Chinese Celebrations By Christian Demushkin

Chinese New year Long ago Chinese believed there was a monster who ate people and the Gods locked him up in the mountain. During the New Year, the Gods let the monster free. So people started lighting firecrackers to scare the monster away.

The spring festival In the third day of the spring festivals there is a parade dragon and there is the lion Dance. The dragon is so big it takes two people to hold the head and twelve people to hold the legs. The dragon passes people and their home and a lot of people keep their doors open for good luck.

Honor of ancestors In the spring festival families visit their tombs of their dead relatives. They honor their ancestors by lighting incense and burn imitation money. Then they go home and have a fest. And children have little red packets filled with money and their parents let their kids stay up late.