Chinese Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It consists of a period of celebrations, starting on New Year's Day celebrated on the first day of the first month of the Chinese calendar, i.e. the day of the second new moon after the day on which the winter solstice occurs. The Chinese New Year period ends with the Lantern Festival, on the fifteenth day of the festival.
Chinese New Year is celebrated internationally in areas with large populations of ethnic Chinese. A reunion dinner is held on New Year's Eve where members of the family get together for celebration. It is a time of reunion and thanksgiving. New Year's day is also celebrated within the family. Usually family members gather on the morning of New Year's Day. It is at this gathering that red envelopes are given to unmarried members of the family.
Astrology in China is based on the cycle of the moon as a result of which each New Year begins on a different date every year. And each year is named after an animal.
Legend has it that, on New Year, Buddha called all the animals to make an appearance before him. Only 12 of them did so. First came the rat, followed by the ox, the tiger, the rabbit, the dragon, the snake, the horse, the sheep, the monkey, the rooster, dog and finally the pig. Buddha honoured them by naming a year after each one of them. People born in that year would have the characteristics of the animal it represented.
Thus evolved the Chinese system of astrology.
The year of the dog begins on January 29, 2006.
Based on your date of birth, find out which sign you belong to.
The Rat: 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996
The Ox: 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997
The Tiger: 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998
The Rabbit: 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999
The Dragon: 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000
The Snake: 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001
The Horse: 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002
The Sheep: 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003
The Monkey: 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004
The Rooster: 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993
The Dog: 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994
The Pig: 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995
Happy new year, goodluck, peace and prosperity to everyone.
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