Being Chinese, the Spring Festival, often known as the Chinese new year, is the most important holiday among all Chinese traditional holidays。
   The Spring Festival is defined as the first day of the first month in the Chinese lunar calendar。 It was originated in Shang dynasty, from ritual festivals at the start and the end of the lunar year, worshiping gods and ancestors。
   Since then it has been practiced for several millennia。
The coming of the Spring festival also represent the arrival of the spring season and a new cycle of planting ad harvesting。
   People have endured the long winter and are already wishing for the warm and blossoming season。 Filled with joy, it is very natural for this festival to be greatly welcomed。
  
According to Chinese traditions, the last eight days of the lunar year will be devoted for welcoming the Spring festival and season。
   People will clean and decorate their houses, purchase gifts and holiday essentials。 The climax  of the festival will be the night of the last day of the year, or ChuXi night。
   It is a time when everyone in the family, no matter how far abroad they were, will return home, and have the reunion dinner together, which gave this special night another name,the night of reunion。
  
Starting from the first day of the lunar year, there will be gatherings of celebrations filled with fun and fireworks。 People will visit their friends to share the joy。
   The fifteenth day, the Lantern Festival, is the last day of the series of festivals, the most celebrated one aside from the ChuXi night, and a time when everyone will eat lanterns。
   This is also known as the Chinese version of the Valentines day。