The Chinese use the lunar calendar for celebratory enents with includes the New Year. This falls somewhere between late January and early February. The cycle of twelve animal signs originates from Chinese tradition as a way of naming the years. The animals follow one another in an established order and are replicated every twelve years. The rat. ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig are the twelve animal signs. Every animal has particular characteristics and people born in a specific year are believed to take on these characteristics.
According to the Chinesse Zodiac, the Year of 2010 is the Year of the Tiger, which commences on February 14, 2010 and ends on February 2, 2011. The Tiger is the third sign in the Chinese Zodiac cycle, and it is a sign of bravery. This courageous and fiery fighter is admired by the ancient Chinese as the sign that keeps away the three main tragedies of a household. These are fire, thieves and ghosts. (It is from SINA News).
In my mind, Chinese Spring Festival is the most significant festival in China, it is like Western Christmas Day is the most important festival in Western countries. When the Spring Festival Eve, people ususally stay with their family, and have a fancy dinner, such as dumpling, fish, chicken. After dinner, people aways stay at home for watching CCTV Spring Festival Gala, and most of children like to play fireworks in outside. When the 12 am is coming, it is symbol the Spring Festival Day is coming, and all Chinese families light firecrackers at the same time.
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