Similar to the importance of the Christmas Day for the westerners， the Spring Festival is the most important celebration for Chinese people. Although the meaning and the methods of celebration of the Spring Festival are changing with the time， the important status of the Spring Festival is incomparable.

　　在中國，春節(jié)的重要性相當(dāng)于西方的圣誕節(jié)一樣.

　　Chinese Spring Festival has a long history， which is nearly four thousand years old. Initially， the festival had no name or fixed date However， people called Spring Festival “the age” according to the revolution period of Jupiter by B.C. 2100. Before B.C. 1000， people used “the year”， which means “Great Harvest” representing the Spring Festival.

　　中國的春節(jié)有很長的歷史.

　　According to the traditional custom， the Spring Festival lasts from the 23rd day of 12th lunar month to the 15th day of 1st lunar month， and the climax should be the New Year Eve and the first day of first lunar month.

　　根據(jù)傳統(tǒng)習(xí)俗，春節(jié)從臘月23到正月15.高潮部分是大年30和大年初一.