元旦 New YearIt falls on the first day of the year. It marks the beginning of a year.People will plan what to do in the New Year. Because they believethat the whole year's work depends on a good start in spring.春节 Spring FestivalSpring Festival is the most important festival in China. It is on thefirst day of the first lunar month(阴历正月). On the eve of thefestival, people will paste spring poems(贴春联)with lucky words.They prepare delicious food, dumpling is a must. They also cleantheir house, but there is no sweeping on spring festival for peoplethink it will sweep away good luck. People often come back hometo enjoy family reunion, the whole family will get together for the bigdinner. They also exchange greeting with other friends andrelatives.元宵 Lantern FestivalIt comes on the 15th of the first lunar month and it marks the end oftheSpringFestival.Onthisday,peopleofteneatsweetdumplings( 元 宵 )for good luck. They will visit the display oflanterns(灯展)or go for temple fair(庙会)清明 QingmingQingming —It is also called Tomb-Sweeping Day. It falls on April4th or 5th. That is a special day for the living to show love andrespect to their dead friends or relatives. People often go to sweepthe tomb and put the meat, wine in front of the tomb. Oneinteresting thing is that people burn the paper money for the dead.端午 Dragon Boat FestivalThis day is on the fifth of the fifth lunar month, People often gettogether to watch the wonderful “Dragon Boat Race”(龙舟大赛)，Rice dumpling is a must on Dragon Boat Festival.中秋 Mid-autumn DayIt comes on the 15th of the eighth lunar month. People often gazeat the “Lady in the moon”(嫦娥) and eat moon cakes.腊月二十三——小年December 23 of the Lunar Ca...
