Origination of the Spring FestivalⅡ

As is known to all, Spring Festival is the most important festival in China. It is celebrated by the Han nationality and most of Chinese minority nationalities except the Tibetan, Bai, and Dai nationalities. The Spring Festival in the minority region often carries distinctive ethnic color, which is quite different from that of the Han people. Spring Festival has many symbolic meanings. It symbolizes not only a farewell to the old year and a welcome to the brand-new year but also the reunion of family members. Year by year, when the Spring Festival approaches, numerous Chinese far away from home hurry back home in succession for the family reunion. To go back home when the Spring Festival draws near is deeply rooted in Chinese personality. It is something of Chinese characteristic branded indelibly on every Chinese.