中国新年（Chinese New Year）（习俗）

中国新年（Chinese New Year）（习俗）
英文50-80字（用现在式）

Traditional Celebration of the Chinese New Year
　　Of all the traditional Chinese festivals, the new Year was perhaps the most elaborate, colorful, and important. This was a time for the Chinese to congratulate each other and themselves on having passed through another year, a time to finish out the old, and to welcome in the new year. Common expressions heard at this time are: GUONIAN to have made it through the old year, and BAINIAN to congratulate the new year.
　　Chinese New Year celebrations are a time of reunion, where families get together and celebrate over special feasts with foods to symbolize abundance, wealth, longevity and good fortune. The 15-day celebration begins on the first day of the first lunar month according to the Chinese calendar - January 26, 2009.
　　The presence of the ancestors is acknowledged on New Year's Eve with a dinner arranged for them at the family banquet table. The spirits of the ancestors, together with the living, celebrate the onset of the New Year as one great community. The communal feast called "surrounding the stove" or weilu. It symbolizes family unity and honors the past and present generations.
　　Traditional Chinese New Year Food is a symbol of prosperity, good luck, health and long life for everyone at the table. Each and every food, either by its appearance or the pronunciation of its name, symbolizes age old Chinese beliefs. Traditional Chinese New Year Food like dumplings, spring Rolls, chicken or may be a whole fish wishes good things for the coming year.