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1、SpringFestivalTheNewMoononthefirstdayofthenewyear--thefullmoon15dayslaterClickhereformorewordsabouttheSpringFestivalChineseNewYearstartswiththeNewMoon（新月）onthefirstdayofthenewyearandendsonthefullmoon（滿(mǎn)月）15dayslater.The15thdayofthenewyeariscalledtheLanternFestival（元宵節(jié)）,which
2、iscelebratedatnightwithlanterndisplaysandchildrencarryinglanternsinaparade.TheChinesecalendarisbasedonacombinationoflunarandsolarmovements.Thelunarcycle（月運(yùn)周期）isabout29.5days.Inorderto"catchup"withthesolarcalendartheChineseinsertanextramonthonceeveryfewyears(sevenyearsoutofa
3、19-yearcycle).Thisisthesameasaddinganextradayonleapyear（閏年）.Thisiswhy,accordingtothesolarcalendar,theChineseNewYearfallsonadifferentdateeachyear.NewYear'sEveandNewYear'sDayarecelebratedasafamilyaffair,atimeofreunionandthanksgiving.Thecelebrationwastraditionallyhighlightedwi
4、thareligiousceremonygiveninhonorofHeavenandEarth（萬(wàn)物）,thegodsofthehouseholdandthefamilyancestors.Thesacrificetotheancestors,themostvitalofalltherituals（儀式）,unitedthelivingmemberswiththosewhohadpassedaway.Departedrelativesarerememberedwithgreatrespectbecausetheywereresponsibl
5、eforlayingthefoundationsforthefortuneandgloryofthefamily.ThepresenceoftheancestorsisacknowledgedonNewYear'sEvewithadinnerarrangedforthematthefamilybanquettable.Thespiritsoftheancestors,togetherwiththeliving,celebratetheonsetoftheNewYearasonegreatcommunity.Thecommunalfeastca
6、lled"surroundingthestove"orweilu.Itsymbolizesfamilyunityandhonorsthepastandpresentgenerations.TheOriginofChineseNewYearTheChineseNewYearisnowpopularlyknownastheSpringFestivalbecauseitstartsfromtheBeginingofSpring(thefirstofthetwenty-fourtermsincoodinationwiththechangesofNat
7、ure).Itsoriginistoooldtobetraced.Severalexplanationsarehangingaround.Allagree,however,thatthewordNian,whichinmodernChinesesolelymeans"year",wasoriginallythenameofamonsterbeastthatstartedtopreyonpeoplethenightbeforethebeginningofanewyear.OnelegendgoesthatthebeastNianhadavery
8、bigmouththatwouldswallowagreatmanypeoplewithonebite.Peoplewereveryscared.Oneday,an
