Chinese Spring Festival marks the first day of a new year, so the first meal is rather important. People from the North and the South have different
26 about the foods they eat on this
27 day. In Northern China, people
28 eat Jiaozi. The word Jiaozi in Chinese means the
29 and the beginning of time. According to historical
30 , in the past people from the North and the South both ate Jiaozi on Chinese New Year’s Day. Perhaps
31 the areas in Southern China
32 more rice than those in Northern China, southern people slowly
33 to eat many other kinds of food on New Year’s Day.
34 , the most common foods for the first
35 are noodles, New Year Cake and Tangyuan. The noodle
36 long life. The New Year Cake is called Niangao in Chinese, which
37 the hope of improvement in
38 year after year. Tangyuan is a symbol of
39 according to the Chinese.
To
40 a New Year visit to relatives and friends is an important activity during the Spring Festival. People also send cards to
41 a New Year’s greeting. What children love most is to set off firecrackers.
42 , as the pace of life is becoming faster and faster, people have
43 new ways to celebrate the Chinese traditional New Year. For example, many people no longer send out greeting cards.
44 , they use short messages or emails. Also to travel during the New Year holidays has come into
45 .
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