Spring Festival falls on a different date each year. According to the lunar calendar, it's dictated by the first new moon closest to the beginning of spring.
中国的春节每年的日期都不一样。根据农历,春节的具体时间是最接近春天开始的第一个新月日。
春联(Paper scrolls)
Paper scrolls are normally put up on both sides of the doorway. There are certain strict rules to mirror the words, like if there is a character on the left-hand side that saying, sky, for example, there should be one on the right-hand side saying ground, and if there is rain, there is wind. If there is red, there is green. So it is kind of a thing that brings good blessing and good wishes for the New Year.
No medicine on the first day of the lunar New Year, because it is believed that if you take any medicine on the first day of the year, you will be ill all year. That is no good.
农历大年初一不能吃药,据说如果你在初一吃了药,你全年身体都会不好。这可不妙。
Rule two, no porridge.
第二条,不能喝粥。
It is a peasant food and you will be eating poor food and be poor all year if you eat porridge on the first day of the year.
据说粥是以前乡下人吃的东西,吃了穷人的东西就会变穷,新年第一天喝了粥,一年都可能会穷。
Rule three, no sweeping.
第三条,不能打扫卫生。
Because it means you are sweeping away the wealth of the new year to come. Make sense.
1、touch off the firecracker 放鞭炮 例句:Many people would touch off firecrackers at New Year.许多中国人在新年时放鞭炮
2、post new year's scrolls 贴春联 例句:We will put up posters on their doors and walls.我们将在门上和墙上贴春联。
3、New Year's Money for Children 给孩子压岁钱 例句:Adult usually give lucky money to children during Spring Festival.大人通不需要长靴常在春节期间给孩子们压岁钱。
4、Eat dumplings 吃饺子 例句: We eat jiaozi and baozi sometimes. 我们有时也吃饺子和包子。
5、Eat new year's Eve dinner 吃年夜饭 例句: We will eat new year's Eve dinner together. 我们将一起吃年夜饭 。
6、clean up the room 收拾屋子 例句: I'll do your shopping, clean up the house, and cook your dinner for you. 我会帮你买东西,收拾屋子,替你做晚饭。
7、Pay New Year call 拜年 例句:I'll pay a New Year call to my uncle today. 今天我要去叔叔家拜年。
8、stay up late or all night on New Year's Eve 守岁迎新年 例句:We must stay up to see the new year in. 我们得守岁迎接新年。
9、Remove old 除旧 例句:Since Chuxi in Chinese means removing the old, most of the activities during New Year's Eve centers on removing the old and evil and pray for the best. 因为除夕在中文里的意思是除旧,所以大部分除夕夜里的习俗也是和除去旧恶、祈求幸福相关
10、Family reunion 亲人团聚 例句:Spring Festival is a family reunion holiday, the children left home to returned to their parents at home. 春节是个亲人团聚的节日,离家的孩子要不远千里回到父母家里。