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 Celebrating Spring Festival in China

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guó
de
xīn
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yòu
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chūn
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tā
shì
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guó
zuì
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yào
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jié


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zhè
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wàn
jiā
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yuán

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duō
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guó
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shǎo
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rán
yǒu


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nián


yě
zài
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shí
hòu
hé
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zú


qìng
zhù
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nián


The Chinese Lunar New Year is also known as the Spring Festival because it starts at the beginning of spring. It is the most important festival in China and is traditionally a time for family reunions. Many of China's ethnic minorities celebrate their Lunar New Year around the same time as the Han people, although some maintain their own calendars.

 

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kè

chūn
jié
dào
le

zhè
shì
wǒ
zài
zhōng
guó
guò
de


gè
chūn
jié


Mike: Spring Festival's here. It will be the first time I'm celebrating it in China.




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yíng

dào
wǒ
jiā
lái
hé
wǒ
men


chī
nián
yè
fàn


Lili: You are welcome to have New Year's Eve dinner with us.

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kè

zhè

jiān
zài
wài
dè
de
rén
men
tōng
cháng
huí
jiā
yǔ
jiā
rén
tuán
jù

shì
ma


Mike:  People who live away from home usually return during this time, don't they?




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de

rén
men
máng
zhāo
dà
sǎo
chú

zhǔn
bèi
nián
huò

tiē
duì
lián

fàng
biān
pào


Lili:  Yes. And people will be busy with their spring cleaning, shopping, decorating their homes with Spring Festival couplets, and lighting firecrackers.

mài
kè

chū

nā
tiān

men
yào
zǒu
qīn
fǎng
访
yǒu
ma


Mike:  Do you visit relatives and friends on the first day of the New Year?




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de

chū
èr
nā
tiān
xīn

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ér
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Lili: Yes. And for a newly wed woman, she typically visits her parents on the second day.

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kè

tīng
shuō
běi
jīng
de
miào
huì
hěn
rè
nào

wǒ
xiǎng
qù
guàng
miào
huì


Mike: I was told that Beijing's temple fairs will be bustling. I'd like to visit some of these fairs.




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wǒ
péi



qù

wǒ
qǐng

chī
zuì
hǎo
de
táng
hú
lú


Lili: Of course. I'll go with you, and I'll buy you the best sugar-coated haws (candy) on a stick.

mài
kè

xiè
xiè

wǒ
kě

pǐn
cháng
dào
běi
jīng
xǔ
duō
de
chuán
tǒng
xiǎo
chī


Mike: Thanks. I'll get to taste lots of traditional Beijing local delicacies, I'm sure.





hái
kě

xīn
shǎng
dào
zhōng
guó
de
xǔ
duō
mín
jiān

shù


Lili:  You will also enjoy many Chinese folk arts.

 

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nián
yè
fàn

New Year's Eve dinner

tuán
jù

reunion

nián
huò

special purchases for Spring Festival

duì
lián

Spring Festival couplets

biān
pào

firecrackers

mín
jiān

shù

folk arts

 

fù
ér

a newly wed woman

niáng
jiā

a married woman's parents' home or family

miào
huì

temple fair

táng
hú
lú

sugar-coated haws (candy) on a stick

xiǎo
chī

delicacies

xīn
shǎng

to enjoy

 

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kè

chūn
jié
dào
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zhè
shì
wǒ
zài
zhōng
guó
guò
de


gè
chūn
jié


Mike: Spring Festival's here. It will be the first time I'm celebrating it in China.


mài
kè

tīng
shuō
běi
jīng
de
miào
huì
hěn
rè
nào

wǒ
xiǎng
qù
guàng
miào
huì


Mike: I was told that Beijing's temple fairs will be bustling. I'd like to visit some of these fairs.

 The sentence can be used when you'd like to take part in some festival actives.

  

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