The Spring Festival, an important Chinese holiday, has been (successful) added to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (人类非物质文化遗产代表作名录) by UNESCO on December 4th, 2024. This list is for important cultural things that people should not forget. China has the (many) items (项目) on this list, 44 in all.
The Spring Festival is one of important (tradition) festivals in China. It is celebrated on the first day of the first month according to the Chinese calendar, it usually (fall) between late
January early February. Millions of people go back home for the festival, making it the largest human migration (迁移) on the earth. Before the Spring Festival, people are busy (prepare).
They clean their houses to clear away bad luck, put Spring Festival couplets (春联) on the doors or walls and get ready for eating a big dinner at night. They watch the Spring Festival Gala while waiting for the arrival of the new year. When the new year comes, people visit relatives' and friends' homes and say
"Happy New Year" to everyone. They also give children lucky money in red envelopes. Food also plays a big in the festival. Families prepare dishes like dumplings, sticky rice cakes, fried meatballs and braised fish. Each dish carries (wish) for wealth, happiness and success.
UNESCO wants people all over the world to know about this festival and have a better (understand) of Chinese cultures.
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