Traditional Chinese New Year and Happy Spring Festival 2013

Chinese New Year also known as the Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, the Chinese New Year is a traditional Chinese festival to celebrate the New Year, according to the Chinese lunar calendar. Chinese New Year is a 15-day celebration and each day. This is the most important festivals for all Chinese people around the world.

Traditional Chinese New Year
The sign of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations, visit kin, relatives and friends, a practice known as "new year of visits" (Chinese: 拜年, Pinyin: bài nián). Usually wear new clothes in the new year, and would put on his best behavior. On the New Year day, red is free to use. the children were given red envelopes, good luck money wrapped in little red envelopes.

Clean-Up
Bad luck there is a tendency to establish in the corner. As Chinese New Year is about health, wealth really can bring to the party. In addition, it is only when the house is spotless ancestors and the gods appropriately honored. Broom and dustpan out three days before the grand celebration of family, and to give their home a thorough cleaning. Subsequently, all those dust bunnies was replaced with messages written on red paper the luck color or fancy rolling bearing character for "wealth" and "happiness". Some people even go the extra mile, and do a hairstyle.

Symbol
Red envelope
Chinese New Year known as the "red envelope" filled with money, usually apply only to children or unmarried adults is not working properly. If you are single, working and making money, you still have to give the young red envelope. Red represents good luck, wealth and happiness, wealth of Chinese culture, and often wear or use other celebrations decoration.

Dragon
Dragon is currently in China, many cultural celebrations, Chinese people tend to believe that their own mysterious biological offspring. And when the Lantern Festival in the new year, they also have a lot of dancing dragon show. The dragon is a symbol of prosperity, I wish you good luck and good fortune.

Light Up The Night
Perhaps the most exciting celebrations (Lantern Festival) late-night fireworks. Ideological scare pesky evil spirits, the family spent a few hours shooting sparks into the night air. The finale of the two-week celebration of huge Lantern Festival coincides with the full moon. These hand-painted paper lanterns often feature scenes from Chinese history and folk tales, are hanging in the windows and the entire city. In the climax of the celebration of the classic dragon. Young men dancing and holding the bamboo, paper and silk dragon through the town, seeking donations and joyful the crowd.

Food
Chinese New Year's Eve food is the most important dinner of the year. Usually, the family gathered for dinner in a specified relatives, but these days, many families often celebrate New Year's Eve dinner at a restaurant.

Around the World Chinese New Year
These New Year celebrations are not just for the Chinese and people around the world like in the party. Because China has spread far and widely throughout the world, many other countries to commemorate and celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year given as a public holiday. These countries, including Singapore, Vietnam, Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Indonesia.