FarmingChinese New Year is an annual celebration that marks the beginning of the Lunar New Year. It is also known as the "Spring Festival" or "Chinese New Year".
Chinese New Year is a grand celebration for Asian societies, especially the Chinese. This applies to Chinese people all over the world.
According to the lunar calendar, this festival will last up to 15 days. Similar to other Chinese or Asian festivals, this celebration is also based on the observation of the moon.
When the new moon is closest to the midpoint between the winter solstice and the spring equinox, the new year begins.
The festival is celebrated in several countries such as China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia, and many other countries with an Asian footprint.
The name itself is very reflective of its community. Chinese New Year, also known as Spring Festival, is a festival name widely used by the Chinese community.
Chinese mainland likes to use the term "spring festival", while other Chinese communities simply call it "Chinese new year (CNY)".
The traditional Chinese calendar is a derivative of the lunar calendar (lunar calendar, nong li) because it was once a tool for farmers to determine when the harvest season arrived.
The harvest marks the arrival of spring, hence the name Spring Festival.
Tsinoy is the Filipino version of the Lunar New Year. The Filipino Chinese (Chinoys) will celebrate the New Year just like the Chinese New Year, but with their own twists.
It wasn't until the late 90s of the 20th century to the early 2000s that the celebration of tsinoy as a festival became so popular. Eventually, it developed into a national festival granted by the ** Order.
All kinds of pasta, noodles, dumplings, usually made of glutinous rice flour, are indispensable for every household, because rice is a staple food, sticky, and can ensure family reunion.
Just like the Filipinos, the Chinese place great importance on celebrations, viewing them as a time of reunion and gathering. The sticky and sweet taste of the rice cake symbolizes the desire for a better life for the family to be reunited.
This is the Vietnamese version of the Lunar New Year. The holiday is also widely celebrated in the country.
Across Vietnam, families will reunite and honor their ancestors while praying for good luck, prosperity, and health to welcome the new year.
t t marks the first day of the Lunar New Year and the beginning of spring in northern Vietnam. The festival dates back to the early days of Vietnamese settlement in the Red River Delta, when Tet meant a new wet rice planting cycle.
Each home and office will be decorated with a sign of "chúc m ng n m m i" and kumquat trees or peach blossoms will be placed in places of honor. The bigger the kumquat tree, the more prosperous and healthy the family will be in the new year.
The Chinese New Year celebration begins three days before the Lunar New Year and lasts for several days.
In South Korea, the Lunar New Year is known as seollal ( it is one of the important Korean traditional festivals in Korean culture.
This national day commemorates the first day of the Korean lunar calendar, and the holiday can last for several days.
It features family members gathering together to perform Korean rituals, eat traditional food, play traditional folk games, and other traditional activities.
Among the many traditions, two that have been practiced over the years are sebae and charye.
Sebae ( is the action of kneeling on the ground, placing your hands flat on the ground, and bowing deeply.
The younger generations must bow deeply to the elders and wish them a happy new year. This deep traditional bow shows respect for the elders.
Sacrifice ( is a traditional act of setting up an altar for ancestors during the Lunar New Year. The table was filled with food and wine as a gift to the ancestors and the festival was celebrated together.
People would bow deeply at these tables as a sign of respect for their ancestors.
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