Chinese Tradition and Customs for New Year

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CHINESE
TRADITION
AND CUSTOMS
FOR NEW YEAR
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just a few days away before the Chinese New Year, most
With
are already excited to go back home. Spring Festival is
Chinese
to be the most important holiday in the Chinese
considered
Between mid-February and early March, no matter
tradition.
far their hometowns are, the Chinese have to travel in order
how
be with their family and relatives to welcome the new year
to
same thing with foreigners living in China, most of us are
The
looking forward to the seven-day vacation. Not only that, we
also
also excited about empty streets and subway trains, and of
are
lots of hongbao’s! Kidding aside, it is also good for
course,
to know how the Chinese usually celebrate the
foreigners
New Year.
Chinese
Nian” is the traditional practice of expressing well-wishes to
“Bai
ones for the year.
loved
breakfast together as a family
Have
blue and gold hues into your New Year outfit
Incorporate
known as “Ying Xu Ri” (a day to welcome son-in-laws),
Commonly
daughters and their spouses will return to the wife’s
married
together.
Day
1
16 February 2018
For an auspicious start to 2018:
Day
2
17 February 2018
family home with gifts and hongbao for the children.
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third day of Chinese New Year is known as “Chi Gou Ri”, a
The
inauspicious day where people refrain from going outdoors.
supposedly
4th day of Chinese New Year is for receiving the gods that were
The
off on the 24th day of the 12th lunar month in the previous year.
sent
fifth day is known as “Po Wu” (‘Po’ means break), indicating many
The
can be broken.
taboos
is the official day to commence work. In China, there is the
This
of ‘song qiong,’ which literally means sending off poverty.
tradition
seventh day of the first lunar month is known as the “Day of
The
In modern times, this is a day to be vegetarian.
Humans”.
Day
17 February 2018
3
Day
18 February 2018
4
Day
20 February 2018
5
Day
6
Day
7
Day
8
21 February 2018
22 February 2018
23 February 2018
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Known as the “Day of Millet,” in the past, people will not eat cooked
grains on this day.

as “Heaven’s Day,” the ninth day of Chinese New Year is
Known
as the birthday of the Jade Emperor.
recognized
eleventh day of Chinese New Year marks a day to entertain the son-
The
On this day, the father-in-law will give his son-in-law a treat.
in-law.
the eleventh day, it is time to start preparing for the arrival of
After
Xiao,” the Lantern Festival.
“Yuan
Xiao Festival, also known as the Lantern Festival, falls on the
Yuan
day of Chinese New Year and marks the first full moon of the
fifteenth
Day
24 February 2018
9
Day
25 February 2018
10
The tenth day of Chinese New Year is known as the “Stone Day.”
Day
26 February 2018
11
Day
12-14
Day
15
27 Feb – 01 Mar 2018
02 March 2018
It is also recognized as the Chinese Valentine’s Day.
year.
ISL wishes everyone an advanced
Happy Chinese New Year!
2018