The Spring Festival is a traditional festival in China with a long history, and from ancient times to the present day, no matter whether it's a poor family or a rich family, they will all welcome each other playfully and laugh when it comes to this festival, and even if they encounter some unpleasant things, they will still make some dishes and have a happy meal with their families.
Every Spring Festival, the favorite thing for our countrymen to do is to close the door and chat about the world, and then at night they will all gather around the pots and stoves to make all kinds of food to celebrate.
So foreigners visiting our country at this time of the year will find it very strange to see all the doors and windows closed, the lights outside the door, hardly any people on the streets, and everywhere you can see the festive red color, the lanterns are red, and the couplets are also red. At night, families began to set off firecrackers.
The foreigners were curious at first, wondering what the Chinese were doing. Then they changed from being curious to liking it, and that's when they realized that this is a reunion festival for the Chinese, just like the New Year or Christmas in foreign countries.
The most distinctive feature of the Chinese New Year is that they like red, whether it is door couplets or couplets or decorations at home, they all like to use red, so now there are a lot of countries around the world once the Chinese New Year, will be their own country's landmark buildings decorated in red, once the United States Empire State Building, which is also the most prosperous section of Wall Street has changed the lights on its buildings to red. The United States Empire State Building, the busiest part of Wall Street, once changed the lights on its building to red. Even the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
With China's position in the international arena becoming more and more important, becoming an important member of the international community, and having a say in the United Nations, more and more countries are becoming very interested in China, and some countries are even learning about Chinese culture by setting up courses.
And the Spring Festival is an important part of China's traditional culture, so it is inevitable for foreigners to learn Chinese culture by learning the tradition of the Spring Festival. As soon as foreigners learn and are exposed to the Chinese New Year, they fall in love with the festival and realize that it is really not just about eating, drinking and having fun, but also about expressing their thoughts about their families and having a happy meal with them.
It is precisely because our countrymen attach great importance to the concept of home that we have continued to perpetuate this festival with its symbol of reunion. So until now, what countries are celebrating this festival. First of all, our Spring Festival has become a world cultural heritage, so there are quite a lot of countries that popularize the Spring Festival, just that the way these countries celebrate the Spring Festival is a little different from our country. Overall it still means the same thing.
In recent years, in addition to some states in the United States popularized the Spring Festival, there are Vietnam as well as North Korea. North Koreans celebrate the Lunar New Year with the same red packets and new clothes on the night of the 30th day of the Lunar New Year, and on the second day of the Lunar New Year, families love to go to visit their relatives to pay their respect to the Lunar New Year.
The Lunar New Year is also popular in Vietnam, where couplets are written and posted on the doorsteps, and a flower market is held for the Lunar New Year. Since the Spring Festival is popular in North Korea, South Korea is no exception. South Korea's Spring Festival customs are similar to ours in China, and New Year's greetings are also an important part of the Korean Spring Festival.
Of course, the Spring Festival in South Korea is also regarded as a traditional festival based on honoring ancestors and so on. The Japanese also celebrate the Spring Festival, and previously the Japanese even considered it to have originated in their own country and to be their own traditional festival.
The Chinese New Year is the grandest in Japan, where temples also ring on New Year's Eve to express blessings. Other countries such as Singapore, Malaysia and other Southeast Asian countries have popularized the Chinese New Year some years ago, mainly because almost half of the nationals of these countries are Chinese, so it is natural to popularize the Chinese New Year. Apart from that, there are a few countries in Europe and Africa where Chinese New Year is also popular.
Countries like Indonesia are also looking forward to the Chinese New Year and love it. In Indonesia, some entrepreneurs organize special lion dances to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
Australia also celebrates Chinese New Year with events in Melbourne, where people hold dragon boat races and dragon dances to celebrate the event. The world's longest dragon, measuring 100 meters, was once seen on the streets of Sydney, which is a symbol of good luck in China.
The Chinese New Year is also popular in Europe, such as Germany, which has become the most popular country for the Chinese New Year in recent years. The way Germany celebrates the Spring Festival is very similar to our country, and every New Year's Eve, Germany will hold fireworks in the iconic square, which lights up the night sky in a very beautiful way.
With more and more countries considering Chinese New Year as a grand festival, it has been designated as an official holiday in many countries, and the flavor of Chinese New Year has spread all over the world. In every part of Asia, almost everyone feels the flavor of the year, and in Thailand, Chinese New Year is also designated as an official holiday.
Previously there have been people who said that in fact, in every corner of the world, as long as there are Chinese will have the flavor of the year, in fact and is not unreasonable, because there are Chinese places, bring the flavor of the year, the flavor of the year is also gradually infected other foreign friends.