关于春节拜年发红包的英语作文带翻译【精选20篇】

盼望着盼望着，春节的脚步越来越近了，家家户户都忙里忙外：掸尘的、洗被的、购年货的……到处喜气洋洋、热火朝天。

就在这辞旧迎新之时，我们决定要给太婆拜个年，祝她羊年幸福。

说干就干，我们坐上车，愉快的心情把我们送到了太婆家。我们一下车就飞奔了进去，连声说：“太婆，我们给您拜年了。”太婆见了，喜出望外地迎出来用力地抱住我，连声说：“宝贝外甥孙，你们来了。”只见她满脸笑容，心中好像有一股抹不尽的快乐甜在心头，脸上放着灿烂的阳光，那束阳光让我们心中暖暖的、热乎乎的，她连忙招呼我们进去坐坐，端出了好多零食，真丰富！看来她早有准备。我们一边吃着零食，太婆一边拿出压岁包递给我们。我双手抱拳，向太婆鞠躬，连连说：“谢谢太婆。”并收下红包。

我也连忙把带的礼物献给太婆，还说：“祝太婆新年快乐，身体健康。”太婆又笑开了花，脸上全是“大括号”、“小括号”，眼角上呢？堆满了“放射线”，一脸喜气。

就这样，我们和太婆聊了一小时多，天南海北，无所不谈。

给太婆拜了年，看到她健健康康的，我们别提有多兴奋了！

Spring festival is coming.Spring Festival is on the traditional Chinese festivals.People used to call it "the Lunar New Year".It always starts between january the first and february the twentieth.

Shortly before the festival ,Chinese people are busy shopping . They buy vegetables,fish,meat and new clothes and many other things.They clean the houses and decorate them.

春节到了,春节是中国的传统节日,人们习惯上成作农历年.这个节日总是在每年的一月初到二月中旬之间.

春节前的一段日子,中国人早早地开始买年货.他们买蔬菜.鱼和肉.新衣服和种种其他的东西.他们打扫房屋,把自己的家布置一新.

The Spring Festival is a traditional festival in our country. Every Spring Festival, people always want to paste Fu characters, couplets, firecrackers. You see, every family has a decorated, the scene bursting with happiness.

Our family is no exception. I picked up a pair of spring couplets, stuck the glue on the door and put it neatly. Dad will "blessing" upside down on the door. Her sister was also busy in the room. She picked up a few red lanterns and hung them in the room, and put a bunch of small colored lights on the wall. The small color lights flicker like a small star in the blink of an eye.

"The year" the sound of firecrackers, the new year has passed. I love fireworks and love the Spring Festival more.

Chinese New Year 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”.

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

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.

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.

Dear Tom,

How are you doing? Currently, 为了欢迎新同学，晚会在我们学校被举办。

inordertowelcomethenewstudents,aneveningpartywillbeheldinourschool. As the chairman

of the Students’ Union, I’m writing to invite you to join us.

Here is a 简单(简洁)安排briefschedule . First, it

will be held in the school meeting hall from 7:00 to 9:00 p. m. next Sunday.

Additionally, 将会有很多被老师和学生们所呈现present的很棒的表演(there be句型)therewillbemanywonderfulperformancespresentedbytheteachersandstudents, such as singing, dancing, performing plays and so

on.

Everyone is longing for your coming, and

如果你能给出一个表演，它将会是更令人欢呼的。itwouldbemorecheerfulifyoucouldgiveaperformance.

I sincerely hope that you can accept our invitation and I have the

confidence that we students would be extremely delighted to see you.

请让我知道你的决定如果方便的话。Pleaseletmeknowyourdecisionifitisconvenientforyou.

I am looking forward to your reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

My  plan  of  next  year.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.

Christmas Day

圣诞节

Christmas Day falls on the twenty-fifth of December. It is a very happy day for many boys and girls. Before the term ends in some schools, the children act a nativity or “birth” play, showing how Jesus was born in a stable.

12月25日是圣诞节。对许多男孩和女孩来说，这天是个非常开心的日子。在某些学校，学期结束前，孩子们会表演有关（耶稣）诞生或出生的戏剧，用来（向大家）展示耶稣是如何在马厩里出生的。

On the twenty-fourth of December, all children are very excited. Usually they are sent to bed early so that their parents can get the presents ready. The younger children think that Father Christmas will come down the chimney or fireplace, so they hang up a sock for him to put presents in. The greedy ones even hang up a pillow-case or a sack to try to get more presents. Later that night, father or mother will put presents in the sock, and leave others at the side of the bed.

在12月24日这天，所有的小孩都很兴奋。他们常常被（父母）早早地赶上床去睡觉，以便他们的父母能准备好礼物。年幼一点的小孩认为圣诞老人将从烟囱或壁炉里下来，所以他们挂起袜子，方便圣诞老人把礼物放进去。有些贪心的人，为了能得到更多的礼物，甚至把枕套或布袋挂起来。晚一些时候，爸爸或妈妈将礼物放进袜子，并把其他礼物放在（孩子们的）床边。

On Christmas morning, the children wake up very early. Some even turn on the light at two oclock, and most of them are awake by six oclock, and the young ones play while the dinner is prepared. At about one oclock in the afternoon, the Christmas dinner is brought in. The turkey or chicken is quickly eaten. Children search in their Christmas pudding for new coins which are hidden in it. The rest of the day is full of games and eating until the happiest of all Christmas holidays comes to an end.

圣诞节的早上，小孩们很早就醒来了。一些人甚至在凌晨两点开灯，但大多数小孩会在六点醒来，孩子们在（大人们）准备晚餐的时候玩耍。下午一点，圣诞大餐出炉了。火鸡或鸡腿总是很快被抢光。孩子们寻找着属于他们的圣诞布丁是为了确认金币是否有藏在里面。在剩余的时间里，（人们）便是玩游戏和吃食物直到最开心幸福的圣诞节结束。

The Spring Festival is our most solemn and most grand festival in China. Each family has been busy with a morning — — a spring festival couplet, a lantern hanging, a house cleaning, the preparation for the night dinner, all busy. My family is no exception.

Father and mother got up early to prepare for the Spring Festival. When I saw the big table, I couldnt help but the water. Chicken, duck, goose, meat, make me hungry all hook up. I hurried to ask my mother when I could eat the dinner. But the mother laughed and said, "“ and the firecrackers!" Look, youre in a hurry! ” I was embarrassed to laugh.

At the time of the dinner, my father and mother were happy to talk about his family. I could not understand it. I can only eat at one side. After dinner, our family went to play in the street together. The number of fireworks in the sky is not too many, even the car can only stop in remote places. Mother said: “ is this the people who see people, people squeeze people? ” I dont think so on the side. I looked at the flying fireworks with great relish.

We went to Lenin park to see the lantern. This is really a sea of people, but there are countless lights. The lantern here is a great variety of things. I picked up a flower lantern, which contained a plastic lotus flower, which contained a lamp. The four sides of the room embroidered dragon and the idiom of dragon, and I bought it at once.

There were more than a dozen minutes for the cannon away, and more and more people in the park. Father jokingly said: “ just go under the attic watch it here squashed. ” I and my mother laughed and said how could it be possible? But the weather, the sky began to fine drizzling rain but it could not withstand, peoples footsteps, many people still see salute.

When its time to put a gun, the park is more crowded. I stayed at the sight of such a beautiful cannon. I kept my eyes on the cannon, and even my father and mother called me, I didnt know. I have been intoxicated by the cannon in the sky at this moment.

The Spring Festival is the grand and grand festival in China, and it is also my favorite festival every year.

the origin of chinese new yearchinese new year, pronounced in chinese as "xin nian", always falls on the date of marking the beginning of the spring and thus it is also called the "spring festival". "xin" means "new" and "nian" means "year". there are many stories told about the origin of "nian", which actually is a name of animals.

the old story says that the beast "nian" with a very big mouth was so fierce and could swallow many people in one single bite. people were very scared. an old man offered to subdue "nian" and said to "nian": "i hear that you are very capable, but can you swallow the other beasts instead of people who are by no means of your worthy opponents?" so "nian" swallowed many of the other beasts that hurt people and their domestic animals. the old man turned out to be an immortal god and riding the beast "nian" flied to the heaven.

now that "nian" is gone and other beasts were also scared into forests, people began to enjoy their peaceful life. before the old man left, he had told people to put up red paper decorations on their windows and doors at each years end to scare away "nian" in case it sneaked back again, because red is the color the beast feared the most.

I love Spring Festival and enjoy it very happy.

The Spring Festival is our traditional festival, is also every household had a holiday. We should prepare firecrackers, Spring Festival couplets and New Year pictures, eat, lanterns and clothes. Whenever the Spring Festival, is also the most happy when my mood.

When the Spring Festival, every household will prepare many things, you see the people on the street people mountain people sea appear cheery. Mom and I went to buy necessities, we bought a lot of things such as the Spring Festival couplets bought New Year paintings. The most let me happy is I bought some firecrackers. Mother gave me to buy a new suit of clothes. Arranged to buy back, we have to clean the house, mother hang lanterns in the morning to get up, dad is the Spring Festival couplet and blessing all the door, I put all dried fruit in the plate, placed neatly.

Thirty day, mother put on new clothes for me, I was so happy! In the afternoon do mom and dad together I love to eat food more, eat family reunion dinner together when the whole family were very happy. Eat a big dinner the whole family sitting together watching the Spring Festival gala, holiday is wonderful, sketch, songs, and singing and dancing. The adults are making dumplings. Is nearly twelve o clock, rang with firecrackers outside. Dad carrying firecrackers went downstairs, and I came downstairs I smell the fireworks, we put many firecrackers, I also put a fireworks. Just a little hurriedly ran back, wait for a while still wasnt ask dad how havent! I went to take a look! Father said: "no collapse over", I said: "Ill be careful," I went from a point, finally lit, the colorful firecrackers like a blooming flower in the air, beautiful. Finished put firecrackers, we eat dumplings, began to happy New Year, everyone gave me lucky money.

A New Year begins, hope the whole family can happiness. I hope my learning progress.

The Spring Festival is a lot of fun, like the stars in the sky are innumerable, one of the most interesting to the number of “ cross brazier ”.

“ &rdquo cross brazier is our custom home. It is the first &ldquo on the thirty night; cross brazier ” end to eat family reunion dinner. This is what adults and children like. Its fun and exciting! However, this custom has a rule that girls cant span.

To tell you a little secret: as long as I can remember, the annual &ldquo ” cross brazier are; my father holding my own cross, because I dare not cross, afraid of fire will burn my pants. This is the first time I “ cross brazier ” felt very excited.

On the thirty night, grandma got ready “ cross brazier things, ” she respectfully in the censer and put incense point, with red paper, gold paper wrapped To Shibarei outside the gate, lit until the fire, she let Grandpa and dad and me by my points across the pile flame. Grandpa and dad are cross over, its my turn, my heart was afraid, hesitated, from beside the flame across the past, the whole family will laugh and said: “ progress, baby grow up, will cross brazier, across time, must be from across the middle. ” when I heard their encouragement, I was full of confidence. The second time I bravely walked across the burning flame from the middle, mom and dad clapped and cheered: “ great! &rdquo, Grandpa and grandma read loudly: "&ldquo"; they come in and get rich every year; go out, worry and worry; cross the East and the five grains do not eat; cross the west, money and silver roll. ” we finished the brazier, Granny put a string of firecrackers into the brazier, immediately came a burst of crack, then, my grandmother also rushed to &ldquo ” cross brazier; ashes did not put out the scoop collected, Tim in the stove, she said this is called “ Wang Tim &rdquo a symbol of family business is more prosperous.

I just think “ cross brazier is especially interesting, do not know ” its significance. Later my mother told me, this is also called the brazier ” “, a symbol of the old evil burn, disaster after shipment, ushered in the new year, the most favorable auspices. Does this interesting custom hold the good wishes of the people in their hometown to look forward to the happy and good luck of the coming year?

Every thought of this interesting “ cross brazier &rdquo my heart; is particularly excited, very excited, looking forward to coming next time.

It was sunny and hot today.I got up early at half past six.I read English

and then had breakfast.I helped my mother washed the dishes.Then I did my

homework and cleaned my room.I went shopping with my mother in the

afternoon.Then I played table tennis with my friends.In the evening I watched TV

and read a book.I really had a busy and interesting day.

今天阳光明媚，很热，六点半早起，读英文，然后吃早餐，帮妈妈洗碗，做功课，打扫房间，和妈妈一起去超市购物。下午。然后我和朋友们打乒乓球。晚上我看电视，看书。我真的度过了忙碌而有趣的一天。

I made a decision today. Becuase I often lose my confidence, I decide tell myself ‘go’ in front of mirror after getting up every day. I believe this will make me confident. Thus, I can do things I want bravely. Now, I will say, ‘Keep going’.

今天，我做了一个决定，有的时候我会不自信。所以我要每天早上起床后对着镜子说一遍加油。因为我认为那样会使我变得自信。那样，我就可以大胆的去做一些我想要做却会紧张的事。现在，我要说一句：加油!

I am ten years old. I like playing piano. And I have a good teacher. She is

beautiful, just like the fairy from the heaven. She likes wearing white dress.

Her hair is long and straight. And her fingers are the most beautiful I have

ever seen. They are long and thin. She can use them to play wonderful songs. I

feel pleasant when I hear her songs. I want to be as excellent as her in the

future.

我十岁了。喜欢弹钢琴。我有一个很好的老师。她很漂亮，就像天上的仙女一样。她喜欢穿白色的衣服。她的头发又长又直。她的手指是我见过最漂亮的，又细又长。她可以用它们来演奏美妙的歌曲。听她的歌我会很愉悦。将来我也想成为像她一样优秀的人。

New Year Party

On New Year#39;s 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(响亮的) 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(机智的). 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."

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。下面小编带来的是关于英语春节的作文，希望对你有帮助。

There are many festivals in the year, such as the new years day, the Qingming and the Dragon Boat Festival. But go into my memory beach and youll find that there is a pearl in it, the brightest and the brightest. That is the most beautiful and happy memory left by the Spring Festival.

During the Spring Festival, every household will stick to the Spring Festival couplets and make dumplings. But for children, setting off firecrackers is a great pleasure for the Spring Festival.

Every Spring Festival, children are always in knots around a group, most of those who shot, who shot the loudest. This does not, cousin is holding their firecrackers, came downstairs that has long been fireworks beautiful playground. The cousin laughed and said, "we are better than one of the fireworks." "Good!" I promised him and put out the fireworks and put it on the ground. The lighter in his hand was on the lead line of the fireworks, and yelled, "123, prepare, launch!" Suddenly "wind" sound, fireworks, the sky, the next "bang", fireworks cracked, countless colorful fireworks in the night sky from the shot, and a bit more color. Look, that group of fireworks is like a fairy, dancing with silk and satin. A finished fireworks little friend asked me: "elder sister, laughing he could put some fireworks?" Before I answer, my cousin will open the chatterbox no problem!" After a couple of answers, more fireworks were snapped, snapped and snapped by his cousin on the night sky. Is the night sky more attractive, and the fireworks that are blooming in the sky, like the smiles of younger brothers and sisters, are so lovely? In the laughter, the fireworks have been finished, my cousin took the fireworks after gun left empty when football, that gun shell on the ash has been covered with his hand when he kicked the ball playing tired, with a hand to wipe the sweat, but turned himself into a big cat. The childrens laughter around Huan, cousin also smiled, I also smiled......

Ah! Happy Spring Festival, when can you come again? I hope not only for you, but also for hearing the most innocent, lovely and innocent laughter.

一年中有许多节日，如：元旦、清明、端午。但是，走进我的记忆海滩，你会发现，里头有一颗珍珠，最圆最亮。那就是春节时留下的最美的，也是最快乐的记忆！

春节的时候，家家户户都会贴春联，包饺子……但对于孩子们来说，放鞭炮才叫春节的一大乐事呢！

每到春节，孩子们总会三五成群地围在一团，比谁的炮最多，谁的炮最响。这不，表弟正拿着各自的鞭炮，来到楼下那早已被烟花点缀得漂漂亮亮的操场。表弟笑着说：“我们来比一比谁的烟花炮最漂亮吧！”“好！”我答应了他，并且拿出烟花炮放在地上，手里的打火机对准了烟花炮的引线，喊道：“一二三，预备，发射！”顿时“嗖——”的一声，烟花弹上天了，接下来“啪”的一声，烟花弹裂了，无数彩色的烟花从中射出，夜空中又多了几分色彩。看，那群烟花多像一位位仙女，正挥舞着绸缎跳舞呀！一群放完了烟花的小朋友笑嘻地问我：“姐姐，能不能再放几个烟花？”还没等我回话，表弟就打开了话匣子没问题！”一阵回答后，“啪、啪、啪”更多的烟花炮被表弟放上了夜空。夜空变得更迷人了，而那些在天空中绽放的烟花，不就像那些小弟弟、小妹妹的笑容一样，如此地可爱吗？在欢声笑语中，烟花已经放完了，表弟拿着烟花炮放完后剩的空壳来当足球，那只炮壳上的灰已经布满了他的手，当他踢”球“踢累了，就用手来擦汗，却把自己变成了一只大花猫，使得身旁小朋友的笑声也更欢了，表弟也笑了，我也笑了……

啊！愉快的春节，你什么时候可以再次到来，我不但盼望您，更盼望能再次聆听那最天真、最可爱、最无邪的笑声呀！

The spring festival ia traditional festival for all chinese people. on that evening there ia vertraditional ceremony----spring festival gala, which ithe favorite for manpeople. it bringso much happinesto chinese all around the world .

when asked about their opinion on spring festival gala, people alwayreason differently. some people deem that it should be cancelled, while there are also other people who argue that it should be continued.

some people take it for granted that the gala should not exist because it itoo boring on the evening of the lunar new year. besides, the form of the evening seemthe same everyear. in comparison, there are, however, a large number of people who hold a different view concerning thiissue, theinsist that the gala must be continued. theargue that it ione of the most important celebration customs. and thethink the gala iworth expecting.

afar ai am concerned, i am intending to stand on the side of the latter group of people. admittedly, the former point of view seemreasonable, but the latter imore persuasive. taking the above-mentioned factorinto consideration, i can safelconclude that the gala just needa reform in the future but not to be cancelled.

The Spring Festival is a Chinese festival. It has a long history and splendid culture. And the Spring Festival many small rules superstition is that the man.

Everyone should know the Spring Festival is one of important thing is - is available. You dont look down upon this thing it is to have cultured. Able to use fruit cannot careless, for example, not all fruits are fit to worship ancestors and gods. To choose a good fruit. Such as: apple, go in peace, oranges, kumquat oh, oranges - horse. Like a pear, can not as a tribute because there are some who think the pear and "from" are homophones ghost word. So is not popular. There is a banana -. So some fruit can not be available.

Fruit is only part of the tribute and dumplings as a tribute must put cant alone in pairs. Put the sugar when it as a tribute for hard candy cant fudge. Because such sweet hard enough will not spread.

Able to have the red candle, touch paper, incense, and so on, but the most important thing is that touch paper, touch paper had been pressed to be real money to burn, and the head of the press, which may be felt more sincere.

Whether these are real or fake, but at least be ancestors had relished the reason why there must be it. The little common sense in the hope that the Spring Festival can let more after 80, 90 after they know the Spring Festival in our Chinese mind how important. If no taboo Spring Festival also means there is no so many people pay attention to it. Rules more can reflect the significance of the Spring Festival.

春节是中国人的重大节日。它有着悠久的历史和灿烂的文化底蕴。而春节的许多小规矩小迷信也那么那人探寻。

大家都应该知道春节很重要的一件事情就是——上供。大家可别小看了这件事情这可是有讲究的。例如，上供用的水果不能马虎，不是所有的水果都适合去供奉祖先和神灵的。要选着寓意好的水果。例如：苹果——平平安安，桔子——金桔满堂，橙子——心想事成。像梨，就不可以作为贡品因为有一部分人认为梨和“离”是同音别字。所以不受大家欢迎。还有就是香蕉——焦头烂额。所以有些水果不能上供。

水果只是一部分贡品还有就是饺子作为贡品一定要成双成对的放不能落单。把糖作为贡品上供的时候要放硬糖不能放软糖。因为这样的甜蜜够硬不会散。

上供还要有红烛，火纸，佛香等等，不过最重要的是火纸，火纸要被真钱压过才可以烧，而且要一家之主压，这可能是觉得更加真诚吧。

不管这些是真是假，但至少被老祖宗们津津乐道就一定有它的原因。希望这些春节中的小常识可以让更多的80后，90后们知道春节在我们中国人心目中有多么的举足轻重。如果春节没有任何禁忌那么也就代表没有那么多人关注它。规矩越多越能体现春节的重大意义。

Learning Foreign Languages

In schools all over the world boys and girls are learning foreign languages。 Many adults are

doing so in their spare time。 Everybody knows his own language， but to know another is very useful。

Which is the best way to learn a language? We should remember we all learnt our own language well when we were children。 If we could learn a second language in the same way， it would not seem so difficult。 Think what a small child does。 It listens to what people say and tries to imitate what it

hears。 When it wants something， it has to ask for it。 It is using the language。 It is talking and thinking in it all the time。 If one has to use a second language all the time， he would learn it quickly。

It is important to remember， also， that we learn our own language by hearing people speaking it not by seeing what they write。 We imitate what we hear。 In school， though you learn to read and write as well as to hear and speak， it is best to learn all new words through the ear。 Of course you also learn to read them， spell them and write them。

世界各地的学校中孩子们都在学习外语。很多成年人在业余时间也在学习外语。每人都懂自己的母语，但知道另一门语言也非常有用。

学习外语最好的方法是什么呢?我们应当记得我们是孩子的时候，自己的母语都学得非常好。如果我们能以同样的方式学习第二种语言，那看起来就不会这么难了。想想小孩是怎样做的。孩子听人们说话然后设法模仿听到的东西。当他需要什么东西的时候，必须去要。他是在使用语言。他一直在用语言说话和思考。如果一个人必须始终

使用第二语言，他就会学得很快。

而且，记住我们学习母语时是通过听别人说话而不是看别人写字，这也很重要。我们模仿我们听到的。 学校中，虽然你除了学习听说，还学习读写，但学习所有新单词最好是通过耳朵。当然你也要学会阅读、拼写和写作。

[关于学习外语的英语作文及翻译

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!”

In south China, the favorite and most typical dishes were nian gao, sweet  steamed glutinous rice(糯米)pudding and zong zi (glutinous rice wrapped up in  reed(芦苇)leaves), another popular delicacy.

In the north, steamed-wheat bread (man tou) and small meat dumplings were the  preferred food. The tremendous amount of food prepared at this time was meant to  symbolize abundance and wealth for the household.