The Spring Festival marks the first day of a new year, so the first meal is rather important. People from the North and the South have different   36   about the foods they eat on this  37   day. In Northern China, people   38   eat Jiaozi. The word Jiaozi in Chinese means the   39   and the beginning of time. According to historical   40  , in the past people from the North and the South both ate Jiaozi on Chinese New Year’s Day. Perhaps   41  the areas in Southern China   42   more rice than those in Northern China, southern people slowly  43  to eat many other kinds of food on New Year’s Day.   44   , the most common foods for the first   45   are noodles, New Year Cake and Tangyuan. The noodle  46  long life. The New Year Cake is called Niangao in Chinese, which   47   the hope of improvement in   48   year after year. Tangyuan is a symbol of   49    according to the Chinese.
To  50  a New Year visit to relatives and friends is an important activity during the Spring Festival. People also send cards to   51   a New Year’s greeting. What children love most is to set off firecrackers.   52   , as the pace of life is becoming faster and faster, people have   53   new ways to celebrate the Chinese traditional New Year. For example, many people no longer send out greeting cards.   54   , they use short messages or emails. Also to travel during the New Year holidays has come into   55   .

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