Spring Festival carnivals vary from place to place, offering lantern and flower displays and the ever- popular lion and dragon dances. Usually on the doors of every house, there will be two strips of red paper with good-luck couplets pasted symmetrically. Similar to Christmas in the western countries, Spring Festival is the most celebrated holiday in China. Almost all the factories and companies nationwide allow at least a week's off. Visiting family members and friends is the order of day.
People get together, recalling the shared memories and relaxing in various ways.
It falls on the 15th day of the first month in the Chinese lunar calendar. It is the occasion for all the Chinese to honor their ancestors. As it is early spring and usually falls around April 4, it is usually breezy and drizzly. But urban dweller prefer to go to the countryside during the season. It falls on the 5th day of the fifth month in the Chinese lunar calendar.