Chinese New Year at a glance

Chinese New Year is one of the most important festivals for the Chinese community. This is a fifteen day event that ends with the well-known Lantern festival. Held as per the Chinese traditional astrological calendar, the year is marked by symbolic significance of a creature. Chinese New Year 2011 is here as the Xin-Mao Year or the ‘Year of Rabbits’. The festival is celebrated with its traditional color of red.

Chinese New Year festivity:
Chinese New Year celebrations bring out the cultural richness of the community. Special festive recipes, masked parades and traditional dance forms are a part of the New Year celebrations. During the festival, people take part in various religious activities too. They visit temples and monasteries and pay respect to the ancestors.

Dragon dances, lion dances and colorful Lantern Festival are the highlights of the festival. During this time of the year, people clean their house and surroundings to summon luck and success and keep away evil. They also participate in activities such as family get-togethers, exchange of gifts and partying with near and dear ones.

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Celebrating Chinese New Year - The Year of Rabbit

Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year is here with a big bang. The festival commences from the 3^rd of February this year, 2011. Also known by the name of Spring Festival or Lunar New Year, this is one of the most important festive events for the Chinese community. The festival starts with several traditional activities like cleaning of home and surroundings, decorations with red color décor items and family gatherings. People visit temples and monasteries and pay respect to their god and ancestors before starting their year. The fifteen day long festive celebrations are worth being a part of.

Celebrating Chinese New Year:

Year 2011 is the ‘Year of Rabbits’ or Xin-Mao Year as per the Chinese astrological calendar. Chinese New Year has all the ingredients to be one of the most favorite festivals for the community. From traditional activities such as spectacular dragon dance performances, lion dances and lantern parades to grand feasts, the festival has it all. Territories and countries such as Malaysia, Mainland China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Singapore and Philippines celebrate this fifteen day long festival with great enthusiasm.

Chinese New Year celebration is more about its traditional activities like, exchanging gifts, giving money to children on New Year day, feasts on New Year eve. Other events like firework shows, horse racing competitions, flower markets, fairs and New Year parades are the main attractions of this festival. Traditional recipes like Niangao, Jiaozi Dumplins, Fagao, Yusheng are savored during the fifteen day celebration of the Chinese New Year.

Welcoming the New Year:
People wait for the first ring of the bell that announces the Chinese New Year. They gather at the nearby squares, where a huge sized bell is hung. As the time approaches the bell is rung followed by firework shows and cheer from the people gathered there. Bai Nian or New Year greetings are exchanged after the clock strikes midnight.

Chinese New Year is a grand event that lasts till the Lantern Festival. It is one of the best festivals to be a part of.

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Chinese New Year Ecards at DGreetings

The Chinese New Year occurs on the second new moon after the winter solstice, which this year falls on February 3rd. According to the Chinese zodiac, 2011 will be the Year of the Rabbit, a creature known for its creativity, compassion and friendly nature. And at DGreetings, we’ve got a little bit of the rabbit in us, as we’ve worked tirelessly to create wonderful cards that reflect the festive mood of this holiday season.

We’ve carefully paired heartfelt words with stunning graphics and lively music, so that you can wish your loved ones peace, luck, prosperity and more in the new year. Our cards come as both animated ecards and still images. They are absolutely free, and you can add a personal message to any one of them.

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