theSpringFestival

　　FarandawaythemostimportantholidayinChinaisSpringFestival,alsoknownastheChineseNewYear.TotheChinesepeopleitisasimportantasChristmastopeopleintheWest.ThedatesforthisannualcelebrationaredeterminedbythelunarcalendarratherthantheGREgoriancalendar,sothetimingoftheholidayvariesfromlateJanuarytoearlyFebruary.

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

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

　　这个是元旦,但也算新年,可以借鉴~

　　Year'sDay

　　January1stisNewYear'sDay.It'sagreatdayforallthepeoplethroughouttheworld.Asthesayinggoes,"Agoodbeginningishalfthebattle".So,manypeoplegoallouttocelebratetheimportantday.Onthatday,IwenttotheBookCitywithmyclassmates.Weboughtalotofusefulreferencebooksandinterestingstorybooks.Ibelieve"Knowledgeispower".IhopeIcanlearnalotfromthesebooksandimprovemystudy.Intheevening,myfamilyhadabigdinnerparty.Allthemembersinmyfamilywishedmeagoodluckinthenewyear.

　　Wintervacationiscoming.We'rehappytowelcometheholidays.Usually,wintervacationisfunnybecauseSpringFestivalisduringthevacation.

　　SpringFestivalisaexcellentdayforeveryChinese,especiallyforchildren.Duringthefestival,relativesgotovisiteachotherandgivepresentstoeachother.Thenit'sthehappymomentforchildren,childrenaregivensomeluckymoney.

　　Buti'mnotachildanylonger.Iwanttomakethefestivalalittlebitdifferent.Iplantohaveadifferentday.I'mgoingtosellsometoysintheflowermarket.Iwillaskmyfriendstojoinme.Ifiearnsomemoney,i'llbuysomepresentstomyparents.Well,it'smyturntogivebacktomyparentsfortheirlove.

　　Therearealotofholidaysforchinesepeople,suchasNationalday,MayDay,etc.However,chinesepeoplelookonspringfestivalastheirmostimportantoneofall.Andit'salsomyfavoritefestival,especiallywhenIwasachild,becauseInthosedays,Icouldhaveaplentyofdeliciousfoodtoeat,enjoyaverylongholidayandwearbeautifulclothes.AndwhatismoreimportantisthatIcouldreceivedmuchnewyear'sgiftmoney.So,everyyear,Iexpectedthespringfestivalwouldcomesoon.AfterIgrewup,it'snolongerasimportanttomeasbefore.ForIcanhavemydeliciousfoodandwearmyfavoriteclotheseveryday.It'slikeI'mhavingspringfestivaleveryday!