Chinese New Year? Is it Real or Fake?
Chinese New Year? Is it Real or Fake?
This year’s Chinese New Year is going to be on:
2013 | 2013-02-10 | Snake (2013-02-10—2014-01-31) | | | |
Chinese New Year is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. In China, it is also known as the Spring
Festival, the literal translation of the modern Chinese name.
Chinese New Year celebrations traditionally ran from Chinese
New Year's Day itself, the first day of the first month of the
Chinese calendar, to the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month, making the festival the longest in the Chinese calendar. Because the Chinese calendar is lunisolar, the Chinese
New Year is often referred to as the "Lunar New Year".
The origin of Chinese New Year is itself centuries old and gains significance because of several myths and traditions.
Traditionally, the festival was a time to honor deities as well as ancestors. Chinese New Year is celebrated in countries and territories with significant Chinese populations, including
Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Singapore,
Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Philippine and also in
Chinatowns elsewhere. Chinese New Year is considered a major holiday for the Chinese and has had influence on the lunar New Year celebrations of its geographic neighbors.
Within China, regional customs and traditions concerning the celebration of the Chinese New Year vary widely. Often, the evening preceding Chinese New Year's Day is an occasion for Chinese families to gather for the annual reunion dinner. It is also traditional for every family to thoroughly cleanse the house, in order to sweep away any ill-fortune and to make way for good incoming luck. Windows and doors will be decorated with red color paper-cuts and couplets with popular themes of "good fortune" or "happiness", "wealth", and "longevity." Other activities include lighting firecrackers and giving money in red paper envelopes.
How long is the Chinese New
This year’s Chinese New Year is going to be on:
2013 | 2013-02-10 | Snake (2013-02-10—2014-01-31) | | | |
Chinese New Year is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. In China, it is also known as the Spring
Festival, the literal translation of the modern Chinese name.
Chinese New Year celebrations traditionally ran from Chinese
New Year's Day itself, the first day of the first month of the
Chinese calendar, to the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month, making the festival the longest in the Chinese calendar. Because the Chinese calendar is lunisolar, the Chinese
New Year is often referred to as the "Lunar New Year".
The origin of Chinese New Year is itself centuries old and gains significance because of several myths and traditions.
Traditionally, the festival was a time to honor deities as well as ancestors. Chinese New Year is celebrated in countries and territories with significant Chinese populations, including
Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Singapore,
Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Philippine and also in
Chinatowns elsewhere. Chinese New Year is considered a major holiday for the Chinese and has had influence on the lunar New Year celebrations of its geographic neighbors.
Within China, regional customs and traditions concerning the celebration of the Chinese New Year vary widely. Often, the evening preceding Chinese New Year's Day is an occasion for Chinese families to gather for the annual reunion dinner. It is also traditional for every family to thoroughly cleanse the house, in order to sweep away any ill-fortune and to make way for good incoming luck. Windows and doors will be decorated with red color paper-cuts and couplets with popular themes of "good fortune" or "happiness", "wealth", and "longevity." Other activities include lighting firecrackers and giving money in red paper envelopes.
How long is the Chinese New