On New Year's eve the whold family sit together around the table and have the family reunion dinner.
除夕之夜，全家一起围桌而坐吃团圆饭。
Before New Year's eve every family is busy doing Spring Festival shopping.
每家在年前都忙着置办年货。
Those who work somewhere away from home will be back before New Year's eve.
那些离家在外工作的人们会在年前回家。
They want to have the family reunion dinner whith their parents and brothers and sisters,which is Chinese tradition.
他们想与父母、兄弟姐妹们一起吃团圆饭，这是中国人的传统。
The family reunion dinner is usually very rich.
团圆饭通常很丰盛。
There are chicken,fish,duck,meat and so on.
有鸡、鱼、鸭、肉等等。
Among them，meatball and fish are essential to the dinner.
其中，肉丸子和鱼是必不可少的。
Meatball is the symbol of the family reunion；fish means having a surplus year after year.
肉丸子代表着合家团圆；鱼是指年年有余。
Over the dinner the children propose a toast to their parents in turn. Hoping they will have a long life and keep fit.
饭间，孩子们轮流向他们的父母敬酒，愿父母健康长寿。
