Chinese New Year Facts

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Chinese New Year has its traditions deep rooted to ancient civilizations, history and mythology. As such, there are many interesting facts entwined with it that have origin in folk-lores and ancient beliefs.</span></div><ul style="font-size: 16px;"><li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At the end of the year the Chinese pay tribute to the Kitchen God. They burn paper cutouts of Kitchen God as it is believed that the Go will travel up along with the fumes to Emperor Jade in the Heaven and tell him how the family has behaved in the bygone year. Some people smear the God�s lips with sweet things so that He speaks good things about them.</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/AVvXsEjNvPnsc9yl2A5Gmo5VWqi6NI4eFIl-qzXrLHErTtcqHHuICNNu2dufpzpLhg-oUZ2zOfzkVLzidhl6hDq-jvXyWJtRR7rGILf6gfG5lGS3JYygN5hIOaYwQ7Kwx8VytWWFNx8TbAVu7FE4/s1600/149167443.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Chinese New Year " border="0" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNvPnsc9yl2A5Gmo5VWqi6NI4eFIl-qzXrLHErTtcqHHuICNNu2dufpzpLhg-oUZ2zOfzkVLzidhl6hDq-jvXyWJtRR7rGILf6gfG5lGS3JYygN5hIOaYwQ7Kwx8VytWWFNx8TbAVu7FE4/s640/149167443.jpg" title="Chinese New Year " width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chinese New Year Facts</td></tr></tbody></table><ul style="font-size: 16px;"><li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The family stays awake together till the midnight to wish each other Happy New Year after the Reunion Dinner on the Eve. This practice is known as Shou Sui.</span></li></ul><ul style="font-size: 16px;"><li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Shooting firecracker and making loud noises are believed to ward away all that is old and evil.<a name="more"></a></span></li></ul><ul style="font-size: 16px;"><li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Doors and windows are closed on the Eve in Chinese households to be opened only in the New Year to welcome the positive vibes.</span></li></ul><ul style="font-size: 16px;"><li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">New Year Greetings are conveyed often by shouting auspicious phrases while negative words are not uttered during the whole fifteen days of celebrations.</span></li></ul><br /><br /></div>

Chinese New Year Facts

Chinese New Year has its traditions deep rooted to ancient civilizations, history and mythology. As such, there are many interesting facts e...

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