急需一篇介绍中国春节的英语短文!谢谢!

The oldest and most important festival in China is the Spring Festival.That day all family members get together, more commonly known in the West as Chinese New Year.

The Chinese New Year is now popularly known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the Begining of Spring. The date of the holiday varies from late January to mid February.

The Spring festival celebrates the earth coming back to life, and the start of ploughing and sowing. In the past, feudal rulers of dynasties placed great importance on this occasion, and ceremonies to usher in the season were performed.

Preparations for the New Year festival start during the last few days of the last moon. Houses are thoroughly cleaned, debts repaid, hair cut and new clothes bought. Doors are decorated with vertical scrolls of characters on red paper whose texts seek good luck and praise nature, this practice stemming from the hanging of peach-wood charms to keep away ghosts and evil spirits