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− | + | Chinese New Year, or '''[[Spring Festival]]''' is the largest and most important festival in [[China]]. It is the first day of the lunar calendar and usually occurs somewhere between January 30 and February 20, heralding the beginning of spring, thus it is known as Spring Festival. This traditional festival is also a festival of reunion; no matter how far away people are from their homes, they will try their best to get back to have the Reunion Dinner. ('''[[Spring Festival|Read more ...]]''') <br> | |
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− | Chinese New Year, or '''[[Spring Festival]]''' is the largest and most important festival in [[China]]. It is the first day of the lunar calendar and usually occurs somewhere between January 30 and February 20, heralding the beginning of spring, thus it is known as Spring Festival. This traditional festival is also a festival of reunion; no matter how far away people are from their homes, they will try their best to get back to have the Reunion Dinner. | ||
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− | [[Image:Kitchen god.jpg|thumb|left|100px]] [[Little New Year|'''Little New Year''']] (Chinese: Xiaonian), which falls about a week before the lunar New Year, is also known as the Festival of the Kitchen God, the deity who oversees the moral character of each household. In one of the most distinctive traditions of Spring Festival, a paper image of the Kitchen God is burned on Little New Year, dispatching the god's spirit to Heaven to report on the family's conduct over the past year. ('''[[Little New Year|Read more ...]]''') | + | [[Image:Kitchen god.jpg|thumb|left|100px]] [[Little New Year|'''Little New Year''']] (Chinese: Xiaonian), which falls about a week before the lunar New Year, is also known as the Festival of the Kitchen God, the deity who oversees the moral character of each household. In one of the most distinctive traditions of [[Spring Festival]], a paper image of the Kitchen God is burned on Little New Year, dispatching the god's spirit to Heaven to report on the family's conduct over the past year. ('''[[Little New Year|Read more ...]]''') |
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'''[[Spring Festival#Nianhua|Nianhua]]''' (Spring Festival Picture) is a special type of painting in China. It is used during the [[Spring Festival]]. ('''[[Spring Festival#Nianhua|Read more ...]]''') | '''[[Spring Festival#Nianhua|Nianhua]]''' (Spring Festival Picture) is a special type of painting in China. It is used during the [[Spring Festival]]. ('''[[Spring Festival#Nianhua|Read more ...]]''') | ||
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+ | <br>[[Image:Springcouplets1.jpg|thumb|left|100px]] On the Chinese New Year, families in China decorate their front doors with '''[[Spring couplets]]''' - the poetic couplets of calligraphy written with fragrant India ink, expressing the feeling of life's renewal and the return of spring. ('''[[Spring couplets|Read more ...]]''')<br> | ||
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+ | <br>[[Image:Chuxi2.jpg|thumb|left|100px]] Every year on [[Lunar New Year's Eve|New Year's Eve]], people paste up images of the '''[[Door God]]''' on the entrances to their homes. ('''[[Door God|Read more ...]]''') | ||
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+ | The '''[[Dragon Dance]]''' is a form of traditional dance and performance in Chinese culture. ('''[[Dragon Dance|Read more ...]]''') | ||
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− | [[ | + | [[Image:Liondance.jpg|thumb|left|100px]] The '''[[Lion Dance]]''' is one of the most popular dances in [[China]]. Known as the king of animals, the lion is a traditional symbol of good luck in China. ('''[[Lion Dance|Read more ...]]''') |
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− | + | ''Cai Gaoqiao'', or '''[[walking on stilts]]''', is a popular traditional performance for the [[Spring Festival]], especially in Northern China. ('''[[walking on stilts|Read more ...]]''') | |
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Latest revision as of 03:18, 8 February 2010
Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival is the largest and most important festival in China. It is the first day of the lunar calendar and usually occurs somewhere between January 30 and February 20, heralding the beginning of spring, thus it is known as Spring Festival. This traditional festival is also a festival of reunion; no matter how far away people are from their homes, they will try their best to get back to have the Reunion Dinner. (Read more ...) |
Related festivals |
Customs |
Little New Year (Chinese: Xiaonian), which falls about a week before the lunar New Year, is also known as the Festival of the Kitchen God, the deity who oversees the moral character of each household. In one of the most distinctive traditions of Spring Festival, a paper image of the Kitchen God is burned on Little New Year, dispatching the god's spirit to Heaven to report on the family's conduct over the past year. (Read more ...)
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Making offerings to the ancestors is one of the most important folk customs of Spring Festival. Traditionally, households prepared for New Year's Eve by bringing their family's genealogical records, ancestral portraits, and memorial tablets to the ancestral hall, where the altar was prepared with incense and offerings. (Read more ...)
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Decorations |
Celebrations |
Nianhua (Spring Festival Picture) is a special type of painting in China. It is used during the Spring Festival. (Read more ...)
On the Chinese New Year, families in China decorate their front doors with Spring couplets - the poetic couplets of calligraphy written with fragrant India ink, expressing the feeling of life's renewal and the return of spring. (Read more ...)
Every year on New Year's Eve, people paste up images of the Door God on the entrances to their homes. (Read more ...) |
The Dragon Dance is a form of traditional dance and performance in Chinese culture. (Read more ...)
Cai Gaoqiao, or walking on stilts, is a popular traditional performance for the Spring Festival, especially in Northern China. (Read more ...) |