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- The Spring Festival

lunar calendar lunar January; the first month y lunar calendar!" #e$ %ear&s 've; eve of lunar #e$ %ear

() the eginning of #e$ %ear*+ The ,antern Festival

-ustoms.

/0 1uo2nian; have the Spring Festival34 poetic couplet. t$o successive rhyming lines in poetry4 Spring Festival couplets56 paper2cuts07 #e$ %ear paintings809 special purchases for the Spring Festival do Spring Festival

shopping: propose a toast? fire$or@sAB firecrac@ers CDeople scare off evil spirits and ghosts $ith theloud popEGH red pac@ets Ccash $rapped up in red paperI symolie fortune and$ealth in the coming yearEKL lion dance CThe lion is elieved to e ale to dispel evil andring good luc@EKM dragon dance Cto eNpect good $eather and good harvestsOP traditional operaQR variety sho$; vaudeville

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usiness flourishesVVq Deace all year round ishing you prosperityw\ xarmony rings $ealthz{| }ay all your $ishes come true

~ 'verything goes $ellq The country flourishes and people live in peace }oney and treasures $ill e plentiful) ishing you every success Dromoting to a higher positionq Safe trip $herever you go)0. ish you happiness and prosperity in the comingyear{|j. ish you success in your career and happiness ofyour family

Food names.

0 #ian2gao; rise ca@e; #e$ %ear ca@e family reunion dinner0 the dinner on #e$ %ear&s 've Jiao2i; -hinese meat raviolidumpling

Tang2yuan; dumplings made of s$eet riceI rolled into alls andstuffed $ith either s$eet or spicy fillings eight treasures rice pudding

candy tray.

assorted candies 2 s$eet and fortune candied $inter melon 2 gro$th and good health red melon seed 2 oyI happinessI truth and sincerity cumuat 2 prosperity candied lotus seed 2 many descendents to come candied lotus root 2 fulfilling love relationshipG red dates 2 prosperity? peanut candy 2 s$eet

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