Chinese New Year Facts

8 fun facts about chinese new year.

Chinese new year facts. The 12 year chinese zodiac determines which dates and years are auspicious or unlucky. Every year celebrates a new animal. The chinese new year holds many special traditions to begin the year on the right note.

Look at the bottom of the page. 10 chinese new year traditions you don t know. Chinese new year also called lunar new year annual 15 day festival in china and chinese communities around the world that begins with the new moon that occurs sometime between january 21 and february 20 according to western calendars.

Firstly every member of the family starts off the first day wearing new clothes from head to toe. Here are 22 interesting facts about chinese new year. Happy chinese new year 2019 year of the rat many countries celebrate the new year according to the chinese calendar and not only to our calendar which is the gregorian calendar starting on the 1st of january.

Red is considered a lucky colour because it represents happiness success and good fortune and it s a good idea to wear something red. 13 2020 q a search. Asked by khondokar from america feb.

A lunisolar calendar uses both the moon phase and the solar. Chinese new year is a traditional and very important chinese holiday. Rat ox tiger rabbit dragon snake horse sheep monkey rooster dog and pig.

The chinese calendar runs on a 12 year cycle. 20015 is the year of the sheep. 04 2019 13 43 reply.