{"id":9720,"date":"2014-01-30T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2014-01-30T14:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=9720"},"modified":"2014-01-19T07:18:18","modified_gmt":"2014-01-19T11:18:18","slug":"chinese-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/chinese-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9725\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/01\/Year-Of-The-Horse.jpg\" aria-label=\"Year Of The Horse 300x219\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9725\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9725\" alt=\"Clip art \u00a9 by Dixie Allan, \u2028http:\/\/webclipart.about.com\"  width=\"300\" height=\"219\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/01\/Year-Of-The-Horse-300x219.jpg\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9725\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clip art \u00a9 by Dixie Allan, \u2028http:\/\/webclipart.about.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The year of the snake is winding down as we get ready to enter the year of the horse. At the moment, millions upon millions of Chinese are cramming bus stations, highways, train stations, and airplanes in a mad rush to get home to welcome in the new year. This madness is known as the <strong>Spring Festival travel season<\/strong> (\u6625\u8fd0 \u2013 ch\u016bn y\u00f9n), and it&#8217;s best avoided. Aside from this transport related chaos, the Spring Festival is an incredibly exciting and interesting time of the year. It&#8217;s the most important festival in Chinese culture, and it is rich in traditions and customs. We&#8217;ve devoted a lot of time to this holiday in years past, so go back to these posts to get totally schooled on the Chinese New Year:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/spring-festival-part-one\/\">Spring Festival Part One<\/a> \u2013 In this post, we discuss the basics of this very important festival, as well as the fascinating backstory. Why do Chinese people wear red? Why do they light off so many fireworks? You\u2019ll know after reading this.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/spring-festival-part-two\/\">Spring Festival Part Two<\/a> \u2013 A lot goes into getting ready for such a big celebration. Learn how Chinese families prepare and get ready to ring in the New Year with this post, which discusses New Year\u2019s Eve traditions such as placing coins inside of \u201clucky\u201d dumplings.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/spring-festival-part-three\/\">Spring Festival Part Three <\/a>&#8211; As has previously been mentioned, the Spring Festival lasts for 15 days. Find out what people do on these days in this post, which includes Buddhist traditions, lion dances, and much more.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/spring-festival-days2-15\/\">Spring Festival Days 2-15<\/a> \u2013 This one is sort of an elaboration on the previous year\u2019s Part Three write-up, as it has more details about what people do throughout the many days of the festival.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/red-envelopes-%E7%BA%A2%E5%8C%85-hong-bao\/\">Red Envelopes<\/a> \u2013 Why do children love the Spring Festival so much? Well, other than having a long holiday from school, the fact that adults give them red envelopes stuffed with money probably helps\u2026<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/spring-festival-superstitions-and-traditions\/\">Superstitions and Traditions<\/a> \u2013 Why shouldn\u2019t you get a haircut in the first month of the New Year? Why do Chinese people hang the character for <strong>good fortune<\/strong> (\u798f \u2013 f\u00fa) upside down? Well, you\u2019ll just have to read this post to find out!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/the-chinese-zodiac-calendar\/\">Chinese Zodiac Calendar<\/a> \u2013 Are you well versed in the Chinese zodiac calendar? Do you know the 12 animals and which years they represent? What does it all mean, anyways!? You\u2019ll know a lot more once you finish reading this one.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chinese Spring Festival (\u6625\u8282)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7jyfCh5g6w4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>A short video about the Spring Festival, including some useful Chinese vocab.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll leave you all with one of the most common Chinese greetings during the Spring Festival:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">\u606d\u559c\u53d1\u8d22 &#8211; g\u014dng x\u01d0 f\u0101 c\u00e1i<\/h2>\n<p>This basically wishes you a happy new year full of success and prosperity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/01\/Year-Of-The-Horse-350x256.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/01\/Year-Of-The-Horse-350x256.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/01\/Year-Of-The-Horse.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>The year of the snake is winding down as we get ready to enter the year of the horse. At the moment, millions upon millions of Chinese are cramming bus stations, highways, train stations, and airplanes in a mad rush to get home to welcome in the new year. 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