In just four months, Semiofest will be coming to Shanghai!
Although some of us might be wrapping up the New Year celebration, the Chinese New Year is just around the corner.
Today, we are going to “celebrate” Chinese New Year with you.
Chinese New Year is the longest and most important celebration in the Chinese calendar. The Chinese year in 2014 begins on Jan. 31st.
Chinese months are calculated by the lunar calendar, with each month beginning on the darkest day. New Year festivities traditionally start on the first day of the month and continue until the fifteenth, when the moon is brightest.
A Charming New Year
Legend has it that in ancient times, Buddha asked all the animals to meet him on Chinese New Year. Twelve came, and Buddha named mobile casino a year after each one. He announced that the people born in each animal”s year would have some of that animal”s personality. And for 2014, it is the Year of Horse. Those born in horse years are cheerful, skilful with money, perceptive, witty, talented and good with their hands. Rembrandt, Harrison Ford, Aretha Franklin, Chopin, Sandra Day O” Connor, and President Theodore Roosevelt were born in the year of the horse.
Here is an interesting quiz on Chinese New Year. Check out how much you know about the festival.
Source: Chinese New Year: 2014 – The Year of the Horse, Holly Hartman.
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