You might wonder what they do to start the new year in china. Chinese New year is a very big celebration in china for everyone to take part in. Chinese New Year normally happens in late January and early February. Chinese New Year is not normally hot because it is in spring. Some of the traditions are:
Clean their houses to sweep away bad luck, houses are decorated with red lanterns, and paper cuttings for good fortune. During the festival families share meals. Lots of the meals are long noodles, dumplings and fish. All of these foods have meaning for example the longer the noodle the longer the life. Throughout the Chinese new year families eat lots of meat. So to give their tummies a rest they only eat vegetarian food on one of the days. They also eat it to scare away bad spirits.
To finish this all of them have their dragon festival.It is to guide spirits to the right place and to scare away the monster.The monster is Nian. He used to come to eat the people in the small village.
Do you celebrate Chinese New Year?
I think Chinese New Year is worth celebrating because you get to taste a different culture and try some of the traditions. You should try to celebrate it.