The Chinese calendar is a yearly calendar just like the western one and its beginning is based on the cycles of the moon. Hence, the Chinese New Year can fall anywhere between late January and mid-February. In 2007, or the Chinese year 4705, the Chinese New Year is on February 18.

There are three different ways to name a Chinese Year. It is named after an animal or by its formal name using the stem-branch system and by the year that marks the beginning of the reign of Yellow King, the first king of China who was crowned as the king in 2697 B.C. For instance, 2007 is going to mark the 4705th year of the Chinese.

A complete Chinese calendar cycle is of 60 years, having five cycles of twelve years each. And each of these 12 years is named after an animal meaning these names are repeated every twelve year. The Rat marks the first year of the animal cycle while the Pig marks the last.

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Many interesting and peculiar customs and traditions are an intrinsic part of celebration of the most important festival of the Chinese New Year.People are garbed in red clothes, even lanterns hung for the purpose of decoration are red in color. It is so because it is commonly believed that red symbolizes fire which according to legend can fend off bad luck. Bright red is considered to be an auspicious color and stands for happiness while gold stands for wealth. The colors black and white are avoided during this time as they represent mourning.

Every traditional Chinese home also has the custom of keeping live blooming plants to symbolize rebirth and new growth during the Chinese New Year. There is also the tradition of welcoming guests with the “Tray of Togetherness” (Cheun Hup) to wish a sweet beginning. Another significant custom associated with Chinese New Year celebration is to spend the New Year’s Eve preparing Chinese dumplings (Jiaozi) with a coin hidden inside the dumpling as it is presumed that whoever gets it will enjoy the grace of luck in the coming years. Even a traditional Buddhist vegetarian delight called “Jai” is prepared on the first day of Chinese New Year using eighteen different ingredients as the Chinese believe eighteen to be a lucky number signifying wealth and prosperity.On New Year’s Day little children are also gifted Red Lai-See Envelopes which are good luck money wrapped in little red envelopes.

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The Chinese mark their New Year celebrations with much excitement and cheer ! Well-known for its gaiety and splendor, the Chinese New Year is, indeed, a very colorful occasion for its people and for others over the world. Kicking off on a new moon day, the Chinese New Year is a 15 day long celebration, which ends on the full moon night with the famous Festival of Lanterns. These 15 days of the celebration include prayers to ancestors, traditional meals, decorations with symbolic items (usually in red), reuniting with family, visiting friends and relatives, exchanging gifts, shopping, cleaning the house, wearing new clothes, joining in elaborate parades with masks and floats of dragon and the symbolic animal, majestic lion dances, bursting firecrackers and, of course, wishing each other a very happy ‘Xin Nian’ or a very Happy New Year !

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