Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is an important Chinese festival celebrated at the turn of the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. The New Year festival is centuries old and gains significance because of several myths and customs.
Traditionally, the festival was a time to honor deities as well as ancestors. Lunar New Year is considered a major holiday for the Chinese and has had influence on the lunar new year celebrations of its geographic neighbors.
Lunar New Year’s Eve 除夕 ——————春节 Spring festival
Within China, regional customs and traditions concerning the celebration of the Lunar New year vary widely. Often, the evening preceding Lunar New Year’s Day is an occasion for Chinese families to gather for an annual dinner reunion. It is also traditional for every family to thoroughly clean the house, in order to sweep away any ill-fortune and to make way for incoming good luck. Other activities include lighting firecrackers and giving away money in red paper envelopes.
In 2018, the first day of the Lunar New Year Eve commences Friday, February 16th
Initiating the Year of the Brown Male Earth Dog
新年快乐 Happy New Year!
Tips from Dr Wu:
Since 2017 was the Year of the Rooster, it is useful to reference an old Chinese saying: 公鸡飞和狗跳. Which can be translated directly into “Roosters fly and Dogs jump”. It means everything is unsettled and symbolizes a “troubled period of time”.
People usually have good fortune in the upcoming “Lucky Dog” year, however, there might be health issues that sprout up, as nature itself will be flourishing at the rotation point of Old Winter and the New Spring season.
Please take care, and be ready for the good fortune!
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