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Come January 26th 2009 and there begins the Chinese New Year with pomp and show! Celebrations for the upcoming Chinese New Year will last for about fifteen days. This is the event when whole of China is seen united rolling in the color of festivity. FreeeHoroscope.com offers online information about the Chinese horoscope for all the twelve signs.
There is no fixed date for the commencement of the Chinese New Year, it is determined through the Lunar calendar and perhaps this is the reason that it is also known as Lunar New Year. Every year according to Chinese astrology is named after an animal out of the 12 animals that arrived in a legendary race in the ancient times. Chinese New Year 2009 will be the year of the Ox.
Chinese all over the world celebrate Chinese New Year in countries like Bhutan, Nepal, Mongol, Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia. One of the most popular way customs associated with the Chinese New Year is that of wearing red color clothes and using red paper decoration all over, as red symbolized good luck.
This whole fifteen days extravaganza by the name Chinese New Year usually ends with a Lantern Festival. Celebrated on the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year celebrations, lantern festival is famous for the dragon dance. This dragon dances in his traditional colorful attire. People from all over specially visit countries celebrating Chinese New Year to see this fascinating dragon dance.
Observed as a national holiday, Chinese New Year is the biggest occasion to celebrate in China. People visit their kins and friends to exchange New Year gifts and sweets. Young people are gifted red packets, while elders are seeked for blessings during this whole festivity.
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