New Year Traditions in Canada and China

New Year is an important festival, or a world-wide holiday that almost all countries and cultures in the world celebrate. However, different cultures celebrate this unique day differently, varying from fireworks to the Spring Festival Gala. Do you know the original traditions of the Canadian and Chinese New Year? Are they similar to your own culture’s traditions? Do people in other cultures enjoy partying all night long with all their friends, or having a private dinner with their lovely family members? Let’s have a look! At 12:00 A.M, which is the first minute of a new year, Canadians party overnight with their families and friends, opening bottles of champagne or sparkling wine that symbolize good luck and health to everyone in the brand new year. Others decide to travel to places in Canada and enjoy its natural beauty in this modern, busy era filled with technology. If you don’t like fireworks as a way to celebrate because they are too loud, you can try the aurora borealis in Yellowknife in the Northwest territories. There are also tons of spectacular landscapes consisting of colorful auroras in Labrador and Nunavut. Additionally, a true Canadian will usually strap on some skates, go ice skating in rinks or natural lakes with music playing in the background, and unlimited hot chocolate would be ideal. Meanwhile, Chinese traditions are also distinctive. During Lunar Year’s Time, families go visit relatives and friends, sending out red pockets that contain piles of cash. These signify wealth and luck and are given especially to children and the elders in the families. Furthermore, China’s Spring Festival Gala is a Chinese signature for the New Year: families gather and eat dinner, and watch the Spring Festival Gala, a nation-wide show with famous actors, movie stars and mind-blowing programmes. There are a lot more fascinating traditions to explore about New Year, or the Spring Festival. A great number of cultures’ traditions work to create a cozy and entertaining environment. From Scotland’s twirling fire, Romania’s bear dance, to dropping ice cream in Switzerland. Even though traditions vary, we can always tell that New Year’s celebrations are warm and joyful festivals that all human beings would love to celebrate.