Chinese New Year Traditions & Celebrations

chinese new year is one of the most important events in chinese culture chinese new year is also known as a lunar new year and is celebrated in other countries too such as south korea indonesia and vietnam the date of the chinese new year aligns with the lunar calendar so it varies year on year but is usually between the 20th of january and the middle of february the celebrations for chinese new year don't just last a day or two the spring festival lasts 16 days in total from new year's eve until the lantern festival in chinese culture every year is associated with a different animal in line with the chinese zodiac signs [Music] the animals that represent the 12 zodiac signs are a rat ox tiger rabbit dragon snake horse goat monkey rooster dog and a pig the chinese new year is celebrated in many ways but here are some of the most popular chinese new year traditions the most popular chinese new year celebrations often consist of lots of fireworks candles and lanterns and bright red decorations the origin of this is said to come from an old chinese story about the monster nien who used to terrorize people every year on new year's eve after enduring years of torment people discovered that nien the monster was afraid of loud noises bright lights and the colour red this story is apparently where many chinese new year traditions come from chinese new year isn't just celebrated with decorations and fireworks the most important way to celebrate the new year is with friends and family another tradition in china that happens during the spring festival is the giving and receiving of gift particularly red envelopes that contain money many people also like to go to a local temple fair during the spring festival activities include ritual praying entertainment and shopping many businesses also close for the first week of celebrations to allow people to have some time off with their families on chinese new year's day itself it's considered bad luck to do any cleaning or else you may wash away your good fortune for the year ahead if you know of any other chinese new year traditions then please let us know in the comments below and if you're celebrating the chinese new year this year then we wish you a very happy new year

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Published: Tue Feb 01 2022