个节日。早早的，街上“展览”的对子、“福”字、窗花、糖果等年货给我带来了一丝丝“年味”。

从腊月二十三“祭灶官”吃芝麻糖开始，大家就开始准备过年了。这天，一家人围坐在一起，我们小孩馋的总想先尝尝又酥又甜的芝麻糖。可是总要等到奶奶先到厨房的灶王爷前祭祀一翻，才能吃到哟。据说，这样灶王爷才能上天言好事。

腊月二十四，家家户户扫房子。妈妈要早早的把屋子收拾干静，这是为了新年有一个新气象。过了二十四大人们忙着杀鱼、肫肉、蒸花馍，准备年货。

每当二十九，家家户户都纷纷上街购买春联，有雅兴者自己也铺纸泼墨挥春，将宅子里里外外的门户装点一新。春联也叫门对、对联、对子等。它以工整、对偶、简洁、精巧的文字描绘时代背景，抒发美好愿望，是中国特有的文学形式。春联真正普及始于明代，与朱元璋的提倡有关。有一年朱元璋准备过年时，下令每家门上都要贴一副春联，以示庆贺。原来春联题写在桃木板上，后来改写在纸上。桃木的颜色是红的，红色有吉祥，避邪的意思，因此春联大都用红纸书写。

到了大年三十，此起彼伏的鞭炮声把节日的气氛装点的更加浓厚。吃过午饭后，端出香喷喷的肉馅，一家人就包起了饺子，男同志擀皮、小孩们当运输员，妈妈们就负责制作精美的水饺。奶奶还要在饺子里放进硬币，看谁最有福气。当一盘盘挺着肚子的水饺端上桌时，大家找到自己满意的饺子，张口就咬，希望自己能走好运。最后，那个带有福气的饺子还是被爸爸吃掉了。

除夕，家家户户吃的都是饺子，我们早早的吃晚饭，守在电视前看春晚，也是“守岁”。

初一到初六这几天，就是我们小孩子“挣钱”的最好时机。天天不是呆在爷爷家，就是泡在姥姥家，用妈妈的话说，就是“整天不着家”，但我们仍然乐呵呵的东跑西窜。

我们这的春节一般到“二月二，龙抬头”的时候才告一段落。虽然濮阳不算大城市，但是它也与许多大城市一样，热热闹闹的迎来春节，又热热闹闹的把它送走。

Dear Miss Wang

How are things going? Thanks for you very much. You make your English class so interesting that we all like you and your class very much. I still remembed when you was my English teacher at the beginning, I was so weak in English and I nearly gave up. It was you that talked with me and taught me how to learn English well. You often helped with my English after school. With your help, I have made great progress in English. Now, I am good at English and I always get good grades. Thanks so much for your help and your education. I will study hard in the future.

Yours,

____

春节是个亲人团聚的节日，离家的亲人都不远千里回到父母身边。新年的前一夜叫除夕，是个团圆夜，家人要围坐在一起包饺子。饺子的作法是先和面，“和”字就是“合”;“饺”就是“交”。因为 “合” 与 “交” 都有相聚之意，所以团圆夜要包饺子。

除夕那天晚上，我们一大家子热热闹闹吃完了年夜饭，都围坐在电视机前，一边品尝瓜果，一边欣赏春节联欢晚会，盼望着新年的钟声快快敲响。当新年的钟声敲响的那一刻，我们欢呼雀跃，因为我们又长一岁了!这时窗外的鞭炮声此起彼伏，我和弟弟妹妹赶紧去跟爷爷奶奶、爸爸妈妈、叔叔婶婶拜年，祝他们新年快乐、万事如意、心想事成，他们高兴地给了我们压岁钱，祝我们健康成长、学习进步，我们快乐地蹦起来：“终于得到压岁钱啦!”家里的拜年声与窗外的鞭炮声汇成了一曲欢乐的歌。

得到压岁钱以后，我们跑下楼去看大家放鞭炮。爸爸把一串鞭炮拖到院子里，我们赶紧退后，捂起耳朵，爸爸在我们“快，快!”的叫声中点燃了鞭炮，一会儿，鞭炮就“噼里啪啦”地响起来，这是新一年的祝贺!啊!新年到了!

Today, when I look back on the last six years, I feelTimeis flying.

Suddenly I grow up and I will finish my primary school soon. I need to cherish

the time and do the meaningful things. I should study hard, so that I can have a

bright future. I don’t want to waste my time, or I will be regretful when I look

back at my childhood.

期待已久的春节又到了，家家户户都忙着大扫除、贴春联、准备糖果等，迎接春节的到来。街道旁的树上、商店门前都张灯结彩，制造过年的气氛。

我们一家都象许多人一样，到了年三十，我们去了逛花街。因为是最后一天，所以花街里人山人海。首先我们到了琳琅满目的晖春街，满眼灯笼五彩缤纷、千姿百态、巧夺天工，令人目不暇接。手工剪纸等造型各异，色彩多样，新奇有趣。我们穿过晖春街来到小食区，街两旁的饮食摊点香气阵阵扑鼻，吆喝声不绝。我实忍不住，就买了三串鱼蛋。我们边走边吃，不知不觉的，我们来到了鲜花区，鲜花区里的鲜花真多啊！还有很多我以前从来没看过的新品种，五颜六色，美丽极了。逛完花市，我们买了几盒烟花，准备到了晚上放烟花，迎接春节的到来，这是我最难忘的过年。

春节还有许多难忘开心的事，可以去拜年、游庙会、闹元宵。

The Spring Festival is a very important holiday, because by this festival celebration, to strengthen family ties and affection. Such as the reunion dinner, New Year gifts to relatives and friends, and so on, these customs are a reminder that the center position of family in society. Every Chinese populations around the world, is grand and warmly celebrate this festival. The celebration of the Spring Festival, from the beginning of the first lunar month to the day of the first lunar month 15, 15 days in a row.

The ancient imperial succession, in order to show the authority of the "son of heaven", often stand on its own calendar, therefore all previous dynasties New Year month day. , he ascended the throne, the emperor decided to rebuild the calendar, make unified. Today our calendar is adopted by the emperor, through several dynasties deems necessary.

Imperial celebrate "Spring Festival" scenes often reflect the strength of the dynasty, stability and prosperity, national, the more prosperous, ceremonies, the grand.

In order to receive the relatives and friends happy New Year and every family in the house inside and out before holiday, clean. Some families also decorated doors with Spring Festival couplets, write auspicious antithetical couplet, pray for good luck, harvest every year.

春节之所以是一个极为重要的节日，是因为通过这个节日的庆祝仪式，能加强家庭联系与亲情。诸如吃团圆饭、向亲友拜年送礼等等，这些习俗都在提醒人们，家庭在社会中的中心地位。世界各地凡有华人聚居的地方，无不隆重而热烈的庆祝这个节日。春节的庆祝活动，从农历正月初一开始到农历正月十五，一连15天。

古代帝王继位，为了显示“天子”的权威，往往自立历法，因此历代元旦月日都不一致。汉武帝继位，决定重修历法，使之统一。今日我们所采用的历法是汉武帝以后，经过多个朝代修定的。

历代皇室庆祝“春节”的场面往往反映出那个朝代的强盛、稳定与繁荣，国家越富强，庆祝仪式就越隆重。

为了接待亲戚朋友上门拜年，家家户户都在节日前把住家里里外外，打扫得干干净净。一些家庭还在门上贴上春联，写上吉祥联语，祈求好运，年年丰收。

in the spring festival ，Iam so happy，because Ican eat delicious food and wear new clothes， they are beautiful，I can play games with my sister， my family are very busy。

I love spring festival。

在春节我特别高兴，因为我可以吃好吃的食物穿着新衣服，很漂亮，我和我妹妹可以玩游戏 我家人很忙碌

我特别喜欢春节.

春节，即农历新年，俗称过大年，一般指除夕和正月初一。以下是小编整理的过春节的意义英语作文，欢迎阅读参考！

过春节的意义英语作文：

Every year, when the Spring Festival comes, which is the biggest festival in China, Chinese people from all over the world will come back to their hometown and spend the day together. For me, as I grow up, I am not that excited about spring festival as I was a kid did. But it is true that this day let people stay together no matter how busy and how far they are. I barely have chances to see my relatives, but in Spring Festival, we will have dinner and talk the whole night. It is such a great moment for us to cherish. The meaning of Spring Festival is important for everyone.

在每年，中国最大的节日春节到来的时候，来自世界各地的华人都会回到家乡，一起度过这一天。对我来说，长大之后我对春节就不像小时候那样兴奋了。但是春节确实会让大家都聚在一起，不管有多忙，多远。我很少有机会见得到我的亲戚，但我们会在春节一起吃晚饭，聊天聊上一整晚。这是一个值得我们珍惜的伟大时刻。春节的意义对每个人来说都是重要的。

春节的英语资料：

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.

我们知道春节对于中国人来说是最重要的节日。在每年的春节都让人兴高采烈，尤其是大年三十那晚，更是达到了高潮。

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.

其中春节历时15天，也就从大年初一开始，到元月十五元宵节结束。这段比较长的时间是中国人最忙的时候。他们为家庭聚会作安排，采购年货，准备丰盛的食物，以至于整个春节假期都忙忙碌碌的。许多人在春季期间都要回老家过年，跟朋友碰碰头，聚个餐。庆祝春节也包括大扫除和放烟火。

But we are talking about a tradition that seems to be fading.

现在我们现在要谈的是越来越淡的年味。

Spring Festival， as it is celebrated today， has undergone many changes， thanks to the country‘s economic development and globalization.

现在的春节已经因为我国经济的发展和全球化的影响而改变了很多。

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.

但是没有哪个春节是完全离得开“吃”的。从前，不论人们提前多久想要买年货，总是不能如愿，而现在早已今非昔比。过去常常还要闹饥荒。人们最好的庆祝时间就是他们能得到食物丰盛的时候，也就是春天或是元月初的那段时间。那也是为什么春节对于中国人如此重要的主要原因。

Today following with economy ， Science and technology‘s devolop , we human are destorying the environment.

But we must know we have only a world ,if its broken we havent any places to live. So we cant leave it along,we should do something to stop it.

To make it ,we should do anything from ourselves ,such as not waste water or electic power etc.

Besides it we should persuade people joining us as more as posible.

If every one can do this our world will be more beatiful and tomorrow is another day.

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今天，随着经济、科技的发展，人类破坏环境。

但我们必须知道我们只有一个世界，如果它破碎了，我们就没有生存的地方。所以我们不能离开它，我们应该做些什么来阻止它。

要做到这一点，我们应该从自己做的任何事情，如不浪费水、电等。

此外，我们应该说服人们加入我们尽可能。

如果每个人都这样做我们的世界会更美丽，明天又是新的一天。

Timeflies like an arrow before we realize it .It is known that nothing is

more precious than time. The good old proverb "time is money" reminds us that

time is valuable. When time goes by, it will never return. However, it is a pity

that some people dont make full use of their time .They spend a lot of time in

sleeping, chatting, playing computer games or other unmeaning matters. . They

dont realize that wasting time is actually equal to killing themselves. They

always regret not having made great achievements. One of the reasons may be they

do not make good use of time. Therefore, in order to be successful, they should

first get into the habit of being on time. It’s a sign of cherishing time. Dont

put off what can be done today until tomorrow. Being lazy will eventually lead

to failure. Dont wait, because you dont know how long it will take when you

put off your plan.

The more we are aware of the significance of this famous saying, the more

benefits we will get in study or job.

去年的春节，我和妈妈去厦门游玩，我们乘了四个小时的动车到达了厦门。

让我印象最深刻的是厦门科技馆和沙滩。厦门科技馆里面有许多好玩的小实验。比如说：水鈡、转筒、人体电池········。让我惊讶的是，里面有个4D电影院。电影院里的电影内容讲一只小恐龙的历险。4D和3D的区别是：4D的椅子会震动、后面会喷气体，雾气，前面还会喷真的彩色泡泡，让电影更加生动、逼真、刺激!

厦门的海滨浴场一眼望不到边，海天一色，白鹭飞翔于海上。沙滩上的沙子细细的、黄黄的、赤脚踩在上面像踩在棉花上一样柔软，舒服。蓝蓝的海水冰冰的，海风吹到脸上暖暖的。沙滩上热闹极了!看，小朋友在沙滩上嬉戏，跑啊，跳啊，笑啊，叫啊，不知道有多开心;大人们忙着拍合影照;情侣们手牵手漫步在海岸边，说着甜蜜情话;四轮的沙滩摩托车在沙滩上飞驰······时间快到了，我依依不舍。啊!厦门的沙滩和大海真美啊!我爱厦门!

厦门之旅让我增长了见识，开阔了眼界，我爱厦门，我爱旅行。

Today is New Years Day, the outside decorated, celebrate, extremely busy!

The streets are: firecrackers, the drums and gongs of. The most fun but also a few dance the dragon, the first one uncle Wu Zhao a "dragon pearl", the other uncle, Wu Zhao 2 "Dragon", each a "dragon" are trying to "Dragon Ball" became his treasured.

Very happy today!

今天是大年初一，外面张灯结彩、普天同庆，热闹极了！

大街上有：放鞭炮的、敲锣打鼓的。最好玩的还要数舞龙灯，第一个叔叔舞着一颗“龙珠”，其他的叔叔舞着两条“龙”，每一条“龙”都想把“龙珠”变成自己的宝贝。

今天开心极了！

Far and away the most important holiday in China is Spring Festival， also known as the Chinese New Year。 To the Chinese people it is as important as Christmas to people in the West。 the dates for this annual celebration are determined by the lunar calendar rather than the GREgorian calendar， so the timing of the holiday varies from late January to early February。

To the ordinary Chinese， the festival actually begins on the eve of the lunar New Year’s Day and ends on the fifth day of the first month of the lunar calendar。 But the 15th of the first month， which normally is called the Lantern Festival， means the official end of the Spring Festival in many parts of the country。

The first day is for the welcoming of the deities of the heavens and earth, officially beginning at midnight. Many people, especially Buddhists, abstain from meat consumption on the first day because it is believed that this will ensure longevity for them. Some consider lighting fires and using knives to be bad luck on New Years Day, so all food to be consumed is cooked the day before. For Buddhists, the first day is also the birthday of Maitreya Bodhisattva (better known as the more familiar Budai Luohan), the Buddha-to-be. People also abstain from killing animals.

Most importantly, the first day of Chinese New Year is a time when families visit the oldest and most senior members of their extended family, usually their parents, grandparents or great-grandparents.

Some families may invite a lion dance troupe as a symbolic ritual to usher in the Lunar New Year as well as to evict bad spirits from the premises. Members of the family who are married also give red packets containing cash to junior members of the family, mostly children and teenagers.

While fireworks and firecrackers are traditionally very popular, some regions have banned them due to concerns over fire hazards, which have resulted in increased number of fires around New Years and challenged municipal fire departments work capacity. For this reason, various city governments (e.g., Hong Kong, and Beijing, for a number of years) issued bans over fireworks and firecrackers in certain premises of the city. As a substitute, large-scale fireworks have been launched by governments in cities like Hong Kong to offer citizens the experience.