Chinese New Year holiday is a fortnight on a different date each year, is a combination of lunar and solar movements. It is usually in January and February. This year, the year of the Tiger .
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The date of Chinese New Year changes each year and coincides with the second new moon after the winter solstice. The date of the event is decided according to the calendar, which is a combination of solar and lunar calendars. Rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, cat, dragon, snake, horse, ram, monkey, rooster, dog and pig is the animal to be favorable. Any person, because he believed in the Chinese calendar is like a beast and reflected on the possibilities.
Chinese New Year or Spring Festival, as they say, is the most revered festivals of the year. That’s when family and friends and pray for their ancestors and deities, which followed a lavish dinner to inaugurate the new year. Meanwhile, families decorate their homes during the feng shui believers therefore their own home. Stay at the end of Chinese New Year, members of a family, as the legend says that this would be a long time, and the gods give the golden sky for every family in order to keep alive, active and ready to accept a gift gold.
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Families decorate their homes with beautiful vases and flowers, symbolizing nature awakens. Oranges and tangerines are entering the house as a sign of happiness and prosperity. A tray of sweets from eight different types of cakes are available with these devices. The candies are lotus seeds, longan, peanuts, coconut, kumquat, melon seeds red melon confit, etc.
Traditional foods that an important part of Chinese New Year Party includes Jai, fish and chicken, pasta and desserts. Dinner has a symbolic significance, ie, when the richness of Chinese dumplings, as in the form of ancient Chinese gold or silver. ITC is the traditional drink of China symbolizes longevity and Daikon, a white radish. Chilli symbolize happiness, while ensuring the harmony of rice.
The Chinese are generally in the streets, especially children, the Chinese dragon masks and go for the Chinese New Year Dragon Parade. The dragon dance is an important part of Chinese New Year. A man, a pearl of wisdom on a pole, lures the dragon beats the drum, and then like in search of wisdom and knowledge. The lion dance is a ritual as important in the consecration of a happy time in China. The Lantern Festival has created a visually stunning display of colorful lanterns craftsmen to the design of butterflies, dragons, birds, dragonflies and other insects or animals. The Dragon Boat Festival marks the day of the Chinese scholar around, which flows into the river for a political protest.
Chinese New Year not only a celebration of joy and a part, but once the new season, pray for the welfare and prosperity and to cleanse evil.
