Indispensable reunion dinner on the Eve of Chinese New Year

File Photo taken in January, 1960 shows a family having reunion dinner in Xinli Village, north China's Tianjin. 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/Sheng Guo)