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Gung Hay Fat Choy! This is the Chinese greeting for the New Year. The Chinese also call this holiday the Spring Festival. Chinese people all over the world welcome the New Year sometime between winter and spring. The Spring Festival lasts for several weeks and celebrates the earth waking up after the cold winter.

Before the New Year, families clean their houses and decorate the doors with texts on red paper. These decorations keep out bad luck. Girls and boys get their hair cut and buy new clothes.

On New Year's Eve, families have big traditional meals. In Southern China, they usually eat sweet rice pudding and honey. They stay up until midnight to watch firework displays. On New Year's Day, they usually visit friends and family and of course eat lots of delicious food. In the middle of the holiday season, people walk through the streets carrying beautiful lanterns. They follow a parade that includes big dragons, lion dancers in colourful costumes and people playing drums.

The way the Chinese people all get together to celebrate the New Year makes it a very special time. These wonderful celebrations make it a very exciting holiday.

Celebration: Chinese New Year

Date: sometime between winter and

Preparations:

people clean their houses

their doors with texts on red paper

girls and boys have their cut and buy new clothes

Activities:

In the south:

eat sweet pudding and honey

watch firework

visit friends and family

eat delicious food

carry lanterns and follow a parade of big , lion dancers and people playing