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　　FarandawaythemostimportantholidayinChinaisSpringFestival,alsoknownastheChineseNewYear.TotheChinesepeopleitisasimportantasChristmastopeopleintheWest.thedatesforthisannualcelebrationaredeterminedbythelunarcalendarratherthantheGREgoriancalendar,sothetimingoftheholidayvariesfromlateJanuarytoearlyFebruary.

　　TotheordinaryChinese,thefestivalactuallybeginsontheeveofthelunarNewYear’sDayandendsonthefifthdayofthefirstmonthofthelunarcalendar.Butthe15thofthefirstmonth,whichnormallyiscalledtheLanternFestival,meanstheofficialendoftheSpringFestivalinmanypartsofthecountry.

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　　SpringFestivalisthemostimportantandpopularfestivalinChina.BeforeSpringFestival,thepeopleusuallycleananddecoratetheirhouses.AndtheygototheFlowerFairstobuysomeflowers.DuringSpringFestival,theadultsusuallygiveluckymoneytochildren.Peopleoftengettogetherandhaveabigmeal.Somepeopleeatdumplingfordinner.

　　IloveSpringFestival.

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　　ThespringFestivaliscomingsoon!ThefestivelisconsiderededthemostimportantoneforChinesepeople.Itisonthefirstdayoflunaryear.Itisalsothedayofreunionamongfamilymembers.Duringthesedays,peoplewouldsay"happynewyear!orwishyoumakefortune!toeachother.Theywouldalsovisittheirrelativesandfriends.Childrenwouldbegiven"redpackets".Childrenwouldhavemoretoeatandplaythanusual.Playingfirecrackersisalsoapopulargameforchildren.

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　　SpringFestivalisthemostimportantfestivalinChina.It’stocelebratethelunarcalendar‘snewyear.IntheeveningbeforetheSpringFestival,familiesgettogetherandhaveabigmeal.Inmanyplacespeopleliketosetofffirecrackers.Dumplingsarethemosttraditionalfood.Childrenlikethefestivalverymuch,becausetheycanhavedeliciousfoodandwearnewclothes.Theycanalsogetsomemoneyfromtheirparents.Thismoneyisgiventochildrenforgoodluck.PeopleputNewYearscrollsonthewallforgoodfortune.

　　TheSpringFestivallastsabout15dayslong.Peoplevisitrelativesandfriendswiththewords“Haveallyourwishes”.PeopleenjoytheSpringFestival,duringthistimetheycanhaveagoodrest.

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　　SpringFestival

　　TheNewMoononthefirstdayofthenewyear--thefullmoon15dayslater

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　　ChineseNewYearstartswiththeNewMoon（新月）onthefirstdayofthenewyearandendsonthefullmoon（满月）15dayslater.The15thdayofthenewyeariscalledtheLanternFestival（元宵节）,whichiscelebratedatnightwithlanterndisplaysandchildrencarryinglanternsinaparade.