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Celebrate traditions during Spring Festival
By Jia Lan and Qian Yanwen |
January 25, 2010, Monday
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The Chinese New Year is connected with various customs such as family reunion dinners, doing festival shopping, hanging up lanterns, posting couplets, making dumplings, and so on. International friends can also share the happy moments with local families.
Before the Spring Festival, Chinese love to post a pair of couplets written with auspicious poetry on their doors. Some will also paste the Chinese character of 'happiness' upside down, meaning 'happiness arrives'; decorations also include lanterns and Chinese knots.
In Jiading, calligraphy fans in many communities will write couplets and send them to residents during the festival. An easier way is to buy them from supermarkets like Tesco or Lianhua. With 20 or 30 yuan you can get plenty of decorations. Tiger dolls are also a smart choice since 2010 is a Tiger Year.
New clothes are a must for the Spring Festival. Traditional Chinese clothes are more suitable for the festival. There is a tailor's shop on Chengzhong Rd, Jiading. You can pick cloth by yourself and have clothes made in traditional Chinese style for about 400 yuan. Also Jiading shopping mall is a good place to find children's clothes.
Food is another key element for the Spring Festival. Besides dishes like meat, there is dim sum indispensable to the festival table, such as nian gao (glutinous rice cake) and jiao zi (dumplings) for northern people. They all bear auspicious meanings like reunion or upcoming wealth.
You may also find dumplings on Jiading families' tables, which are easy to make. Buy some dumpling wrappers and fill them with your favorite stuffing. If you find it too difficult, there are also instant dumplings available from supermarkets.
It is also part of the custom to take a bath before the New Year comes. Enjoy a bath at home or bathhouse for entertainments. The Golden Lily Bathhouse on Huancheng Rd is a good choice, which offers food and performances while you soak your troubles away.
Spas can also be great places to renew the body after a hard-working year. The Xiangqin beauty parlor on Shaxia Rd has provided facial care and massage for seven years.
Before the Spring Festival, Chinese love to post a pair of couplets written with auspicious poetry on their doors. Some will also paste the Chinese character of 'happiness' upside down, meaning 'happiness arrives'; decorations also include lanterns and Chinese knots.
In Jiading, calligraphy fans in many communities will write couplets and send them to residents during the festival. An easier way is to buy them from supermarkets like Tesco or Lianhua. With 20 or 30 yuan you can get plenty of decorations. Tiger dolls are also a smart choice since 2010 is a Tiger Year.
New clothes are a must for the Spring Festival. Traditional Chinese clothes are more suitable for the festival. There is a tailor's shop on Chengzhong Rd, Jiading. You can pick cloth by yourself and have clothes made in traditional Chinese style for about 400 yuan. Also Jiading shopping mall is a good place to find children's clothes.
Food is another key element for the Spring Festival. Besides dishes like meat, there is dim sum indispensable to the festival table, such as nian gao (glutinous rice cake) and jiao zi (dumplings) for northern people. They all bear auspicious meanings like reunion or upcoming wealth.
You may also find dumplings on Jiading families' tables, which are easy to make. Buy some dumpling wrappers and fill them with your favorite stuffing. If you find it too difficult, there are also instant dumplings available from supermarkets.
It is also part of the custom to take a bath before the New Year comes. Enjoy a bath at home or bathhouse for entertainments. The Golden Lily Bathhouse on Huancheng Rd is a good choice, which offers food and performances while you soak your troubles away.
Spas can also be great places to renew the body after a hard-working year. The Xiangqin beauty parlor on Shaxia Rd has provided facial care and massage for seven years.
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