春节，是中国人最重要节日，春节，也是中国节俗最丰富的、气氛最火热的节日。春节，也是中国传统文化标识之一。本书围绕着“阖家欢乐过大年”，通过对春节由来、春节民俗，以及中国人对春节的情感、态度和过节方式，阐述了源于原始崇拜和祭祀自然神明的春节，早已世代相承中形成了独具有中国特色的家庭观、亲情观，成为流淌在华夏子孙血脉里的一种文化基因。正是这样的传承与延续，春节才成为人们最为看重的传统节日，成为承载回家团聚这一伟大主题的重要载体。

苏槿，资深媒体人，行摄家、专栏作者，传统文化传播者。著有《四时之歌：节气里的风物生活》，“中国节”系列丛书，旅游指南类图书《走遍中国》系列，《迷藏——藏地秘境·大穿越》《摄友最爱的100摄影胜地》（中国篇、外国篇各一卷）等。

Preface
Chapter I Chinese Spring Festival Fervor
Section 1 Spring Festival, a Traditional Event
Section 2 New-Style Spring Festival
Chapter II Spring Festival, both Ancient and Young
Section 1 The Origin of Spring Festival
Section 2 Legends of the Spring Festival
Section 3 A Brief History of the Spring Festival
Chapter III Bustling Preparations for Chinese New Year
Section 1 Laba Rice Porridge, Beginning of the New Year’s Celebration
Section 2 Offering Sacrifices to Ancestors, a Top Priority of Chinese Lunar New Year
Section 3 Full Preparation Made for a Satisfying Spring Festival
Section 4 House Cleaning and Bathing, for a Fresh Start of New Year
Section 5 Pasting Spring Festival Couplets, Fu Characters and Auspicious Pat- terns for Good Luck
Section 6 New Year Painting—Festival in Folk Arts
Chapter IV New Year Celebration
Section 1 Chinese New Year’s Eve—Family Reunion, Time to Ring out the Old and Ring in the New Year
Section 2 Paying a New Year Call
Section 3 Dragon and Lion Dances
Section 4 The Temple Fair, Chinese New Year Carnival
Section 5 Shehuo, a Show Staged in the Field
Section 6 Spring Festival, Conventions and Rules
Section 7 Spring Festival Travel Season, Going Home for the New Year
Section 8 During the Weeklong Holiday for Spring Festival, How to Thoroughly Enjoy Oneself
Section 9 Lantern Festival, Climax Ending the Spring Festival
Chapter V The Feast of Spring Festival
Section 1 New Year’s Eve Dinner, Family Reunion
Section 2 Different Recipes for the Spring Festival
Chapter VI Spring Festival Celebrated Across the World
Section 1 Spring Festival and Christmas
Section 2 Chinese Lunar New Year and Japanese ‘Old First Month’
Section 3 Chinatown, a Thriving Sign of Chinese Culture
Section 4 Chinese Lunar Stamps, Popular in the World