春节放鞭炮的好处和坏处英语作文【优秀20篇】

I am a love reading girl, since I was young, I very love books, and book the indissoluble bond. I put the book as an indispensable nourishment, he saw a book like the hungry to see bread, fondle admiringly. Because the book is the source of human wisdom, is the ladder of human progress. Book give me knowledge and wisdom, and also gave me strength and courage. In my room, there is a large bookcase, there are all books, every birthday, mom and dad asked me to want what gift, I will blurt out: "a book, I as long as the book." When reading, I often forget all about eating and sleeping, as if into another world.

Reading, can make us grow many knowledge, solve the problem. On one occasion, grandmother domesticated some hares, hares to depilate, grandma see hares like bite lice, gradually to open mouth, the neck fur with red meat, and then use the tongue to the sides, and behind them in a hurry to say to me: "you see how this rabbit. Red meat are exposed, it doing?" . I to grandma said with a smile: "it is the hair removal, then fluff will regrow of glistening." My grandma listened to, smiled and said to me: "how do you know?" I proudly said: "from the book to see." It seems that these reading useless really big ah.

Colorful in the book, read the "lei feng diary let me know how people live to be more of others, read" how the steel was tempered "which I understand the difficulties cannot be back, have the perseverance and strong will to overcome difficulties.

The book is a kaleidoscope. Books are the grand view garden, the book of life colourful, here the color rings. Come on, let us into the ocean of the book.

我是个爱读书的女孩，我从小就十分喜爱书籍，和书结下了不解之缘。我把书当作不可缺少的营养品，看见书就像饥饿的人看到面包一样，爱不释手。因为书是人类智慧的源泉，书是人类进步的阶梯。书给我知识和智慧，也给了我力量和勇气。在我的房间里，放着一个大书柜，那里全都是书，每逢生日，爸爸、妈妈问我要什么礼物，我都会脱口而出：“书，我只要书。”读书的时候，我常常废寝忘食，仿佛进入了另一个世界。

读书，能使我们增长许多知识，解决问题。有一次，姥姥家养了些长毛兔，长毛兔要脱毛了，姥姥看到长毛兔像咬虱子似的，渐渐把脖子上的皮毛咬裂开口，露出红肉，然后又用舌头向身后舐着，着急地对我说：“你看这兔子是怎么了。红肉都露出来了，它在干什么呀?”。我笑着对姥姥说：“它是在脱毛呢，然后会重新长出白花花的绒毛。”姥姥听了，笑了，对我说：“你是怎么知道的呀?”我得意地说：“是从书上看到的。”看来这读书用处真不小呀。

书里的内容丰富多彩，读了《雷锋日记》让我懂得人活着要更多地为别人着想，读了《钢铁是怎样炼成的》使我懂得了遇到困难不能退缩，要有毅力和坚强的意志去战胜困难。

书是万花筒。书是大观园，书里的生活五彩缤纷，这里世界色彩斑澜。来吧，让我们起步入书的海洋。

The ancients cloud: "reading to learn." Reading another benefit, is the people to cultivate noble moral character, know the book of rites.

The bacon once said: "books are in the waves of sailing ship to the thought of The Times, it takes careful gave precious goods to generation after generation." The ancient tradition of famous people, such as respect, cherish the time, fools, etc., were later recorded in the book, the nature, read it, understand the truth, can be used, will become a moral person.

Whether Chinese or foreign, have been a lot of celebrities, and the story of these celebrities, their diligence, hard work, also are weaved.

古人云：“读书学礼。”读书的另一个好处呢，就是为了培养人们品德高尚，知书达礼。

英国培根曾说：“书籍是在时代的波涛中航行的思想之船，它以小心翼翼把珍贵的货物送给一代又一代。”古代名人们的优良传统思想，如敬老爱幼、珍惜时间、不耻下问等，都被后人记载在书中，自然，读了它，领悟其中的道理，能应用，就将成为一个道德高尚的人。

不管是中国还是外国，都出过不少名人，而这些名人的故事，他们的勤奋、刻苦，也都编成了是。

The Spring Festival, every family decorated, beaming. This years Spring Festival, I had a particularly interesting. Until today, I remember.

In the morning, our family made haste. Mother puts up spring couplets on the door. Greets me is "Japan Korea spring resident, and fuyong leave". Said the family harmony happiness. For me, I have to help my mother to stick "f" word, were posted on the door. Mother hurriedly stop me and said, "" f" word should be negative, is the "f" to the harmonics, blessing to our family. Post during the Spring Festival couplets are festive, type, auspicious meaning." Once I listen to, hurriedly (" f "word. Dad are carefully prepared, hang the YiZhanZhan red lanterns. I think: this isnt red lanterns represents the face of our country in the rapid changing?

In the evening, its time to eat dinner. Fragrance filled the kitchen; There is big dinner table, make the person saw, mouth water. Table there is a fish, that means more than every year. The guests have arrived, gladly sitting in front of the table, taste with relish the family reunion dinner. Mom and dad smiling greeting the guests. The whole family happy, the house is full of happy atmosphere.

After the meal, the grandmother to share out bonus package! Our house has a small agreement, young players have got the certificates, not only has a red envelope, there will be other rewards. This year, I was on the "three good student". My grandmother gave me a red envelope, also gave me a nice pencil case. Encouraged me to study in the New Year, to the next level. Children received a red envelope, a bright smile on his face.

8 in the evening, our whole family on time opened the TV and watch the Spring Festival gala ". The melodious song, make people intoxicated; The graceful dance, make the person praise; The funny jokes, make people laugh; The wonderful routines, to make people laugh... The intermittent laughter ripples in the living room.

This years Spring Festival, I had a very meaningful. I hope that next year the Spring Festival, I will live better!

春节，家家户户都张灯结彩，喜气洋洋。今年的春节，我过得特别有意思。直到今天，我还记忆犹新。

早晨，我们一家人忙开了。妈妈在大门上贴春联。映入我眼帘的是“日丽春常驻，人和福永留”。表示家庭祥和幸福。我呢，则帮妈妈贴“福”字，正要贴在门上。妈妈连忙阻止我，说道：“‘福’字应该倒贴，就是‘福’到的谐音，福光临我们家了。春节帖春联有喜庆、财气、吉祥之意。”我一听，赶紧把“福”字倒贴了。爸爸也在精心准备，挂起了一盏盏红灯笼。我想：这红灯笼难道不就代表着我们祖国的面貌在日新月异地变化着吗?

晚上，该是吃年夜饭的时候了。厨房里弥漫着香气;桌上摆放着丰盛的晚餐，使人看了，口水直流。桌中间有一条鱼，那就表示年年有余。客人们也都到了，欢欢喜喜地坐在桌子面前，津津有味地品尝着年夜饭。爸爸妈妈笑容满面地招呼着客人。全家人都其乐融融，屋子里充满了幸福的气氛。

吃完饭，外婆来分红包喽!我们家有一个小约定，小辈们拿到了奖状，不仅有红包，还会有其他奖励。今年，我被评上了“三好学生”。外婆就分给我一份红包，还送给我一只精美的文具盒。鼓励我在新的一年里，学习成绩更上一层楼。小孩子们都收到了红包，脸上露出了灿烂的笑容。

晚上八点整，我们全家准时打开了电视机，收看“春节联欢晚会”。那悠扬的歌声，使人陶醉其中;那优美的舞姿，使人赞不绝口;那滑稽有趣的笑话，使人捧腹大笑;那精彩的相声小品，使人开怀大笑……阵阵欢声笑语荡漾在客厅上空。

今年的春节，我过得十分有意义。我希望明年春节，我会过得更好!

Spring Festival is the most important festival in China. From first day to fifteen, it is very busy every day. Although during the Spring Festival everyone is very busy, but this is a busy busy, is a busy busy.

New years Eve is the most deserving day for us to celebrate, because today, all of our family get together to chat, enjoy delicious food and enjoy the joy of reunion. The whole family was surrounded by laughter. We are more happy, wear new clothes, and bring new hats. And the money, oh, huh. Look at the beautiful fireworks blooming in the air, listen to every blessing everywhere. In every street and street, you will really feel the exciting moment. Our country is surrounded by blessing and firecrackers.

Every year with us and that wonderful spring festival gala, sweet songs, wonderful dance, magic, and then let us laugh and laugh and comic sketches. The 12 point countdown brought us into a new year. The new year is good and the new year is good. Wish you a good new year. In the end we staying-up late on new years Eve blessing. Beautiful and beautiful into the dream.

On the morning of the first year of the year, we all have to visit friends and friends to visit the year, with carefully prepared gifts, with a blessing to each other "good new year". In the bustling in to the fifteen Lantern Festival, every family will eat dumplings, on behalf of us together, the United States and the United states.

The Spring Festival in my hometown is colorful and we are happy. This is the Spring Festival in my hometown.

春节快到了，鞭炮成了新年的“开门贺语”。

为什么要放鞭炮呢?因为传说每年到农历除夕时，有一个名叫“年”的怪兽出来吃人，威胁人的生命安全，经过实践，人们发现他有“三怕”，怕生、怕光、怕红色，于是人们发明了爆竹。

我最喜欢放鞭炮了，要说我喜欢的鞭炮，那可就说不完了，有窜天鼠，一点着，“嗖——嗖——”有三百发窜天鼠一起冲上了天。我更喜欢放降落伞了，点燃后，只听一声巨吼，降落伞被送上天，又是一声巨响，降落伞打开，慢慢地下降，下降时还发出声音。我还喜欢放“旋花”，点燃以后，她便跳起了美丽的芭蕾舞，还不停地歌唱，是一个又唱又跳的鞭炮。

春节放鞭炮，是我国人民欢度春节的习俗，历史悠久，这种活动，虽然可以给节日增添欢乐的气氛，但放鞭炮释放的烟尘，溅出的火星，容易造成环境污染，引起火灾，所以现在很多城市对放鞭炮都是有限制的。

爆竹声中一岁除，祝愿大家在爆竹声中一路顺风，万事如意、新年快乐!

China has always had a splendid traditional culture. There are Dragon Boat Festival, Qingming Festival and national day... I like the Spring Festival most.

Everywhere on the streets decorated, people are busy buying antithetical couplet, do special purchases for the Spring Festival, greeted the arrival of Spring Festival

At the time of the new year, our children wear new clothes and new caps, and the adults have a happy smile on their faces. Year thirty to eat reunion rice, happy to spend the year. At night, some adults play mahjong playing poker, and eating melon seeds, chatting words not like... Children like to put out fireworks. The timid child went to the fire, and the timid child looked behind. The fireworks are colorful... Play it like that! Have fun!

After a long time, I was reluctant to leave the friends and go home each other. I thought, "it would be good to have the Spring Festival every day."

An unforgettable 200 word composition for the Spring Festival

As we know,sport plays an important role in our daily lives.

Whenever you do some exercise,you can get a whole new refresh feeling through your body.It really does good to you.For example,going out to play ball games, which is becoming more and more popular these days,can get rid of bad moods,and help you be energetic again.In order to keep fit,you can keep a habbit of doing sports regularly.Youll benefit a lot from it.

All in all,wed better pick up our balls,and go out,to have an exciting game.Ready?Go?

Chinese New Year is the tradition festival in China.It is the same as the christmas day in the west country,it is welcome the new year.

It is the day that the families get together.

The spring festival is usually in the February ,sometimes in January.In the spring festival,every family all paste the lucky inscriptions,they fire the cracker,they eat the dumplings.The day before the new years first day is the new years eve,same as the christmas eve,all the families get together to have the new yaars dinner,wishes each other,talk about the wishes about the new year.Small children will receive the money given to children as a lunar new year gift.

The New Year, new weather. Out of their homes, families are decorated; Street, beaming everywhere, laughter. The breath of spring flowers reflected the joy of thepeople in the face.

New Years eve firecrackers rang a hanging outside and another hung, thunderbolt barak ring; Inside the home, everyone was laughing, lively!

In these days, in the morning, people usually watch TV, play computer, only a few people in the homework. In the afternoon, a lot of people in Chen yi square to play, I also went to, Im going to fly a kite. First of all, I put the kite on the ground, thewind blows I started to run... But, I tried many times without success. Chen yi squareand merry-go-round, small train, plane, pirate ship, and a rolling chair, my brother and I played a lot of, can be fun. In the evening, everyone out fireworks, my sister and I are no exception. Lets play with the color fireworks, its appearance is a red and green cross, when lit, start is red, slowly becomes green, can be fun! We also play a lot of fireworks, among them, there is a call "auspicious colorful rain" fireworks, lit up, there will be many "rain" fly to heaven. On one occasion, I put thetwo "auspicious colorful rain" light stick together, fly higher!

Looking at the sky of fireworks, listening to the scratching of firecrackers everywhere, the Spring Festival, is really busy!

现在是信息时代，网络已经与我们密不可分了。网络虽然会给我们带来好处，但同时也给我们带来坏处。

许多人都喜欢上网，因为网络会给我们带来许多快乐。你可以在网上每天与朋友面对面的聊天，也可以在疲惫的时候去听一听音乐，看一看电影，这样就不用跑到电影院去看了。网络还有一大优点是小朋友都喜欢玩的——游戏，在网络里有许多游戏，可以让小朋友痛痛快快的玩个够。看，网络的好处多吧。

有许多父母都反对孩子上网，因为他们怕孩子沉迷于网络。现在呢，网络不停的清理不健康的游戏。而有些孩子为了逃避父母的反对就去了一些黑网吧，玩着游戏不健康的游戏，还玩的天昏地暗导成了心理不健康、自卑、内向和总想去网吧的心里。所以许多家长坚决不给孩子买电脑，就因为怕孩子上网入迷，不爱学习，想把学习废了。还有些家长故意放学去接孩子，就是怕去网吧玩……

有一次，我听堂哥说：有一位小男孩自初中二年级起退学在家，有空儿的时候帮家里干干农活儿。有一次，他第一次在网吧尝到电脑游戏的魅力。从赛车游戏开始，到残酷的杀人游戏CS，从小自闭不爱交际的他在网络的虚拟世界里得到了前所未有的满足。只要有钱，他一定会拿来去网吧消费，后来他就开始偷了

傍晚看电视的时候，他又想去打游戏，向奶奶要钱，奶奶没有答应。他突然想起父母经常会把存款交给爷爷奶奶，算起来也该有三四千元了。想到这些钱能打一个月游戏，他起了歹念。

后来，他趁爷爷奶奶都熟睡了，他用菜刀将爷爷、奶奶砍伤。奶奶睡觉时很容易醒，他想一定要把她砍晕，才可以顺利偷出钱同时又不被人发现。于是，就下了狠手。后来他被警察抓了。看，网络对孩子的吸引力多大啊。它可以让有些孩子去杀人抢钱，这是多么可怕啊。让从这件事上我知道了网络是多么残忍。

网络的好与坏是看你怎么把握的，我们要多利用好处，少利用坏处。这样才会让我们的家园变的更加美丽。

The first day, the first lunar month is the traditional festival "Spring Festival". In the morning, at first light, I was woken up "crackling" firecrackers. This suggests that the first day has arrived!

I quickly wear good clothes and ran out of the door. Ah, the college, a lively scene: adults are put all kinds of firecrackers, artillery, salute, and so on, in the courtyard become ocean cannon. Children also have a place, all together, put up a rotating cannon, of green, red, yellow, and accompanied by into "bursts" bursts of sound, some kids a little scared, put up a spray firecrackers. See here, my hand was itchy, hurried back to take off firecrackers...

At home, the family is in the package dumplings, the whole family harmony, happiness, what a warm family!

On this day, I had a happy, New Years eve, our family is a lot of joy!

On New Years eve, at 8 o clock came, also began in the Spring Festival gala. Watching the funny comedy, listening to beautiful songs, after our family of eight people, clap your hands, laughing. Ah! How I wish our family every day! Im looking forward to Chinese New Year, Im looking forward to the Spring Festival!

The Spring Festival, I grew up a year old, I think, after grow up one year old this year I should work harder, more filial to parents. I will do it, I will do it! I will not let parents disappointed.

Finally, I wish you all a happy every day, every day

正月初一，是我国的传统节日“春节”。早晨，天刚亮，我就被“噼噼啪啪”的鞭炮声吵醒了。这预示着，正月初一已经到了!

我急忙穿好了衣服，跑出了房门。呵，院里一片热闹的景象：大人们正在放各种各样的鞭炮、大炮、礼炮等等，院子里成了炮的海洋。小孩子们也有一席之地，大家聚在一起，放起了旋转炮，还伴有隐隐约约的绿色、红色、黄色和“哧哧”的响声，有些小孩子有点害怕，就放起了喷花炮。看到这里，我的手痒痒了，急忙回去拿鞭炮……

回到家，家里人都在包饺子，全家人和谐、幸福，多么温暖的一家人!

这一天，我过得很快乐，除夕之夜，我们家更是欢乐多多!

除夕之夜，8点来了，春节联欢晚会也开始了。看着一个个搞笑的小品，听着一首首动听的歌曲，我们全家八口人，一边拍手，一边笑。啊!我多么希望我们家天天都这样!我好期盼过年，我好期盼过春节呀!

过春节了，我长大一岁，我觉得今年长大一岁后，我应该更加努力学习，更加孝敬父母。我一定会做到的，我一定会做到的!我不会让父母失望。

最后，祝大家天天快乐，天天如意

爆竹声中一岁除，春风送暖入屠苏。  晚上，丰盛的年夜饭过后，我和哥哥一起放鞭炮。

我们俩先放了一个“飞天老鼠”。我把飞天老鼠插进泥土里，随后拿出打火机，开始点火，当时有点紧张，不敢放，后来我想男子汉大丈夫啊，有什么可怕的。我点好了火，像猎豹一样跑掉。只听，“嗖”的一声，飞天老鼠以极快的速度向天空飞了上去，正以为没事了，想再放一个的时候，飞天老鼠突然不知从哪里冒出来，直朝我飞来，我啊——的一声大叫，连忙拼命地跑，可它一直追我，好像跟我有仇似的，非追我不可，当我跑到路尽头的时候，忽然飞天老鼠掉了下来，因为它没燃油了，我长舒了一口气。

接着我和哥哥放了各种各样的烟花，我充满勇气冲了上去，点好火以后，我缓缓走开，准备和大家一起欣赏烟花。

只听“呯”的一声，一个烟花冲入云宵，随后又发出“呯呯呯”的声音，在天空中炸开了，如馋人的棒棒糖，如飘飘然的气球，又如美味可口的鸡蛋。五颜六色，有红的，黄的，金的，紫的，红金相间的。真是美丽极了。天空成了绚烂的海洋，望着它，我不禁想：古人也是这样除旧岁的吗？

在噼噼啪啪声中，爆响的，不仅是鞭炮，还是开心，还是传统的年味，还是对美好的憧憬。

Chinese Spring Festival celebrating the end of winter and the warmth of

spring. It began in the last day of the lunar year, end in the 15th day of lunar

New Year, also is the Lantern Festival.

During the Spring Festival, people use red lantern and Spring Festival

couplets decorate a house, put on all kinds of colored clothes, often visit

friends and relatives or together eat dumplings, fish, meat and other delicious

food. The children are looking forward to receiving red envelope money, and

together they play each other the fireworks, with happy.

Street with dragon and lion dance and some other carnival activities, CCTV

will held the grand Spring Festival gala.

中国的春节庆祝冬天的结束和春天的温暖。从农历年的最后一天开始，到了农历的第十五天结束，也是元宵节。

春节期间，人们用红灯笼和春联装饰房子，穿上各种颜色的衣服，经常拜访亲朋好友，或者一起吃饺子、鱼、肉和其他美味的食物。孩子们盼望着收到红包，他们一起玩烟花，开心地玩着。

街上有舞龙舞狮等狂欢活动，中央电视台将举行盛大的春节联欢晚会。

Today is the beginning of first, I told my cousin went to the big red flag in the town of Villa Zhuo watched a wonderful "Spring Festival acrobatics extravaganza." After we came to find a place performing acrobatics, find a place to sit, then waited patiently show began.

The first program, the small monkey riding old goat rope walk. I saw the old goat monkey carrying a small step by step down the rope, hey, before. Really amazing ah! The next program more exciting! For example: a tightrope, tigers jump through hoops, lions and tigers slide across the beautiful swing, bears do sports, air swing ...... and so this "Spring Festival acrobatic extravaganza," the protagonist is mainly animals.

This "Spring Festival acrobatics show" really meaningful ah!

除夕夜，我们刚刚吃完团圆饭，弟弟川川就嚷开了：“快点穿衣服，下去放鞭炮拉。”说完，把炮拿出来。扛在肩上，拿上打火机。哼赫哼赫地下楼了。我穿好了衣服，赶紧下去帮忙。

街上，“噼噼啪啪”的烟花爆竹声接连不断。空中闪烁着耀眼的火花。忽然，眼前亮光一闪，接着就是一个个拳头般大的火球冲上了天空，红的，绿的，黄的……照的大地亮如白昼，极像解放军的信号弹。弟弟着急了：“哥，咱们也开始放吧。”于是，我拿出打火机，要去点“满天星”的导火绳，可惜火太小了，点不着。然后我把火调大，终于点着了。突然火光一闪，如同打了一个晴天霹雳，紧接着就在天上炸开了花。

忽然我看见邻居叔叔把“大中华”点着了，不过一会儿，一颗酷似流星的火球飞上了天空。霎时间，天空像一个复制机，复制出了许多与原来那个火球相似的火球。仿佛天空刚下了一场五彩缤纷的流星雨。我们也不甘示弱，拿出“笛音雷”，立誓要与“大中华”一比高下。我拿出打火机点燃了“笛音雷”的导火绳。几秒后，天空上出现了一个五颜六色的拳头大的火球。几乎是在同一时间内爆出了花，那声音又像笛声，又像夏日的闷雷。

我一不作，二不休，又把一个用牛皮纸卷成的“花炮”放在了地上。我点燃后，十几米的“花柱”腾空而起。一会儿像一个彩色的喷泉，一会儿像一个冲向天空的火龙，一会儿像炼钢时溅出的火花……美丽极了。

望着这雄奇壮丽的景象，我不禁赞叹道：“真是爆竹声声辞旧岁，家家户户迎新春。”

Aerobic exercise is a series of activities which can improve our heart-lung function by maintaining longer, including running, bicycling, swimming and so on. It brings a lot of benefits to our body and psychology.

有氧运动是在长期坚持下可改善心肺功能的一系列活动。有氧运动包括跑步、骑单车、游泳等。这种运动十分有益于身心健康。Physically, taking aerobic exercise advances our physical health and reduces our agony. It promotes our heart and lung function by increasing their expansion and contraction, which is beneficial for resisting pressure from longtime labor or extra-strength work. And it improves fat consumption and metabolism, which lay a solid foundation for disease prevention. Meanwhile, it helps keep our body in a good shape by consuming the overfull calories.生理上，做些有氧运动可以提高我们身体健康，减少我们的痛苦。做有氧运动可增加心肺的伸缩，以提高心肺功能，有益于抵御长期的劳作和加班带来的压力。它还能促进脂肪的消耗，促进新陈代谢，预防疾病。同时，有氧运动还能消耗多余热量，有益于保持良好体型。Psychologically, acting aerobic exercise also conduces to our psychological health. We are able to be more confident and positive that we have capacity of doing something at the best, just like finishing our plans or achieving our destinations in exercise. Thus we can ventilate our negative feelings by doing workout so that we can strive for our dreams again.心理上，进行有氧运动还有利于我们的心理健康。通过户外锻炼我们能消除负面情绪，才能再次为梦想奋斗。Hence, for the wellbeing of body and mind, let us have some aerobic exercise together.因此，为了我们的身心健康，让我们一起来做有氧运动吧!

Spring Festival ,known as the Chinese New Year,is the most important holiday in China.From late January to early February,Chinese people are busy preparing for the New Year.They clean their houses ,have their hair cut,and buy new clothes .Jiaozi or dumpling is most popular.To those who live far away from their home,this festival is also a framily reunion occasion.

And they often go back home to celebrate the festival with their family.The first day of the new year is the time when people visit their friends adn wish each other good luck in the new year.

The Lunar New Year is now popularly known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the Begining of Spring . Its origin is too old to be traced. Several explanations are hanging around. All agree, however, that the word Nian, which in modern Chinese solely means year , was originally the name of a monster beast that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of a new year.

One legend goes that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would swallow a great many people with one bite. People were very scared. One day, an old man came to their rescue, offering to subdue Nian. To Nian he said, I hear say that you are very capable, but can you swallow the other beasts of prey on earth instead of people who are by no means of your worthy opponents? So, it did swallow many of the beasts of prey on earth that also harassed people and their domestic animals from time to time.

After that, the old man disappeared riding the beast Nian. He turned out to be an immortal god. Now that Nian is gone and other beasts of prey are also scared into forests, people begin 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 year s end to scare away Nian in case it sneaked back again, because red is the color the beast feared the most.

From then on, the tradition of observing the conquest of Nian is carried on from generation to generation. The term Guo Nian , which may mean Survive the Nian becomes today Celebrate the Year as the word guo in Chinese having both the meaning of pass-over and observe . The custom of putting up red paper and firing fire-crackers to scare away Nian should it have a chance to run loose is still around. However, people today have long forgotten why they are doing all this, except that they feel the color and the sound add to the excitement of the celebratio

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.

Burning fireworks was once the most typical custom on the Spring Festival. People thought the spluttering sound could help drive away evil spirits. However, such an activity was completely or partially forbidden in big cities once the government took security, noise and pollution factors into consideration. As a replacement, some buy tapes with firecracker sounds to listen to, some break little balloons to get the sound too, while others buy firecracker handicrafts to hang in the living room.

The lively atmosphere not only fills every household, but permeates to streets and lanes. A series of activities such as lion dancing, dragon lantern dancing, lantern festivals and temple fairs will be held for days. The Spring Festival then comes to an end when the Lantern Festival is finished.

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

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。

I like the Chinese new year better than any other festival. This is a time especially for rest and joy. I need not study. I wear good clothes and eat good food. I have a good time from morning till night. I am as happy as a king.

我喜欢中国新年比喜欢其它任何节日更甚。这是一个专为休息和欢乐的时间。我不需要读书。我穿好衣服，吃好东西。我每天从早到晚日子过得轻松愉快。我和上帝一样快乐。