My name is Eric. Last July, I went to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. It was a wonderful trip. I went there with my family. We had lots of fun there. We took my dad's new car to Florida. It was a long trip, but we enjoyed ourselves on the way. We went to a dinner show-Jolly Holiday. It has fun characters and lots of singing. We enjoyed it. I went on rides with my dad, brother and sister. We went to Splash Mountain. We went through a tunnel. We saw different Disney characters. My mom took photos of me with different Disney characters. We saw Cinderella at the Magic Kingdom. She gave a show with her friends. At the Beach Club Resort, my family saw Chip and Dale. They walked around to meet everyone.

Far and away the most important holiday in China is Spring Festival, also known as the Chinese New Year. To the Chinese people, it is as important as Christmas to people in the West. The dates for this annual(年度的)celebration are determined(决定)by the lunar calendar rather than(而不是)the Gregorian calendar(公历), so the timing of the holiday varies(变化)from late January to early February. To the ordinary(普通的)Chinese, the festival actually begins on the eve of the Lunar New Year's Day and ends on the fifth day of the first month of the lunar calendar. But the 15^th of the first lunar month, which normally is called the Lantern Festival(元宵节), means the official(正式的)end of the Spring Festival in many parts of the country.

—OK, dad.

The Spring Festival is our Chinese people's special festival. It comes in January or February. There are twelve different animal names in Chinese year. They are mouse, tiger, rabbit, chicken, dragon and so on.

Before the Spring Festival, people are busy shopping and cleaning their houses. Every family prepare for many kinds of food and drinks. On the eve of the festival, there is always a big family dinner. People like eating jiaozi—dumplings. It means ‘‘reunion (团聚)" and "good luck". After dinner, all the family stay up to welcome the New Year. They often watch TV and play games.

On the first day of the lunar New Year, people put on their new clothes and go to visit relatives (亲戚) and friends. They say "Happy New Year" and give the best wishes to each other. Everyone has a great time.

Twelve-year-old Zhou Xinyue planned the May Day holiday trip for her family. Instead of going to the beach, she chose four revolutionary sites(革命遗址) in South China's Guangdong province.

"I have heard my classmates talking about the East River Column, but I don't know much about its history, so I wanted to visit the memorial(纪念馆) to learn about it. My parents and elder brother were happy to join me," she said.

Revolutionary sites have become a travel hit during the May Day holiday. As of 3 pm on Saturday, the first day of the five day holiday, 13 "red tourism(红色旅游)" sites in Guangdong received 23, 000 visits, up by 298.9 percent year on year, according to the provincial culture and tourism department(省文化旅游厅).

The department recently introduced a "red tourism" passport, which includes 30 revolutionary sites in the province and covers, technologies and treasure finding games. The passport has attracted many young people to these sites during the holiday.

"The visit was good, and I have set a goal to visit all the sites and get all the stamps in my red tourism passport this year," said Xu Sheng, a visitor to the peasant movement institute(农民运动研究所) in Guangzhou.

In Shaoshan, Central China's Henan province, the hometown of late Chairman Mao Zedong, visits queued in line to visit the former house of Mao.

Visitors also took photos on the Mao Zedong Square, decorated with flowers and written with the words "Centenary of the Communist Party of China(中国共产党百年诞辰)".

According to the Travel Go online platform, the number of fights to red tourism destinations during the Qingming Festival and May Day holiday this year was 15. 6% of all fights booked. It is an increase of 4% compared with the same period in 2019.

To celebrate the centenary of the Communist Party of China, the culture and tourism authorities in Shanghai and East China's provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui also offered a series of red tourism—themed activities.

Yan'an, a city rich in revolutionary resources in Northwest China's Shannxi province, designed ten red tourism routes for the May Day holiday. Dance performances and shows are staged in a red tourism—themed train heading for Yan'an.