this is the most important traditional
Chinese holiday welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’ll be learning more about
Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year begins on the first day
of spring as determined by the lunisolar
Chinese calendar also known as Lunar New
Year or the Spring Festival it asurs in
a period of renewal traditionally it’s
believed that a mythical beast called
nian tormented villages by eating crops
farm animals and even children villagers
thwarted the monster by leaving food on
their doorsteps and by discovering his
fear of the color red the monster was
ultimately captured which left the
villagers to celebrate the Chinese
calendar dates back to roughly the 14th
century before the Common Era and the
new year is based on that calendar to
calculate the scheduled lunar phases
solar equinoxes and solstices Chinese
zodiac signs and more are taken into
account each year is ascribed the traits
of one of the twelve zodiac animals the
rat ox Tiger rabbit dragon snake horse
sheep monkey rooster dog and pig to get
ready for the coming holiday families
thoroughly clean their homes as an
offering to the gods and as a way to
cleanse the sins of the previous year
citizens also give ritual sacrifices to
the gods in the form of food and paper
crafts the importance of the color red
is evident in the homes decorations and
in the color of the envelopes used to
present children with gifts of money
huge elaborate fireworks and the loud
drumbeats of the Dragon and lion dances
word off bad spirits and serve as a
celebration most rituals associated with
Chinese New Year bring good fortune to
the home traditionally family and the
home are the main focus over the
holidays and work stops almost
completely for the year’s first days
tempers are kept in check and only kind
words are used food is another part of
the ritual the New Year’s Eve reunion
dinner is a multi-course feast that
includes pork and chicken as well as a
number of other symbolic foods
long noodles represent longevity while
round dumplings are eaten on the
fifteenth and last day of celebrations
in a depiction of that night’s full moon
fish is also consumed at the reunion
dinner as a representation of abundance
but it is left unfinished and the
leftovers are kept overnight Chinese New
Year celebrations are officially ended
by the Lantern Festival where the sky is
a sea of bright and colorful lanterns
like most ancient traditions
celebrations have evolved China switched
to the Gregorian calendar in 1912 and by
1949 communist dictator Mao Zedong’s
regime had out lied traditional Chinese
New Year’s celebrations
however festivities resumed in the 1990s
and grew exponentially in the year lead
Shenyang citizens travel home to
celebrate with family in the world’s
largest annual migration a gala is also
televised each year which families
sometimes watch together the colorful
traditions of Chinese New Year spread
across the world with local Chinese
populations with festive rituals and a
sense of renewal it’s no wonder this
custom has lasted for centuries
Chinese holiday welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’ll be learning more about
Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year begins on the first day
of spring as determined by the lunisolar
Chinese calendar also known as Lunar New
Year or the Spring Festival it asurs in
a period of renewal traditionally it’s
believed that a mythical beast called
nian tormented villages by eating crops
farm animals and even children villagers
thwarted the monster by leaving food on
their doorsteps and by discovering his
fear of the color red the monster was
ultimately captured which left the
villagers to celebrate the Chinese
calendar dates back to roughly the 14th
century before the Common Era and the
new year is based on that calendar to
calculate the scheduled lunar phases
solar equinoxes and solstices Chinese
zodiac signs and more are taken into
account each year is ascribed the traits
of one of the twelve zodiac animals the
rat ox Tiger rabbit dragon snake horse
sheep monkey rooster dog and pig to get
ready for the coming holiday families
thoroughly clean their homes as an
offering to the gods and as a way to
cleanse the sins of the previous year
citizens also give ritual sacrifices to
the gods in the form of food and paper
crafts the importance of the color red
is evident in the homes decorations and
in the color of the envelopes used to
present children with gifts of money
huge elaborate fireworks and the loud
drumbeats of the Dragon and lion dances
word off bad spirits and serve as a
celebration most rituals associated with
Chinese New Year bring good fortune to
the home traditionally family and the
home are the main focus over the
holidays and work stops almost
completely for the year’s first days
tempers are kept in check and only kind
words are used food is another part of
the ritual the New Year’s Eve reunion
dinner is a multi-course feast that
includes pork and chicken as well as a
number of other symbolic foods
long noodles represent longevity while
round dumplings are eaten on the
fifteenth and last day of celebrations
in a depiction of that night’s full moon
fish is also consumed at the reunion
dinner as a representation of abundance
but it is left unfinished and the
leftovers are kept overnight Chinese New
Year celebrations are officially ended
by the Lantern Festival where the sky is
a sea of bright and colorful lanterns
like most ancient traditions
celebrations have evolved China switched
to the Gregorian calendar in 1912 and by
1949 communist dictator Mao Zedong’s
regime had out lied traditional Chinese
New Year’s celebrations
however festivities resumed in the 1990s
and grew exponentially in the year lead
Shenyang citizens travel home to
celebrate with family in the world’s
largest annual migration a gala is also
televised each year which families
sometimes watch together the colorful
traditions of Chinese New Year spread
across the world with local Chinese
populations with festive rituals and a
sense of renewal it’s no wonder this
custom has lasted for centuries
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