Chinese New Year- What It means to me?

Chinese New Year is a traditional Chinese holiday which families can gather around together to have a warm-hearting lives as most of the families around have to work so they do not really have the time to spend with their children. Normally, Chinese New Year is also referred as Lunar New Year and it is commonly used by the Chinese outside China. The lunar New Year is started at the first day of the lunar month and it is considered important to the Chinese when the day comes. There are a total of fifteen days of the lunar New Year. And usually the first four days are holidays and they are mostly being celebrated within these four days.
Before the first day of the lunar New Year, the Chinese will clean up their houses clean up their houses as they believe that all the bad lucks will be gone and good luck keeps coming to their house. They will also put decorations such as cutouts Chinese auspicious phrases and couplets and they will buy new clothing or getting new haircuts to symbolize a fresh start. The most important part of the day is gathering of all the families’ members to have a dinner called reunion dinner and some of them will go to pray to gods before hours of the upcoming New Year.
On the first day of the lunar New Year, people will welcome the coming year during the midnight and they will always consume vegetables instead of meat as they are assured longevity for them. And mostly, some families will call for lion dancers to welcome good lucks and to get rid of bad spirits from their house.
The second day of the lunar New Year, the Chinese will usually go to temples to pray for peace of their families or pray to the gods so they are blessed with good lucks and prosperity.
On the third and last day of the lunar New Year, people will not go to visit their relatives or friends as it is belief that they will get into easy arguments and some of the Chinese think that it is auspicious to go to other people’s houses.