The Chinese new year is the most important holiday for the Chinese people. For the Chinese, the new year comes on the first day of the first moon, between 21 and February 19.
One week before the new year, people start to clean their homes and buy new things. Some people paint their homes for the new year. They buy picture, too. New year's picture often have orange in them. In Chinese, the word for orange sounds the same as the word for gold. It is a lucky word. People buy new clothes for the New year. It is important to start the new year in new clothes.