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Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year.

Chinese New Year is held on Thursday, February 19 2015

Chinese New Year started in 1766 BC - 1122 BC.  Chinese New Year Has more than 4,000 years of history, it is often known as the Spring Festival and 2015 is the year of the sheep.

 Chinese New Year started when an ox with lion head (known as “Year”) was believed to stay in the sea. At the night of New Year's Eve, the "Year” will come out to harm people, animals, and proprieties. Later people found that the "Year" is afraid of red colour, fire, and loud sound. Therefore, for self-protection, people form the habit of posting red Dui Lian in front of the house, launching fireworks, and handing lantern at year end.




The celebration will sometimes be highlighted with a religious ceremony given in honour of heaven, earth, and other gods, as well as the family ancestors

Not like the Christian New Year which is based on a solar calendar, the Chinese New Year is based on a traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar whose date indicates both the moon phase and the time of the solar year.
A lunar month is around 2 days shorter than a solar month. In order to "catch up" with the solar calendar, an extra month is inserted every few years. This is why, according to the solar calendar, the Chinese New Year falls on a different date each year.

Legend has it that in ancient times, Buddha asked all the animals to meet him on Chinese New Year. Twelve came, and Buddha named a year after each one. He announced that the people born in each animal's year would have some of that animal's personality.









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