Chinese Lunar Year begins at sunset on the day of the second New Moon following the winter. This day is also known as Valentine’s day in China. Lunar New Year is a public holiday in several countries in East Asia. While Chinese New Year celebrations begin with firecrackers and fireworks, they end with the Lantern Festival a colourful, but quieter, event. These are given to children and contain money – a symbol of the passing of wealth from the adults to the children in the family. The colour red is important and street decorations and clothes will be mostly this colour new clothes at New Year are meant to be lucky too. Traditionally it is a time to pray to the gods and ancestors, to set off firecrackers to scare away the monsters (and bad luck), to visit family (and be cross examined about your marriage prospects, career, how much you earn and plans for children) and to eat traditional foods such as dumplings, tangyuan (symbolising reunion), Nian gao (rice cakes) or Fa gao (often dyed festive colours). Year of the Tiger will be all about taking risks and starting new adventures while reclaiming our enthusiasm back! How is Chinese New Year celebrated?
Among the 13 animals that took part in the race, tiger comes the third right after rabbit and ox.īased on the several different interpretations of each Chinese year, Year of the Tiger will be a time to regenerate, following 20 – or the Year of the Rat, which represented survival and the Year of the Ox, which was about getting used to a new reality.
LAST DAY OF CHINESE NEW YEAR 2021 FULL
The legend has it that the Jade Emperor summons all the animals in the kingdom to his palace one day for a great race and the order in which they finish the race determines their place in the zodiac. Chinese New Year starts with the New moon on the first day of the first lunar month and ends on the Full moon 15 days later. It is believed that the origins of the Chinese zodiac take its roots from zoolatry. And this year, it will be celebrated on 1 February.Ĭhinese New Year also marks the transition between the Chinese zodiac signs and with 1 February, the Year of the Ox will come to an end as the Year of the Tiger will start. Kicking off the main festivities is the Little Year on January 14th, with the Spring Festival officially beginning January 22nd (January 21st is New Years Eve) and ending with the Lantern Festival on February 5th. Rather like Easter, it can fall anywhere between 21 January and 20 February, depending on what phase the moon is in. Well, Chinese New Year (or The Spring Festival) is based on a lunar calendar (13 months based on the phases of the moon). It’s almost February, which means the Chinese New Year is almost around the corner!
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