On Chinese New Year in China you're supposed to wear red, clean your house so you dust away bad luck from last year. You're also supposed to avoid negative words and not use scissors. For food you usually eat dumplings and noodles. You eat noodles for Happiness and Longevity. Dumplings are a symbol of wealth because of how it’s shaped like an ancient Chinese gold ingot. Another tradition on Chinese New Year is Dragon and Lion dances which are performed to bring prosperity and good luck for the upcoming year.
Chinese New year is also known as Lunar New Year or Spring Festival. Chinese New Year lasts about 16 days. A tradition on Chinese New Year is to set off fireworks because in China fireworks are used to drive away evil. Trading Red Envelopes is another tradition on Chinese New Year. You trade Red Envelopes on Chinese New year because they are symbolic of the giver's well-wishes for the recipient.
The Story Of The Beast Nian. In ancient Chinese mythology, there used to be a terrifying beast that lived under the sea named Nian. Every New Year's Eve Nian would go to Chinese villages at night to eat people and Nian liked little kids the most. Villagers were afraid of Nian until one day an old man came to the village and told them that Nian is afraid of loud noises and the color red. So that New Year's Eve, People in the village wore red, hit drums and set off fireworks and when Nian Came to the Village that night, it was scared and ran away and was never heard of again.
That’s why we wear red and set off fireworks when it’s Chinese New Year.
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