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The Spring Festival, also known as the Chinese New Year, is a traditional Chi...

The Spring Festival, also known as the Chinese New Year, is a traditional Chinese festival celebrated at the turn of the Chinese lunar calendar. It is considered the most important festival in China, and is a time for family reunions, feasting, and the exchange of gifts and red envelopes.HistoryThe origin of the Spring Festival can be traced back to the Shang Dynasty (around 1600 BC - 1046 BC), when sacrifices were made to gods and ancestors to pray for a good harvest and peace. These sacrifices gradually evolved into a series of rituals and activities to celebrate the New Year.During the Spring and Autumn period (770 BC - 476 BC), people began to pay attention to agricultural cycles and began to celebrate the beginning of the year according to the solar calendar. In the Warring States period (475 BC - 221 BC), people began to use the lunar calendar, and the Spring Festival became a month-long celebration.The Qin Dynasty (221 BC - 207 BC) unified China, and the Spring Festival became a unified festival. During the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD), Confucianism became prevalent, and people began to emphasize family reunion and filial piety. The Spring Festival became a time for family gatherings and sacrifices to ancestors.In the Tang Dynasty (618 AD - 907 AD), the Spring Festival became a national holiday, and people began to hold dragon and lion dances, fireworks, and other entertainment activities. During the Song Dynasty (960 AD - 1279 AD), people began to exchange red envelopes containing money as gifts during the Spring Festival.CelebrationsThe Spring Festival is a time for family reunions, feasting, and the exchange of gifts and red envelopes. Many people travel back to their hometowns to visit their parents and relatives. Family members gather together for reunion dinners, and it is also common to have feasts with neighbors and friends.During the Spring Festival, people clean their houses and yards, buy new clothes, and decorate their homes with red paper cutouts and couplets with popular themes of "good fortune", "happiness", "wealth", and "longevity". Many people also put up New Year's couplets on their doors, which usually contain themes of "good fortune", "happiness", "wealth", and "longevity".On New Year's Eve, families have a reunion dinner called "Nian Ye Fan" (Year's Eve Dinner), which usually consists of dishes that symbolize good fortune, happiness, wealth, and longevity. For example, fish is a common dish because it sounds like "surplus" in Chinese, meaning wealth.After dinner, people watch TV programs such as dragon and lion dances, opera performances, and variety shows. At midnight, people go out to set off fireworks and firecrackers to scare off evil spirits and bring good luck in the New Year.Red EnvelopesRed envelopes are a traditional gift given during the Spring Festival. They are usually given by elders to children or by married couples to their parents. The amount of money in the red envelope usually depends on the relationship between the giver and receiver, but it is usually considered lucky to give red envelopes with an even number of money inside.