Chinese New Year : When is Chinese New Year 2014

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Chinese New Year in 2014 is on January 31st. Chinese New Year, which is also Spring Festival for the Chinese, is calculated in accordance to the luni-solar calendar. This makes the date corresponding to the modern day Gregorian calendar change each year.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">According to Chinese calculations, New Year comes on the second New Moon after the Winter Solstice that comes closest to li chun (beginning of spring) and falls on the 11th month of the Chinese calendar. However, in case there is a Leap Month after the 11th or 12th month of the Chinese calendar, the New Year commences with the third New Moon. </span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UmeJDFtWYm0/Usz3X1noLOI/AAAAAAAAAmg/PF2poSBAqH0/s1600/bigstock-New-Year-Card-With-Horse-49429037.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Chinese New Year 2014" border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UmeJDFtWYm0/Usz3X1noLOI/AAAAAAAAAmg/PF2poSBAqH0/s1600/bigstock-New-Year-Card-With-Horse-49429037.jpg" title="Chinese New Year 2014" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chinese New Year 2014</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> In modern times, Chinese calendar calculations are based on 120 degrees East Meridian. </span><br /><a name="more"></a>The length of the months is astronomically calculated in keeping with the Chinese traditional calendar. Then the calculations are plotted against combination of two calendars � lunar and solar.<br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The solar New Year is known as Sui which has  duration from one December Solstice to the next; while Nian is the Chinese calendar that commences on one Chinese New Year and continues till the next. Final result is achieved after approximation of these two calendar systems. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Chinese New Year celebrations last for fifteen days, each day having its own set of rituals, customs and traditions. </span></div>

Chinese New Year : When is Chinese New Year 2014

Chinese New Year in 2014 is on January 31st. Chinese New Year, which is also Spring Festival for the Chinese, is calculated in accordance to...

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Chinese New Year Rituals

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: left;"></div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Chinese New Year rituals actually begin with spring cleaning when the homes are thoroughly cleaned to sweep out all that is bad. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">However this cleaning will stop right before the New Year commences so as not to wipe away the good luck that the New Year is expected to bring in.</span><br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">On the New Year�s Eve, a Reunion Dinner is held which is an elaborate feasting where essentially all the members of the family unite in the home of the eldest in the family. The dinner is preceded by thanksgiving prayer and paying homage to ancestors. Some people also visit temples and light incense sticks.</span></li></ul><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWdDZwBAhyWt8NXpT5izWJOYV2O0pnmNtF-oR-cRtPHm0huO1xJkZEsHVtEZnZSQ-i7JSGL8DLPfb-FkE9lfgBJRdNlzTarMrnvr7sbw1N2e-PQ1FftLQUO6qsE9_5T613Oeo32U6WBgMy/s1600/152508233(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Chinese New Year Rituals" border="0" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWdDZwBAhyWt8NXpT5izWJOYV2O0pnmNtF-oR-cRtPHm0huO1xJkZEsHVtEZnZSQ-i7JSGL8DLPfb-FkE9lfgBJRdNlzTarMrnvr7sbw1N2e-PQ1FftLQUO6qsE9_5T613Oeo32U6WBgMy/s640/152508233(1).jpg" title="Chinese New Year Rituals" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chinese New Year Rituals<br /><a name="more"></a></td></tr></tbody></table><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The house is decorated and lit up. Red is believed to be auspicious. Paper lanterns adorn the homes. Gifts are exchanged. The elders generally gift the younger ones money in a red envelope that is believed to bring in prosperity in the upcoming months of the brand New Year.</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Lion Dance and Dragon dances are held all over the country and is a noisy affair that is believed to scare off the evil.</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Apart from these principal rituals, these are also various local customs that are observed in different regions of the country in keeping with their traditions.</span></li></ul><br /><br /></div>

Chinese New Year Rituals

Chinese New Year rituals actually begin with spring cleaning when the homes are thoroughly cleaned to sweep out all that is bad.  However th...

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