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to celebrate the Chinese New Year

过年
guò nián
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Celebrating Spring Festival is commonly referred to as 'passing the year'.
庆祝春节俗称过年。
The custom of eating dumplings on New Year's Eve is related to an ancient Chinese method of measuring time; in ancient China, each day was divided into twelve sections: the beginning of each day was called 'first time', which corresponds to the period from 11pm to 1am.
过年吃饺子的习俗和中国古代的计时法有关：中国古代把每一天分为十二个时段，每天开始是子时，相当于晚上11点到凌晨1点。
It's the new year.
过年了。
If you mention New Year in China, the image that many people will think of is a family gathered around wrapping dumplings together.
在中国，提到过年，许多人想到的都是一家围在一起包饺子。