Lunar calendar the 1st month, 1st day of each year, February 26th this year, is the traditional new year for the Chinese.
There are celebrations from the last day of the old year to the 15th day of the new year. During which, family members have large meal together, children fire crackers and fireworks for joy, friends visit each other to send gifts with their best wishes main streets and buildings are well decorated, red color widely used makes the atmosphere warm and exciting. All these activities carry one belief, that is bad things gone with old year, new year has a good beginning.
Chinese New Year would be a Holiday in China but maybe not in the USA. (Maybe if you see it on the news the it would be a Holiday or a national Holiday)
mostly Chinese wear red clothes they also have their traditional food and of course the dancing dragon
the Chinese eat satsumas during New Year because it symbolises luck. Also the Chinese pronounication for satsumas is 'gut' which has the same pronounication as luck.
It happens every time.
It is deemed "bad luck" to sweep during the Chinese New Year.
Moon Cake
It is a symbolism of good luck and Chinese are obsessed with anything that has to do with welcoming prosperity and luck during the new year
Cooking and decorating during Chinese new year period, this period also called spring festival.
You eat Chinese egg rolls during the Chinese New year.
Mostly during Chinese New Year and some other festivals. Especially this year's Chinese New Year because it is the dragon year. Dragons appear in many different kinds of art as well.
Red is extremely important during the Chinese New Year. It represent happiness, and basically everything good: prosperity, fortune, luck, and more.
Yes. if you sweep the floor during Chinese new year, it is believed you will sweep away all your luck
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