Chinese New Year ( Spring Festival )
Chinese New Year ( Spring Festival )
erm ¡®Guo Nian¡¯, which may mean ¡®Survive the Nian¡¯ becomes today¡¯s ¡®Celebrate the New Year¡¯, as the word ¡®Guo¡¯ in Chinese having both the meaning of ¡®pass-over¡¯ and ¡®observe¡¯. The custom of putting up red paper and firing firecrackers to scare away ¡®Nian¡¯ had been well preserved.
Equal to Christmas of the West in significance, the Spring Festival is the most important holiday in China . Two features distinguish it from the other festivals. One is seeing off the old year and greeting the new. The other is family reunion.
Two weeks before the festival the whole country is permeated with a holiday atmosphere. On the 8th day of the twelfth lunar month, many families will make the Laba Congee, a kind of congee made from more than eight treasures, including the glutinous rice, lotus seed, beans, gingko, millet and so on. Shops and streets are beautifully decorated and every household is busy at shopping and preparing for the festival. In the past, all families would make a thro
City Guide
- Wuxi
- Turpan
- Shaoxing
- Ningbo
- Kaili
- Harbin
- Nanjing
- Zhengzhou
- Shenyang
- Shijiazhuang
- Nakchu
- Shigetse
- Zhouzhuang
- Zhangjiajie
- Xitang
- Xining
- Xiamen
- Wuzhen
- Wuhan
- Tongli
- Taiyuan
- Tianjin
- Shangri-La
- Suzhou
- Sanya
- Shenzhen
- Qingdao
- Nanchang
- Nanning
- Macau
- Emeishan
- Leshan
- Luoyang
- Lanzhou
- Kashgar
- Kaifeng
- Yinchuan
- Jiuzhaigou
- Jinan
- Jingdezhen
- Hangzhou
- Hohhot
- Haikou
- Huangshan
- Hefei
- Guiyang
- Guilin
- Fuzhou
- Dali
- Datong
- Dalian
- Dunhuang
- Changchun
- Changsha
- Harbin
- Urumqi
- Shenzheng
- LijIang
- HongKong
- Kunming
- Guangzhou
- Tibet
- Panda Hometown
- Chongqing
- Xi¡¯an
- Shanghai
- Beijing
- Chengdu
China Highlights Tours
moreChina Hotels
