Celebrating Chinese New Year is traditionally a time to spend with family and loved ones. People in the northern villages in China celebrated the new year with all {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (种类) of fun ice activities,

    "I am freer during the winter {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (季节), during summer we go fishing, pick fruit and go boating on the river. So in winter, I want to have the same fun as I was a {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(孩子). {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(直到) the lake is frozen, we go skating and play the Frisbee in the countryside, and enjoy {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(我们自己)," said a villager named Wang Xuewei.

    In Jiangsu Province, locals there held colourful activities to {#blank#}6{#/blank#}

(欢迎) the arrival of the new year.

    {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (在....之中) the cities like Zhenjiang, locals greeted the arrival of new year in a positive way by running a marathon." I {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(真正地) like sports, and I love to run long distances. It is the {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(第十二) year for me to run a marathon," said a student named Xu Zhipeng.

    Not {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(害怕) of the cold? Well, then winter swimming is not a bad idea and you can enjoy the local fan dance.