This weekend all the Chinese people will start to enjoy the CNY holidays. As the foreign customers in other countries, you may feel it is so quiet during this period and no more mails from your Chinese suppliers. The holiday period is Jan, 29th-Feb, 6th in PMA Group. But they are 24 hours service all the time for you. Order all kinds of Graphene heating product such as graphene heated waist and graphene hand massagers. CNY full name is Chinese New Year. It is coming soon. What do you know these 10 facts of CNY? Let us have a look at the belowed:
1.The festival date changes every year.
This is because it follows the lunar calendar, based on the movement of
the moon. Usually, it falls on a day between mid-January and
mid-February. In 2022, Chinese New Year falls on February 1.
2.It is also called Spring Festival.
The festival usually falls after the solar term, Beginning of Spring (Li Chun), and is a festival in the spring, hence the name.
3.Chinese New Year starts a new animal's zodiac year.
In China, each lunar cycle has 60 years and 12 years is regarded as a
small cycle. Each of the 12 years is defined by an animal sign: Rat, Ox,
Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and
Pig. 2022 is the Year of the Tiger and 2023 is the Year of the Rabbit.
4.The celebration lasts for 15 days till Lantern Festival.
The peak time of the entire celebration is on Chinese New Year's Eve and
the first day of the lunar new year. The 15th day is called Lantern
Festival, marking the end of the celebration.
5.One sixth of the world's people celebrate it.
It is not only celebrated in Mainland China, but also observed in Hong
Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam, Singapore and some other Asian countries as well
as Chinatowns around the world.
In recent years, the celebrations in New York, London, Vancouver, Sydney
and other overseas cities have spread out of Chinatowns. Chinese New
Year has become one of the world’s most celebrated festivals.
6.It is the longest public holiday and the whole country is on the move.
Most employees have 7-12 days off the work, and students have one month
winter vacation. The 2022 Chinese New Year holiday is from January 31st
to Feruary 1st.
No matter where they are, people try their best to return home for a
family reunion, like westerners attempting to spend Christmas with their
families. Meanwhile, some families travel together during the holiday.
This makes the world’s largest annual migration, known as the Spring
Festival Travel Rush. The total trips made by plane, train, bus and ship
can reach nearly 3 billion.
7.Reunion dinner is a ritual.
The reunion dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve is a big feast to
commemorate the past year. This is the most important time to be with
families.
After the reunion dinner, families sit together to watch the CCTV New
Year's Gala while chatting. As the most watched TV program, the gala
collects various well-selected performances, targeting audiences of
different generations.
8.Then comes the annual largest usage of fireworks on the planet.
Fireworks are an indispensable part of the celebration to liven up the
air of Spring Festival. All families set off fireworks to celebrate the
festival. The biggest firework show is on Lunar New Year's Eve.
9.The celebration decorations are mostly in red.
Houses are decorated with red Spring Festival couplets, red lanterns,
and red paper cuttings; city streets are lit up by red lanterns; and
numerous people are dressed in red. This is because red in Chinese
culture is the symbol of happiness, wealth and prosperity, and can ward
off evil spirits and bring good luck. These red decorations are to the
festival what Christmas trees are to Christmas.
10."Guo Nian Hao" is one of the most used greetings.
This is like the westerners saying "Merry Christmas" to each other on Christmas Day. It means "Happy New Year".
Why is the celebration also called "Guo Nian"? "Nian" is the Chinese word
for year. In folk culture, the Spring Festival celebration is also
called "Guo Nian" (meaning "passing a year"). In a Chinese New Year
story, "Nian" is a fierce and cruel monster which eats livestock and
kids, but it is scared of red color and cracker sound. Therefore, people
use red decorations and fireworks to drive away "Nian".