Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is often inaccurately called "Lunar New Year", because—as part of the lunisolar Chinese calendar—the date is partially determined based on lunar phase. The festival traditionally begins on the first day of the first month (Chinese: 正月; pinyin: zhēng yuè) in the Chinese calendar and ends with Lantern Festival which is on the 15th day. Chinese New Year's Eve, a day where Chinese families gather for their annual reunion dinner, is known as chú xī (除夕). It literally means "Year-pass Eve".
Chinese New Year is the longest and most important festivity in the Chinese Lunar Calendar. The origin of Chinese New Year is itself centuries old and gains significance because of several myths and traditions. Ancient Chinese New Year is a reflection on how the people behaved and what they believed in the most.
Chinese New Year is celebrated in countries and territories with significant Chinese populations, such as Mainland China, Hong Kong,[2] Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore,[3] Taiwan, Vietnam, and also in Chinatowns elsewhere. Chinese New Year is considered a major holiday for the Chinese and has had influence on the new year celebrations of its geographic neighbors, as well as cultures with whom the Chinese have had extensive interaction. These include Koreans (Seollal), Tibetans and Bhutanese (Losar), Mongolians (Tsagaan Sar), Vietnamese (Tết), and the Japanese before 1873 (Oshogatsu).
In countries such as Australia, Canada and the United States, although Chinese New Year is not an official holiday, many ethnic Chinese hold large celebrations and Australia Post, Canada Post, and the US Postal Service issue New Year's themed stamps.
Within China, regional customs and traditions concerning the celebration of the Chinese new year vary widely. People will pour out their money to buy presents, decoration, material, food, and clothing. It is also the tradition that every family thoroughly cleans the house to sweep away any ill-fortune in hopes to make way for good incoming luck. Windows and doors will be decorated with red colour paper-cuts and couplets with popular themes of "happiness", "wealth", and "longevity". On the Eve of Chinese New Year, supper is a feast with families. Food will include such items as pigs, ducks, chicken and sweet delicacies. The family will end the night with firecrackers. Early the next morning, children will greet their parents by wishing them a healthy and happy new year, and receive money in red paper envelopes. The Chinese New Year tradition is a great way to reconcile; forgetting all grudges, and sincerely wish peace and happiness for everyone.
Although the Chinese calendar traditionally does not use continuously numbered years, outside China its years are often numbered from the reign of the Yellow Emperor, Huangdi. But at least three different years numbered 1 are now used by various scholars, making the year 2011 "Chinese Year" 4709, 4708, or 4648.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Chinese New Year in Indonesia
Originally Lunar or Sin Tjia is a celebration conducted by farmers in China which usually falls on one of the first month in the early new year. This celebration is also associated with a party of farmers to welcome spring. This celebration begins at 30 month of the 12th and ended on the first 15 months. The event includes prayer Lunar New Year, praying to the Creator, and the celebration Cap Go Meh. The purpose of this praying is a form of thanksgiving and prayers of hope for next year to get more food, to entertain the ancestors, and as a means of gathering with relatives and neighbors.
Because the Lunar New Year celebrations came from peasant culture, then all forms of offerings are in the form of various types of food. Ideally, in any event Lunar prayer cuisine is served at least 12 kinds of pie and 12 kinds of symbols representing the zodiac which amounted to 12. In China, the noodle dish that required a long life (siu noodles) and wine. In Indonesia, the selected dishes usually dishes that have meaning "prosperity," "longevity," "salvation," or "happiness," and is a favorite dish of the ancestors.
The cakes are served are usually sweeter than usual. Hopefully, next year life becomes sweeter. In addition, layer cake served also as a symbol of sustenance in layers. Cup cake and cake is also a food basket that must be served at the time praying to welcome the arrival of Chinese New Year. Usually prepared to top the cake basket with a red bowl cake on top. It is a symbol of life sweet an increasingly uphill and blossom like a cup cake.
There are also foods that are avoided and not served, such as porridge. Porridge was not served because these foods symbolize poverty.
The twelve dishes were then arranged in prayer that the front desk hung with a special cloth which usually display a red dragon. Homeowners then summoned his ancestors prayed to eat dishes that are served.
On the night of the new year people usually eat at home or in restaurants. After finishing their dinner staying up all night with the door wide open for sustenance can come into the house freely. At this time the typical snacks provided Lunar form of pumpkin seeds, peanuts, and candy.
At the time of Chinese New Year, the food should not be forgotten is the layer of sticky, nastar cakes, cookies syringe, cakes of roses, as well as sweets and fro. In order for the mind becomes clear, jelly provided printed like a star as a bright symbol of life.
Seven days after the Lunar New Year is praying to the Creator. The goal is to bow down to Him and ask for a better life in the new year be entered.
Fifteen days after the Lunar New Year is a celebration called the Cap Go Meh. Chinese community in Semarang celebrate by presenting lontong Cap Go Meh consisting of rice cake, chicken opor, ve eggplant, eggs pindang, abing satay and sambal docang. While in Jakarta, the menu is the rice cake, vegetable godog, pindang eggs, and soy powder.
At the time of the celebration of Chinese New Year is also celebrated in the crowd that presents a variety of attractions lion dance and fireworks.
Because the Lunar New Year celebrations came from peasant culture, then all forms of offerings are in the form of various types of food. Ideally, in any event Lunar prayer cuisine is served at least 12 kinds of pie and 12 kinds of symbols representing the zodiac which amounted to 12. In China, the noodle dish that required a long life (siu noodles) and wine. In Indonesia, the selected dishes usually dishes that have meaning "prosperity," "longevity," "salvation," or "happiness," and is a favorite dish of the ancestors.
The cakes are served are usually sweeter than usual. Hopefully, next year life becomes sweeter. In addition, layer cake served also as a symbol of sustenance in layers. Cup cake and cake is also a food basket that must be served at the time praying to welcome the arrival of Chinese New Year. Usually prepared to top the cake basket with a red bowl cake on top. It is a symbol of life sweet an increasingly uphill and blossom like a cup cake.
There are also foods that are avoided and not served, such as porridge. Porridge was not served because these foods symbolize poverty.
The twelve dishes were then arranged in prayer that the front desk hung with a special cloth which usually display a red dragon. Homeowners then summoned his ancestors prayed to eat dishes that are served.
On the night of the new year people usually eat at home or in restaurants. After finishing their dinner staying up all night with the door wide open for sustenance can come into the house freely. At this time the typical snacks provided Lunar form of pumpkin seeds, peanuts, and candy.
At the time of Chinese New Year, the food should not be forgotten is the layer of sticky, nastar cakes, cookies syringe, cakes of roses, as well as sweets and fro. In order for the mind becomes clear, jelly provided printed like a star as a bright symbol of life.
Seven days after the Lunar New Year is praying to the Creator. The goal is to bow down to Him and ask for a better life in the new year be entered.
Fifteen days after the Lunar New Year is a celebration called the Cap Go Meh. Chinese community in Semarang celebrate by presenting lontong Cap Go Meh consisting of rice cake, chicken opor, ve eggplant, eggs pindang, abing satay and sambal docang. While in Jakarta, the menu is the rice cake, vegetable godog, pindang eggs, and soy powder.
At the time of the celebration of Chinese New Year is also celebrated in the crowd that presents a variety of attractions lion dance and fireworks.
Date of Chinese New Year Celebration
Lunisolar Chinese calendar determines Chinese New Year dates. Calendars are also used in countries that have been raised or been influenced by Han culture (notably in Korea, Japan, and Vietnam) and probably has an origin similar to New Year celebrations outside of East Asia (such as Iran, and in the days of yore , mainland Bulgarian). In the Gregorian calendar, Chinese New Year falls on different dates each year, between 21 January and 20 February. In the Chinese calendar, the winter sun turning point must occur in month 11, which means the Chinese New Year usually falls on the second new moon after the winter sun turning point (and sometimes a third if that year is inter calary month). In traditional cultures in China, Lichun is solar time that marked the start of spring, which occurs about February 4. Dates for Chinese New Year from 1996 to 2019 (in the Gregorian calendar) can be seen in the table above, along with the zodiac animals for that year and earthly branches. Along with 12-year cycle each with a zodiac animal is 10-year cycle of heavenly stems. Every heavenly associated with one of the five elements of Chinese astrology, namely: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water. The elements are rotated every two years while docking yin and each successive year. The elements that serve targeted with differentiated into: Wood, Yin Wood, Yang Fire, Yin Fire, and so on. This results in a combined cycle that repeats every 60 years. For example, the year of the Fire Rat occurred in 1936 and in 1996. Many people confuse with the Chinese birth year with their Gregorian birth-year. Because Chinese New Year to begin in late January to mid February, the Chinese year from January 1 until day Lunar New Year Gregorian remain unchanged from the previous year. For example, the year of the snake in 1989 began on February 6, 1989. Year 1990 is considered by some to be the year of the horse. However, the year of the snake in 1989 officially ended on January 26, 1990. This means that whoever is born from January 1 to January 25, 1990 was actually born in the year of the snake instead of a horse.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Lunar New Year
Lunar New Year is the most important celebration of the Chinese. Lunar New Year celebrations begin on the first day of the first month (Chinese: 正月; pinyin: Zheng yue) in Chinese calendarand ends with Cap Go Meh 十五 冥 元宵节 in the fifteenth date (at the time of full moon). Lunar New Year's Eve is known as Chúxī which means "New Year's Eve." In China, customs and traditions of the region associated with the celebration of Chinese New Year is very diverse. However, all of which share many common themes such as the banquet dinner on New Year's Eve, and the ignition of fireworks. Although the traditional Chinese calendar year does not use numbers but in fact, the Chinese calendar outside China often numbered from government Huangdi. At least now there are three years numbered 1 are used by various experts, so that by the year 2009 AD "The Year of the Chinese" could be the year 4707, 4706, or 4646. Celebrated in areas with a population of ethnic Chinese, Chinese New Year is considered a major holiday for Chinese people and have influence in the new year celebrations in China's geographic neighbors, as well as Chinese culture with interacting widespread. These include Korea, Mongolia, Nepal, Bhutan, Vietnam, and Japan (before 1873). In Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and other countries or regions with a significant population of Han Chinese, Chinese New Year is also celebrated, and in various degrees, have become part of traditional culture of these countries.
Delicious Food In Traditional Chinese New Year
In this edition of Health Room, we introduce the traditional delicacies during the Lunar New Year.
On 7 Thursday is Chinese New Year and is the most festive holiday for Chinese people in one year. Celebrating Lunar New Year is also called to celebrate the new year. Relax and recreation plus traditional delicacies are reasonable is an important content in celebrating the Lunar New Year.
The main delicacies during the Lunar New Year holiday is jiaozi or dumplings, especially in parts of northern China. Jiaozi is food of meat dumplings wrapped in skins and cooked in water. Generally, at 12 the night before Chinese New Year, every family has settled all dumplings wrapped, and waiting time to be cooked (about 11 pm until 1 am), when it is precisely the turn of 'years old' and 'new year', eating jiaozi taken from the meaning of 'off the old year and welcome the new year'. So, when celebrating the Chinese New Year, no matter how abundant food on the table, the Chinese people must not forget to eat jiaozi.
Dumpling-making process is quite complicated, from Kneading content, grind skin to wrap it up, all of them need to involve the whole family labor, thus manifesting the harmony in the family. For example, Kneading dumpling contents, need to chop up the meat first, then the necessary vegetables, plus the seasonings according to their own tastes. Sound chop up meat and vegetables on top cutting board harder and longer, in Chinese pronunciation homonym, meat plus vegetables means 'has the wealth', while chopping meat or vegetables voice grew louder and the time was getting longer, have a sense of 'wealth increases eternal'. It also shows, old time family who chop up the meat, which means lots of dumplings wrapped and symbolizes their life prosperous and rich. When the dumpling wrap, fold and twist the skin necessary for its diverse, if neat memilinnya called 'make a fortune', that was twisted like a''rod-shaped gold or silver shoes in the feudal age of China ", symbolizing wealth everywhere. In rural areas, skin dumpling that was twisted like a grain pattern that symbolizes the new year would harvest. When cooking dumplings and boil the water needs to be increased three times in cold water in small amounts, restore negates Chinese homonym of luck. It can be said, of making dumplings to eat it, all contain folk culture is thick.
Round also represents another kind of delicious food at the feast of Chinese New Year. In the southern region of China, the round is usually served on Cap Go Meh --- 15th of Lunar calendar's first month, but modern people a little less concerned with the habit, just listed as good food in the Lunar New Year holiday.
Rounds made from glutinous rice flour, and its contents including sugar, sesame, red bean, walnut seeds, dried beans and fruits and others, there is also filled with meat, round flavors in the southern and northern China differs a lot. While eating way too different, there is a cooked, fried or steamed. Now to meet the needs of modern people will speed and convenience, many shopping centers throughout the year providing a variety of rounds and frozen. Certainly, the sales volume is the most widely rounds during this traditional holiday.
Cake bed is also a good food at the feast. Homonym cake bed pronunciation in Chinese, i.e 'every year ride', it stated desire of people will be living a more beautiful from year to year. Materials cake beds divided into two kinds, namely from sticky rice flour and rice flour yellow. While a variety of ways to consume them, can be cooked in gravy with mixed vegetables and meat, also can be added natural perfumes and steamed. The legend says, cake, bed is offering sacrifices to ancestors, then gradually become a traditional holiday meal on Chinese New Year, and over 2,000 years have been historic.
Chinese population and its territory much broader, the amount of delicious food is a lot of different places. Food on Lunar New Year holiday that we described was just a small part. It could be argued, the Chinese nation as an ancient agricultural nation, always have high expectations petition survived on food at the feast. For example, Chinese people in some areas while partying at the feast of the Lunar New Year food is not always add the raw, such as eating dates or lotte means' the coming of early spring ", dining tikwe or dried persimmons which means' every thing goes well ', ate apricot seeds symbolizes 'coming of luck', while eating out means the whole family 'happy'. Overall it shows the love the Chinese people to pray for safe and tranquil life.
On 7 Thursday is Chinese New Year and is the most festive holiday for Chinese people in one year. Celebrating Lunar New Year is also called to celebrate the new year. Relax and recreation plus traditional delicacies are reasonable is an important content in celebrating the Lunar New Year.
The main delicacies during the Lunar New Year holiday is jiaozi or dumplings, especially in parts of northern China. Jiaozi is food of meat dumplings wrapped in skins and cooked in water. Generally, at 12 the night before Chinese New Year, every family has settled all dumplings wrapped, and waiting time to be cooked (about 11 pm until 1 am), when it is precisely the turn of 'years old' and 'new year', eating jiaozi taken from the meaning of 'off the old year and welcome the new year'. So, when celebrating the Chinese New Year, no matter how abundant food on the table, the Chinese people must not forget to eat jiaozi.
Dumpling-making process is quite complicated, from Kneading content, grind skin to wrap it up, all of them need to involve the whole family labor, thus manifesting the harmony in the family. For example, Kneading dumpling contents, need to chop up the meat first, then the necessary vegetables, plus the seasonings according to their own tastes. Sound chop up meat and vegetables on top cutting board harder and longer, in Chinese pronunciation homonym, meat plus vegetables means 'has the wealth', while chopping meat or vegetables voice grew louder and the time was getting longer, have a sense of 'wealth increases eternal'. It also shows, old time family who chop up the meat, which means lots of dumplings wrapped and symbolizes their life prosperous and rich. When the dumpling wrap, fold and twist the skin necessary for its diverse, if neat memilinnya called 'make a fortune', that was twisted like a''rod-shaped gold or silver shoes in the feudal age of China ", symbolizing wealth everywhere. In rural areas, skin dumpling that was twisted like a grain pattern that symbolizes the new year would harvest. When cooking dumplings and boil the water needs to be increased three times in cold water in small amounts, restore negates Chinese homonym of luck. It can be said, of making dumplings to eat it, all contain folk culture is thick.
Round also represents another kind of delicious food at the feast of Chinese New Year. In the southern region of China, the round is usually served on Cap Go Meh --- 15th of Lunar calendar's first month, but modern people a little less concerned with the habit, just listed as good food in the Lunar New Year holiday.
Rounds made from glutinous rice flour, and its contents including sugar, sesame, red bean, walnut seeds, dried beans and fruits and others, there is also filled with meat, round flavors in the southern and northern China differs a lot. While eating way too different, there is a cooked, fried or steamed. Now to meet the needs of modern people will speed and convenience, many shopping centers throughout the year providing a variety of rounds and frozen. Certainly, the sales volume is the most widely rounds during this traditional holiday.
Cake bed is also a good food at the feast. Homonym cake bed pronunciation in Chinese, i.e 'every year ride', it stated desire of people will be living a more beautiful from year to year. Materials cake beds divided into two kinds, namely from sticky rice flour and rice flour yellow. While a variety of ways to consume them, can be cooked in gravy with mixed vegetables and meat, also can be added natural perfumes and steamed. The legend says, cake, bed is offering sacrifices to ancestors, then gradually become a traditional holiday meal on Chinese New Year, and over 2,000 years have been historic.
Chinese population and its territory much broader, the amount of delicious food is a lot of different places. Food on Lunar New Year holiday that we described was just a small part. It could be argued, the Chinese nation as an ancient agricultural nation, always have high expectations petition survived on food at the feast. For example, Chinese people in some areas while partying at the feast of the Lunar New Year food is not always add the raw, such as eating dates or lotte means' the coming of early spring ", dining tikwe or dried persimmons which means' every thing goes well ', ate apricot seeds symbolizes 'coming of luck', while eating out means the whole family 'happy'. Overall it shows the love the Chinese people to pray for safe and tranquil life.
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