have the Spring Festival

poetic couplet: two successive rhyming lines in poetry

paper-cutting

New Year paintings

special purchases for the Spring Festival ; do Spring Festival shopping

propose a toast

lantern: a portable light

fireworks

firecrackers (People scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop

red packets (cash wrapped up in red paper, symbolize fortune and wealth in the coming year.)

lion dance (The lion is believed to be able to dispel evil and bring good luck.)

dragon dance (to expect good weather and good harvests)

traditional opera

variety show; vaudeville

riddles written on lanterns

exhibit of lanterns

pay New Year's call; give New Year's greetings; New Year's visit

get rid of the ill-fortune

offer sacrifices to one's ancestors

gift money; money given to children as a lunar New Year gift

spring cleaning; general house-cleaning