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1、the chinese new year celebrations are marked by visits to kin, relatives and friends, a practice known as new-year visits （chinese: 拜年; pinyin: bi nin）. new clothes are usually worn to signify a new year. the colour red is liberally used in all decorations. red packets are given to juniors and child

2、ren by the married and elders. see symbolism below for more explanation.preceding days 春节前this article does not cite any references or sources.please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. unsourced material may be challenged and removed. （january 2010）on the days before

3、the new year celebration chinese families give their home a thorough cleaning. there is a cantonese saying wash away the dirt on ninyabaat （年廿八，洗邋遢）, but the practice is not usually restricted on ninyabaat （年廿八, the 28th day of month 12）. it is believed the cleaning sweeps away the bad luck of the p

4、receding year and makes their homes ready for good luck. brooms and dust pans are put away on the first day so that luck cannot be swept away. some people give their homes, doors and window-frames a new coat of red paint. homes are often decorated with paper cutouts of chinese auspicious phrases and

5、 couplets. purchasing new clothing, shoes, and receiving a hair-cut also symbolize a fresh start.in many households where buddhism or taoism is prevalent, home altars and statues are cleaned thoroughly, and altars that were adorned with decorations from the previous year are also taken down and burn

6、ed a week before the new year starts, and replaced with new decorations. taoists （and buddhists to a lesser extent） will also send gods （送神）, an example would be burning a paper effigy of zao jun the kitchen god, the recorder of family functions. this is done so that the kitchen god can report to th

7、e jade emperor of the family households transgressions and gooddeeds. families often offer sweet foods （such as candy） in order to bribe the deities into reporting good things about the family.first day 初一most importantly, the first day of chinese new year is a time when families visit the oldest an

8、d most senior members of their extended family, usually their parents, grandparents or great-grandparents.some families may invite a lion dance troupe as a symbolic ritual to usher in the lunar new year as well as to evict bad spirits from the premises. members of the family who are married also giv

9、e red packets containing cash to junior members of the family, mostly children and teenagers.while fireworks and firecrackers are traditionally very popular, some regions have banned them due to concerns over fire hazards, which have resulted in increased number of fires around new years and challen

10、ged municipal fire departments work capacity. for this reason, various city governments （e.g., hong kong, and beijing, for a number of years） issued bans over fireworks andfirecrackers in certain premises of the city. as a substitute, large-scale fireworks have been launched by governments in cities

11、 like hong kong to offer citizens the experience.second day 初二the second day of the chinese new year is for married daughters to visit their birth parents. traditionally, daughters who have been married may not have the opportunity to visit their birthfamilies frequently.on the second day, the chine

12、se pray to their ancestors as well as to all the gods. they are extra kind to dogs and feed them well as it is believed that the second day is the birthday of all dogs.business people of the cantonese dialect group will hold a hoi nin prayer to start their business on the 2nd day of chinese new year

13、. the prayer is done to pray that they will be blessed with good luck and prosperity in their business for the year.third and fourth days 初三the third and fourth day of the chinese new year are generally accepted as inappropriate days to visit relatives and friends due to the following schools of tho

14、ught. people may subscribe to one or both thoughts.1）it is known as ch ku （赤口）, meaning that it is easy to get into arguments. it is suggested that the cause could be the fried food and visiting during the first two days of the new year celebration.citation needed2）families who had an immediate kin

15、deceased in the past 3 years will not go house-visiting as a form of respect to the dead, but people may visit them on this day. some people then conclude that it is inauspicious to do any house visiting at all. the third day of the new year is allocated to grave-visiting instead.fifth day 初五seventh

16、 day 初七eighth day 初八another family dinner to celebrate the eve of the birth of the jade emperor. however, everybodyshould be back to work by the 8th day. all of government agencies and business will stop celebrating by the eighth day.ninth day 初九tenth day 初十the other day when the jade emperors birth

17、day is celebrated.thirteenth day 正月十三on the 13th day people will eat pure vegetarian food to clean out their stomach due to consuming too much food over the last two weeks.this day is dedicated to the general guan yu, also known as the chinese god of war. guan yu was born in the han dynasty and is c

18、onsidered the greatest general in chinese history. he represents loyalty, strength, truth, and justice. according to history, he was tricked by the enemy and was beheaded.fifteenth day 正月十五the fifteenth day of the new year is celebrated as yun xio ji （元宵节）, otherwise known as chap goh mei in fujian

19、dialect. rice dumplings tangyuan （simplified chinese: 汤圆; traditional chinese: 湯圓; tngyun）, a sweet glutinous rice ball brewed in a soup, is eaten this day. candles are lit outside houses as a way to guide wayward spirits home. this day is celebrated as the lantern festival, and families walk the st

20、reet carrying lighted lanterns.this day often marks the end of the chinese new year festivities.（点击数：0 ）本文转载自免费英语网（），详细出处请参考：篇二：完整版春节所有习俗英语作文chinese new year or spring festival is the most important of the traditional chinese holidays. it is sometimes called the lunar new year by english speakers. t

21、he festival traditionally begins on the first day of the first month （chinese: 正月; zhng yu） in the chinese calendar and ends on the 15th; this day is called lantern festival. chinese new years eve is known as ch x. it literally means year-pass eve.chinese new year is the longest and most important f

22、estivity in the lunar calendar. the origin of chinese new year is itself centuries old and gains significance because of several myths and traditions. ancient chinese new year is a reflection on how the people behaved and what they believed in the most.celebrated in areas with large populations of e

23、thnic chinese, chinese new year is considered a major holiday for the chinese and has had influence on the new year celebrations of its geographic neighbors, as well as cultures with whom the chinese have had extensive interaction. these include koreans （seollal）, tibetans and bhutanese （losar）, mon

24、golians （tsagaan sar）, vietnamese （t?t）, and formerly the japanese before 1873 （oshogatsu）. outside of mainland china, hong kong, macau, and taiwan, chinese new year is also celebrated in countries with significant han chinese populations, such as singapore, indonesia, laos, malaysia, the philippine

25、s, and thailand. in countries such as australia, canada and the united states, although chinese new year is not an official holiday, many ethnic chinese hold large celebrations and australia post, canada post, and the us postal service issues new years themed stamps.on the days before the new year c

26、elebration chinese families give their home a thorough cleaning. there is a cantonese saying wash away the dirt on ninyabaat （年廿八，洗邋遢）, but the practice is not usually restricted on ninyabaat （年廿八, the 28th day of month 12）. it is believed the cleaning sweeps away the bad luck of the preceding year and makes their homes ready for good luck. brooms and dust pans are put away on the first day so that luck cannot be swept away. some people give their homes, doors and window-frames a new coat of red paint. homes ar