CHINESE DAY

Chinese New year is celebrated worldwide to mark the first day of New Year. It is important traditional Chinese holiday celebrated at the turn of the Chinese calendar. It is also known as the spring festival or the lunar New Year .This festival celebration last for about 15 days

The Chinese spring festival for 2015 falls on February 19.the holiday in china starts from February 19 to 25, 2015.It is the year of the sheep

HISTORY

It is said that the custom of Spring Festival started in when people offered sacrifice to ancestors in the last month of Chinese lunar calendar. At that time, people prepared the sacrifice by doing through cleaning, having bathes and so on.

 WHAT DO PEOPLE DO

Chinese New Year is the most important and longest of all Chinese festivals celebrated in Chinese communities worldwide. Chinese New Year activities include:

· Making offering to household detail.

· Wearing new clothes, particularly in Red.

· People Worships different deities.

· Taking part in lion and dragon dances.

FESTIVAL SCHUDULE

Preparing the New Year starts 7 days before the New Year’s Eve. People have certain things to do on each day .These activities will end Jan. 15th day according of the lunar calendar.

FESTIVAL FOOD

Food is a very important part of Chinese culture especially including Fish, fish is always an important dish then, which expresses peoples hope of having a wealthy year. or meat, roasted nuts and seeds, cold