Thursday, 3 December 2009

Spring Festive

By susan

Spring Festive is the most important festive in China. The traditional festive time is from the 23th twelfth lunar month to the 15th first lunar month, and the most lively days are new years eve and the first day of new year. During Spring Festive, the people in various nations in China will hold diverse activities to celebrate festive coming. The main activities are Worship deities, Ancestor memorial ceremony, Pray for good harvest, Wipe out the old trouble and celebrate the New Year. The forms of activities are rich and colorful with strong ethnic characteristics.




Besides stock food, completely clean house is the first necessary thing to do before the Spring Festive. As early as the Yao and Shun dynasty, there was the custom of clean house before the Spring Festival in China. According to the elder say: clean house means wipe out the unlucky things from family. So every family does the completely cleaning before the Spring Festive, as do all utensils cleaning wash bedding and curtains, cleaning yard and so on. Everywhere is filled with the happiness of cleaning and greeting the festival.



Paste Spring Festival couplets is also an important custom. In China we also call it “Duizi”, “Tiaofu”. Couplets use its expression of specific Chinese characteristics to describe the background of the age, and express good wishes. In order to increase the festival atmosphere, every family choose a couplet and paste it on the front door, no matter where,in the Spring Festival. The character of “福” is pasted with the couplet too. The “福” also be pasted on the wall, lintel, bedside and some other place. It uses to pray blessing, lucky and good future. Some of people reverse the character and paste on the door; they hope the good luck and the blessing already in their house.

Firecrackers plays an important role in the Spring Festive. When the new day of the new year, the first thing is done as people go out of the house is lighting firecrackers. It is native to China and has a about two thousands years history. It is a entertainment activity for people,especially for children. It always can bring the atmosphere of festive to the top. The lively appearance make people happy and excited. The soud of firecrackers can make bad things run away. Nowdays, people still keep this custom. And firecrackers has became more and more beautifull and attractive.

Actually , dumplings are the main role of Spring Festive. No matter where you are, in the night of festive you have to come back home and have a reunion with your family to make dumplings. You can use anything you like to be filling,meat, seafood and whatever. Dumpling stands for reunion and family can stay together forever. It also stands for people’ beauty wishes. Actually, famliy make dumplings together is a kind of enjoy, the feeling is very cool.

During the Spring Festive, there are many interesting activities. The entire activities make Spring Festive more interesting and meaningfull. Spring Festive connects old year with new year, it is the period of full of expection. So it is so important and special for people.

1 comment:

  1. I can see that this festival means a lot to you. I like the flow, but perhaps the conclusion can be more accurate to say that this festival is important and special to most Chinese. Otherwise, good effort.

    Mrs Mun

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