Chinese+New+Year


 * [[image:clown18.gif width="200" height="202" align="left" caption="Ther were many performances and acts put on for chinese New Year!"]]Chinese New Year **** Chinese New Year is a traditional Chinese holiday. It is a very colorful, important well celebrated holiday. The Chinese celebrate about having finished another year and they look forward to the coming year. It is a time to finish the old year and welcome in the coming year with celebrations and happiness. The Chinese New Year is celebrated on the first day of the lunar calendar. **

**On Chinese New Year, family's have reunions and celebrations. In preparation for the coming new year family's clean the house and make all the food ahead of time so they don't get cut on the new year. Every room must be swept and cleaned and the house decorated.

 2009 is the year 4206 in China! **  **This year Chinese New Year is on January 26. Chinese New Year is also known as the Spring Festival because it falls on the day that marks the beginning of spring! The New Year season begins at the 15th of the last month and ends on the 15th of the first month! During this time everyone is busy buying presents and getting ready to go visit relatives.**

||  [|Pig] ||  [|Rooster] || ||  [|Ox] ||  [|Sheep] || ||  [|Rabbit] ||  [|Snake] || || [|Rat]  ||  [|Tiger] || <span style="color: rgb(255, 113, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 83);"><span style="color: rgb(254, 67, 158);"> **<span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(130, 0, 255);">
 * <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 83);">The Chinese Zodia<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 83);">c symbols, <span style="color: rgb(254, 67, 158);">are a cycle of animals that change each Chinese New Year! There is the year of the Dog, Dragon, Horse, Monkey, Pig, Ox, Rabbit, Rat, Rooster, Sheep Snake, and Tiger! Twelve years in total, so a twelve year repeated cycle! For more information on The different symbols go to either [] or one of the following. (for specific years) ** [[image:http://tk2.storage.msn.com/x1ppUPyqopddk5tFJewC5Kva22gcEm-FZ5RyqhdG-K2laJgBsclNcr8EAhpZLWcmXFQW845iQVT0FUzf0eGayMXsMw1eVaqaEInkOqNBCgOJtyvM4h8DEpXlOxNdGvDWLFS7vRSmPNtVyn-CXPS2LWqWg width="415" height="416" align="right" caption="Here is a Chinese Zodiac Calendar so you can see what Year you are! The Dates are the days that chinese New Year started on in that day."]]
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> [|Dog]
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> [|Dragon]
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> [|Horse]
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> [|Monkey]

For more go to ** [] or []
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(130, 0, 255);">Look here for more information on other Chinese Holidays!!!

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