Chinese New Year

1953 was the Year of the Snake.

The Chinese zodiac starts with the year of the rat.

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In 1986, Chinese New Year was on February 9.

The animal that will represent the Chinese New Year in 2017 will be the rooster.

The animal that represented the Chinese New Year in 1969 was the rooster.

Tangerines are the symbol of Good luck, and Oranges are a symbol of wealth. This is because their Chinese names are similar to wealth and good luck.

Both are Orange, which adds orange as a theme color for Chinese New Year.

It varies year by year, approximately one month after the international New Year.

This year start from Jan 22th, 2012.

They believe that the noise of the firecracker will scare off demons and evil spirits

The red on the little packets/envelopes for Chinese New Year represent happiness. That's why everybody wears red on Chinese New Year - the Chinese believe that red shows luck, prosperity, fortune, and longevity.

They go visiting their relatives and friends, having 'reunion' meals with them and exchanging gifts and red packets (of money).

they are different because they are really celebrated by different types of people and they have different gods and celebrate it in a different way...

For the Chinese, it is custom to wear new clothes for Chinese New Year.

For the younger generation, it is not as important as what they wear so long as it is new.

For the older generation or for the more traditional, some females may wear cheongsams. Men may wear what western society has dubbed a smoking jacket. Both would be made from Chinese silk material. The men's may be darker in color while the female's is much more brighter.

Im a full-blood Chinese , and looking back my new year time I can tell you. Chinese new year is not in the day every year cuz Chinese traditional festivals are at their own calendar.. Even I could not the how the calendar of china calculate the dates,it changes every year from vulgate canlendar..

And during the Chinese new year. People stick together and have meal together ,at home or restaurant. And play , more I see is my parents and relatives play Mahjong.. As for kids like me , we can get money with a red oblong bag from relatives but not every relatives , some people are just ungenerous. And whole day I can play as long as I can hold on, most of Chinese parents would not care that during the new year days. That's all.

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The Poinsettia is the traditional Christmas flower in China. Christmas is not widely celebrated in China, but western traditions are slowly taking hold. Jingle Bells is the most popular Christmas song in China.

Nobody really did. Legend says that farmers started it to celebrate the beginning of spring.

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In modern society, this is not as widely practiced anymore. Yet, there are still those that do not wash their hair on Chinese New Year day.

The belief is that when you wash something during Chinese New Year, you will be washing away your luck for the year. This would mean, dishes, your hair, body, etc. Cutting your hair would be the same thing.. You would be cutting away your luck. Not to mention you'd be hard pressed to find a hair salon to cut your hair in China or Taiwan on Chinese New Year day as not much is open.

There are those who take it to the extreme. There is no cleaning or washing from the first to third day of the Chinese New Year (body and face excluded). Then there are the overly extreme who take it up to the fifth day of Chinese New Year. But, most people who have this superstition/belief will keep it to just the first day of the New Year.

For those that do not wash their hair on the first of the New Year, what they may do is wash it the day before just before midnight. Then wait till midnight between the first and second and then wash their hair again then.

The official government holidays include National Day, Labor Day, and Spring Festival (Lunar New Year). Most businesses and schools are closed on these holidays. Many Chinese also celebrate many traditional holidays such as Mid Autumn Festival and others.

A person born between February 9, 1967 and January 29, 1968 are members of the Fire Sheep. They are considered the most social, passionate and independent of the Sheep types in the Chinese Zodiac.

Chinese new year has a lot of names in Mandarin. Such as 春节（chūn jié），过年（guò nián），除夕（chú xī ），过新年（guò xīnnián ）。

From HujiangChinese

In Chinese horoscope 1961 was the Year of the Ox.