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For hundreds of years, China has been closely linked with agriculture. Therefore, the cyclical pattern of agricultural production determines largely the events and festivals celebrated in China. The vast and highly populated country has majority of its population living in the rural areas with agriculture as their main occupation. Hence, most of life's activities are related to the agricultural routine or schedule. Ploughing the fields, sowing seed, nurturing the crops and gathering the harvest are some of them.
Just like other ethnic communities of the world, in China too the New Year is the most important day of the year.
This is the time when the family members strive to be with their near and dear ones; they regard this as a time to usher out the old year and welcome the new, with great festivities and merrymaking.
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