My favorite holidays: Chinese New Year Featured with delicious food and various folk performances, Chinese New Year (spring festival) is the most important traditional Chinese festival because it is a time for reaffirming family and kinship ties. Family reunion dinners, visitations among relatives and friends and exchange of gifts all these Chun Jie activities serve to remind the Chinese of the central position Located in East Aisa, on the west shore of the Pacific Ocean, China, the most populous country and the third largest country in the world, is also one of the world’s most ancient civilizations. "Putonghua", or Mandarin is the official language of China. Taoism, Buddhism, Islamism, Protestantism and Catholicism have all developed quite a following in this multi-religious country. China is characterized by a continental climate. Temperatures differ therefore rather strikingly across the country. My favorite food: