After a busy year
The day is finally here
We sweep away the dust
And our troubles
We have Spring Festival couplets on our doors
And smiles on our faces
We place the character ‘luck’ and paper art on our windows
And hang lanterns and New Year paintings on the walls
We make steamed bread
Enough for several days
We offer sugared melons to the Kitchen God
So he can put in a good word for us in the heavens
We eat rice cakes
So we can improve ourselves, step by step, in the coming year
The entire family gets together for dinner
Waiting for tomorrow
We open our doors and light the firecrackers
Sending our greetings to the sky
We wish our elders a happy New Year
And bestow lucky money upon our juniors
We visit friends and family
Spreading joy and blessings for the New Year
We made it through another year, safe and sound
This new year will be more happiness all around
Evan Yu
Chinese Teacher
