The Spring Festival is the most important festival for Chinese and it's my favorite festival,too.Like Christmas in the West,all people living away from home go back about half a month before the Spring Festival.Airports,railway stations and long-distance bus stations are crowded with home returnees.
The Spring Festival falls on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month.On Spring Eve,my family watch the Spring Gala together and on the midnight,we set off firecrackers to ring out the old year and ring in the new one.My grandmother told me that Year is a monster so that people play firecrackers to drive it away.I also pay a new year visit to my grandparents and parents and they always give me some gift money.As a result,I like Spring Festival very much.
Nowadays,more and more people in Chian begin to celebrate foreign festivals.But I think we shouldn't forget our traditional festivals.They are the culture and customs of China.To be a Chinese,we should know them well and pass them on to the next generations in future!