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Chinese New Year. Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival (see also § Names ), is a festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. Marking the end of winter and the beginning of spring, observances traditionally take place from Chinese New Year's Eve, the evening preceding the first day of ...
Fai chun ( traditional Chinese: 揮春; simplified Chinese: 挥春; pinyin: huīchūn) or chunlian ( 春聯; 春联; chūnlián) is a traditional decoration [ 1] that is frequently used during Chinese New Year. People put fai chun in doorways to create an optimistic festive atmosphere, since the phrases written on them refer to good luck and ...
The Lantern Festival ( traditional Chinese: 元宵節; simplified Chinese: 元宵节; pinyin: Yuánxiāo jié ), also called Shangyuan Festival ( traditional Chinese: 上元節; simplified Chinese: 上元节; pinyin: Shàngyuán jié) and Cap Go Meh ( Chinese: 十五暝; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Cha̍p-gō͘-mê ), is a Chinese traditional festival ...
The Chinese character fu ( 福; fú ⓘ ), meaning 'fortune' or 'good luck' is represented both as a Chinese ideograph and, at times, pictorially, in one of its homophonous forms. It is often found on a figurine of the male god of the same name, one of the trio of "star gods" Fú, Lù, and Shòu . Mounted fu are a widespread Chinese tradition ...
A red envelope, red packet, hongbao or ang pau ( traditional Chinese: 紅包; simplified Chinese: 红包; pinyin: hóngbāo; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: âng-pau) is a gift of money given during holidays or for special occasions such as weddings, graduations, and birthdays. [ 1]
The Lunar New Year is an event celebrated by billions of people across the world on the first new moon of their calendar. Although often referred to as "Lunar New Year" in English, this is a misnomer, as it refers to both celebrations based on a lunar calendar as well as a lunisolar calendar. The Islamic New Year (also called the Hijri New Year ...
A Happy New Year sign in northeastern China. The Chinese New Year, also known as Spring Festival or Lunar New Year, occurs every year on the new moon of the first lunar month, about the beginning of spring . The exact date can fall any time between January 21 and February 21 (inclusive) of the Gregorian Calendar.
Chinese people prepare lucky food in the new year, where the "seven vegetable soup" (七菜羹), "seven vegetable congee" (七菜粥) and "jidi congee" (及第粥) are specially prepared for Renri. Malaysian and Singaporean Chinese use the " seven-coloured raw fish " ( 七彩魚生 ) instead of the "seven vegetable soup".