Chinese New
Year is the most important of all the traditional Chinese holidays. It’s also
known as the Spring Festival,
the literal translation and "Lunar
New Year". It’s an annual celebration marking the start of the New
Year according to the Chinese lunisolar calendar.
Gong Xi Fa Cai
In ancient
times, the Spring Festival signals
the farmers in China to begin preparation for the sowing of their fields. In
modern day, however it signals to prepare another new start for a better year.
May your year be Prosperous
The Chinese New
Year is calculated according
to a solar formula which is the
platform for designing the lunar
calendar,
to make it a luni solar calendar. As it is, Chinese New
Year always falls in the months of January or February. Each Chinese New Year
is represented by 1 of the 12 creatures of the Chinese Zodiac and 2013 is the
year of Snake.
Happy Chinese New Year
Chinese New
Year celebrations ran from Chinese New Year's Day itself, the first day of the
first month of the Chinese lunar calendar to the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month, making the festival the
longest in the Chinese lunisolar calendar.
In Malaysia,
Chinese New Year 2013 will be celebrated on Sunday and Monday, with a
replacement holiday on Tuesday for all states except Kelantan and Terengganu.
It will be followed 15 days later by Chap Goh Mei, which, though not an official
day off, is still an important time for families to gather together again to
end the CNY celebrations with a meal and more fireworks.
Gong Xi Fa Cai
Buying presents
decoration, material, food, and clothing and thoroughly cleanses the house by
every family, in order to sweep away any ill-fortune and to make way for good
incoming luck. "Good fortune" or "happiness",
"wealth", and "longevity" are the popular wishes. The
evening preceding Chinese New Year's Day is an occasion for Chinese families to
gather for the annual reunion dinner besides lighting fireworks,
wishing relatives a happy new year, and giving money in red paper envelopes.
As The 13th
General Election is around the corner, political parties begin their campaigns
and seem to be
springing up everywhere.
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