Gu - pronounced "goo" with the 3rd inflection "v" (a dip in the tone)
Because in the Chinese Calendar, which is the Lunar Calendar, it is the New Year. The Lunar Calendar and Solar Calendar is different.
The last day of the Chinese New Year is called "Lantern Festival"
A Chinese new year is every year of every decade of every century. ( not related but try a free game called AQW)
Cooking and decorating during Chinese new year period, this period also called spring festival.
Chinese New Year
what is the Chinese New Year story
chinese new year
Spring begins (立春, lìchūn) each year around Feb 4th (Western calendar) The first day of Chinese New Year starts on the new moon closest to spring. (That's why Chinese New Year is called the Spring Festival.)http://www.living-chinese-symbols.com/chinese-new-year-dates.html
What is Chinese New Year all about?
yes. Chinese New Year begins according to the Chinese calendar which consists of both Gregorian and lunar-solar calendar systems. Because the track of the new moon changes from year to year, Chinese New Year can begin anytime between late January and mid-February.
The animal that represented the Chinese New Year in 1972 was the rat.
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