Spring Festival, which is also commonly known as Chinese New Year in many parts of the world, is perhaps the most important and grandiose among the many Chinese traditional festivals.

Falling on the first day of the first lunar month (which can be between late January and early February) of each year, the Spring Festival is celebrated extensively until the 15th day (on which comes another Chinese traditional festival called the Lantern Festival).

People celebrate this Chinese traditional festival in many ways.

Family members do some intensive house cleaning – sweeping and polishing the floor, scrubbing the walls, wiping dust off almost everything in their houses. They then decorate their houses with creatively cut pieces of red paper onto which they write wishes for fortune, happiness, and good health. By doing these practices, Chinese people believe that they would be able to drive away bad luck and invite good luck into their households. In the evening, families gather for a dinner of traditional cuisine, mostly round fruits that symbolize prosperity and sticky foods that symbolize unity.

During the Spring Festival, fireworks, dragon and lion dances, and other traditional performances are staged in the parks or on the streets.