Chinese New Year Archives - Journeys & Jaunts https://journeysnjaunts.com Explore Shenyang, China, and beyond Thu, 03 Feb 2022 10:04:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://journeysnjaunts.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/0761201ed5ccd801f3c799c365d5c7f-150x150.png Chinese New Year Archives - Journeys & Jaunts https://journeysnjaunts.com 32 32 The first day of the Lunar New Year https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/31/the-first-day-of-the-lunar-new-year/ https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/31/the-first-day-of-the-lunar-new-year/#respond Mon, 31 Jan 2022 09:00:00 +0000 https://journeysnjaunts.com/?p=14992 Finally, the Lunar New Year is here! And at midnight on February 1st, we all enter the Chinese New Year – the Year of the Water Tiger. We have been waiting for this for a while now, learning many interesting Chinese customs and traditions along the way (like in the overview post, some information about […]

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]]> https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/31/the-first-day-of-the-lunar-new-year/feed/ 0 New Year’s Eve https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/29/new-years-eve/ https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/29/new-years-eve/#respond Sat, 29 Jan 2022 09:00:00 +0000 https://journeysnjaunts.com/?p=14971 The last day of the lunar year 2021 is on January 31st according to the Gregorian calendar. It will be the last day for Chinese people to prepare themselves and their houses for the coming new year – the year of the Water Tiger. New Year’s Eve is considered one of the most important days […]

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]]> https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/29/new-years-eve/feed/ 0 Couplets Day https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/28/couplets-day/ https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/28/couplets-day/#respond Fri, 28 Jan 2022 09:00:00 +0000 https://journeysnjaunts.com/?p=14956 Couplets are a very important part of a Chinese home’s decoration during the Spring Festival. There is also a special day for hanging them according to the Lunar Calendar – the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month (or, for this year, on January 29th according to the Gregorian Calendar). Traditionally, on that day, Chinese people decorated […]

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]]> https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/28/couplets-day/feed/ 0 Shopping Day https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/27/shopping-day/ https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/27/shopping-day/#respond Thu, 27 Jan 2022 07:49:31 +0000 https://journeysnjaunts.com/?p=14977 In China, the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month is considered a good day for shopping as it symbolizes the welcoming of new things and the new year. According to this year’s Gregorian calendar, that day falls on January 28th, 2022. What could or should you buy? How about: new clothes, fireworks (if those […]

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]]> https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/27/shopping-day/feed/ 0 Chūn Jié – Chinese Spring Festival https://journeysnjaunts.com/2020/01/23/chun-jie-chinese-spring-festival/ https://journeysnjaunts.com/2020/01/23/chun-jie-chinese-spring-festival/#respond Thu, 23 Jan 2020 09:00:00 +0000 https://journeysnjaunts.com/?p=14674 Everyone loves holidays, right? I know most of us just returned to work from our Christmas and New Year’s vacation, but now, we already get to plan the next one, because the Chinese Spring Festival (春节 in Mandarin, or Chūn Jié in Pinyin), or, as it is called by most Westerners, Chinese New Year, is […]

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