Chinese New Year is celebrated over 15 days beginning on January 23rd. Traditions include lighting bright lights and firecrackers to ward off evil spirits, as well as gatherings with family and friends. The holiday commemorates the beginning of spring according to the Chinese calendar, which dates back to 2000 BC. Key symbols of Chinese New Year include the colors red and gold, foods like fish and chicken, lanterns, animals of the zodiac, and the dragon, which represents power and protection in Chinese culture.

1. Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year is on the 23rd of
January.
Chinese New Year last for 15 days.
It went on since 2000BC.They used
bright lights and firecrackers to get
the Dragon away. They gather
around for a union to see who died
and who survived.

2. • Love there firecrackers.
Facts • Red colour for
happiness:)
• Chicken is for good luck.
• Fish is for wealth.
• They leave the head and
the tail for the beginning
and end.

3. Chinese lanterns
Chinese lanterns are let of on
the 15th day of Chinese New
Year. They let of loads of them.

4. Chinese calendar
Chinese calendar has been in
continuous use for centuries. In
use at the present , which goes
back only some 430years.

5. Chinese animals
There are 12 animals :the
names
Tiger, Snake ,Horse, Ox, Rat,
Sheep, Dog ,Dragon ,Chicken
,Rabbit ,Pig and Bull.

6. Chinese leap Year
It was a Leap Year: unlike the western
calendar, where one extra day is added in
February, one whole leap month is added
in a Chinese Leap year.2010 is the Year
4707 in the Chinese calendar, 2009 is the
Year 4706 in the Chinese calendar. Just
think if you get paid by the month instead
of working an extra day for nothing you
would get an extra pay!!!!!!

7. Chinese New Year
The Spring ceremoniously commences
with a practice of offering a sacrifice to
the kitchen God is a deity sent from
Heaven to each house to take charge
of family affairs and make a report on
what the family has done in the past
year to heaven annually on the date of
the twenty-third. So with the
preparations of feeding the kitchen
God the celebrations of the Chinese

8. The dragon
As far back as 3000BC, Chinese dragons have stood
fertility, happiness, procreation, immorality and
activity. These mythological creatures have the
amazing ability toward off all evil spirits and in ancient
days, they were even thought of a scared animal. The
Chinese have four divine creatures including the
dragon, unicorn, tortoise and phoenix. Unlike the
evilness that is represented by the western dragon,
Chinese dragons are very gracious creatures.

9. Hope you enjoyed
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