Wak ing upon New Year.The Chinese character "fu"ever ybodydresses up.First they(meaning blessing or happiness)is aextend greetings totheir parents.must.The character put on paper can beThen each child wil l get moneyas a Newpasted normal ly or upside down,for in ChineseYear gift,wrapped up in red paper.the "rever sed fu"is homophonic with "fu comes",People in northern China will eatboth being pronounced as "fudaole."What 's more.twojiaozi.or dumplings.for breakfast,big red lanterns can be raised on both sides of theas they think "jiaozi"in sound meansfront door.Red paper-cuttings can be seen on window"bidding farewell to the old andglass and brightly colored New Year paintings withushering in the new".Also.the shapeauspicious meanings may be put on the wal l.Peopleof the dumpling is likeattach great importance to Spr ing Festival Eve.At thatgold ingot from ancient Chitime,na.So people eat themStrictly speaking.the Springand wish forFestival starts every year in the early days ofthe 12th lunar month and will last till the mid 1stlunar month of the next year.Of them,the mostimportant days are Spr ing Festival Eve and thefirst three days.The Chinese government nowstipulatespeople have seven days off fortheChinese Lunar New Year