Chinese New Year Lasts 15 Days

Chinese New Year, also known as Spring Festival, is not a single day but a two-week celebration. The festival begins on the first day of the lunar calendar and continues for 15 days until the Lantern Festival. Each day has specific traditions and customs. The first day is for welcoming the gods of heaven and earth, while the second day is for married daughters to visit their parents. The seventh day is considered everyone's birthday. Families clean their homes before the new year to sweep away bad luck and decorate with red lanterns and couplets. Special foods like dumplings and fish are eaten for good fortune. The celebration ends with the Lantern Festival, when people release lanterns into the sky and solve riddles written on them.