The Chinese New

Year Festival​
A wonderful and magic festival ​
Also called spring
festival or lunar new
year​
• defined as the first day of the first month in
the traditional Chinese calendar. Unlike
the western calendar, which is based on a solar
calendar​.

• It is celebrated on Saturday, January 25​

 Animals and
Chinese New Year
• Twelve animals were assigned to each of the 12
years, when, according to legend, Buddha
summoned all the animals in front of him before
he left Earth.

• next year will be the year of the rat, according to

the Chinese calendar.
Chinese horoscope
First was the Rat, then the Ox, the
Dog, the Tiger, the Hare, the Dragon,
the Snake, the Horse, the Goat, the
Monkey, the Rooster, and the Wild
Boar. Thus, we have the twelve
animal signs of today
 How do the
Chinese people
celebrate the
new year?
The celebration of the Chinese
New Year starts from the eve of
the New Year and lasts about 15
days until the middle of the first
month. This party involves the
largest movement of people in
China, copying all means of
transport, since everyone
travels to meet their family or
friends.
 Chinese New Year
Traditions
• Clean the house completely in order to get rid
of the bad luck accumulated since the
previous year.
• Decorations of red flags and emblems with the
phrase "good fortune for the new year".
• Red envelopes are a tradition that belongs
only to children, who receive these envelopes
from their relatives with money inside.
• Firecrackers and fireworks do not stop day
and night, they are a fundamental part of
these parties.