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February 12, 2021
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Chinese New Year is the most important holiday in China. In 2021, Chinese New Year will begin on February 12. Tied to the Chinese lunar calendar, the holiday was traditionally a time to honor household and heavenly deities as well as ancestors. It was also a time to bring family together for feasting. With the popular adoption of the Western calendar in 1912, the Chinese joined in celebrating January 1 as New Year’s Day. China, however, continues to celebrate Chinese New Year with the traditional greeting, “Kung hei fat choi.”
5 Fast Facts:
5 Fast Facts:
- The Lunar New Year Is Celebrated in Several Countries.
- Each Year of the Lunar Calendar Is Marked by the Chinese Zodiac
- People Born in the Year of the Monkey Are ‘Intelligent, Adaptable, Eloquent & Flexible’
- The Holiday Has Become Mostly Cultural, but Has Its Roots in Ancient Traditions
- The Year of the Monkey Could Be a Good, or Bad, Year for You
Members of a lion Dance Troupe display their costume that willbe manned by 120 individuals and paraded during Chinese new Year celebrations in Chinatown.
Children are traditionally given monetary gifts in red envelopes to symbolize good luck and good fortune for the New Year. Oranges are also usually displayed as a symbol of abundance and good fortune.
A Chinese New Year Lantern Festival takes place at night at the Chenghuang Temple Fair and Shanghai.
A family enjoys a traditional Chinese New Year dinner. Some traditional New Year foods include long noodles, round dumplings and glutinous rice cakes.
Red Lanterns Hung to celebrate the traditional Chinese New Year in Hong Kong. Chinese New year remains the most important holiday in China.
Fireworks illuminate Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong to welcome in the New Year.
Individuals in Paris celebrate Chinese New Year by performing the traditional Lion Dance.
Thousands of local and international performers participate in the annual Chingay Parade in Singapore.
Sesame rice balls are a traditional food enjoyed during Chinese New Year celebrations.
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