The Very Memorable Chinese New Year Fun

No Chinese-oriented individual should ever leave out the idea of going into a jubilant, explicitly celebratory mood every time the start of the year in a Chinese calendar dawns because it is such an luxurious event that people from all over the world surely know about. The Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is probably the most significant ceremony the whole year through for the people of China because this is where they open a successful life ahead. On the days through the New Year of a lunar calendar, which usually happens late January or early February, China is busy preparing to let go of the bad things and obtaining good ones to epitomize the origin of a new life. The Chinese locals do lots of things to keep them opportune all year round -- they clean their houses, they buy new clothing, they pay their debts, they spruce up their homes, they offer prayers to their ancestors -- and there is no better way of embracing the festive mood other than being in an actual Chinese community. When midnight strikes, fire-crackers are freed to shove aside the bad spirits and greet the coming of another year of hope. The more impressive part of the event, aside from the dragon dance is the feast, symbolized by the giving of sweet rice puddings for the Southerners and steamed dumplings for the people of the North.