A Chinese new year. Festivals are celebrated around the world in China people are getting ready to celebrate one of the world's biggest festivals this is Chinese new year for 15 days in spring 800 million people travel across China to be with their friends and family people decorate their homes with red lanterns they paint red paper banners with good luck phrases like happiness and wealth and hang them outside the front door across the country there are parades in every town people wear bright costumes dance and play music in the famous dragon dance young men carry a dragon made of paper silk and wood in the air and dance through the streets collecting money on new year eve everyone sits down together for a traditional meal with their family this meal has 22 courses they exchange gifts of money put inside a red envelope for luck people also take small gifs of food to their friends like oranges or sweets at night the streets fill with people but no Chinese new year celebration is complete without firework displays big and small one of the biggest displays is in the city of Hong Kong over one million people come to watch the display which uses several tonnes of fireworks