On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month before the Spring Festival, every household began to clean up. Mom and dad have been busy celebrating the Spring Festival since the 26th of the twelfth lunar month. On New Year's Eve, we will go home to worship our ancestors, set off firecrackers, put up Spring Festival couplets, and then have a reunion dinner.
After the reunion dinner, the elders gave us lucky money and wished us: "Pay attention to safety and study hard." I have placed the hope of my elders!
The next day is New Year's Day. We all put on beautiful clothes and went shopping happily.
There are many people watching the lion dance in the square. Eight lions appeared solemnly amid the sound of gongs and drums and firecrackers. The lion dancer wears a mighty lion's head, colorful lion velvet and furry knickerbockers, just like a lion's body. The lion dance consists of two people, one standing in front and jumping at the lion's head, and the other bending down and jumping at the lion's body and tail.
In the sound of gongs and drums, eight lions performed on stage at the same time. Sometimes they shake their heads and lick their hair. They dance in different movements. These movements are coherent and vivid, which makes people laugh.
I like watching lions eat plums best. I saw a man holding a long bamboo pole, tied some green onions, some radishes and a Chinese cabbage at one end of the bamboo pole, and a big red envelope. These are the "color heads" symbolizing good luck this year. Then hang these "color heads" high.
Lions danced with the sound of firecrackers and people's cheers. After a dance, the lion dancer jumped up and stepped on the shoulder of another lion dancer. The lion ate the "lottery ticket", and the activity of "eating the lottery ticket" slowly ended with the sound of gongs and drums.
There are dragon dances and "string orders" activities in the Spring Festival, which is really lively.