Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is the most important festival for Chinese. Some people do traditional Chinese New Year celebrations, while others choose a more modern style of celebrating CNY.

The followings offer a brief introduction to several celebrations, which are generally the most popular and symbolic things that Chinese will do.

Do the following like a traditional Chinese does:

l Make Preparations One Week Before 

l Return Home before the New Year's Eve 

l Celebrations Reach the Peak on the New Year's Eve 

l First Day Spent at Home 

l Visit Relatives for Several Days 

New trends for celebrating the Chinese New Year:

l New trends for celebrating the Chinese New Year:

l Have Reunion Dinner at Restaurant

l Less People Watch CCTV's New Year Gala

l Fewer People Set off Firecrackers

l Travelling During CNY