Staring with the New Moon on the first day of the New Year, Chinese New Year lasts as long as for 15 days. Ending with children displaying lanterns on the fifteenth day, the fifteenth day is known as "The Lantern Day". Holding family reunions, New Year in China usually means a family affair. Traditionally New Year in China were marked with a religious ceremony given in honor of Heaven and Earth along with the Gods of household and family ancestors.
New Year in China are incomplete without acknowledging the presence of the ancestors and this is done by a ritual called "The sacrifice to the ancestors". Wearing red clothes, decorations with poems on red paper and everything associated with red, the color symbolizing fire and a source to drive away bad luck is part and parcel of the New Year in China.
Chinese are the first ones to ensure every measure to bring in the good luck in the New Year. Sweeping the floors, avoiding quarreling and cleaning the garbage are some of the activities done in order to bring in the good luck and wealth in New Year. Sharing New Year's Eve Dinner, watching and participating in dragon dancing, lion dancing and folk activities are the other most popular ways to celebrate New Year in China.
New Year in China are worth watching during Tours to China, so if you are planning to go on China Tours, do make it a point to go near the New Year time and be a part of New Year in China.
New Year Celebrations
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
New Year 2007 in Beijing, Chinese New Year 2007
Where else can one celebrate the Chinese New Year with utmost fun other than in the capital of China, Beijing itself? Unlike in other countries even without fireworks, New Year in Beijing remains observed and cherished. Chinese New Year is by far the most awaited and happening festival in China as well in all the major countries of the World.
Come February 18th, 2007 and you will see the Chinese in the best of their spirits to welcome the year of the pig and bid farewell to the year of the dog. New Year in Beijing include a traditional custom followed by the young generation of Beijing. Boys and girls of Beijing put 1m long wooden sticks on their legs on the New Year's Day. Dancing and performing on the stilts, they visit he houses. Making everybody laugh by doing acrobatics, they offer a spectacular view for all those present in Beijing during the New Year time.
Traveling, shopping, cleaning the house, children wearing brand new clothes and collecting lucky money from adults, preparing mouthwatering delicacies and meeting friends and family are the things people usually do during New Year in Beijing. So, next time you go on Tours to China during when the New Year is approaching make sure to be a part of the New Year in Beijing
New Year Horoscopes
Come February 18th, 2007 and you will see the Chinese in the best of their spirits to welcome the year of the pig and bid farewell to the year of the dog. New Year in Beijing include a traditional custom followed by the young generation of Beijing. Boys and girls of Beijing put 1m long wooden sticks on their legs on the New Year's Day. Dancing and performing on the stilts, they visit he houses. Making everybody laugh by doing acrobatics, they offer a spectacular view for all those present in Beijing during the New Year time.
Traveling, shopping, cleaning the house, children wearing brand new clothes and collecting lucky money from adults, preparing mouthwatering delicacies and meeting friends and family are the things people usually do during New Year in Beijing. So, next time you go on Tours to China during when the New Year is approaching make sure to be a part of the New Year in Beijing
New Year Horoscopes
New Year 2007 in Tibet, Chinese New Year 2007
Usher in the New Year in a religious way by participating in the New Year in Tibet. Celebrated in the month of February, "Losar", the Tibetan New Year is known as the great prayer festival. In the ancient times seeing the peach tree in full blossom marked the beginning of the New Year. But later with the systematization of the Tibetan calendar in 1027 A.D., the first day of the first month was fixed as the New Year's Day.
New Year in Tibet can't be imagined without a visit to the holy temples. Tibetans celebrate the New Year in a traditional way with lamas wearing colorful masks and costumes and playing instruments, sitting in front of the monastery in Tibet. Dancing, singing, chanting auspicious words like "tashi delek" and families reuniting to attend auspicious dinner are part of the New Year in Tibet.
New Year in United States
New Year in Tibet can't be imagined without a visit to the holy temples. Tibetans celebrate the New Year in a traditional way with lamas wearing colorful masks and costumes and playing instruments, sitting in front of the monastery in Tibet. Dancing, singing, chanting auspicious words like "tashi delek" and families reuniting to attend auspicious dinner are part of the New Year in Tibet.
New Year in United States
New Year 2007 in Hong Kong, Chinese New Year 2007
One can't think of a better place to celebrate the Chinese New Year other than in a city like Hong Kong. From shopping to dancing, from playing soccer to visiting temples, the Chinese can be seen in full spirit during the New Year in Hong Kong.
What makes New Year in Hong Kong special is the very famous Hong Kong New Year Parade. Come and have a gala time watching the dragon dancers, this year's star attractions. Spilling out in the streets, the Hong Kong New Year Parade is an event not to be missed. Participated by performers from all over the world, this year's New Year Parade will take place at Wan Chai Harbourfront. It won't be wrong saying that if you missed watching the Hong Kong New Year Parade while going on Tours to Hong Kong and that too when the New Year is approaching, you missed half the fun.
With it dazzling nightlife and a whole wide array of firework display on the New Year's Eve, Hong Kong is a place to be to welcome the New Year and bid farewell the old one. If you are sports freak, then there is much in store for you during New Year in Hong Kong. Have fun watching the Annual Chinese New Year Soccer Tournament in Hong Kong. Going on pilgrimages and shopping are the other activities in which the Chinese indulge during New Year in Hong Kong
New Year 2007 in Australia
What makes New Year in Hong Kong special is the very famous Hong Kong New Year Parade. Come and have a gala time watching the dragon dancers, this year's star attractions. Spilling out in the streets, the Hong Kong New Year Parade is an event not to be missed. Participated by performers from all over the world, this year's New Year Parade will take place at Wan Chai Harbourfront. It won't be wrong saying that if you missed watching the Hong Kong New Year Parade while going on Tours to Hong Kong and that too when the New Year is approaching, you missed half the fun.
With it dazzling nightlife and a whole wide array of firework display on the New Year's Eve, Hong Kong is a place to be to welcome the New Year and bid farewell the old one. If you are sports freak, then there is much in store for you during New Year in Hong Kong. Have fun watching the Annual Chinese New Year Soccer Tournament in Hong Kong. Going on pilgrimages and shopping are the other activities in which the Chinese indulge during New Year in Hong Kong
New Year 2007 in Australia
New Year 2007 in Shanghai, Chinese New Year 2007
Unique, chaotic, beautiful, exhilarating and violent are some of the words that best describe the New Year in Shanghai. There indeed, is no better way to usher in the New Year other than being a part of the New Year in Shanghai.
Time to shop till you drop, New Year in Shanghai come just after the hula gala of Christmas. For obvious reasons, one can very well imagine that New Year's Day was overshadowed by Christmas, a western festival but now again the spirit to celebrate New Year in Shanghai has aroused in the hearts of the Chinese. Many Shanghaiers can be seen joining in the New Year countdowns at downtown squares or beside the Huangpu River.
Known, as a three-day extravaganza, New Year in Shanghai is now looked upon as a festival that is celebrated by the Shanghaiers with full jest and enthusiasm. Burning fireworks, going on shopping spree, cooking delicious delicacies and meeting and greeting the loved ones are all part of the New Year in Shanghai.
New Year 2007 in Japan
Time to shop till you drop, New Year in Shanghai come just after the hula gala of Christmas. For obvious reasons, one can very well imagine that New Year's Day was overshadowed by Christmas, a western festival but now again the spirit to celebrate New Year in Shanghai has aroused in the hearts of the Chinese. Many Shanghaiers can be seen joining in the New Year countdowns at downtown squares or beside the Huangpu River.
Known, as a three-day extravaganza, New Year in Shanghai is now looked upon as a festival that is celebrated by the Shanghaiers with full jest and enthusiasm. Burning fireworks, going on shopping spree, cooking delicious delicacies and meeting and greeting the loved ones are all part of the New Year in Shanghai.
New Year 2007 in Japan
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