Rituals
Origin of the Spring Festival
The oldest and most important festival in China is the Chinese New Year, the Spring Festival is an event comparable to Christmas in the West, which marks the first day of the lunar calendar and usually falls somewhere between late January and early February of the Gregorian calendar.
A Season of Festivities in Spring
Legend of Spring Festival
Sacrifice to the Kitchen God
General House Cleaning
New Year's Eve
Married Daughters Return to Parents' Home
Welcome the God of Wealth
Sending off the Hungry Ghost
Lantern Festival
Upside-down 'Fu' Character
Pasting Spring Couplets and Pictures of the Door God
Pay a New Year Call
Giving Hongbao
The Propitious Present of Oranges
Firework and Firecracker Display
Walking on Stilts
Temple Fair
Dragon Dance
Lion Dance
Shehuo
Taboos of Chinese New Year
Beijngers: Hailing the New Year at Temple Fairs
Flower Fairs in Guangzhou
Lion Dances Pay New Year Calls in Guilin
Jiangsu's Special New Year Traditions
Hakka Traditions in Spring Festival
Taiwanese: Dos and don'ts in the New Year
Spring Festival in Hongkong
Spring Festival in Macao
Overseas Chinese: New Year Celebrations and Customs
Origin of the Spring Festival