Chinese New Year 2018: 10 Things to Know About the Lunar New Year
The Chinese New Year 2018 is upon us.
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Here are 10 things you need to know about the Lunar New Year:
In modern China, the day marks the turn of the year in honor of the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar, beginning on Friday, February 16 in 2018.
The Chinese New Year celebrates a different year in the Chinese zodiac that uses 12 animals to celebrate 12 different types of years, with this year being the Year of the Dog.
We just finished the Year of the Rooster.
The holiday is celebrated mostly in China but there are also celebrations in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Thaliand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Mauritius, the Philippines and even Australia.
The Chinese New Year has been celebrated for centuries and it is a time when we honor deities and our ancestors.
The night before the Lunar New Year’s Day marks a time for Chinese families to get together and have a reunion dinner every year.
It is also believed that the house should be cleaned on the day to sweep away ay bad fortune and bring in the good luck.
On the Chinese New Year, families decorate windows and doors with red paper-cuts and couplets with the themes of good fortune and happiness, as well as wealth and longevity.
People also light firecrackers and give money in red paper envelopes during the holiday.
The north of China also eat dumplings filled with vegetables as one of the main meals of the festival.
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