What is the process of celebrating Chinese New Year?

The Spring Festival is China's most distinctive traditional festival, and Chinese people have been celebrating it for more than 4,000 years.

Purchasing new year's goods

Posting Spring Festival couplets and hanging lucky charms

Discharging fireworks

Planning a dinner party

Watching the New Year's Eve

Spring Festival couplets, which have the meaning of warding off evil spirits and good luck, are written on big red paper. However, temples use yellow paper to keep the uniform filial piety is not yet full with white, green and yellow colors. The first year with white paper, the second year with green paper, the third year with yellow paper. The fourth year of mourning before changing back to red paper.

The year-end vigil, China's folk in the New Year's Eve has the habit of the year-end vigil, commonly known as "boiled year". Year-end vigil from the beginning of the New Year's Eve dinner, this New Year's Eve dinner to eat slowly, from the palm of the lamp into the table, some people have to eat late into the night.