People carry out a lot of activities all over the country to welcome the Spring Festival. In the countryside， this kind of preparation starts from the beginning of 12th lunar month. All the families clean their houses， wash their clothes and bed sheets. Fresh new clothes and sheets commemorate the fresh New Year！ Special New Year purchases are also important parts of upcoming New Year. In the city， they celebrate the New Year with art teams performances， various entertainment parties， and the big parks hold “temple fairs” to provide， recreation， food and art！

人们在过春节的时候有很多活动.

There are different traditional customs in different parts of China， but the whole family having reunion(团聚) dinner together in the New Year Eve is indispensable. In the South China， the reunion dinner usually has more than ten meals including bean curd and fish， because the pronunciation of these two meals means “wealthy” in Chinese language. In the North China， most of the reunion meals are dumplings， which are made and eaten by the whole family.

虽然中国各地过过年的习俗不尽相同，但全家新年晚上聚在一起吃团圆饭却是一样的.