Lunar New Year

                                    Lunar New Year

           Lunar New Year

Lunar New Year is celebrated in China with great land.

And the new year has started for the Chinese Korean Vietnamese and many more communities in the world. And all over the world it is also known as Lunar New Year or Lunar New Year. Although this date can be any time from January to the end of February, it can be said that this calculation is also similar to some Indian Panchag.

Where the year begins with the rise of a new moon, it is said that the tradition of welcoming this lunar new year is quite old in China, it was started by Chinese ruler Huang Li in 2600 BC. Like the Western calendar, the Chinese lunar calendar is also based on the phases of the moon. And for this reason, based on the calculation of the Moon, this new year can come anytime from the end of January to the end of February. According to the lunar calculation, it takes 60 years for a lunar cycle to be completed. And there are 5 cycles of 12-12 years in a cycle.

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These days there are long holidays in China and people celebrate it with great fanfare in China.

In Chinese, people are seen returning home in large numbers on the occasion of Lunar New Year. These are people who live away from home in other cities or other countries. It is evident that it was seen as a big journey of people all over the world.

Although such a large number of people do not see such incidents in Australia, but this is the time when the whole country is immersed in the celebration of Lunar New Year.

Tradition of lunar new year

lunar new year celebration

Chinese New Year is also known as Spring Festival. Decorating houses with flowers on this occasion is considered very auspicious. Apart from this, wearing red clothes is also considered very auspicious.

China's Lunar New Year is one of the world's most colorful festivals celebrated with pomp around the world.

This lunar New Year celebration in Chinese is celebrated for about 15 days.

In this festival, lanterns adorned in temples are hung during the lantern festival. During this time, lanterns are taken to take out the parade.

The festival also celebrates this new year with great enthusiasm from other communities such as Thai, Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese, Malaysian, Sigaporian, and Indonesian. Take Sydney's Fairfield, about 21 percent of the population here is of Vietnamese origin.

In Vietnam, this new year is known as Tate. And the large Vietnamese community of Fairfield also celebrates this new year in their own way. Mai tree is a major part of Vietnamese festivals. In which many things are hung as decoration, which are the light of new expectations in the new year.

The story behind

lunar new year celebration

Some people believe that there was a dragon named Nian in a village in China. He used to eat the villagers (especially children) at night. People were quite afraid of him, but could not do anything. Then one day the old man decided to take revenge on him. The villagers left him and left. At night, the elderly burned firecrackers by placing them in red paper. In the morning, the villagers find that no one was harmed there. Nian also never came there again. The villagers understand that the Nian dragon is afraid of red color and loud noises. Since then, the New Year has been celebrated and the practice of gifts and firecrackers in red envelopes is also going on.


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