英语小报-传统节日.doc

Customs of the Spring FestivalNew Year Feast(年夜饭)Spring Festival is a time for family reunion. The New Years Feast is a must banquet with all the family members getting together. The food eaten on the New Year Even banquet varies according to regions. In south China, It is customary to eat niangao (New Year cake made of glutinous rice flour) because as a homophone, niangao means higher and higher every year. In the north, a traditional dish for the feast is Jiaozi or dumplings shaped like a crescent moon.Eat dumplings during the Spring Festival is the traditional Chinese customs. Chinese dumpling is one of the most important foods in chinese new year.Since the shape of chinese dumpling is similar to ancient chinese gold or silier ingots ,they symbolize wealth .Traditional,the members of a family get togeter to make dumplings during the New Years Eve.They may hide a coin in one of the dumplings.The person who finds the coin will likely have a good fortune in the New Year.Chinese dumpling is also popular in other chinese holidays or festivals,so it is part of the chinese culture or traditional.The Spring festival is the most important festival in China. It is on January 1st according to the Chinese lunar calendar. Its Chinas New years Day So usually a month before the festiva,people begin to buy food clothes and decorations for houses. On New Year Eve,each family will gather together eating,talking and watching TV for almost the whole night.The children are the happiest of all because they can get presents from their parents or grand-parents. On Lunar New Years Day.pepole will eat dumplings.When they meet their neighbours or friends,theyll