The new Chinese year or the new lunar year is a great celebration in many Asian countries and expatriates all over the world.

The new Chinese year, which is also referred to as the Spring Festival, is a celebration for about two weeks on the occasion of the first day of the Chinese evaluation year, which lands on Wednesday this year.

Each new Chinese year revolves around a 12 -year -old cycle and is associated with an animal in the Chinese zodiac, which is then associated with any of the five elements: minerals, wood, water, fire and land.

This new year represents the year of wood snake.

While its origins are in China, Chinese societies in countries such as Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore celebrate under the same name and with similar traditions, while others, as in Vietnam and the Korean island, have a completely different name from the new moon festivals year.

How is the new Chinese year celebrated?

The days before the new year are eliminated in cleaning families to clean any bad luck from the previous year.

It is believed that this cleaning welcomes success for the next year. The decorations also rise, including lanterns, paper disk and fresh paint – all in a bright red color, which also calls for good luck.

Family Denial Celebrations begin on the eve of the new year.

With the entry of the first day of the new year, homes are filled with family and friends who hold gifts, oranges and red envelopes with small amounts of money, known as Ang Pao or Hongbao, for young people.

Good greetings and desires are exchanged, including the most common Chinese language phrases Gong Xi Fa Cai, and Xin Nian Kui Lee, which are almost translated into happiness, peace and prosperity for the coming days.

Beliefs are different from some refraining from sweeping their homes or cutting their hair and nails in the first few days for fear of losing good luck that accumulated in the visits of the new public well, according to iPhone Goh, a Malaysian of Chinese origin.

The traditional lion dances are an essential part of the celebrations because they call for good luck and avoid evil spirits from homes, companies and workplaces.

Traditionally, married women were expected to spend the first day of the new Chinese year with their foals while the second day was reserved for girls to visit their parents.

The third day is expected to be quieter and priority, while the fourth and fifth day is devoted to the God of wealth. The sixth day of the celebrations is said to see that people get rid of old or unwanted property and resume work.

On the seventh day, the Chinese mother’s gods are believed to have created humans.

The Koreans “Seoull”, Mark Vietname “Tet”

The new Korean year (Seoulla) and the new Vietnamese year (TET) are also celebrated, in their unique ways.

The new Korean year is celebrated over a period of three days, as celebrations are concept traditional about family gatherings, food and traditional Korean rituals. For both southern and northern Koreans, this will be the year of the green snake, and it is believed to bring transformation, growth and development.

Some of the most important aspects of the Korean celebrations include The Sibae, the deep arc of respect that young generations lead to their elders as a way to provide a happy new year.

Sebae is usually performed while wearing traditional clothes called Hanbok. On the other hand, the elderly offered young people who have cash codes in envelopes called Sebaetdon.

Garet worship, known as Charee, is an important part of the new year. Food is placed on a table as ancestral shows, and deep arches are performed as a sign of respect.

The rice cake soup known as Tteokguk is served alongside other dishes such as Korean dumplings. However, Tteokguk takes a special place on the dining table as it is served once every year due to the beliefs that eating it will make a person greater than one year.

The new Vietnamese of Tet is celebrated, which is short for Tet Nguyen Dan, which means the “first day festival”, for three days instead of 15 years of the new Chinese year.

Tet is one of the most important holiday days in Vietnam, where offices and companies are closed for seven to nine days around the holiday.

Vietnamese also gives priority to spending time with the family, notice ancestors, praying to the gods, as well as rest before a new year.

Before Tet, the Vietnamese people note Ong Chun, the day of the god of the kitchen, a god believed to rule family affairs. On this day, the family’s massacres are cleaned for grandparents, new shows are placed, and the incense is burned.

The Chung Cake Capture, which is also called TET Cake, Cleaning and Decorating House with Kumquats, peach flowers and apricot flowers is also an integral part of preparations.

On the day before the tension, the families prepare five fruit trays that are placed on the altar of ancestors, while the graves of the ancestral graves are made of shows.

The first day of the celebration of the parental side is usually dedicated while the second day is the mother side.

Vietnamese culture also puts teachers at a great appreciation, with the third day of the new year devoted to honoring teachers.

Tibet “Lusar” and Mongolia “Tamant Sar”

In Tibet and parts of India with important Tibetan Buddhist societies, Al -Sarer, which translates into the new year in the Tibetan age calendar, is celebrated around a similar time frame like the new Chinese year.

However, the dates differ slightly, as Lusar’s mark was determined for this year on February 28 and extends over 15 days.

Losar is often observed through the traditional and religious rituals that are made in monasteries, temples, cultural events and family bonding on meals and common gifts.

Mongolia will celebrate its new year, known as Tsagaan Sar on March 1, based on the Mongolian calendar.

However, preparations begin in advance, which include cleaning the house and preparing food. Family, neighbors and friends who visit each other, offers are allocated to the gods and the actual New Year’s Day began walking in a specific direction depending on the recipes of Zodiac.