5 Interesting Facts Chinese New Year
Women wearing traditional costumes await before a show at Ditan just Temple during the Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing February 25, 2015 Millions of Chinese celebrate the Spring Festival, the most important holiday in the Chinese calendar, which this year marks the beginning of the year of the sheep.
CNN here is a look at the Lunar New Year, which is celebrated in many countries in Asia is the longest and most important celebration in the Chinese calendar lunisolar.
Facts January 28, 2017 - The 4715 years starts It marks the first day of the new year of the Chinese calendar.
The Lunar New Year is celebrated during the second new moon after the winter solstice, usually between January 21 and February 20 in the Gregorian calendar.
festivities of the Lunar New Year begins on the first day of the first lunar month of the Chinese calendar and continue until 15th of the lunar month when the moon is full.
Chinese legend says that Buddha asked all the animals to meet him on the day of the New Year and named a year after each of the twelve animals came.
The animals of the Chinese calendar are the dog, boar pig, rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster and.
Furthermore, according to legend, people born in the year of each animal have some personality traits that animal.
Traditions Each day of the celebration of fifteen days has its own traditions, such as visits to the regulations or stay home to welcome good fortune.
Families gather for meals, especially for a party for New Year's Eve.
Another tradition is to give money in a red envelope, called hongbao, children and single adults recent years, the giving of gifts has gone digital.
Fireworks display during the Lunar New Year are from a custom of lighting bamboo sticks on the fire to ward off evil spirits.
Lunar New Year ends with the Lantern Festival, celebrated the night with shows and painted lantern shows.
The highlight of the lantern festival is the dragon dance Beautiful paper dragons, silk and bamboo are kept in mind, and seem to dance as they make their way along the parade routes.
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