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Ladies and gentlemen,

Happy Spring Festival!

It is the lunar new year in China today and I am so glad to introduce some traditional customs to all the friends from all parts of the world.

The Chinese mark the years in a 12-year cycle, in which each year is named after an animal, such as the Rat, the Tiger, the Pig and the Dragon, 2002, the Year of Horse, is an energetic time which is believed to bring about success and achievements.

In China, the New Year holiday usually lasts for a whole month. People buy and share many presents, decorations and clothing. Transportation becomes quite busy because so many people rush back home for a family reunion.

Days before the New Year, every family is busy giving their house a thorough cleaning, hoping to sweep away the ill fortune. And some people will decorate their doors with couplets.

On the eve of the Spring Festival, all the family members come together for a feast. Early the next morning, children greet their parents and are likely to get presents from them. Then the family goes from door to door to visit their relatives, friends and neighbors. Quite often, the older relatives give the child a red envelop with money inside.

nWhy red? This is because in the Chinese culture, the color Red is lucky and is used for happy occasions, say, the Spring Festival or the traditional wedding. And I have seen today many present here are dressed in red, too.

nIn closing, I wish all of you good health and the very best of luck in the coming year!

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Spring Festival is the Chinese New Year. It

stthstarts on the 1 and ends on the 15 of lunar

January. Spring Festival celebrates the coming of spring. Several days before the New Year, every family prepares rich food, buys new clothes, and cleans the house. Many families buy or write Spring Festival couplets and put them on the door. People believe that everything must be new and clean for the Spring Festival celebration so that the New Year will bring happiness and good luck. In China, red represents luck.

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On New Year�s eve, people set off fireworks from around midnight to see out the end of the previous year and welcome in the New Year, called �sh?usu� .�su� means year. On the first day of the New Year people usually stay

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and exchange New Year�s greetings with relatives, friends, neighbors, etc.

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The tradition is to have different main courses everyday from the 1st day of the New Year to the 15th day of the New Year, from Jiao Zi (dumplings), noodles, spring rolls, sticky rice cakes, and Tang Yuan (stuffed rice balls). Besides culinary satisfaction, each food has a meaning as well: for instance, Jiao Zi looks like gold, implying a wealthy year ahead.

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The term "pass year" is used for the Spring Festival (Chinese New Year). The word "Year" in Chinese characters used to mean a horrible beast. To combat the beast, the Chinese hang "good luck" wishes on red paper on the door and use fireworks in the belief that the beast fears red and fire. This tradition in many ways resemble the Western belief of using garlic and crosses to fight vampires.

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Paper-cuts, usually with auspicious patterns, give a happy and prosperous atmosphere of the Festival and express the good wishes of Chinese people looking forward to a good life. In addition to pasting paper-cuts on windows?

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