Chinese new year
Chinese new yearChinese New Year
Every country has their own holiday system. Different countries have different holidays. There are also some common holidays that people celebrate around the world, such as Christmas and New Year. Different countries have their own definition of the New Year. Therefore, they celebrate their own New Year, not only on the first day of January, but also on a certain day or days every year. A good example is the Chinese New Year. Do you know when the Chinese New Year is? How long do Chinese people celebrate their New Year? Have you ever see how the Chinese celebrate their own New Year? Chinese celebrate their own New Year in a unique way.
First of all, Chinese people have celebrated their New Year as a spring festival for thousands of years. It�s a time for families and friends to visit. Since Chinese culture has a very long history, there is a very traditional way of celebrating the New Year. They also developed their own calendar system called the Lunar Calendar. The Chinese New Year appears very changeable from day to day every year, because it is based on this calendar. A long time ago, most of the people in China were farmers. Every day life followed the cycles of planting and harvest. The New Year�s festival was held after the fall harvest and before the start of the spring planting season. The Lunar Calendar, based on the moon, begins in a month with a new moon. The Chinese New Year is the first day of the first month of the Chinese calendar, and it lasts for fifteen days until the full moon. Each year the holiday falls sometime between January 21 and February 19. This year, the Chinese New Year is going to be on February 16.
Chinese people also developed twelve different animals to stand for each year. After twelve years, the cycle of animals begins again. The animals are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig. This year is the Year of the Rabbit, and according to the Chinese calendar, it�s the 4697th Year. Why would they choose Rat as the beginning of the cycle? How did the Chinese Animal Antics develop? There is a very old story, which tells us about this. The animals were having an argument after they heard that they were going to be assigned to stand for each year. Each of them wanted to be the very first animal of the year. So the God said that the animals must have a race across a river. The winner would start the cycle of years. All the animals leaped into the water together. The strong ox soon took the lead. The other animals struggled behind him;...
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