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... Spring Festival
The Spring Festival is far and away the most important holiday in China, also known as the Chinese New Year. To the Chinese people it is as important as Christmas to people in the West. ... To the ordinary Chinese, the festival actually begins on the eve of the lunar New Years Day and ends on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar. The 15th of the first month, which is normally called the Lantern Festival, stands for the official end of the Spring Festival in many parts of the country(1). ... Thus the Spring Festival serves as a rare opportunity for family reunion, especially for those who work or live in another province far away from home. ...
The New Year atmosphere is brought to a climax on the fifteenth day when the Lantern Festival sets in. ... Origin and Symbolism
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Chinese Lantern Festival. In Chinese the first lunar month is called ¡°Yuan¡± month and ¡°Xiao¡± stands for ¡°night¡±, so this day is also called ¡°Yuan Xiao¡± Festival in China(6). ... Obviously, ¡°Yuan Xiao¡± gets its name from the festival itself. ... History
Besides entertainment and beautiful lanterns, eating ¡°Yuan Xiao¡± remains to be an indispensable part in the Spring Festival, especially on the Lantern Festival. ...
The popularity of ¡°Yuan Xiao¡± during the festival has been reflected among folktales, one of the best-known is perhaps connected to ¡°Yuan Shikai (Yuan Shih-Kai, 1859-1916). ... Christmas
For most Westerners, ¡°the day begins on Christmas Eve with the Midnight Mass¡± (13). Take the United States as an example; the majority of Americans celebrate Christmas with the exchange of gifts and greetings and with family visits.
At Christmas it snows in many states, so dinner is usually eaten indoors. In America, the traditional Christmas dinner is ¡°roast turkey with vegetables and sauces, goose, duck or ham served with cranberry sauce.
Approximate Word count = 1580
Approximate Pages = 6.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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