Not all people eat chicken at new year in China,just like me.My family eat chicken sometimes at new year.
In the fall or spring, chinese new year
This year (2012) is 4649 in the Chinese calendar. Your meaning of the old Chinese calendar is unclear
They look forward to eating Chinese New Year goodies and red packets of money.
chinese new year is celebrated by eating rice and talking <3 It is true you know there is more but its do much
I don't think so but I get gas when I (occasionally) eat meat...Be sure your chicken is cooked properly!
Chinese Year of the Rabbit possibly
eating with chopsticks, celebrating the special years (i.e. year of the rabbit and year of the ox), Chinese New Year
Eating dumplings is one! There are actually too many to name.
fish and chicken, pork, Chinese BBQ, Niangao (made of rice) for southerner and Jiaozi for northerner and many other things. but it depends on different family and areas they live.
"Gong xi fa cai" is a common greeting in Mandarin Chinese for Chinese New Year, meaning "wishing you prosperity" or "congratulations and be prosperous." It is used to wish others good fortune and wealth in the coming year.
Food will include such items as pigs, ducks, chicken and sweet delicacies.
It is a phrase you say to others in Chinese New Year meaning "hoping you'll become rich".