Chinese New Year 🐉🐲🪷

The Chinese New Year is not only a long weekend or a day of reception, but more than 3,500 years of history.

Here's an interesting summary of the history:

👹 The legend of the monster "Nian."

In ancient times, the Chinese believed that there was a monster called "Nian" (which means "year"). It liked to come out on a rampage, eating pets and people at the end of the year.

The villagers discovered three weaknesses:

Scared red

Afraid of the lights

Afraid of the noise

Since then, every house has been used to light red talismans, light firecrackers, and wear red clothes to repel evil, and it has become a source of color and firecrackers on the Chinese New Year.

🌾 Celebration of the season and gratitude.

Historically, Chinese New Year is the Spring Festival, when farmers end their long winter wait and prepare for the new cultivation season.

Veneration: To Thank the Gods for Helping Plants Flourish

Paying homage to ancestors: To show gratitude and wish the family a happy shade.

Relative reunion day: Family members will return to eat together (dinner before Chinese New Year is considered the most important meal).

🗓️ Why don't the dates match each year?

Chinese New Year is based on the Chinese lunar calendar. It corresponds to:

The first day of the 1st month (Shiuik) in the Chinese calendar, which usually falls in late January to mid-February of the international calendar.

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