2015 Chinese New Year is February 19, 2015. As the Chinese calendar is lunisolar, the holiday is also known as the Lunar New Year. In China, the Chinese New Year is named the Spring Festival as well. In Asian cultures, the Lunar New Year is the most important holiday of the year and is celebrated over a period of 15 days.
2015 is the Year of the Ram. However, it is also regarded as the year of the sheep or the goat. Regardless of whichever name you prefer, the animal represents the eighth sign in the 12 cycles of the Chinese Zodiac. The ram is also regarded as an auspicious animal that delivers a year of promise and prosperity. Those that are born on the year of the ram are said to possess a lot of peaceful traits. Rams are kind, helpful, and trusting. The Ram is also resistant to change.
Popular Chinese New Year traditions include the celebration of the new year by a great family reunion over a plentiful meal. Chinese New Year is also a time to honor family ancestors as well as traditional deities. Families also participate in strange traditions including a thorough cleaning of the home to represent the sweeping away of bad luck and to make way for good luck. Windows and doors are also decorated with symbols of good fortune and happiness. Children also receive gifts of money in red paper envelopes for good luck.
Although the holiday is popularly known as Chinese New Year, the holiday is celebrated not only in Mainland China, but also Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, as well as Japan and Korea. In fact, the Chinatown of major cities over the world become beacons of Lunar New Year festivities as well.
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