As Christmas is to Westerners.so is Spring Festival to theChinese Originally called Yuandan,Spring Fcstival is theoldest and grandest of alI Chinese li:stivals With Yuan meaning“beginning”and dan“morning”,Yuandan symbolizes thebreaking of a new dawn on thc first morning of the Ncw Yearand represents the end of winter and hope ror a good springBidding~arewell to the old and ringing in the new is a recurrenttheme in the traditions associated wilh the Spring Festival.
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圖書目錄
Ⅰ Essentials of Spring Festival
1 Spring Festival:China's Christmas
2 Legends of the New Year
3 Days of the Spring Festival
Ⅱ Traditions of Spring Festival
1 Offering Sacrifices to the Kitchen God
2 The Dust Sweeping Days
3 Spring Festival Decorations:Door Couplets,Fu Posters,and Paper Cuttings
4 Door Gods and New Year's Pictures
5 Firecrackers
6 Staying Up All Night
7 Gift Money
8 Paying New Year's Calls
9 Roaming the Temple Fairs
10 Welcoming the God of Wealth
11 Sending off the Hungry Ghost
12 The Lantern Festival
Ⅲ Food of the Spring Festival