沪江英语美文 [过年的寒假英语短文]
my spring festival
The Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese people and is a day when Chinese people get together for sharing happiness.
The Spring Festival falls on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month, often one month later than the Gregorian calendar.At Spring Festival Eve, all the family members eat dinner together. After the dinner, the whole family will sit together, chatting and watching TV. In the past, we often just watch the Spring Festival party broadcasted on China Central Television Station (CCTV). But nowadays , less and less people watch it but play cards or mahjong.
Burning fireworks was once the most typical custom on the Spring Festival. People thought the spluttering sound could help drive away evil spirits. However, such an activity was completely or partially forbidden in big cities once the government took security, noise and pollution factors into consideration