So why do the Chinese even celebrate New Year and what do they do to celebrate it? The Chinese celebrate New Year to worship their gods in order to appease them and to prevent misfortune for the coming year. Also this event is a major opportunity for Chinese people to meet their families to eat and spend time with each other. From the Internet I could extract some more information: on New Years Eve the close Chinese family gathers to enjoy a rich dinner. This dinner consists mainly of traditional Chinese food with each dish having a certain meaning. In Indonesia, those Chinese dishes are often mixed with Indonesian food. Afterwards they visit a temple to pray, light candles and bring offerings to their gods. The main activity on the following that, the New Years Day, is visiting neighbors and more distant relatives, to wish them a happy New Year, giving them small presents and eating snacks together. During those days, children usually receive red envelopes containing money (so called Hongbao) from the older members of their family.
Chinese New Year and Field Trip to Singkawang
