Top 8 places with Spring Festival flavor in China

Beijing:



As the most important festival for the Chinese people, the Spring Festival is also called the Lunar New Year. As the capital city of China, Beijing is an oriental metropolis with a long history and splendid civilization. It is the best destination for foreign tourists wishing to experience traditional Chinese culture. During the Spring Festival, many activities such as folk performances will be staged in the city, and tourists can fully expose themselves to the unique flavor of the Chinese New Year.

On December 8 (on the lunar calendar), local residents will pickle sweet garlic and begin to prepare for the arrival of New Year, by offering sacrifices to the Kitchen God, sweeping the house, steaming buns, buying special items for the festival, pasting paper on their doors marked with the Chinese character "福" meaning happiness, posting New Year pictures on the walls, making paper flowers, pasting couplets on doorposts and posting the picture of the Door God. During the festival, Beijingers will eat dumplings, post spring couplets, set off firecrackers and go to temple fairs. Besides going to the Great Wall for sightseeing, do not forget to experience the special flavor of the Spring Festival culture of Beijingers in hutongs and courtyard houses.

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