Chinese New Year is the most important of the traditional Chinese Holidays. It is sometimes called the Lunar New Year, especially by people outside China.The festival traditionally begins on the first day of the first lunar month in the Chinese calendar.
I celebrate Chinese New Year by staying up late on New Year's Eve as it is believed that the longer you stay up,the longer your parents will live.
On the first day of Chinese New Year every year,I would go to my relatives' place to wish them happy new year and stuff like that and the married couples would give out red packets.The amount of money in the red packets are usually in even numbers as it is believed that good things come in pairs and the relatives who are closer to you would give you more than those who are not so close to you.After the red packets are given out,we would stay on and chat a for a while with some of our relatives as we do not see each other very often.After a day of chatting and stuff,we would go home and prepare for the next day,this is how we usually end the first day of the Chinese New Year.
On the second day of the Chinese New Year,we would still go visiting and do the same boring things,but the only difference is that,the amount of money we get from the red packets are lesser than the amount we get first day as the people we visit are lesser in number and more stingy.
On the third day of new year,we would stay at home as there would be no more relatives for us to visit and we would count the amount of money we got from the red packets.
So,most of the time,I go visiting for the sake of the red packets so I would have more money to spend.
