祝你新的一年快乐幸福 Wish you happiness and prosperity in the coming year! 春节The Spring Festival 农历lunar calendar 正月lunar January; the first month by lunar calendar 除夕New Year's Eve; eve of lunar New Year 初一the beginning of New Year 元宵节 The Lantern Festival Food names: 年糕Nian-gao; rise cake; New Year cake 团圆饭 family reunion dinner 年夜饭 the dinner on New Year's Eve 饺子Jiao-zi; Chinese meat ravioli 汤圆Tang-yuan; dumplings made of sweet rice, rolled into balls and stuffed with either sweet or spicy fillings 八宝饭 eight treasures rice pudding 糖果盘 candy tray: 什锦糖 assorted candies - sweet and fortune 蜜冬瓜 candied winter melon - growth and good health 西瓜子 red melon seed - joy, happiness, truth and sincerity 金桔cumquat - prosperity 糖莲子 candied lotus seed - many descendents to come 糖藕candied lotus root - fulfilling love relationship 红枣red dates - prosperity 花生糖 peanut candy - sweet Customs: 过年Guo-nian; have the Spring Festival 对联poetic couplet: two successive rhyming lines in poetry 春联Spring Festival couplets 剪纸paper-cuts 年画New Year paintings 买年货 special purchases for the Spring Festival ; do Spring Festival shopping 敬酒propose a toast 灯笼lantern: a portable light 烟花fireworks 爆竹firecrackers (People scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.) 红包red packets (cash wrapped up in red paper, symbolize fortune and wealth in the coming year.) 舞狮lion dance (The lion is believed to be able to dispel evil and bring good luck.) 舞龙dragon dance (to expect good weather and good harvests) 戏曲traditional opera 杂耍variety show; vaudeville 灯谜riddles written on lanterns 灯会exhibit of lanterns 守岁staying-up 拜年pay New Year's call; give New Year's greetings; New Year's visit 禁忌taboo 去晦气 get rid of the ill- fortune 祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one's ancestors 压岁钱 gift money; money given t The Chinese New Year is now popularly known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the Begining of Spring (the first of the twenty-four terms in coodination with the changes of Nature). Its origin is too old to be traced. Several explanations are hanging around. All agree, however, that the word Nian, which in modern Chinese solely means "year", was originally the name of a monster beast that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of a new year.
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