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I visited my grandparents. To be honest it didn't feel like the "New year" I expect -- Every day my parents and I stayed at home and killed time by playing phones or watch TV, while my grandparents cooked every meal and labored at the farm -- but I seldom went to their farm because they got up so early and I knew nothing about farming.

Sometimes we visited relatives together but it had never been a pleasant experience. Unfamilar faces, boring conversations, awkward courtesy, and people always turning their backs and lowing their heads, playing phones -- that was all. It was so meaningless that we even roatated shifts when visiting relatives. It is the same when they visited us.

However, there was still the shining experience during the Spring Festival.  What I enjoy most was playing cards with my family. Every family member was engaged in it, especially I and my little sister. We assembled games in the living room, or outside under cozy sunlight in winter. Also, distributing hongbao was enjoyable too, whatever it was offline or online. 

Afterward, we had a travel to Shanghai and Nanjing. Everything I felt was the unbearably crowded resort, and awfully expensive price of everything. Everyone felt relieved when returning home. 

I'm not sure because I can't remember how I felt in past Spring Festivals. But I don't sense so-called "New-Year Atomosphere" now, partly because I don't like lots of traditions of Spring Festival like setting off fireworks which is not only noisy but also costs lots of money -- I'd rather transfer the money to video games. Another experience is visiting relatives. Actually I enjoy communicating with different people but the fact always is nothing to say. Additionally it's hard to be the ice-breaker(namely the one brought up a conversation) with many family members and relatives.

Online red packets! In the New Year's Eve I handed out and "grabbed" red envelopes not only in my family Wechat groups but also in my classmates' one. Though I lost lots of money I still felt joyful, even more joyful than receiving a red envelope in the real life.

Another one is that the video games I play always give rewards during the Spring festival. It is happy, too.

Maybe the family gathering. Though it's a bit formalism these days there're still warm moments.

During this year’s Spring Festival I stayed at home almost all the days. But yesterday I visited an exhibition themed "horse" (This year is the "Year of Horse" due to the Lunar Calender). At that place I got many knowledges about horse, like when the horse is angry, its ear will have the same expression like a cat (ears pressed flat/back against the head)

I don't know if the conclusion is correct. But I indeed the explosion of fireworks and firecrackers heard less and less. Perhaps it is only because of its danger

I would preserve "family gathering". It hears warm and cozy