1 Gung Hay Fat Chay This is the Chinese greeting for the New Year The Chinese also callthis holiday the Spring Festival Chinese people aover the world welcome the New Year sometimebetween winter and spring The Spring Festivallasts for several weeks and celebrates the earthwaking up after the cold winter2 Before the New Year, families clean theirhouses and decorate the doors with texts on redpaper. These decorations keep out bad luck Girlsand boys get their hair cut and buy new clothes.3. On New Year's Eve, families have bigtraditional meals. In Southern China, they usuallyeat sweet rice pudding and honey They stay upuntil midnight to watch firework displays. OnNew Year's Day, they usually visit friends andfamily and of course eat lots of delicious food. Inthe middle of the holiday season, people walkthrough the streets carrying beautiful lanternsThey follow a parade that includes big dragons, lion dancers in colourful costumes and peopleplaying drums4 The way the Chinese people all gettogether to celebrate the New Year makes it avery special time. These wonderful celebrationsmake it a very exciting holiday. составте подобный текст