{"id":8506,"date":"2013-02-10T05:57:42","date_gmt":"2013-02-10T09:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=8506"},"modified":"2013-02-03T18:48:14","modified_gmt":"2013-02-03T22:48:14","slug":"spring-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/spring-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Festival (\u6625\u8282)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8509\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/spring-festival\/springfestival\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8509\" aria-label=\"Springfestival 300x198\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8509\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8509\"  alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/01\/springfestival-300x198.jpg\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spring Festival<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Tomorrow is the official start of the Spring Festival, China&#8217;s longest and most important holiday. As China follows the lunar calendar, the Spring Festival is also known as Chinese New Year. The madness of the <em>chun yun<\/em> travel rush is still going on, but most people should already be home by now. Today, on <strong>New Year&#8217;s Eve<\/strong> (\u9664\u5915 &#8211; ch\u00fa x\u00ec), families all around China will gather together to ring in the New Year. Students have a nice long break, while most workers are off for a week. The festival itself lasts for 15 days, culminating with a bang (literally) and the <strong>Lantern Festival<\/strong> (\u5143\u5bb5\u8282 &#8211; yu\u00e1n xi\u0101o ji\u00e9). This festival has a long history, as well as plenty of interesting customs and traditions. For a basic rundown of this traditional Chinese festival, here&#8217;s a video from &#8220;The Coolest Stuff on the Planet&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"China&#039;s Spring Festival | The Coolest Stuff on the Planet\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/blku3QKGoHk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Much has been said about the Spring Festival here at the Chinese blog over the years. In case you missed it before, here are all of the posts with short descriptions so you can get all caught up:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/spring-festival-part-one\/\">Spring Festival Part One<\/a> &#8211; In this post, we discuss the basics of this very important festival, as well as the fascinating backstory. Why do Chinese people wear red? Why do they light off so many fireworks? You&#8217;ll know after reading this.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/spring-festival-part-two\/\">Spring Festival Part Two<\/a> &#8211; A lot goes into getting ready for such a big celebration. Learn how Chinese families prepare and get ready to ring in the New Year with this post, which discusses New Year&#8217;s Eve traditions such as placing coins inside of &#8220;lucky&#8221; dumplings.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/spring-festival-part-three\/\">Spring Festival Part Three <\/a>&#8211; As has previously been mentioned, the Spring Festival lasts for 15 days. Find out what people do on these days in this post, which includes Buddhist traditions, lion dances, and much more.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/spring-festival-days2-15\/\">Spring Festival Days 2-15<\/a> &#8211; This one is sort of an elaboration on the previous year&#8217;s Part Three write-up, as it has more details about what people do throughout the many days of the festival.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/red-envelopes-%E7%BA%A2%E5%8C%85-hong-bao\/\">Red Envelopes<\/a> &#8211; Why do children love the Spring Festival so much? Well, other than having a long holiday from school, the fact that adults give them red envelopes stuffed with money probably helps&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/spring-festival-superstitions-and-traditions\/\">Superstitions and Traditions<\/a> &#8211; Why shouldn&#8217;t you get a haircut in the first month of the New Year? Why do Chinese people hang the character for <strong>good fortune<\/strong> (\u798f &#8211; f\u00fa) upside down? Well, you&#8217;ll just have to read this post to find out!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/the-chinese-zodiac-calendar\/\">Chinese Zodiac Calendar<\/a> &#8211; Are you well versed in the Chinese zodiac calendar? Do you know the 12 animals and which years they represent? What does it all mean, anyways!? You&#8217;ll know a lot more once you finish reading this one.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8508\" style=\"width: 308px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/spring-festival\/snakeyear2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8508\" aria-label=\"Snakeyear2 298x300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8508\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8508\"  alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/01\/snakeyear2-298x300.jpg\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8508\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Year of the Snake<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Speaking of the Chinese zodiac calendar, we&#8217;re about to enter the year of the <strong>snake<\/strong> (\u86c7 &#8211; sh\u00e9). If you&#8217;re interested in learning more about Chinese horoscopes and what it means to be a snake, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usbridalguide.com\/special\/chinesehoroscopes\/Snake.htm\">this website<\/a> is full of great information.<\/p>\n<p>As an American living in China, the fact that I get to celebrate a New Year twice never gets old. On December 31st, it&#8217;s champagne and a party or concert; on the eve of the Spring Festival, it&#8217;s dumplings and fireworks. To all of our incredible readers out there, I&#8217;d like to wish you all a <strong>Happy New Year<\/strong> (\u65b0\u5e74\u5feb\u4e50 &#8211; x\u012bn ni\u00e1n ku\u00e0i l\u00e8)!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a question to get you practicing your Chinese by talking about the Spring Festival:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>How are you planning to spend the Spring Festival?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">(\u4f60\u6253\u7b97\u600e\u4e48\u8fc7\u6625\u8282\uff1f- n\u01d0 d\u01ce su\u00e0n z\u011bn me gu\u00f2 ch\u016bn ji\u00e9)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"231\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/01\/springfestival-350x231.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/01\/springfestival-350x231.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/01\/springfestival.jpg 530w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Tomorrow is the official start of the Spring Festival, China&#8217;s longest and most important holiday. As China follows the lunar calendar, the Spring Festival is also known as Chinese New Year. The madness of the chun yun travel rush is still going on, but most people should already be home by now. 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