Spring Festival: Sweet Time for Family Reunion (Vol. 1)

Abstract

This book explores the Chinese Spring Festival (Lunar New Year) as the most important traditional celebration in China, emphasizing its deep cultural meaning centered on family reunion. It traces the festival’s origins in ancient rituals and its evolution into a key symbol of Chinese cultural identity.

The work examines customs such as New Year’s Eve dinners, ancestor worship, festive foods, travel for reunion, and modern practices like digital greetings and televised celebrations. It highlights how the concept of family and kinship has been preserved across generations, making the Spring Festival a cultural “gene” embedded in Chinese society.

Overall, the book presents the Spring Festival as both a historical tradition and a living cultural practice that reflects values of unity, continuity, and social harmony.