Chinese New Year ( Spring Festival )

re usually spent with singing, dancing, and other recreational activities, of which the Song or Torch Festivals of some minority ethnic groups are the examples. As to the celebration festivals, they are the main festivals of China , typical of which is the Spring Festival. As civilization advanced, these festivals have infiltrated and influenced with each other and gradually blended to form China ¡¯s festival today. 

According to the Chinese Agricultural Calendar, Chinese Spring Festival begins with the New Moon and ends on the Full Moon ??? that is from the first day to the 15th day of the first month. The last day of the New Year is known as the Lantern Festival.

The origin of the Spring Festival now is too old to be traced. It is widely believed that the word ¡®Nian¡¯(in Chinese means ¡®year¡¯), was first the name of a monster beast that started to prey on human being at the night before the beginning of a new year. It had a very big mouth that would swallow many people with on