The Chinese New Year

China is a vast country. It has a large population. So the Chinese new year is also celebrated very vastly. Chinese new year is a festival which is celebrated in the beginning of the year in Chinese
calendar. The Chinese new year celebration is held for 15 days. They start the celebration with the first moon in the sky. 


New year eve in China
Chinese new year celebration
Chinese New Year
pic given from www.npr.org


Chinese new year 2020 will start on 25th January. So in china the Chinese new year 2020 date is 25th January. They don't celebrate new year in 1st January like the other countries.

Chinese new year is a vast holiday. It is celebrated in the first beginning day of the lunar new year. If you don't know what is lunar calendar, I am informing you that lunar calendar is the beginning of a calendar year whose months are co-ordinate with the appears of the moon in the sky. The lunar new year is celebrated in world wide by the Chinese population in Singapore, Myanmar, Indonesia and other countries.

The Chinese new year is celebrated with some rituals and myths. Now I am going to share you the unknown facts and myths and why they celebrate the new year in a different way and how they celebrate new year. In the ancient times in China there was a monster named Ni`an who lived in sea. It came out on the new year day and feast on animals and humans. So on the new year the villagers escaped to the mountain. Once Chinese new year a old man forgot to escape. When the monster came the old man was decorating his house with red cards wishing evil come out and can enter good luck in his house. Seeing this the monster could not enter in his house. Then the old man began to firing crackers. So the monster came back running with fear. So in new year day the Chinese people decorates their houses specially windows and doors with the red wishing cards. It was a unknown fact about a myth of China. For other unknown facts about Chinese new year click here.


Chinese new year eve
Chinese Monster Ni`an
Chinese New Year Monster Ni`an
Picture taken from ancient-orginals.net


On the Chinese new year eve the Chinese people gathered with their family for a holy dinner. They clean their houses to clean all evils and enter good lucks. They wears new clothes. The Chinese new year eve is celebrated with lighting and fire cracking, giving money in the red envelop. In the mid night they eat dumplings as the final dinner of the year. To send new year wishes go to new year wishes article or click wishes on navigation bar.


Chinese New Year 2019 celebration


Chinese new year dates is given below from 2001 to 2050.


Gregorian
Date
Animal
Day of the week
                            
Gregorian
Date
Animal
Day of the week
2001
24 Jan
Snake
Wednesday
2026
17 Feb
Tuesday
2002
12 Feb
Horse
Tuesday
2027
6 Feb
Saturday
2003
1 Feb
Goat
Saturday
2028
26 Jan
Wednesday
2004
22 Jan
Thursday
2029
13 Feb
Tuesday
2005
9 Feb
Wednesday
2030
3 Feb
Sunday
2006
29 Jan
Sunday
2031
23 Jan
Thursday
2007
18 Feb
Sunday
2032
11 Feb
Wednesday
2008
7 Feb
Thursday
2033
31 Jan
Monday
2009
26 Jan
Monday
2034
19 Feb
Sunday
2010
14 Feb
Sunday
2035
8 Feb
Thursday
2011
3 Feb
Thursday
2036
28 Jan
Monday
2012
23 Jan
Monday
2037
15 Feb
Sunday
2013
10 Feb
Sunday
2038
4 Feb
Thursday
2014
31 Jan
Friday
2039
24 Jan
Monday
2015
19 Feb
Thursday
2040
12 Feb
Sunday
2016
8 Feb
Monday
2041
1 Feb
Friday
2017
28 Jan
Saturday
2042
22 Jan
Wednesday
2018
16 Feb
Friday
2043
10 Feb
Tuesday
2019
5 Feb
Tuesday
2044
30 Jan
Saturday
2020
25 Jan
Saturday
2045
17 Feb
Friday
2021
12 Feb
Friday
2046
6 Feb
Tuesday
2022
1 Feb
Tuesday
2047
26 Jan
Saturday
2023
22 Jan
Sunday
2048
14 Feb
Friday
2024
10 Feb
Saturday
2049
2 Feb
Tuesday
2025
29 Jan
Wednesday
2050
23 Jan
Sunday



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