The celebration of Chinese New Year 16 Articles

by John Melendez

Chinese New Year Cards A Post-Holiday Excuse to Give & Give Again Chinese New Year Cards As a former expatriate resident of China, I've been absolutely nuts about keeping up on Chinese culture. A few days back I ret...read more

by Erik Van Tongerloo

The Chinese New Year is the most important period in the Chinese Year. The celebration of the Chinese New Year, also called the Lunar New Year, starts always the first day of the first lunar moon and takes fifteen days. Th...read more

by Churchill Churchill

Welcome to the Chinese year of the pig . Chinese New Year is the main holiday of the year for more than one quarter of the world's population and the Chinese New Year commences each year in February, according to our Weste...read more

by Khim Leclair

Chinese New Year dates are determined by the lunisolar Chinese calendar and falls on different dates between January 21 and February 20 of the Gregorian calendar each year. Lichun, the 1st of 24 solar terms, marks the star...read more

by G. Lee

The most important and most widely celebrated festival among the Chinese is the Spring Festival or Chinese New Year. In China, this festival is known by various names - Yuan Chen, the time of the beginning; Yuan Zheng, the...read more

by Trinh Nguyen

I was born in Vietnam, it is a country that has a culture same with China, and it also has the Chinese New Year, but we call it to be Tet. In the first day of January of the Chinese Calendar, we prepare the new clothes, ne...read more

by Tim Stoney

I spent a year in China last year and was a little staggered by what happens at chinese New Year. Wanting to get into the spirit of it all, I asked a number of my colleagues how they would spend the New Year? The first thi...read more

by Swati Nair

Many among us are familiar with the Chinese New Year or the Spring Festival as it is known here in China. Yes, I am writing this from the land of the dragon amid loud noises of firecrackers welcoming the New Year which fal...read more

by Anthony Boon Hua Goh

Chingay: A Parade of Dreams - that is the title of this year's Chingay Parade in Singaporw The word "chingay" has its origin from the South Fujian Province dialect which can be roughly translated as "essence of the arts...read more

by Yao Chen

2 days before the chinese new year, people have to do the spring-cleaning. on the new year's eve, the family usually stays with the parents of the father. they may eat at home or dine in a restaurant. one very important pa...read more

by Lers Thisayakorn

Chinese New Year (2008) of Rat It is Chinese Lunar New Year again. For each of the Chinese year, it is assigned with an animal symbol of Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Boa...read more

by Ice Paladin

Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival as it was traditionally (it is Spring in China) is a celebration at a year's hard work. The story originated from farmers and others that have had a hard year planting crops, and it was...read more

by Nicola Brown

The most important festival for all Chinese communities around the world. It begins on the 23rd day of the 12th moon when the Kitchen God, who has been watching over the family all through the year, ascends up to heaven to...read more

by Yong Gan

China is a large country with more than twenties provinces. Different places in China may have different celebration ceremonies in some extent. But the tradition for all the Chinese people has a lot in common. Instead ...read more

by Donna Collins

HAPPY NEW YEAR INSTRUCTIONS For me the western New Year is not reflective enough, way to short - one night to set the tone for the whole year? So for the last 8 years my family and I have celebrated Chines...read more

by Peace Bella

As the name implies Chinese New Year is a depict a brand new year for the Chinese. It falls on the Chinese Lunar Calendar on the first month, "Yi Yue" (January), "Chu Yi" (1st). The celebration of Chinese New Year starts...read more