Chinese New Year is an important celebration, tradition and holiday to the Chinese. It is also called the Spring Festival or referred to as Lunar New Year. Chinese New Year celebrations traditionally ran from Chinese New Year's day itself, the first day of the first month of the Chinese Calendar to the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month. This year it falls on year of the Snake on February 10th 2013.
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| Happy Chinese New Year!!!! by: accesschinese |
Chinese new year is celebrated with many traditions and customs such as people pouring out their money to buy different things like food, clothing, decorations and presents. Some of the traditions as well is for the whole family to cleanse their house in order to sweep away bad fortune and to welcome good luck. Red colour will de seen everywhere as they decorate the doors and windows with colour red paper-cuts and couplets with themes of happiness, wealth and good fortune. Food is definitely part of the celebration of Chinese New Year, even us, though we are not Chinese, we opt to buy foods like Tikoy and lucky charms to join to their celebrations as well. Foods such as ducks, chicken, pigs and even sweet delicacies are part of their meals during celebration.
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| Assorted flavor of Tikoy by: choosephils |
China town is a must place to go to join and watch other events like dragon dance and on the evening the magnificent and extravagant fireworks display.
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| Beautiful fireworks display by: googlemei |
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| Traditional dragon dance by: inkyfingerz |
We are now welcoming the Year of the Water Snake. They said Water Snake is the year of challenges and conflicts. Predictions and lucky charms are everywhere. Some even consult feng shui experts on asking for good luck advice and what is the lucky charms fit for their needs just to send those bad luck away. For me, it's really in your hand whether you will have a good fortune or not. But as they say, there's no harm in trying anyway.
Check if you will be lucky this year. Look what year you were born with this Chinese Calendar.
Chinese Calendar
| Rat | Ox | Tiger | Rabbit | Dragon | Snake | Horse | Sheep (Goat) | Monkey | Rooster | Dog | Pig |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 |
| 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 |
| 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 |
| 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 |
| 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 |
| 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 |
| 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 |
| 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 |
| 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
Happy Chinese New Year Everyone!!!
Kung Hei Fat Choi!!!
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