Trash is not thrown out until the fifth day of this festival.
Trash is not thrown out until the fifth day of this festival. Prior to this festival, an effigy of the Kitchen God is smeared with honey and torched, and an inverted fu and couplets are hung beside doors. A legend associated with this festival warns of a child-eating monster that is scared by loud noises and a specific color. Lantern Festival marks the end of this festival that begins with a family reunion dinner of glutinous cake and dumplings. Associated with lion dances, firecrackers, and red envelopes, for 10 points, name this fifteen-day festival, the first in an Asian lunar calendar. 
Trash is not thrown out until the fifth day of this festival.
Chinese New Year [or Spring Festival; or chunjie; or yuandan; prompt on Lunar New Year] 