The 15 Days Celebration of Chinese New Year

The Spring Festival, also known as Chinese New Year, is the most important traditional festival in China. The festival begins on the First Day of the first lunar month and ends on 15th.

  Spring Festival is a very important occasion for the Chinese people, and it is a time for families to be together. So no matter how far away people are, they will try their best to go home and spend the festival with their families.

Spring festival is an official holiday in mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau. In mainland China, most people will have 7 days off. In Hong Kong and Macau, the first three days is celebrated as New Year Holiday. The New Year's Eve will be included if one of the three days happens to be Sunday.

    Chinese New Year Celebration usually lasts for 15 days. Celebratory activities include Chinese New Feast, firecrackers, giving lucky money to children, giving New Year gifts to friends or relatives, the New Year bell ringing and Chinese New Year Greetings. Most of Chinese people will stop the celebrating in their home on the 7th day of New Year because the national holiday usually ends around that day, however celebrations in public areas can last until the 15th day of New Year.