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Chinese CelebrationsChinese CelebrationsBy Christian DemushkinBy Christian Demushkin
Chinese New year
Long ago Chinese believed there was a monster who ate people and the Gods locked
him up in the mountain. During the New Year, the Gods let the monster free. So people started lighting firecrackers to
scare the monster away.
The spring festival
In the third day of the spring festivals there is a parade
dragon and there is the lion Dance. The dragon is so big it takes two people to hold the
head and twelve people to hold the legs. The dragon passes
people and their home and a lot of people keep their doors
open for good luck.
Honor of ancestors
In the spring festival families visit their tombs of their dead
relatives. They honor their ancestors by lighting incense
and burn imitation money. Then they go home and have a
fest. And children have little red packets filled with money and their parents let their kids
stay up late.