The Spring Festival is the most important traditional festival in China. People usually celebrate the festival on the first day of the first lunar month. It usually lasts half a month, during which time people enjoy traditional singing and dancing, and local operas, and prepare delicious food.   Day Attractions D1 4th day before the Chinese New Year  Arr. Beijing, met by CYTS representatives. D2 3rd Day before the Chinese New Year  Breakfast at the hotel. 09:00 am visit the Forbidden City, lunch followed by a visit to the Temple of Heaven. 06:30 a cultural and festive dinner at the Beijing Dai Village Restaurant. (We arrange this dinner to offer you a chance to enjoy the New Year Festival atmosphere here. There is traditional dancing with minority costumes and musical instrument. D3 2nd day before the Chinese New Year Visit the Great Wall, Ming Tombs and the Holy Road, dinner at the hotel. D4 New Year's Eve Breakfast at the hotel. 09:00 leave the hotel for the Neighborhood Committee, where the group will be met first by the Yangge Dancers - a traditional Chinese folk dance particularly seen in the New Year period - when they enter the small alley. They are dressed in colorful costumes but less fancy, and the instrument is also less complicated: big drums, Chinese trumpets (sounds similar to that of the Scottish bag pipe) and cymbals. Tourists may join them if they want. It will last for an hour. And all this happens at the back street of Beijing together with the local Chinese. Afterwards the group will be taken to a Chinese calligraphy demonstration where clients could even make a try or alternatively the group may visit some Chinese homes to see the preparations of the New Year's Eve. Visit the Summer Palace in the afternoon. D5 New Year's Day After breakfast at the hotel, attend some New Year Temple Fairs in the parks in Beijing, where they will see various folk art activities, including lion dancing, joke-telling, or Chinese cross talks, and Chinese acrobatics. It is crowded and dusty. At night you will have the opportunity to enjoy the famous Peking Opera after dinner. D6 2nd day of the New Year Breakfast and lunch at the hotel, free for the whole day for shopping at the nearest department stores and the silk streets, farewell dinner at a local restaurant. D7 3rd day of the New Year Departure