The Spring Festival The most important festival in China is the Spring Festival. It falls[降临]on the last day of the lunar year and lasts until the Lantern Festival[元宵节].On New Year’s Eve, people usually cook lots of good dishes. Then the whole family sits around the table, feasting[大吃大喝]and welcomeing the first day of the new year. When the clock strikes twelve at midnight, people greet on each other with “Happy New Year” and go out into the open to watch all kinds of fireworks glittering[闪耀；闪光]everywhere in the dark sky. Parents usually put a small red paper packet under their child’s pillow. Inside the packet is some money. That means the child is already one year older. In China people call this “Ya-Sui-Qian”[压岁钱]. On the first day of the New Year, people go to visit their parents, relatives and friends. Some young couples get married on that day too. The Spring Festival lasts half a month until the Lantern Festival comes. 春节的习俗 在中国，最重要的节日是春节。春节从阴历年的最后一天开始一直持续到元宵节。在大年夜，人们常常做很多好吃的。然后全家围坐桌旁吃团圆饭，迎接新年第一天的到来。 当年夜十二点的钟声敲响时，人们相互祝福“新年好”，到外面去看夜空中绚烂多彩的焰火。父母常常会在孩子的枕头下放一个小红包，里面搁着钱。那意味着孩子又长大了一岁。在中国人们把这叫“压岁钱”。 新年的第一天，人们出门探望父母，亲戚和朋友。一些年轻的夫妇在这一天结婚。春节要持续半个月左右，直到元宵节到来为止。
