The Vietnamese New Year celebration of Tet, short for Tet Nguyen Dan which means “festival of the first day”, is celebrated over three days as opposed to the traditional 15 of the Chinese New Tourists wait to board a train at Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station to return home for Chinese Lunar New Year holiday in Shanghai on Jan 25, 2025. Photo by CFOTO/ Future Publishing via Getty Images. Fireworks during New Year. Photo: Flickr The importance of the Chinese zodiac. New Year celebrations in Western countries aren't related to the signs of the zodiac or at least most people don't do the connection. In China, however, the New Year is strongly connected to the Chinese zodiac or Shí'èr Shēngxiào 十二生肖. To this day, the Lunar New Year celebration is centered around removing bad luck and welcoming all that is good and prosperous. Red is considered an auspicious color to ring in the new year. In many Asian cultures, the color symbolizes good fortune and joy. Lunar New Year traditions vary across and within countries, but similar threads run throughout: family time, rituals for prosperity and to honor ancestors, and marathon feasts. How do Chinese people celebrate New Year's Day Nowadays, New Year's Day becomes a "法定假日 (fǎdìng jiàrì) statutory holiday" in China. The people are rewarded with one day's vacation, then the holiday is usually before or after weekends, so usually people will get 3 days off. Some TV stations, schools or companies will hold New Year's Gala to welcome and celebrate the coming of the new Year. Chinese vocabulary relevant to New Year's Day in China. 新年 xīn nián New Year. 元旦节 yuán dàn jiē New Year's Day. 元旦节快乐 yuán dàn jiē kuài lè Happy New Year's Day. 万事如意 wàn shì rú yì All the The Chinese New Year of 2025 falls on January 29th (Wednesday), and will last to February 2nd. It is the Year of Snake. As an official public holiday, Chinese people can get eight days' off from work, from January 28th to February 4th. The Chinese New Year of 2026 falls on February 17th (Tuesday), and will last to February 21th. It is the Year From then on, “元旦 (Yuándàn) New Year’s Day” became a new convivial festival across the whole country. Today, New Year’s Day is a “法定假日 (fǎdìng jiàrì) statutory holiday” in China. During this festival, people wish each other good luck in the New Year and send each other New Year’s cards as a gift. Key Learning Point: Known as Yuan Xiao Jie in Chinese, this festival is famous for its Yuan Xiao (sweet rice balls), whose round shape symbolizes family unity and togetherness. Cities are illuminated with spectacular lantern displays and lively dragon dances, bringing a joyful end to the new year festivities and ushering in hopes for a prosperous year ahead. Yuan Yuan Tan is a Chinese ballet dancer, widely recognized as one of the foremost artists in the global ballet community. Born in 1977 in Shanghai, China, she began her ballet training at the Shanghai Dance School at the age of 11. In 1992, she garnered international acclaim by winning the Gold Medal at the International Ballet Competition in Table 1 Unit root test. - "Chinese Lunar New Year effect in Asian stock markets, 1999–2012" Tian Yuan, Rakesh Gupta; Published 1 November 2014; Economics; IFC, the World Bank Group - Cited by 183 - Trade - Development - Urban NEW YEAR FESTIVAL / CHUNJIE / YUAN TAN. 29th January 2025. Chinese. New Year’s Day is the most important event in the traditional Chinese calendar and marks the beginning of the first lunar month. The festival is colourfully celebrated with fireworks, dances (such as the famous Lion Dance) and the giving of gifts, flowers and sweets. Yuan Tan (died c. February 205 [1]), courtesy name Xiansi, was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord who was the eldest son of Yuan Shao, a warlord who occupied much of northern China during the late Eastern Han dynasty. [2] The Chinese New Year ' Yuan Tan ' takes place between January 21 and February 20. New Year. There are lots of fascinating New Year, or Yuan Tan, customs at www. Thank you all for coming ! Full house of standing ovation ! So touched from this very special moment on the first day of the dragon 🐉 year! #chinesenewyear #lunanewyear #dragon May the Year of the Dragon be filled with an abundance of smiles and laughter. Wishing you safety, good spirit and peace wherever you go. Happy Chinese New Year. You may have heard of the Chinese New Year being referred to as Lunar New Year. “Lunar” means the start of a new year as marked by the lunar calendar. The Chinese used the lunar calendar for thousands of years until they adopted the Gregorian calendar in the 20th century. Did you know: the Chinese zodiac is based on the lunar calendar. To usher in the Embering Abundance Year of the Snake, we went to sample a variety of curated dishes that were thoughtfully crafted by Executive Chinese Chef Aaron Tan (our fave Cantonese Chef in Singapore) and his team for Lunar New Year 2025.We sampled a plethora of highlights that was evident of quality and finesse on the menu and this included the spectacular Blazing Snake Fortune Yu Sheng Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Cited by 47 - Large Language Models - Metaphor Processing - Social Media Mining
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