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| Spring Festival Travel |
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| In the past, Chinese people tend to visit relatives or hold banquet at home during the spring festival. Today, the week-long holiday for Spring Festival has become a golden travel season for them. |
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| Fireworks and Firecrackers |
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| When the Chinese New Year comes, the sky is illuminated with fireworks and strings of lights. It is meant to send off the old year and ring in the new. |
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| Restaurant Reunion Dinner |
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| The reunion dinner on Chinese New Year's eve is usually a large and lavish meal, flavorful and delicious, because it is not only a dinner but also a family reunion. |
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| Red Packets |
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| Giving Hongbao (red packets or red envelopes) during the Chinese New Year is another tradition. A red packet is simply a red envelope with gift money in it, which symbolizes luck and wealth. |
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| Blessing SMS |
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| With cell phones now a major mode of communication for the country’s more than 600 million mobile-phone subscribers, sending festival greetings via SMS is emerging as the preferred choice. |
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| The CCTV New Year’s Gala |
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| The New Year’s Gala is a variety show held by China Central Television (CCTV) since 1983. For every year since then at the turn of the Lunar New Year, the program begins at 8:00PM and lasts five or six hours. |
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| Internet Celebration |
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| The most important traditional holiday in China, Spring Festival, is a season for people to get together with their families and friends. |
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