The oldest and most important festival in China is the Chinese New Year, the Spring Festival is an event comparable to Christmas in the West, which marks the first day of the lunar calendar and usually falls somewhere between late January and early February of the Gregorian calendar. This traditional festival is also a festival of reunions. No matter how far people are from their homes they will try their best to come back home for the reunion dinner.
Also called：The Spring Festival, also known as the Lunar New Year, is the most important traditional festival in China, which falls on in late January or early February.
2022 date: Tuesday，February 27th
Two historical reasons：
1.The historical reason for beginning the new year in such a time is that it is the time between autumn harvest and spring plowing and planning. In another words, it is the time for rest, relaxation and celebration after a year’s toil.
2. A legend : In ancient time, a mythological demon called” Nian” that lived under the sea would plague people once a year on the even of the new year. It jumped out from the sea, attacked villages, devouring people, animals and plants.
How do Chinese people celebrate the Spring Festival:
Spring Cleaning ：people begin to clean their houses to bid farewell to the old year and usher in a happy and fresh new year.
Spring Decorating: People hang flower-decorated red lanterns in front of their houses. Office buildings and stores are also decorated with red lanterns. Red couplets-red posters with black Chinese calligraphy, colored New Year paintings are posted on the doors of people’s houses. They symbolize happiness, prosperity and good luck in the New Year.
