Indispensable reunion dinner on the Eve of Chinese New Year

File Photo taken on Feb. 15, 1999 shows villagers preparing the family reunion dinner in Shanxia Village, Jiujiang of east China's Jiangxi Province. Family reunion dinner, or the New Year eve dinner, is the most important dinner for Chinese in a whole year, when all the family members get together and share the joy of greeting a New Year. 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/Chen Chunyuan)