To start with, my mom and I make dumplings at the first day of the Chinese New Year. Dumpling means wealth in China. I like to make dumplings, it is easy to make. My mother and I put pork on the wrappers, then we put water around it, at last, you mold dumplings. My best part of making dumplings is to mold dumplings because you can make whatever it looks like. Well, I like to eat dumplings more than just make dumplings. You will ask me why because I love to use vinegar on the dumplings and eat them. It teats sour. Chinese people use chopsticks to eat dumplings. I like to eat many defend kinds of dumplings. My favorite dumplings are pork dumplings. Some dumplings are very huge, some are very small. You know the biggest dumplings in Shanghai are bigger than a bowl, and they have many juice in it too. I love dumplings so much.
Second, my parents gave me red bag at the first day of the Chinese New Year. Red color means good lock all year. I love red bags, because I think it is a good thing to have our own money. I can buy whatever I want at the store. I also can save money for going some places, like Japan. I also will have a lot of candies to eat too. Kids love to eat candies. I do not to throw my red bags away, because the animal will change every year. 2011 year is rabbit year. We have mouse, cow, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog, and pig, goes around each year. Red bag can make “Year” away from us, it is a bad guy. Parents put money in the red bag and put under my pillow, because the “Year” will not come to your house.
Chinese people do fire crackers for the first of the Chinese New Year. Chinese people use fire cracker to make the “Year” go away. There are many driftnet fire cracker sell in China. One kind of fire cracker is for people to see in the sky. Another kinds of are small and thin, and they are red. Chinese people call fire cracker [bian pao]. Let me tell you a story about why people use fire cracker. I think you don’t know what means “Cross Year” let me tell you a story about it. A long time ago, “Year” comes to Earth ad killed many people. One old lady have a good idea, she put meet, chicken, and all kinds of stuffs on a big table, and wait for “Year” comes. When the “Year” came, old grandma throw fire crackers on the “Year”. “Year” is afraid of red color and loud noise. At last, the “Year” ran away. The old grandma think the “Year” might come back to Earth, so she teaches people how to use fire cracker, and use it every first of the Chinese New Year. Children like to play fire cracker.
Chinese spring festival is a huge celebration. There is much enjoyable stuff in China. People love to eat dumplings. I love to have my red bags. I also like the story too. I love spring festival.
