The Chinese New Year is called the Spring Festival which is the biggest festival in China. Where there are Chinese, there is the Spring Festival. Each Chinese year has a name. We may call it the year tiger, the year of pig or the year of snake. And the year of 2020 is called the Year of Rat. The year after it is the Year of the OX.

People always spend a month before the festival in preparing for it. People are busy shopping and cleaning their houses. On the Eve there is a big family dinner. All the family stay up late to welcome the New Year, watching the CCTV programs or playing majiang. On the first day of the Chinese New Year, people put on their new clothes and go to visit their relatives and friends, saying "Happy New Year", "Good luck" and some other greetings to each other. It often lasts to the Lantern Festival, which is also an important Chinese festival and people usually have sweet dumplings. People always have a very good time, especially children. Children can usually get some money for the new year from their parents and the elder relatives.