Chinese CelebrationsChinese CelebrationsBy Christian DemushkinBy Christian Demushkin

Chinese New year

Long ago Chinese believed there was a monster who ate people and the Gods locked

him up in the mountain. During the New Year, the Gods let the monster free. So people started lighting firecrackers to

scare the monster away.

 

The spring festival

In the third day of the spring festivals there is a parade

dragon and there is the lion Dance. The dragon is so big it takes two people to hold the

head and twelve people to hold the legs. The dragon passes

people and their home and a lot of people keep their doors

open for good luck.

Honor of ancestors

In the spring festival families visit their tombs of their dead

relatives. They honor their ancestors by lighting incense

and burn imitation money. Then they go home and have a

fest. And children have little red packets filled with money and their parents let their kids

stay up late.