The approaching of a new year is always exciting. The Little New Year,    1     is also called the Minor New Year’s Day, usually falls roughly a week before the Lunar New Year. In 2023, it will fall     2     Jan. 14^th and 15^th. The Chinese Little New Year is not a     3     (fix) festival as it varies with local    4     (custom).

Worshiping Kitchen God is the most important activity in     5     (celebrate) of the Chinese Little New Year. According to the folklore, the Kitchen God would report     6     the Jade Emperor on the good and evil deeds of every family on the 23rd of the 12th lunar month for the Emperor to reward or punish. While     7     (offer) sacrifice to the Kitchen God, people place candy, water, beans and hay on the table in front of the Kitchen God image.

Other activities during the festival     8     (main) include sweeping dust and making Chinese paper cuts for window decoration. Chinese Little New Year also means that Chinese people begin to prepare special purchases for the Spring Festival and are ready     9     (spend) a clean Spring Festival. Above all, it suggests a new year with a new image and     10     (express) the good wishes of Chinese people to ring out the Old Year and ring in the New Year.