There are different kinds of traditional festival in China such as Lunar New Year, Ching Ming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival. Among these, I think the most wonderful festival is Dragon Boat Festival. I like it very much.
There is a story about Dragon Boat Festival. Long time ago, a poet called Gu Yuan. He committed suicide by drowning himself in the river. People who admired him, threw food into the river to feed the fish so that they would not eat his body. The people also paddled out on boats in order to scare the fish away. As time goes by, people make rice dumplings and have dragon boat racing every year.
Do you like eating rice dumplings? Each year, when Dragon Boat Festival is coming, my grandmother buys some ingredients to make rice dumplings and likes making them too. I enjoy making this food very much. It is a very sweet moment when I do it with my grandmother.
Besides, some people go to the beach or swimming pool to swim on that day. They think that it washes away some bad luck if they go swimming on Dragon Boat Festival. On the other hand, some children go to the riverside with their families to watch the exciting dragon boat racing. During the race, both audience and competitors get an unforgettable memory. Therefore, they love Dragon Boat Festival very much.
Although I have never watched a dragon boat racing, I always stay at home to watch it on television with my family. We eat rice dumplings together too. I like Dragon Boat Festival very much. It is a wonderful festival in China.
The Chinese New Year is the most wonderful festival. There are a wide variety of tasty food and I can visit my relatives. The Chinese New Year gives me a chance to get all my family members together and I enjoy that most. I can taste a lot of traditional snacks in the Chinese New Year. For examples, new year cakes in different flavors and fried dumplings. I seldom have these snacks in the rest of the year. So it is amazing to taste all of them in the Chinese New Year. But what makes the festival most enjoyable is that I can meet all my relatives in the Chinese New Year. My relatives are usually busy with their work and so we seldom get together until the Chinese New Year. We all gather around in my grandparents’ home and I love playing with my cousins whom I seldom meet. I also enjoy fireworks on TV with my relatives.
I find the Chinese New Year very wonderful because I can enjoy a wide variety of delicious traditional snacks and I have a chance to meet all of my relatives. I am really looking forward to the coming Chinese New Year.
Chinese New Year is coming!? It is the greatest day of Chinese festivals. A lot of shops are selling new year decorations, ‘fai chun’ and red packet envelopes. Some shops are selling turnip cakes and candies too. Some people clean their houses and make them tidy. Parents buy some clothes for their kids. There are some flower markets, we can buy peach blossom, mandarin trees and many kinds of flowers. Most of the people join their family members to have dinner on Chinese New Year Eve.
On the first day of Chinese New Year, we usually visit our relatives and friends and say the words of blessing such as kung hei fat choi. We receive a lot of red packets. Although we cannot light firecrackers, we can hear the sound of them from some villages. There are a lot of activities, we can watch them on this day. Lion dance and parade are one of the exciting and interesting activities.
On the second day of Chinese new year, we can watch fireworks easily over the harbour at night. It is a good programme to enjoy ourselves. The fireworks are colourful and bright, they look like many colourful flowers in the sky.
My birthday is on the first day of Chinese new year. I can get more red packets than the others. My parents give me a big birthday cake and birthday presents.? It is a wonderful festival and full of happiness.