2. 过年 －－ 春节 － Spring Fest.

3. What is the Zodiac year in 2016?

5. How long is the history of people’s celebration of Spring Festival in China? From 1,600 BC. New Year Day was celebrated by the emperors, praying that heaven and earth be in harmony and thanking the god to bring the harvest to the earth.

6. Why do Chinese people call Celebrating Chinese Traditional New Year or Spring Festival “ 过年 ” GuoNian? Nian who was a monster with a body of a bull and the head of a lion. It was a ferocious animal that lived in the mountains and hunted for a living. Towards the end of winter when there was nothing to eat. Nian would attack villages and eat livestock and even human, which made a big terror for the villagers. Later on the villagers realized that Nian was afraid of 3 things: color scarlet, fire and noise. So one night when Nian was coming down from the mountain, the villagers started the fire, put up the red board and stayed up all night long making noises. From then on Nian never returned any more.

7. How do Chinese people celebrate Spring Festival?

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9. How do Chinese people celebrate Spring Festival? People will write and stick their Spring Couplets onto the doors.

10. How do Chinese people celebrate Spring Festival?

12. New Year’s Dinner, where a whole family will reunite.

13. theri How do Chinese people celebrate Spring Festival? People will eat Dumplings with their familiy at 12 PM after the New Year’s Eve.

14. E How do Chinese people celebrate Spring Festival? The kids will pay a New Year Visit to the elder generations in their family and get gift money.

15. How do Chinese people celebrate Spring Festival? Dough Figurine Temple Fair Sugar Figurine Lion Dance and Dragon Dance Chinese Lantern

16. How do Chinese people celebrate Spring Festival? Incense & pray for blessings

17. How do Chinese people celebrate Spring Festival? The God of Gates

18. How do Chinese people celebrate Spring Festival?

20. 过年 －－ 春节 － Spring Fest. How do Chinese people celebrate Spring Festival? 福 Fu

21. How do Chinese people celebrate Spring Festival? 福 Fu

22. Wish everyone good luck in 2016, the Monkey Year!