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The Spring Festival falls on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month. It originated in the Shang Dynasty. Here are some traditional customs of the Spring Festival.

Spring Cleaning

“Sweeping the dust” before the Spring Festival means a cleaning of houses to sweep away bad luck in the past year. Cleaning has to be done before the end of New Year’s Eve, that’s what Chinese people always called “Ci Jiu Ying Xin”: saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new.

Paper Cut

After cleaning up, people will put up paper-cut on the windows and doors before the Spring Festival. Chinese put up the character “fu” on walls, doors around the houses. “Fu” is a custom for Chinese people to express their wishes for a better life. Some people put it upside down to show that blessing has arrived .

Spring Couplet

“The Spring Couplet” (贴春联) is a special form of literature in China. It is put up on both sides of the door. Every family put on the Spring Couplet before the Spring Festival to stand for the hopes for the coming new year.

Family Reunion Dinner

On Chinese New Year’s Eve, the whole family sit at the table to eat together. It is the most sumptuous (豪华的) meal of the year.

Dumpling, is a common Northern Chinese Dish. It is said that the more dumplings you eat, the more money you can make in the New Year. People put coins in some dumplings. The lucky ones who eat coins mean that they will have special luck in the coming year.

Lucky Money

Children love Spring Festival because they can receive lucky Money!

A red packet is the symbol of luck and wealth. Red is considered a lucky colour, red packet is believed to bring good luck to the receiver. Traditionally, the older give the lucky money to the younger.

1．List the traditional customs activities before the Spring Festival .
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2．What does the character “fu” stand for in China?
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3．What will you think if you eat dumplings with coins.
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4．Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
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5．Give a proper title to the passage.
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