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The Spring Festival, the most Important Traditional Festival inChinaChineseNew Year is often called Chinese Lunar New Year although it actually islunisolarIt is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is an all East and South-East-Asia celebration. In China it is known as the "Spring Festival"the literal translation of the Chinese name春节，owing to the difference between Western and traditional Chinese methods for computing the seasons. It marks the end of the winter season, analogous to the Western carnival.Thefestivalbegins on the first day of the first monthf正月)inthetraditional Chinese calendar and ends with the Lantern Festival which is on the 15th day. Chinese New Year's Eve,a day when Chinese families gather for their annual reunion dinner,is known as Chu Ⅺ（除夕）or "Eve of the New Year."Chinese New Year is the longest and most important festivity in the Chinese lunisolar calendar. The origin of Chinese New Year is itself centuries old and gains significance because of several myths and traditions.Ancient Chinese New Year is arefiectionon how the people behaved and what they believed in the most.
Chinese New Year is celebrated in countries and territories with significant Chinese populations, such as China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and alsoinChinatownselsewhere.Chinese New Year is considered a major holiday for the Chinese and has hadinfluenceon the new year celebrations of its geographic neighbors, as well as cultures with whom the Chinese have had extensive interaction. These include Koreans, and Bhutanese, Mongolians, Vietnamese, and the Japanese before 1873.
In countries such as Australia, Canada and the United States,although Chinese New Year is not an official holiday, many ethnic Chinese hold large celebrations and Australia Post, Canada Post, and the US Postal Service issue New Year's themed stamps.
Within China,regional customs and traditions concerning the celebration of the Chinese New Year vary widely. People will pour out their money to buy presents, decoration, material, food, and clothing.It is also a tradition that every family thoroughly cleans the house to sweep away any ill-fortune inhopeof making way for good incoming luck. Windows and doors will be and decorated with redcolourpaper-cuts and couplets with popular themes of "happiness", "wealth",and "longevity". On the Eve of Chinese New Year, supper is a feast with families. Food willvncludesuch items as pigs, ducks, chicken and sweet delicacies. The family will end the night with firecrackers. Early the next morning,children will greet their parents by wishing them a healthy and happy new year, and receive money in red paper envelopes. The Chinese New Year tradition is to reconcile, forget all grudges and sincerely wish peace and happiness for everyone.
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