【Culture】Chinese New Year (1) Congratulations! (Gōngxǐ./恭喜) Have a good new year! (Xīnnián hǎo./新年好) The Chinese New Year (Chūnjíe/春節), also known as the Lunar New Year (Nónglì Xīnnián/農曆新年), is one of the most… 更多 important traditional holidays in Chinese society. What do people do before the Lunar New Year? Every household is busy with spring cleaning (dàsǎochú/大掃除), which symbolizes the “out with the old and in with the new.” (chújiùbùxīn /除舊佈新) The 800m long Dihua Street (Díhuàjiē/迪化街) is also crowded with people shopping for the Chinese New Year ornaments and snacks like spring couplets (chūnlián/春聯), gold Yuanbao (jīn yuánbǎo/金元寶) and cashews (kāixīnguǒ/開心果). You are invited to learn more key words and useful idioms on Taiwan Academy! Link：http://www.huayuworld.org/learningchinese/culture/showtype3/68/96
