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.