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| Fireworks and Firecrackers Display |
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| When the Chinese New Year comes, fireworks and strings of colorful lights illuminate the night sky. It is meant to send off the old year and ring in the new. |
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| Spring Festival Gala |
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| The annual Spring Festival Gala hosted by China Central Television has become an important part of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebration since 1983. |
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| New Year's Eve Dinner |
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| On the night of New Year's Eve, Chinese families come together for a celebration dinner. |
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| House Cleaning |
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| According to Chinese folk beliefs, during the last month of the year ghosts and deities must choose either to return to Heaven or to stay on Earth. |
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| Shou Sui |
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| Shou Sui occurs when members of the family gather around throughout the night after the reunion dinner and reminisce about the year that has passed. |
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| Red Packet |
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| Red packets almost always contain money, usually varying from a couple of dollars to several hundred. |
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| Lantern Festival |
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| Lantern Festival is an important part of Spring Festival , and marks the official end of the long holiday. |
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| New Year's Day |
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| With the adoption of the solar calendar, New Year's Day came to refer to the first day of the solar year. |
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| The New Year's Eve |
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| Lunar New Year's Eve, the last day of the old year, is one of China's most important traditional holidays. |
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| Little New Year |
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| Little New Year, which falls about a week before the lunar New Year, is also known as the Festival of the Kitchen God. |
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| Laba Festival |
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| This holiday may be traced back to the ancient Chinese custom of sacrificing game to the ancestors during the last month of the lunar year. |
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