February 19, Happy Chinese New Year 2015

Chinese New Yea 2015 (CNY) Happy New Year! Welcome Year of the Goat On 19th February 2015 , The Year of the Goat May the Year of the Goat be a prosperous one with fun, relaxation and excellent health.

Happy Chinese New Year 2015

February holds a couple big celebrations for being the shortest month of the year. Valentine’s Day, February 14,  Chinese New Year on Thursday, February 19. This CNY (Chinese New Year) rings in the year of the sheep. Whiles Valentine’s Day celebrates couples, Chinese New Year is a celebration of family and friends. Hence, the reunion dinner, a large part of CNY celebrations.

The feast includes symbolic foods that usher in long life, prosperity and good luck. Typical foods include spring rolls, lettuce wraps, dumplings, whole fish, noodles, long leafy vegetables, and oranges/tangerines.

Spring rolls are said to resemble gold bars, lettuce wraps are served because the Cantonese pronunciation of lettuce sounds like ‘rising fortune.’ Dumplings are served as they resemble ignots, a form of currency used in Ancient China. Legend has it the more dumplings you eat during CNY celebrations, the more money you will make in the New Year. Oranges and tangerines are widely distributed during Chinese New Year for the wealth and prosperity.

The Chinese word for fish is similar to the pronunciation for wish and abundance so a whole fish with the head and tail attached is served at CNY dinners to wish everyone a year of abundance from beginning to end. Noodles and long green leafy vegetables signify long life and are served uncut to ensure longevity. 

Each Sign Has Personality Traits

Horoscopes were developed around animal signs to predict personality traits and destiny. Each animal is known to have certain characteristics that a person born under the sign would demonstrate. The year a person is born determines their animal sign.

For example, a person's animal sign is a rat if they were born in the year of the rat. Animal signs are also assigned by month and hours of the day, which are also broken up into increments of 12. It is important to remember when determining the hour in which you were born, that hours are not based on local time, but in relation to the Sun's location, according to the Chinese Zodiac.


Animal Personality Traits : 

Rat: quick-witted, smart, charming, and persuasive
Ox: patient, kind, stubborn, and conservative
Tiger: authoritative, emotional, courageous, and intense
Rabbit: popular, compassionate, and sincere
Dragon: energetic, fearless, warm-hearted, and charismatic
Snake: charming, gregarious, introverted, generous, and smart
Horse: energetic, independent, impatient, and enjoy traveling
Sheep: mild-mannered, shy, kind, and peace-loving
Monkey: fun, energetic, and active
Rooster: independent, practical, hard-working, and observant
Dog: patient, diligent, generous, faithful, and kind
Pig: loving, tolerant, honest, and appreciative of luxury