A people do before Chinese New Year

Among the various Chinese New Year activities, there are some activities, which are very popular. Given below is the detailed description:

• Chinese New Year Spring cleaning: Before Chinese New Year, people clean their houses. It is a must-do job before New Year. If you do not sweet the house before New Year, you will sweep the good luck for you and your family for the next one year. They clean their house, assets, and belongings to welcome the New Year and this is one of the most important activities before New Year. They decorate their houses with lucky charms and most of them are of red color.
  
• Chinese New Year dinner: No matter, where they live, all the family members gather at one place to have the New Year dinner. The customary dinner is also known as reunion dinner. The dinner is not only important for the family, but also for the customs. According to the tradition, some families arrange for steamboat dinner while some arrange for elaborate dinner. The steamboat dinner is a special dinner, which consists of a big bowl of soup at the center and food items like shrimps, crabs, fishballs, pork, vegetables, fish, chicken meat, and meatballs are put into the soup for further cooking.
  
• Chinese New Year Story telling: This activity is mostly popular with the children. The elders of the family tell them about the Chinese New Year stories. One of the most famous stories is the association of animal names with each year. According to the myth, Lord Buddha had invited all the animals for New Year celebrations but only twelve animals (Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat (or Sheep), Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig) turned up. Lord Buddha decided to reward them and thereby name each year after their names.

Chinese New Year 2012

Chinese New Year 2012

"Chinese New Year is the biggest and longest festival of the Chinese community. Chinese New Year begins on 23rd Jan, 2012.In China, people take weeks of holidays so as to prepare for the festival and go on holidays. There are several beautiful rituals which are followed during this whole period. There goes a very beautiful legend behind Chinese New Year celebrations. In the ancient times, Buddha asked all the animals to meet him on the Chinese New Year.Twelve animals came and Buddha named a year after each one and he announced that the people who'd be born in the respective months would have similar personality traits like that animal. As 2012 is the year of dragon, so people born in 2012 would be brave, innovative, passionate, leaders.

Fireworks are a must, decoration with poems on a red paper, giving children money in red envelopes is a wonderful tradition which they follow to bring prosperity and luck."

Chinese New Year Eve

Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is the most important traditional festival and a public holiday in China. The Chinese New Year 2012 starts in January 22 (Chinese New Year' Eve). It is the year of dragon. The festival falls on the first day of the first Chinese month (usually in late January and early February), and ends with Lantern Festival which is on the 15th day. China Highlights, offer travelers the unique opportunity to celebrate Chinese festivals including the Chinese New Year as locals do.

The festival is celebrated grandly and extensively across the country. Various cultural activities such as lighting fireworks, dragon dancing, lion dancing and other traditional performances, are arranged in parks and streets in cities and towns. Every family thoroughly cleans the house, sweeps the floors and washes daily things. House cleaning is believed to drive away ill-fortune and bring good luck in the coming year. Windows and doors are decorated with red paper-cuts and couplets. See New Year decorations.

Chinese New Year is a time for families to be together. A reunion dinner is held on New Year's Eve, when New Year food including Chinese dumplings and spring rolls is eaten.

From the first day of the New Year to the 15th day, Chinese people go to visit friends and relatives. New year greetings are given to each other, and lucky money is given to children with the hope that it will bring them good luck.

Prepare To Celebrate Chinese New Year

Now,in China other people busy prepare to celebrate new year. Chinese New Year is the most important and, at 15 days, the longest holiday in China. Chinese New Year begins on the first day of the lunar calendar, so it is also called Lunar New Year, and it is considered the beginning of spring, so it is also called Spring Festival. Learn the traditions and customs of Chinese New Year and how to prepare for and celebate Chinese New Year.

 this is situation in China when us celebrate Chinese  New Year .