The character节is,in a word,an instant party—attach it to the end of just about anything,and you’ve got yourself a holiday.Tack it on to劳动(laodong),or labor,and you’ve got劳动节(Laodongjie),Labor Day;add it to妇女(funu),woman,and you’ve got妇女节(Funujie),Women’s Day.Add it to spring,春(chun),and you’ve got the biggest holiday of the year:春节(chunjie),or Spring Festival,节,in other words,has the power to transform the dead of winter into a raging,baijiufueled,firework-popping celebration. The character section is, in a word, an instant party-attach it to the end of just about anything, and you’ve got yourself you a holiday. It it on to labor (laodong), or labor, and you’ve got labor (Laodongjie), Labor Day; add it to women (funu), woman, and you’ve got Funujie, Women’s Day.Add it to spring, chun, and you’ve got the biggest holiday of the year: 春节 (chunjie), or Spring Festival, 节, in the other words, has the power to transform the dead of winter into a raging, baijiufueled, firework-popping celebration.