CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION
History In 1928, the ruling Kuomintang party in China decreed that Chinese New Year will fall on 1 Jan of the Gregorian Calendar, but this was abandoned due to overwhelming opposition from the populace. In 1967 during the Cultural Revolution, official Chinese New Year celebrations were banned in China. The State Council of the People's Republic of China announced that the public should "Change Customs", have a "revolutionized and fighting Spring Festival", and since people needed to work on Chinese New Year Eve, they didn't have holidays during Spring Festival day. The public celebrations were reinstated by the time of the Chinese economic reform. The Spring Festival Gala On New Year's Eve, family members will gather together and have dinner. The Spring Festival Gala would be shown on CCTV1 at dinner time and people usually watch it during dinner. The Gala includes a lot of forms of performances and watching the gala has gradually becomes a traditio...
