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Chinese New Year: in the night of 7th to 8th of February we are launching fireworks, dancing with dragons and monkey and visiting our grandma

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Don’t sleep! Tonight we will celebrate the New Year according to the Chinese calendar. Chinese New Year date changes every year depending on the Lunar cycle. 2016 will be held under the auspices of the Fire Monkey. The celebration will begin in the night of 7th to 8th February and will last 15 days. The year of the Fire Monkey will run until 27 January 2017 and it will be changed by the year of the Fire Rooster (28.01.2017 — 15.02.2018) to which you should prepare thoroughly.

Children born in the year of the Fire Monkey can become great writers, artists, public and political figures. But whoever the child born in 2016 will decide to be, he will certainly be an extraordinary personality. Unexpected fun and a quick switch to aggression or sadness characterize them. In the year of the Fire Monkey it does not make sense to make any plans: the Monkey will do it on its own way and the fire is not the most calm element. This year is not going to be quiet and peaceful.

During the Fire Monkey year people should try to become their relations into a family and improve the financial well-being. It is recommended to invest into real estate and precious metals, gold jewelry and collectible coins. All Monkeys love luxury and love shine of all kinds.

Chinese New year is being celebrated over two million years, so it seem like the most ancient celebration of the spring. At this time, friends and relatives give as a gift fruits, sweets and money in the envelopes of red paper. Traditions of New Year celebrations in Northern and Southern China are different, but the beginning and the end of the Chinese New year celebrations are the same. The celebration ends after the Lantern festival on the fifteenth day from the beginning of the Lunar calendar.

Each of the 15 days of celebration has its own traditions that should be followed to the rest of the year went well. Calendar of Chinese New year events is worth to be seen and by the Russians – because we never know what exactly to do during the New Year’s holidays.

At midnight of the first day of the celebration of the Chinese New Year be sure to arrange a grand fireworks display and launch all the firecrackers you have at home. The Chinese organize fun and colourful street party with dancing dragons and rich feast. On this day we should remember the dead ancestors and visit the grandparents and other older relatives with gifts and treats. The table on this day should be luxurious: typical dishes from chicken and pork do not contradict the famous Peking duck and fish of all varieties.

The second day is completely dedicated to family and friends who were not seen for a long time. On this day the poor come to the rich for alms, wishing well-being and health. Each person prays for happiness in the future, and businessmen ask for the prosperity of their business in the New Year.
The third day is popularly known as “red mouth” – everyone spend it at home.

On the fourth day, many Chinese corporations stop the celebration of the New Year and go back to work. This is due to the fact that the fifth and sixth day of the new year should be given to business and wealth.

The seventh day is the day when man first set foot on the ground. Everyone note this date as a birth of mankind.

From the eighth to the tenth day of the New Year most Chinese finish celebrating and returning to work. Those who can afford staying at home try to spend time with family, praying, lighting incense sticks and arranging fireworks.

On the thirteenth day table is served with light vegetarian dishes because people should clean their bodies from rich foods of the previous days. The whole business is on this day begging the victory over the competition and success in business.

Final on the fifteenth day begins with “Feast of lights.” People go out into the street with lighted lanterns in order to save lost souls. On this day, single women attached to the mandarines note with their telephone number and put mandarins into the river. Men caught mandarines, eat and go on a date with strangers.

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