Happy Chinese New Year!!!
This year's Lunar New Year is on February 18th. It is the year of the pig. Chinese New Year starts on the first day of the new year containing a new moon and ends on the Lantern Festival fourteen days later. According to legend, in ancient China, the Nián, a man-eating beast from the mountains, which came out every 12 months, could silently infiltrate houses to prey on humans. The people later believed that the Nian was sensitive to loud noises and the color red, so they scared it away with explosions, fireworks and the liberal use of the color red. These customs led to the first New Year celebrations. Guò nián, which means to celebrate the new year, literally means the passover of the Nian.
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