Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year

The Chinese New Year that is celebrated for about fifteen days is one moment in the year when the whole nation feels united as they can imagine each other's enjoyment. The Chinese New Year gets determined by the Chinese New Year calendar

Being a country where majority of the peoples' occupation is related to agriculture, the movement of the solar system and its effect is of great importance in China. Most of the major activities of day-to-day life are guided by the agricultural season. The ploughing of the field, sowing of seeds and even reaping of the crops are regulated by the cycle of the season.

The Chinese lunar calendar is said to be the longest chronological record in history, dating from 2600 BC. Emperor Huang Ti is believed to have introduced the first cycle of the zodiac. The most important aspect of the calendar, the celebration of the New Year festival, is based on the cyclical dating that is based on the track record of the new moon. The moon varies from year to year, the beginning of the year falls anywhere between late January and the middle of February of the Gregorian calendar. The Chinese New Year for the Gregorian year of 2010 falls on February 14th. A complete cycle, according to the Chinese calendar, takes 60 years and is made up of five cycles of 12 years each.

As every one is aware of its significance, the working people in china can take weeks of holidays so that they can join the company of their near and dear ones and a feast with their family members on the Chinese new year eve or Lunar New Year's Eve. Although with the changing times and increasing mobility of the people the celebration of Chinese New Year Festival has undergone some changes, everybody still very fervently follow all the customs that their elders have taught them.