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Chinese New Year starts with the new moon on the first day of the New Year and ends on the full moon fifteen days later. The fifteenth day the New Year is called the Lantern Festival, which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade.

The Chinese New Year is now popularly known as the spring Festival because it starts from the beginning of spring. Its origin is too old to be traced.  Several explanations are hanging around.  All agree, however, that the word “Nian”, which in modern Chinese solely means “year”, was originally the name of a monster that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of a new year. It had so big a mouth that it could swallow a man at a time . At first, people were afraid of it. A wise man came to help them. He told them to set off firecrackers and dance a dragon dance in order ro frighten the monster. After that, the monster didn’t appear again. So people set off firecrackers and have dragon dance show on every New Year’s Eve.

In South China, the favorite and most typical dishes for Spring Festival were “nian gao”, sweet steamed glutinous rice pudding and “zong zi” （rice dumplings）, another popular delicacy.

In the north, steamed-wheat bread（“mantou”）and small meat dumplings were the preferred food.  The tremendous amount of food prepared at this time shows that every family is living a good life, and they don’t need to worry about food all year around.

【小题1】How long does Spring Festival last?
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【小题2】What does the word “Nian” mean in modern Chinese?
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【小题3】What did people do to drive off “Nian” with the help of a wise man?
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【小题4】In the north, people don’t like eating “nan tou” and meat dumplings, do they?
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【小题5】Why do people prepare great amounts of food at Spring Festival?
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