Chinese New Year

In China, the lantern symbolizes the growth of a sunflower into full bloom. The reason why this is very important is that the sunflower is an ancient Chinese remedy for tuberculosis. Also, it can cure cancer. However, we're not so sure how? LEt's ask Angela Zhang.

its the first day of the Chinese Calender, the new year when there are family gatherings, visits to friends and relations and thus it is a Public Holiday

Chinese New Year refers to the holiday 中国新年(ZhōnɡɡuóXīnnián) in China, which is often called Spring Festival in China. It begins on the 1st of January and ends on the 15th of January of the lunar year, which is called 正月(zhēnɡyuè) in Chinese. Spring Festival is the most important and biggest festival in China; during Spring Festival, everyone and every family decorates their homes, and friends and family reunite. Besides this, there are many different customs throughout the country to celebrate the festival. You can feel the festive atmosphere much more than any other Chinese festival. For Spring Festival, there are many celebratory activities and traditions, such as lighting firecrackers,guessing lantern riddles, and posting New Year pictures and calligraphy. Personally, I find guessing lantern riddles really interesting; there are so many different riddles written on the lanterns. If you can guess one, you will get different kinds of beautiful candies. When I was little, I always felt very happy when I guessed one right.

The Chinese used to work in the gold mines. They would sign on for like three months and do the work. At the end of the three months they would go to collect their wages from the pay tunnel. When they had all the Chinese in the tunnel, the door behind them would be locked and then the mine would be blown up, killing all the workers. Then the process would start all over again.

Depends what time of year, up until 17th February 2007 it was the year of the dog, from 18th february it was the year of the pig.

Year of the Ox

The Chinese Lion Mask and Lion Dance first appeared in Han Shu which is an offical history record of Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD). Through the development of several Dynasties, this tradition went popular during Nanbei Dynasty (420 - 589 AD). It became culminated and diversified in forms until Tang Dynasty (618 - 907 AD). Though there isn't a specific time in record, it must be over one thousand years for the Chinese dancing with lion masks to celebrate the new year's coming.

January 27th 1971

The earliest known surviving descriptions of magnets and their properties are from Greece, India, and China, around 2500 years ago.[1][2][3] By the 12th to 13th centuries AD, magnetic compasses were used in navigation in China, Europe, and elsewhere.

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.

Because China got the lunar calender and the western calender so the lunar have to catch up the western calender so that's why

people celebrate Chinese new year is because Chinese new year is their tradition.

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a text book because it got more inform and got a map

starts from 1st of Jan

erm...they have a large festival with lots of chineses lanterns and and dragons and lots of things dedicated to that animal

The origins are lost in legend, but the Chinese New Year is commonly believed to have originated in China.

Cooking and decorating during Chinese new year period, this period also called spring festival.

Year of the Horse

They sweep the grounds because if it was still dirty all the bad luck from last year will still be there.

Well, Chinese New Year in 2011 is February 3, and lasts 15 days, so it should end on February 18th.

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The animal that represented the Chinese New Year in 1953 was the snake.

Chinese new year is every year its just a different animal for each year this year (2013) is the year of the snake