THE CHINA CENTRAL TELEVISION SPRING a FESTIVAL GALA is commonly known as “chunwan” in Chinese. Since it 【小题1】 first broadcast in 1983, the TV show has been popular with Chinese people.

The gala has now become 【小题2】 important part of Chinese New Year celebrations. With the gala, many Chinese people stay up 【小题3】 New Year’s Eve. Family members sit in front of the television, sharing happiness and waiting for the arrival of the New Year.

The Spring Festival Gala 【小题4】 also changed a lot with the development of technology. In 2015, the gala was broadcast on the Internet 【小题5】 the first time. During the live broadcast, viewers could receive online hongbao by shaking their phones.

The Mid-Autumn Festival has a history of 2,000 years. During these 2,000 years, lots of Mid-Autumn celebrations（庆祝活动）were 【小题1】 by Chinese people. All the celebrations show the happiness and excitement of people. People watch the moon, 【小题2】 mooncakes together and make lanterns（灯笼）. These three celebrations have been passed from generation（一代） 【小题3】 generation. Chinese people may think the Mid-Autumn Festival is not coming 【小题4】 they don’t do these three things.

In some places in China, people celebrate the festival in different 【小题5】. In Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, people eat taro（芋头）to celebrate the festival, because the taro harvest（丰收）comes at the 【小题6】 time as the festival. They eat taro and hope the harvest is 【小题7】 in the next year. In Nanjing, people cook duck 【小题8】 sweet-scented osmanthus（桂花）, because Nanjing people 【小题9】 it is a symbol of peace. In some places, people make fires inside towers to celebrate the festival, because they think the fire is a 【小题10】 of good business.

Spring starts on different dates in different places.

For most 【小题1】 (country) in the Northern Hemisphere (北半球), such as China and the US, spring begins in March and ends in May. While, September, October and November are spring months in many 【小题2】 (south) Hemisphere countries like Australia and New Zealand.

Spring refers not only to the season 【小题3】 the idea of rebirth. Therefore, most countries have special traditions 【小题4】 (celebrate) the arrival of this beautiful season.

Chinese people often eat spring pancakes on the day called lichun. This tradition means bite-the-spring (咬春) in Chinese. In the past, people 【小题5】 (believe) this would lead to a good harvest year.

In Japan, families and friends celebrate spring by gathering in the parks to enjoy the beauty of cherry blossoms. It is a 【小题6】 (tradition) custom known as “hanami”, meaning “watching flowers”, which usually lasts from late March to early May. People hold parties or picnics under the cherry trees. Food, drink and even dancing 【小题7】 (be) all part of “hanami”.

In the US, 【小题8】 groundhog (土拨鼠) helps to tell the coming of spring. There’s even a special day, Groundhog Day, on every February second. 【小题9】 a groundhog sees his shadow (影子) when he comes out, people can expect six more weeks of winter. If there’s no shadow, spring is 【小题10】 the way! But the groundhog isn’t always right. Its forecasts are only 39 percent right, according to National Climate Data Center of the US.