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hinese people looking forward to a good life. In addition to pasting papercuts on windows, it is mon for Chinese to paste the character “fu(福)” , big or small, on walls or doors. “Fu” shows people’s yearning(向往 ) toward a good life. Some people even invert (倒置) the character “fu” to mean that blessing has arrived because “inverted(倒轉(zhuǎn)的 )” is a homonym(同音 ) for “arrive” in Chinese. Staying Up Late on New Year39。s Eve(守歲 ) The tradition of staying up late to see New Year is originated from an interesting folk tale. In ancient China there lived a monster named Year, who was very terrible. Year always went out from its burrow(洞穴 ) on New Year’s Eve to eat people. Therefore, on every New Year’s Eve, every household would have supper together. After dinner, no one dared go to sleep and all the family members would sit together, chatting and emboldening(壯膽 ) each other. Gradually the habit of staying up late on New Year’s Eve is formed. Thus in China, “celebrating the Spring Festival” is also called “passing over the year (guo nian)”. 看春節(jié)聯(lián)歡晚會 The CCTV New Year39。s Gala The New Year’s Gala is a variety show held by China Central Television (CCTV) since 19