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Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year is also known as the Spring Festival and it occurs on the first day of the Lunar Calendar. Like its Western counterpart, Chinese New Year is a very important holiday and is the symbol of a brand new year. The Chinese zodiac animal also changes on this day.
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What can do to prepare for new year celebration?
Chinese New Year Background
Chinese New Year Day is the first day of the first lunar month of Chinese calendar year. The Chinese new year day is always between January 20 to February 20 of the Gregorian calendar each year. The preparation to celebrate the Chinese New Year festival begins around 8th day of 12th lunar month. The last day of the Chinese New Year festival is on the 15th day of first lunar month. That means it's required about three weeks to prepare the festival and 15 days to celebrate it. Traditionally, a Chinese man works outside for living and his wife takes care everything inside home. A month is not long enough for a housewife to clean entire house, put new interior and exterior decoration, prepare new clothes and gifts for all family members, and food for many events. You can image that Chinese New Year festival combines Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year Day together.... more in the followings.
15-Day Chinese New Year Festival
Chinese New Year Festival
Chinese New Year - Lantern Festival
Chinese New Year Greeting and Invitation Card
There are many varieties of Chinese New Year greeting card sites. So find a nice card you like for your party.
Chinese New Year Decorations and Wallpaper
One easy decoration is to use red ribbon to wrap around the branches of the indoor plants.
Also, buy some Chinese lucky characters (paper or plastic) and paste them upside down.
Chinese New Year Decorations
Where to find them? Chinese supermarkets, Chinese book stores or Chinese gift shops.
Chinese New Year Food
Chinese New Year Food
Chinese traditional food for New Year
Where to find them? Chinese restaurant, Chinese supermarkets or ask Chinese friends to prepare some.
Chinese New Year Songs and Music
The party won't be successful without any music. Download Chinese New Year music MP3 and burn them into CD. Repeatedly play them during the party.
Chinese New Year Music - Gong Xi (MP3)
Chinese New Year Music 2 Chinese New Year Music 3
Lion Dance
Chinese New Year Entertainment
A big party needs to prepare some entertainment.
Movie: Iron Monkey (Dubbed in English PG13) - A movie with many Chinese Culture, Humor and Excellent Fight Choreography. Don't buy a wrong version!
Play Mah-Jong game without gambling - Ask Chinese friends how to play. To find the game ($30) from Chinese supermarket, book store or shop from Internet.
Candy and Red Envelopes
Chinese New Year Party must prepare lucky money in red envelopes for children. Actually adults like red envelopes, too.
Chinese New Year Red Envelopes
Where to find them? Chinese supermarkets and Chinese book stores about one month before Chinese New Year
New Year Taboo
Parents always teach younger generation what should do it during the Chinese New Year to bring the good luck and prevent from the bad luck.
Chinese New Year taboo
New Year Lantern Festival
The last day of the Chinese New Year festival is the Lantern Festival, which is on the 15th day of the first lunar month in the Chinese lunar calendar. The variety of Lantern displays, sky lantern, firecracker, fireworks are celebrated in many major cities.
Chinese supermarkets can find small version of traditional night paper lanterns.
What is wood tiger in Chinese zodiac sign means?
There are two systems. The name wood will always be the first two years of every decade. The original system is the 1st year wood is always called Kiah (or Jia), and the 2nd year wood is always called Yih (or Yi). So your wood-tiger or Kiah-Tiger is followed by wood-rabbit or Yih-Rabbit. It is improper to presume that these bi-sets of years merely stay the same for 2 years, such as a 2-year Wood followed by a 2-year Fire. Instead they are male and female or Yin and Yang. Thus tiger will always be a male year and rabbit will always be a female year. Wood male tiger is followed by wood female rabbit. But it is the wood or fire or earth that is male and female, not the animal. Yet this mistake does occur by those who feel the chicken must be called a male chicken, a rooster. So there are 5 tiger years, wood-tiger and 12 years later fire-tiger and 12 years later earth-tiger and 12 years later metal tiger and 12 years later water-tiger. All male years, not because of male-tiger, but because of male wood and male fire and male earth, it is like hurricanes being alternated by male and female names so that we quit making all storms seem like women.
THE TIGER ZODIAC DATES & STARS. The Chinese zodiac of 237bc is equated with the western zodiac of the same centuries. The Chinese year begins with Aquarius around Feb 4 in the middle of Aquarius. The Tiger zodiac zone of 237bc is the Aquarius zone of Aquarius stars (Jan 20-Feb 18) which includes this Feb 4. But now 2200 years later Aquarius stars are now Feb 19-Mar 20. The Aquarius zone and Tiger zone are now the Capricorn stars. So too 4400 years ago, the Tiger zone Jan 20-Feb 18 was Pisces stars; January 6 was the Aquarius winter solstice for 2035bc (Tiger Year), and Feb 4 was entry into Pisces the Tiger stars; while the solstice moves backward from Jan 6 back to Dec 21, the Aquarius stars are moving forward to Feb 4 and past it until this Tiger zone is no longer Pisces stars but Aquarius stars. So everyone sees the Tiger as Aquarius (no one sees it as Pisces). But it seems quite clear that the stick-horse of Leo of 2030bc looks more like a Sheep, than it does a monkey for 2029bc, and Virgo has a long tail to it like a monkey. This is why Moses cursed the whole stuff; Capricorn is horns and Tuaurus is horns, and Scorpio has a tail, it got all mixed up, so is seen properly as lies.
Why do Chinese light firecrackers on New Year's?
It's a tradition to light fireworks on New Year's Day for the Chinese.
It is called selective breeding.
Why do Chinese people put away their brooms on New Year's Day?
It is deemed "bad luck" to sweep during the Chinese New Year.
What does snow on Chinese New Year mean?
It means the same as it does on any other day - freezing parcipitation.
How many people attend wireless festival?
Well me, gary, big dave, chinese alan, norwiegen neil and my nan went last year so i make that 12
What is the famous festivalof china?
Chinese new year is a large event that china celebrates every year on February 16th.
Dumplings, fish, duck, chicken, noodles, shrimp, and lobster are some of the mouth watering delicacies. I've been hunting around too, so it's cool to answer a question I'm looking for.
What is the best Chinese New Year animal?
There is no "best" zodiac animal as each of them has their own weaknesses and strengths. However, it is widely believed that those born in the year of the Dragon will succeed very well in life, and thus it is commonly believed that the Dragon is the "best" animal.
In Chinese new year what other animal is the horse compatible with?
From best match to worst: Tiger, goat, pig, snake, rabbit, dragon, monkey, dog, (the last four are the worst) rat, ox, rooster and other horses.
Does the animal change every year in Chinese New Year?
Yes.
- 2010 Feb 14th - Year of the Tiger
- 2011 Feb 3rd - Year of the Rabbit
- 2012 Jan 23rd - Year of the Dragon
- 2013 Feb 10th - Year of the Snake
- 2014 Jan 31st - Year of the Horse
Why do Chinese give red packets?
Usally people who have been married gives red packet to people that haven't married. inside the red packet have money, it's about $5-$20. apparently it give you good luck. if you give red packet the person,you usally have to say something nice like :grow up quickly,learnig progress and be obedient to your dad ,mum and grandparents.
Which animals are in the Chinese New Year race?
- rat
- ox
- tiger
- rabbit
- dragon
- snake
- horse
- goat
- monkey
- rooster
- dog
- pig
Why do people gift oranges during the Chinese New Year?
The orange is a common food offering because it is a wish for good fortune.
Chinese New Year starts when the moon is?
Chinese New Year starts with the new moon of the first day of the new year. It then ends 15 days later, with the full moon!
What was the animal 1933 Chinese New Year?
It is a Rooster. If you want to see what the other animals are for other years are look it up on a Chinese new year website.
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Cinco de Mayo is the anniversary of a relatively unimportant battle between Mexico and France (its only real importance is that no one expected the Mexican Army to win, and the fact that they did so delayed France's ultimate victory). It's not a big deal even in most of Mexico (where the battle was fought). I've been told by Mexican friends that it's actually a bigger deal in the US (where most people seem to think it's Mexican Independence Day, which is really September 16) than it is in Mexico.
