Our long-awaited New Year holiday (in Chinese Yuan-dan), as well as the Catholic Christmas celebrated in Western countries on December 25, are celebrated in the Middle Kingdom not on such a scale as the Spring Festival of Chunjie - Chinese New Year . It falls on one of the days from January 21 to the second decade of February, although since 1950 on January 1 it is considered an official holiday in China with non-working days from January 1 to January 3 . Just like in the whole world, in modern China it is accepted in the winter months You decorate streets, shopping centers, restaurants and so on with seasonal decorations and elements of Christmas decorations . You will never see a decorated Christmas tree at a Chinese house, but in public places at this time they are everywhere, as well as the figures of Santa Claus, his deer and elven companions, angels, and traditional Christmas wreaths, red socks and so on .

Sometimes on New Year's Eve the older generation of Chinese people go out to dinner in restaurants, where, however, very rarely there is some festive program, more often they are sobir with friends at home. But not to see the New Year's address of the PRC President and the festive Ogonyok on Central Television - CCTV (which are an obligatory part of the TV program this day - this is how we are alike with the Chinese), and to have fun playing at mahjong.

Young people celebrate this holiday in the central streets of the city, mostly shopping, such as, for example, Sidan and Wangfujing in Beijing, where the countdown to New Year's time is usually started, and after midnight moves to the area of ​​Sunlitong or Lake Houhai . In general, we can say that the New Year is held in China the same way as Chunjie in Russia . Travel companies that organize tours to China for the New Year holidays, usually themselves are compelled to make an entertaining holiday program for their tourists . It should also be mentioned that in China, as well as here, one of the symbols of New Year's holidays are mandarins, here they not only decorate the festive table, but also the indispensable decor of the home .