春节

鼠 Rat February 19, 1996 February 7, 2008 牛 Ox February 7, 1997 January 26, 2009 虎 Tiger January 28, 1998 February 14, 2010 兔 Rabbit February 16, 1999 February 3, 2011 龍 Dragon February 5, 2000 January 23, 2012 蛇 Snake January 24, 2001 February 10, 2013 馬 Horse February 12, 2002 January 31, 2014 羊 Sheep February 1, 2003 February 19, 2015 猴 MonkeyJanuary 22, 2004 February 8, 2016 鸡 Rooster February 9, 2005 January 28, 2017 狗 Dog January 29, 2006 February 16, 2018 猪 Pig February 18, 2007 February 5, 2019

The Chinese year has a great history. The Chinese New Year is popularly is

known as spring festival because it starts from the Beginning of Spring.

The Chinese New Year Festival is the most significant and important holiday in China.

Children get money from their cousin’s parents. On the day before the New Year celebration

Chinese families clean their houses. They decorate their home. Family get together for the celebration. Many Chinese families watch CCTV New Year’s

Gala in the hour before the midnight. Dumpling are a very important dish. The holidays last 15 days. There are a lot of exciting thing to do. Set off a firework. Wear the proper clothes.

The festival begins on the first day of a new moon and ending with the full moon on the day of the Lantern Festival.

Buddha or the Jade Emperor named a year after each of them in the order that they arrived, starting with the Rat, followed by the Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat (or Sheep), Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig. Cat was not included because the Rat tricked the Cat.

The candy tray arranged in either a circle or octagon is called "The Tray of Togetherness. They takes several each and then adult places a red envelop (lai see) on the centre of the tray. Each item represents some kind of good fortune.

FireworksAfter they finishedthe fireworks.The man is cleaning up the mess. You do fireworks in privately. The fireworks is the part of the celebration.

Chinese New Year food The dumpling is the main plate in

china. Everybody eat dumpling for dinner

in Chinese New Year.

Chinese traditional On New Year's Day, you are not suppose to

wash our hair because it would mean we would have washed away good luck for the New Year.

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