Essay Archive - The Chinese New Year
The Chinese New Year
Parents wake up very early in the morning to cook a vegetarian
breakfast in order to thank the Goddess or their ancestors for the past
year and to express their desire to have a better year in the future. After
the food is ready, they wake their children up, wash up, and put on new
clothes especially clothes with red color. Then everyone eats a piece of
candy to start filling the next year with sugar, love, sweetness, and
happiness. After the kids are ready, they greet their parents and everyone
in the house with good morning, Happy New Years and G....
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