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	Chinese New Year - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chinese New Year (Traditional Chinese: 春節, or 農曆新年; Simplified Chinese: 春节, or 农历新年; pinyin: chūnjié, or nónglì xīnnián), also known as the Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays.
		Chinese New Year is also the time when the largest human migration takes place when overseas Chinese all around the world return home on the eve of Chinese New Year to have reunion dinners with their families.
		Chinese New Year is observed as a public holiday in a number of countries and territories where a sizeable Chinese population resides.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chinese_New_Year (3205 words)

	chinese new year
		The 15th day of the new year is called the Lantern Festival, which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade.
		New Year's Eve and New Year's Day are celebrated as a family affair, a time of reunion and thanksgiving.
		The presence of the ancestors is acknowledged on New Year's Eve with a dinner arranged for them at the family banquet table.
	www.educ.uvic.ca /faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html (290 words)

	Chinese New Year
		Chinese New Year, pronounced in Chinese as "xin nian", always falls on the date marking the beginning of Spring and thus it is also called the "Spring Festival".
		The Chinese Lunar New Year is the longest chronological record in history, dating from 2600BC, when the Emperor Huang Ti introduced the first cycle of the zodiac.
		The Chinese believe the animal ruling the year in which a person is born has a profound influence on personality, saying: "This is the animal that hides in your heart".
	www.mobilemarinesystems.com /html/chinesenewyear.html (1289 words)

	Celebration of the Chinese New Year
		This was a time for the Chinese to congratulate each other and themselves on having passed through another year, a time to finish out the old, and to welcome in the new year.
		Chinese Lunar Calendar is based on the cycles of the moon, and is constructed in a different fashion than the Western solar calendar.
		Chinese Zodiac: The rotating cycle of twelve animal signs was a fok method for naming the years in traditional China.
	www.c-c-c.org /chineseculture/festival/newyear/newyear.html (2104 words)

	Food: Year of the Rabbit
		The Chinese word "Nian" in modern Chinese language means "year," but more importantly, it was the moniker of a horrible dragon-beast that terrorized and ate the people and domestic animals of ancient China every evening before the arrival of a New Year.
		This is why, when I asked a Chinese student on campus what the date for the New Year in 1999 was, it took him about five minutes on a calculator to figure it out.
		Just remember that the New Year begins on a new moon somewhere between January 1 and February 19 inclusively (most often in the first week of February), and that the celebration lasts intensively for two to three days, and casually for 10 days to two weeks, ending with the Lantern festival.
	www.austinchronicle.com /issues/vol18/issue24/food.chinese.html (2662 words)

	History & info - the Chinese calendar
		Chinese New Year is the main holiday of the year for more than one quarter of the world's population.
		The beginnings of the Chinese calendar can be traced back to the 14th century B.C.E. Legend has it that the Emperor Huangdi invented the calendar in 2637 B.C.E. The Chinese calendar is based on exact astronomical observations of the longitude of the sun and the phases of the moon.
		The introduction of a new era was an attempt to reestablish a broken connection between Heaven and Earth, as personified by the emperor.
	webexhibits.org /calendars/calendar-chinese.html (2102 words)

	Chinese New Year
		Like all Chinese festivals, the date of the new year is determined by the lunar/solar calendar rather than the Western (Gregorian) calendar, so the date of the holiday varies from late January to mid February.
		On New Year’s Eve houses are brightly lit and a large family dinner is served.
		This is not a year when you can take things at face value on every occasion, ambiguity is not always obvious, and the monkey is, after all, known for its cleverness and ability to wiggle its way out of a situation, so don’t be fooled.
	www.rochedalss.eq.edu.au /chinese04.htm (1025 words)

	Chinese Lunar New Year 2006
		Also known as Chinese New Year and the Spring Festival, Lunar New Year is a two week celebration that begins on the first day of the first month of the Lunar calendar (typically in late January/mid-February) and ends on the full moon 15 days later.
		During the two-week Lunar New Year period, numerous ancient traditions are observed, ranging from flower giving to the preparation of special foods.
		Other common New Year foods: whole fish symbolizes togetherness; chicken brings prosperity; noodles are served long and uncut, to represent long life; lotus seeds are believed to bring many children; fried bean curd signifies fulfillment of wealth and happiness; and dumplings bring wealth.
	www.nycvisit.com /content/index.cfm?pagepkey=1370&CFID=7993497&CFTOKEN=81014217 (1068 words)

	Chinese Enter Auspicious Year of the Monkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Chinese lunar years run in 60-year cycles, a period known as chiatzu.
		When chatting with friends, Chinese here still refer to the year in which they were born in terms of one of the zodiac animals.
		This year, the Chinese Lunar New Year coincides with Jan. 22 on the Western calendar, as the island residents prepare for the Year of the Monkey.
	www.taipei.org /feature/monkey/monkey.html (789 words)

	Chinese New Year - 2006 is Year of Dog. 2005 is Year of 2004 is Year of Monkey. 2003 is Year of Goat
		Each year is also designated by one of the 12 Animals For instance, 2003 is Year of Ram and 2004 is Year of Monkey.
		Since this is the Year of Dog, any one who was born in the Year of Dog is now either 0 or 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84 or 96 years old.
		In one sentence, the Chinese New Year is the second New Moon after the winter solstice.
	www.chinapage.com /newyear.html (1076 words)

	BBC News \| TALKING POINT \| The Chinese lunar New Year: Your experiences (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		I like other hundreds of Chinese students in the UK will not be able to celebrate the Chinese new year with our families because the Home Office has been delaying issuing visa extensions for Chinese students studying in universities in the UK for up to six months.
		Chinese New Year celebration is the biggest festive celebration of the year for traditional Chinese because for many Chinese people, in reality, it is the only serious celebration/holiday they have for the entire year.
		To celebrate the Chinese New Year my family will be having a fireworks and kites party with lots of traditional food such as chicken and noodle soup to commemorate China of the past.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/talking_point/1814205.stm (1781 words)

	Chinese Festivals - Chinese New Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Chinese New Year is the most vital festival which marks the new beginning of the year, it normally falls between 20th January and 20th February according to the Chinese Lunar Calendar.
		New Year is a good beginning, when firecrackers are let off at the midnight of the New Year Day, whatever was bad and unhappy will vanish without trace.
		For the oversea Chinese, Lion and Dragon Dance together with a special festive market (consist of a number of Chinese Culture stalls, food stalls and Calligraphy stalls etc.) are always part of the program in China town around the globe to welcome the Chinese New Year.
	www.west-meet-east.com /festny.htm (517 words)

	Carla's Chinese New Year's Page
		The new year's eve is also the best time for the members of a family to talk with each other, report about their experiences and achievements, and exchange their ideas and plans for the next year.
		If the new year's eve is the time for families of the year, the new year eve's dinner will certainly be the hour of the new year's eve.
		Every year when the Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) is coming, households in the country and town put spring festival distiches onto the door or wall facing the door in the sitting room.
	www.carla-online.com /seasonal/chineseny (2856 words)

	APAHM: Chinese New Year
		The Chinese celebrate their ancient tradition, the Chinese New Year, at the beginning of the year by the Chinese lunar calendar.
		At the beginning of the year the past year's symbol goes into limbo for 11 years before emerging for another one-year reign in the perpetual 12-year cycle of the Chinese Zodiac.
		The Lunar New Year itself may occur as early as January 21 and as late as February 21.
	www.colapublib.org /apahm/chinese_newyr.html (422 words)

	Chinese New Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		New Year's Eve and the first three days of the new year are observed as a pubic holiday, although this break sometimes lasts up to a week.
		People return to work between the fifth and eighth days of the new year, but the holiday atmosphere lasts through the Lantern Festival, on the 15th day of the first lunar month.
		Traditionally, Chinese parents prepared lanterns for their children to carry on the school day of the new year to symbolize the hope that the children would have bright futures.
	adoptionworld.org /kid/chinese.html (520 words)

	CHINESE NEW YEAR: YEAR OF THE ROOSTER / In 4703, you've got a 1-in-12 chance to crow with pride
		People born this lunar year, or who are turning 12, 24, 36, 48, 60 and other multiples of 12 are all roosters.
		The Chinese zodiac animals are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and boar, the order in the cycle determined by how they placed in a legendary race.
		This year, it falls on Feb. 9, 2005 -- Lunar Year 4703, the year of the rooster.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/02/09/BAGS3B7U7O1.DTL (848 words)

	NOBLE Web: Chinese New Year
		Chinese New Year Books for Children -- Here's a list of books about the celebration, linked to our library catalog.
		It is the seventh design in the Lunar New Year series, which began with the Rooster issued in 1992, followed by the Dog, Boar, Rat, Ox and Tiger.
		The Chinese Lunar New Year is celebrated by Chinese, Koreans, Vietnamese, Tibetans and Mongolians.
	www.noblenet.org /year/chinese.html (397 words)

	Chinese New Year 2006, Year of the Dog, Events, Recipes, Zodiac, E-Cards
		The Lunar New Year dates from 2600 BC, when the Emperor Huang Ti introduced the first cycle of the zodiac.
		Chinese New Year - Great intro, with brief descriptions of traditional celebrations slated for all 15 days of the New Year or Spring Festival, plus more on traditional Chinese New Year foods, decorations, taboos and superstitions.
		Lunar New Year in Taiwan - An engaging read, and beautifully illustrated with tales of the origins of the festival, holiday dishes, gift exchanges, the dragon and lion parade, rituals and superstitions.
	www.chiff.com /home_life/holiday/chinese-new-year.htm (476 words)

	Myth*ingLinks: Lunar New Year 2006 - 2007 - Year of the Fire Dog
		In recent years, the last time such elemental relationship occured is in the year 2000, the year of the metal dragon, which was the year when the world was at peace to celebrate the Millienium, immediately before the 911 incident in 2001.
		New Year's Eve: People place straw scoopers, rakes or sieves on their doors and walls to protect their families from evil spirits in the new year....
		Tet is a very inportant festival because it provides one of the few breaks in the agricultural year, as it falls between the harvesting of the crops and the sowing of the new crops....
	www.mythinglinks.org /LunarNewYear2000.html (6559 words)

	SFGate: Holiday Chinese New Year
		Since 1958, Chinese American women from across the country have competed for the title of Miss Chinatown USA and the opportunity to win scholarships and become goodwill ambassadors for the Chinese community.
		The Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is the largest celebration of its kind outside of Asia.
		This year's theme is Year of the Dog and highlights include elaborately decorated floats, school marching bands, martial arts group, stilt walkers, lion dancers, Chinese acrobatics, the newly crowned Miss Chinatown U.S.A. and the Golden Dragon ("Gum Lung").
	www.sfgate.com /traveler/events/cny (625 words)

	DiscoverHongKong - Heritage - Chinese Festivals - Chinese New Year
		Visitors will be awestruck by the myriad of New Year celebrations in Hong Kong that last 15 days.
		You'll soon be wishing everyone the traditional Chinese New Year greeting, Kung Hei Fat Choi (Prosperous New Year) during the year's biggest and brightest Chinese festival.
		Highlighting the New Year's festivities is the International Chinese New Year Parade held on the first day of every Chinese New Year.
	www.discoverhongkong.com /eng/heritage/festivals/he_fest_new.jhtml (240 words)

	Lunar New Year Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		According to the Asian Zodiac, 2002 is the Year of the Horse.
		For the Vietnamese, Tet is the New Year.
		According to Chinese astrologist Shelly Wu, many of us will find ourselves at the crossroad and the Year of the Horse will be a changing point for many.
	www.familyculture.com /Chinese_new_year.htm (253 words)

	All Recipes \| Chinese New Year Advice
		Most of the dishes served during Chinese New Year (also known as Spring Festival) are symbolic of something positive and hopeful.
		The Chinese lunar calendar is represented by 12 animal species that rotate annually.
		Make Chinese dishes (or, if you are feeling lazy, just order take-out), wear red clothing and, at the stroke of midnight, open your doors and windows to release the stresses of the old year.
	allrecipes.com /advice/coll/entertain/features/chinesenewyear.asp (460 words)

	cbs5.com - Chinese Lunar New Year Celebrations Worldwide
		(AP) The Year of the Dog was ushered in around the world on Sunday, with explosions and drumming all in an effort to drive out the evil spirits of the previous year, and usher in the good spirits for the new year.
		The Lunar New Year is a 2-week celebration that begins on the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar.
		According to the Chinese zodiac, babies born in the Year of the Dog (1910, 1922, 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006) have a deep sense of loyalty, inspire confidence and also know how to keep secrets.
	cbs5.com /topstories/local_story_029205339.html (450 words)

	Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Happy Chinese Lunar New Year
		Today is the Chinese Lunar New Year’s eve, which are regarded as the most important festival in China and mark the beginning of a year with warm spring coming, so it’s also called Spring Festival.
		When the bell rings at the 12 o’clock, the firework should be set, which means “Goodbye to the last year and Greeting with the new year.” However for recent years firework is prohibited or confined to certain areas for security and environmental reasons in major cities like Beijing.
		This year the prohibition was lifted and the Beijing police are sending short messages via cellphone to remind citizens of safety in playing with fireworks.
	www.globalvoicesonline.org /2006/01/28/happy-chinese-lunar-new-year (891 words)

	Chinese New Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Chinese New Year is a celebration of change...
		The Chinese New Year falls on a different date each year because it is based on a combination of lunar and solar movements.
		The events that occurred during New Year’s Day may impact your life for the rest of the year.
	www.familyculture.com /holidays/chinese_new_year.htm (677 words)

	Canadian Stamp Sets - Lunar New Year
		The Lunar New Year consists of 12 periods named after animals (listed to the left).
		Canada began issuing stamps for the Chinese Lunar New Year in 1997.
		Starting in 1999, two different values were issued: one for the domestic first class postal rate and another in the international rate (the latter was also issued in a souvenir sheet).
	www.rpsc.org /reference/sets/sets_lunarnewyear.htm (459 words)

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