Happy Chinese New year and happy year of the dog steemians
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Whats chinese new year all about?
Spring festival in modern china known as Chinese new year and one of the significant tradition in lunisolar chinese calendar.
On the 15th day of its first calendar month it runs from the evening preceding the first lantern festival this includes the celebration of chinese new year. In chinese calender they named each year with twelve animals dog, ox, rooster, pig,
snake, rat, dragon, horse, goat, monkey, tiger and rabbit. This tradition rooted with old costumes, activities, food and most popular in publoc holidays in china.
Whats the history of Chinese new year?
The origins of Chinese New Year are not completely known as the legend describing the holiday's beginnings varies based on the storyteller.According to our Chinese Culture site, all of these stories include a monster preying on Chinese villagers who was named Nian (the Chinese word for "year"). Nian also had a lion-like appearance in many of the stories which is why Chinese New Year parades include lions.
The legends then say that an old wise man advised villagers to scare Nian away by making loud noises with firecrackers and drums and to hang red paper cutouts on their doors because Nian is scared of red. According to legend the villagers took the man's advice and defeated Nian. The Chinese recognize the date of Nian's defeat at the same time as Chinese New Year.
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Pratices of Chinese new year
A large part of Chinese New Year revolves around traditional practices such as the use of red envelopes for gift exchange, the wearing of red clothing, fireworks, the use of certain flowers in floral arrangements and the dragon dance.
Red envelopes or red packets are traditionally given out during Chinese New Year celebrations and they normally contain money given in even amounts. The packets are passed from adult couples to children and to the elderly. The wearing of red clothing is also important during this time of year because it is believed that the color red wards off evil spirits and bad fortune. People also wear new clothing during these celebrations to symbolize the start of a new year.
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Year of the Dog and its meaning
The dog symbolizes character traits such as loyalty, compatibility and kindness. Dogs are determined individual they value friendship theyre loyal, honest, trustworthy, and reliable and have strong morals and ethics. Dogs at times can also be temperamental, narrow-minded and stubborn. Dogs benefit by learning to relax and being more rational. Dogs are resilient, especially when fighting illnes. Other way of Dog’s are not good at communication, it is difficult for them to convey their thoughts to others. Therefore, Dogs tend to leave others with the impression that they have a stubborn personality.
Thank you for reading. God bless and Happy Chinese new year to everyone.