The spring festival is the loveliest in China, which is comes in February. Everyone loves it so much that prepare lots of things of the spring festival before it comes. In the spring festival holiday, people do many things, such as eat the dinner on the New Year‘s, set off fireworks, stroll the famous fair likes “Baiyunguan” fair. Especially for some children or teenager is “lucky money”.
春节是中国最可爱的节日,它一般在二月份到来。每个人都很喜欢这个节日,以至于提前很久就开始准备春节所需的东西。在春节假期,人们做很多事情,比如吃年夜饭,放烟花爆竹,逛著名的庙会比如“白云观”。最特别的是给孩子或未成年人压岁钱。
On the first day of lunar, the young generation congratulates the old generation with “Happy New Year!”
在农历年的第一天,年轻人要给老年人拜年说“新年好”。
Then the old generation will give the young some lucky money which wrapped with red paper or red envelope. Because red is a color with joyful. Lucky money means the old generation‘s love to the young and hope them can have a good luck in this new year. this is the lucky money which lots of the young want.
老年人会用红纸包装或红色的信封装好压岁钱给年轻人。因为红色是欢乐的色彩,压岁钱意味着老年人在新的一年对青年的爱和希望,这就是年轻人为什么想要压岁钱的原因。