Spring Festival memory: special meanings of New Year goods

File photo taken in January, 1997 shows people making lanterns in Wuzhuangshu Village of Baqiao District in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. New Year goods, an indispensable part for Chinese during the Spring Festival, is believed to be the carrier for luck and fortune in a brand new year. It's not the goods but the process that people prepare the goods with their beloved ones that matters the most. Spring Festival, or better known as Chinese Lunar New Year, is the most important festival for all Chinese, which has a history of more than 4,000 years. It is an occasion for home returning, New Year goods preparing, celebrating, and foremost, family reunion. (Xinhua/Jiao Weiping)