Chinese lunar new year is another name of Chinese new year. Lunar year is based on the study of lunisolar calendar. Dates are based on astronomical calculation of relative movement of moon. Hence new moon is first day of new month. As the festival falls after winter solstice in china, hence it symbolizes beginning of spring season. Therefore people also called it as spring festival.
On the occasion of new year, china is decorated with red colors. People follow traditional methods of celebration. They sweep out misfortune from houses in figure of dust. They clean their dwelling place. The Chinese are fond of having new year meal together with their relatives. Also they prefer new year paintings decoration in homes. Exchange of gifts is a way to greets best wishes to other.
China is a country of celebrations and people get engage in festivals and found a day from busy schedule to get connected with his family. Mid-Autumn Festival, Spring festival, lantern festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Double Seventh Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Winter Solstice Festival and Qingming festival are among popular Chinese festival. Mid autumn festival is among most common form of traditional festival at china. It is also called as called as Chinese moon festival. It occurs on the 8th lunar month of Chinese calendar.
Chinese Lunar New Year Calendars
Chinese lunar new year calendars is not only an important calendar to china and its people but followed by many Asian countries as well. For day-today activities, the Gregorian calendar is commonly used in most of East Asian countries because the Chinese lunar new year calendars mark the beginning of a fresh new year along with many traditional east asia holidays such as the spring festival, Chinese new year, the mid-autumn festival, and the duan Wu festival.
In china, many couples plan their weddings according to the Chinese lunar new year calendars, considering the astrology as each month follows one cycle of the moon. Moreover, in china, the Chinese lunar new year calendar is also known as the agricultural calendar and common calendar. According to the Chinese lunar new year, the year 2014 will be the year of horse and the celebration for this occasion will begin on January 31, 2014 to February 14, 2014.