Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year It is celebrated as a time of family reunion and new year coming. It starts the first day of the new year based on Chinese lunar calendar and lasts 15 days. The 15th day of the new year is called the Lantern Festival, which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade.

Decoration for Chinese New Year

Red Lanterns

Red Scrolls 'Red Scrolls', which are Chinese good luck sayings written on red paper. Red Scrolls usually are pasted on the each side of door.

Red Scrolls

Activities in Chinese New Year

New Clothing, Red Clothing

House cleaning The 24th of the twelfth month is set aside for the annual housecleaning. Every household will give a thorough cleaning to their houses, clothes, bedclothes and all utensils, to bid farewell to the old year and to usher in the new. It is believed the cleaning sweeps away bad luck and makes the house ready for good luck to enter. All brooms and dustpans are put away on New Year's Eve so good luck cannot be swept away.

Firecrackers（放鞭炮）

Dragon Dance (舞龙)

Chinese dragon

Chinese New Year Feast Dumpling Fish

Red Envelopes (红包) The red color of the envelope symbolizes good luck and is supposed to ward off evil spirits. During Chinese New Year, red envelopes are typically given to the unmarried by the married, regardless of age. The money in red envelopes is called 压岁钱( yā suì qián), meaning "money warding off evil spirits", and was believed to protect the young people from sickness and death.

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