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Traditional Chinese Festivals Traditional Chinese Festivals Chinese people celebrate a lot of festivals each year. Most of these festivals take place on important dates in the Chinese lunar calendar. Covered below are some important festivals celebrated by the Chinese people, with links to specific festivals that provide detailed information on festival celebrations, photos and more.If you are fond of local pageantry, you might want to check to see whether your visiting dates coincide with local festivals at your particular destinations. Check out festivals in each city. See also China Public Holidays 2012and Best Times to Go to China. Chinese New Year Traditions 1. New Year Cultural Activities 2. Gift for Your Chinese Friends 3. New Year Decorations 4. New Year Taboos * * laura.li New Year Cultural Activities New Year Cleaning On the days before the New Year, Chinese families give their houses a thorough cleaning. But traditionally, this practice is done on New Year Eve. The dust and dirt are traditionally associated with old in Chinese culture, so cleaning the houses and sweeping the dust mean to bid farewell to the past new and usher in the new year. New Year Even Feast The New Years Feast is a must banquet with all the family members getting together. People from north and south have different sayings about the food they eat on this special day. Southern Chinese eat niangao (New Year cake made of glutinous rice flour) on this special day, because a homophone of Niangao, means higher and higher every year. In northern China, a traditional dish for the feast is Jiaozi or dumplings which are shaped like a crescent moon. Read more on Chinese New Year Food. Waiting for the First Bell Ringing of Chinese New Year The first rising bell is a symbol of Chinese New Year. Chinese people like to go to large squares where there are huge bells set up on New Years Eve. As the New Year approaches they count down and celebrate together. People believe that