The celebration of Chinese New Year have a significant impact not only to the Chinese but even to the Non-Chinese who believed in Chinese Astrology. The celebration of Chinese New Year will be held on February 3, 2011. It is also known as the Lunar New Year, the longest and most important celebration in the Chinese calendar. It ends with Festival of Lanterns.
According to Legends, Chinese New Year was started with the attacked of a mythical beast called Nien. The beast will not only harm the people but also the livestock and crops, so the villagers were thinking of ways to divert the attacked. They prepared food for the Nien to devour, this kind of strategy worked successfully.
One time the villagers have observed that the Nien was afraid of a boy wearing a red shirt, so the villagers had gotten an idea of hanging red lanterns and red spring rolls on windows and doors to scare away the Nien. They have also used firecrackers to frightened away the beast. From then on the beast never came back. Traditions continues until this days.
Kung Hei Fat Choi meaning, translated in English as May Prosperity Be With You while Xin Nain Kuai Le was translated as Happy New Year.
The Chinese New Year will be celebrated on thursday February 3, 2011. It is a public holidays in all Chinese communities from around the world. A time of gatherings and celebrations for the world’s most populous country. Chinese astrology considered the year 2011 as Year of the Rabbit.
Famous celebrities who were born during the year of the rabbit were Angelina Jolie and Drew Barrymore.
